1879 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



175 



SIMPLICITY COLD IJLAST S3IOKER. 



The tin cup will probably cost you, at a tin- 

 smith's, about 5c, and the funnel probably 

 as much more. The damper, short tubes, 

 etc., will cost about another So., and this 

 will make your smoker, complete, cost about 

 •40 cents. Good strong boxes for mailing 

 will cost about 5c, and this leaves us 5c. 

 profit on each when they are sold by the 

 dozen. Any dealer in bee-keeping supplies 

 should be able to make them at the above 

 estimate, and if machinery is employed, they 

 may be made for a less amount. 



CLARK S COLD BLAST SMOKER 



This differs from the Simplicity, in hav- 

 ing a fire pot made of a single piece of tin, 

 with tapering sides, like an oil can. The 

 engraving given below will make the tin 

 work plain to any tinsmith. The bellows is 

 precisely the same as the Simplicity except 

 that the hole for the blast is near to one end. 



The blast of air is brought through the 

 screw that attaches the can to the wood. 

 This screw [should be 1 inch long, and 3-8 in 

 diameter. Drill a hole through it, length- 

 wise, as large as can be made without break- 

 ing the thread. This screw is to be solder- 

 ed with its head inside of the small cone ; 

 the small cone is then put in place inside 

 the large one, with that portion of the screw 

 containing the thread projecting through 

 both of them ; the screw is soldered to the 

 large cone, and screwed fast into the wood 

 of the bellows, the can being held a pro- 

 per distance away from the wood, by the 

 short tin tube, as in Simplicity. The lower* 

 part of the tin can is now attached to the 

 bellows by two smaller screws in a similar 

 way. You will observe that after the screws 

 are all in place the solder is not needed, 

 and if it melts off it does not matter. Many 

 think this style of smoker more conveni- 

 ent, but I confess, after having so long used 

 the Simplicity style, I rather prefer it. 

 Both are put together with screws, in 

 such a way that they can easily be taken 

 to pieces for repairs, or for renewing the 

 different portions, if need be. 



SAGE (Salvia). This plant also belongs 

 to the great family of Labiatce, or the mint 

 family. Labiate means lip shaped ; and if 

 you look closely, you will see that plants be- 

 longing to this family have blossoms with a 

 sort of lip on one side, something like the 

 nose to a pitcher. Many of this family, such 



as CATNIP, MOTHERWORT, FIGWORT, GILL- 



ovER-THE-GROUND,have already been men- 

 tioned as honey plants, and the number 

 might be extended almost indefinitely. The 

 sage we have particularly to do with is the 

 white, mountain sage, of California; audi 

 do not know that I should be far out of the 

 way, in calling this one of the most impor- 

 tant honey plants in the world. The crops 

 of honey secured from it within the past ten 

 years have been so immense, that the sage 

 honey is now offered for sale in almost all 

 the principal cities in the world, and a nice 

 sample of well ripened California honey, 

 whether comb or extracted, is enough to call 

 forth exclamations of surprise and delight 

 from any one who thinks enough of some- 



