1889 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



903 



CARRYING HIVES INTO THE CELLAR. 



ALSO A NICE WAY TO GIVE THE CHILDREN A HIDE 

 WHEN YOU HAVE NO HORSE. 



§OME time ago, a correspondent (whose 

 name and address was mislaid) sent us 

 a very neat drawing, showing his meth- 

 od of carrying his colonies into the cel- 

 lar. The drawing was accompanied 

 with no description ; and, in fact, little is 

 needed. We have reproduced the drawing 

 as below: 



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THE CHAIR METHOD OF CARRYING HIVES INTO 

 THE CELLAR. 



The chair, it is to be observed, is to be at- 

 tached to the back of the bee-keeper, pack- 

 peddler fashion, the hive having been pre- 

 viously secured to the chair by means of a 

 cord. We tried the plan, and found that 

 hives could be carried into the cellar, but 

 there was so much trouble and toggery 

 about getting the hives upon the chair that 

 we concluded it was more trouble than it 

 was worth. Either an assistant has got to 

 lift the hives upon the chair, and secure 

 them, or else the bee-keeper must himself 

 put the chair upon a shelf or box nearly the 

 height of his waist, so as to obviate the ne- 

 cessity of stooping when about to assume 

 the burden. One man can carry quite a 

 burden pack-peddler fashion, and perhaps 

 some may find the hint of value. The ex- 

 periment can be very easily tried, and with- 

 out any particular outlay. 



A PROPOLIS-KNIFE. 



A HANDY LITTLE TOOL FOR THE PURPOSE. 



T SEND you by this mail a sample of my knife for 

 ||f cleaning- sections of comb honey. It is the best 

 W thing that I have ever seen for the purpose, 

 "^ and I speak from experience, as I have used 

 them for four or five years past in preparing' 

 many tons of honey for market, and have gained a 



WRIGHT'S PUOPOLIS-KNIFE. 



reputation for clean and neat appearance of my 

 honey in the market, which is partly due to the im- 



plement and partly to the proper use of the same. 



In reading the answers to an inquiry in Glean- 

 ings and the American Bee Journal, some time ago, 

 as to the best tool for cleaning sections of honey, I 

 was surprised to learn that most of the parties used 

 an ordinary case-knife, and a few a jack - knife. 

 I believe that those who give my knife a trial will 

 concede its superiority, both for speed and work- 

 manship. It can be made from an old case-knife or 

 a cheap new one. I have made several from knives 

 purchased from the five-cent counter. It needs 

 touching up several times a day with a flue file, to 

 keep the corners of the edge square and sharp. 

 The edge is filed square across, and both sides filed 

 down, so as to keep it less than a sixty-fourth of an 

 inch in thickness at the edge, which makes it sharp 

 enough to cut chunks of propolis out of the cor- 

 ners, but can not cut the wood. By grasping the 

 knife near the point with the thumb and forefinger, 

 using them as a gauge, the section can be cleaned 

 all around the edges without injury to the comb; 

 then go all around the outside of the section with 

 the full length of the blade, which should be an 

 eighth of an inch longer than the width of the sec- 

 tion. 



The past season has been the poorest for several 

 years in this section, owing mainly to cold and 

 rainy weather the fore part of the season. 



Altamont, N. Y. W. D. Wright. 



CONVENTION NOTICE. 



The programme for the American International 

 Bee Association, which is to meet at Brantford, 

 Ontario, Canada, Dec. 4th to 6th, is not yet complete. 

 However, from the following it will be seen that 

 every effort has been made to have a good one. The 

 first session will be at 3 p. m. of the 4th. 

 programme. 



Bee-keeping an Occupation for Women. Miss H. 

 P. Bullers, Campbellford, Ont. 



Cellar vs. Outdoor Wintering. R. McKinght, 

 Owen Sound, Ont. 



Shipping Queens. F. H. Macpherson, Beeton, 

 Ont. 



Disposal of the Honey Crop. Thos. G. Newman, 

 Chicago, 111. 



Cellar Wintering. S. T. Ptttit, Belmont, Ont. 



Riding Hobby-horses; Bee-keeping a Recreation 

 from other Pursuits, and an Antidote for Disease. 

 E. R. Root, Medina, O. 



Alimentary System, or Apparatus, of the Honey- 

 bee. Prof. A. J. Cook, Agricultural College, Mich. 



S. Corneil, Lindsay, Ont., subject not given. 



The president will deliver his annual address on 

 the evening of the first day. Reduced rates, at 

 least one and one-third fare for return trip, may be 

 secured on Grand Trunk and Canadian Pacific Rail- 

 ways. The latter tickets must be purchased to and 

 from Gait or Woodstock, and thence to Brantford 

 via (irand Trunk Railway. For further particulars, 

 apply to the secretary. Remember, you must have 

 a certificate when purchasing your tickets for 

 Brantford on Grand Trunk Railway, or Gait or 

 Woodstock on the C. P. R'y. Reduced hotel rates 

 ($] 50) may be secured at the Herby House. The 

 Commercial Hotel, also near the place of meeting, 

 is a good one-dollar house. 



R. F. Holtermann, Sec'y. 

 Romney, Ont., Canada. 



