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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



January, 1918 



HEADS OF'GM!T07ggB Q rDIFFERENT""Mm^ 



Shredded-Wheat The description of the 



Boxes for Demuth winter case 



Winter Cases and the statement re- 



garding its low cost 

 have led me to submit a sketch and descrip- 

 tion of the winter case I use and which I be- 

 lieve may be more cheaply made where 

 shredded-wheat cases are obtainable. These 

 boxes are 15% in. wide by 24% long by 17% 

 high, and they may be purchased at almost 

 any grocery for ten cents each. Two of these 

 nailed together (after removing one long 

 side on each) with strips on the inside make 

 a fine case for one ten-frame hive, the size 

 furnished being 24% in. wide by 31% long 

 by 17% high. The material is of % stuff, 

 white pine, matched, smooth en the outside 

 and is very well put together. I line the 

 eases with a number of thicknesses of news- 

 j)aper and also make a % -inch-thick pad of 

 newspaper 14x24 to fit underneath, and 

 between sides of bottom -board. No other 

 packing is used under the hive, but a few 

 extra thicknesses of newspaper are used 

 in the bottom lining of the case. Covering 

 the hive-body is a queen-excluder which 

 keeps the burlap and packing in super away 

 from frames. I use elm leaves gathered 

 from my lawn for the packing,' and find them 

 very good. The packing space around hive 

 is 4 and 5% in. as shown. 



Before beginning to pack I cover the en- 

 tire sides with a half -width strip (16 in.) of 

 taj;- paper. When packed the covers of boxes 

 are laid on without nailing, and then covered 

 with a tar -paper sheet of 32 x 42 in. which 

 laps well down on the sides and is then tack- 

 ed every 3 in. with i/4-in. tacks which are 

 easily removable when unpacking. I do not 

 cover the bottom. 



The cases are set on the summer stands, 

 giving pitch of about 1% inches to shed 

 water. WILLIAM L. FUCHES. 



Buffalo, N. Y. 



[Near the larger cities these wooden ship- 

 ping-cases would probably be available. We 

 cannot get them in Medina. Heavy straw- 

 board cases are used for shipping. — Ed.] 



Why honey needs solid bracing in a car. In this 

 instance the car was humped so violently that the 

 honey went right on thru the end. 



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Large Lemon Grove For the purpose of ex- 

 Covered with perimenting, a six- 

 Netting, acre lemon -grove was 

 covered with tobacco 

 cloth, a strong kind of mosquito-netting. 

 The covering was about sixteen feet high, 

 and was supported by wire and posts. This, 

 I thought, wou^d be a fine chance to try mat- 

 ing, fertilization, and purity of lemon honey. 



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Shredded Wheat shipping-hox used foi* a winter case. 



