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April, 1913. 



a Mr. Sullivan had bought 1,5 colonies 

 of black bees, 3 miles out in the coun- 

 try at 50 cents per colony, in the old- 

 fashioned hives, with 3 or 4 supers on 

 each hive, all plump full of honey. The 

 hives were rotten and not in a condition 

 to transport. One day in .August, dur- 

 ing a drouth, they went in the evening 

 with a one-horse spring wagon with the 

 intention of loading everything on the 

 wagon. When they lifted the hives they 

 all fell apart, and robber-bees had a feast, 

 as all might know. In canvas and cov- 

 ers they were wrapped up, and they had 

 a full load. The next day the horse was 

 unhitched from the spring-wagon and tied 

 with a good halter 100 yards from where 

 the hives were left, and the spring wagon 

 pulled up by the men. A large amount 

 of bees had stayed there from the day 

 before, and they were mad as tigers. 

 Smokers, veils and gloves were used. 

 Soon a big swarm of bees stung the horse 

 Mr. Sullivan ran to the horse, while Mr 

 Lankenaw kept on smoking. A thick 

 swarm followed Mr. Sullivan. The lat- 

 ter tried to kill the rascals on the 

 horse. Quick as lightning they made for 

 the barn. Those mad bees all followed 

 them, and the whole barn was full of 

 bees. They still stung the horse. The 

 next jump was to the thick brush near 

 the creek till it got dark. Mr. Lanke- 

 naw still kept on smoking the bees, and 

 had a time to call and find his partner. 

 Covers were tied around hives when 

 loaded, and the wagon was pulled by 

 hand till eveo'thing was safe. 



A good friend of Mr. Lankenaw, Charles 

 Dale, had some nice honey in deep frames, 



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Mr. Lankenaw intended to extract for 

 him. The latter had his arms full of 

 boxes, and Mr. Dale wheeled the honey 

 on the wheel-barrow. It was very dry, 

 and the bees were mad and stung Mr. 

 Dale on his head. While shaking his 

 head from one side to the other he up- 

 set his wheelbarrow and honey, some 

 combs breaking out of the frames ; still 

 a big success was made in extracting the 

 honey. Wm. Sass. 



Concordia, Mo., Jan. 25. 



Concrete Hive-Parts 



Mr. Someone writes recently about 

 concrete hive-boxes, bottoms and slabs 

 to go in front of the hives. While in 

 this climate such parts would be mighty 

 cold in the spring, it may be possible that 

 a sawdust concrete might help keep the 

 alighting-board, or bottom, warm. The 

 following clipping was sent to me, so I 

 do not know to whom to credit it : 



Sawdust Concrete for Indoor Uses. 



"When sawdust or wood pulp is used 

 as part of the aggregate in mixing, the 

 resulting concrete is of light weight and 

 low tensible strength, but has some special 

 properties that commend it for certain 

 indoor uses, states a writer in The Ce- 

 ment World. On account of its elasticity, 

 combined with its practically non-absorb 

 ent character, it is said to be especially 

 adapted as a floor veneering for markets, 

 butcher shops, saloons, etc. 



"It may be laid without joints in a 

 continuous layer one and a half inches 

 deep, upon paper spread over the floor 

 that is being treated. In these cases the 



customary proportions for mixing are one 

 part cement, two of sand and two and 

 a half sawdust. A greater proportion 

 of sawdust would make it too absorbent. 



"A novel application of sawdust con- 

 crete has recently been made in the New 

 Public Library building in Springfield, 

 Mass. It was employed there as a base 

 on which to lay the cork carpet covering 

 the floors. The object was to obtain a 

 layer into which nails could be driven 

 and which at the same time would hold 

 the nails. 



"The company that laid it states that it 

 accomplished both purposes. After sev- 

 eral experiments with different mixtures 

 it was found that a 1:2:*^ mix — three- 

 fourths of a part of sawdust — gave the 

 desired results ; and 5,000 square feet 

 of this mixture was laid. The thickness 

 of the layer was one inch, and after four 

 months of service indications are that the 

 material is a success." 



If one must make such pieces of con- 

 crete, I might tell the inexperienced tha< 

 a wood form is not really necessary, but 

 is desirable, on account of the smooth- 

 ness of the resulting piece. 



A mould is best made of J^-inch lum- 

 ber nailed to 2 x 4's laid flat, open at one 

 end for pouring. This will do for cover 

 and block for the front of the hive, and 

 can be made as much thinner as one 

 wishes. The bottom-board can just as 

 well as not have a raised edge on the 

 sides and back, a thin piece of lumber 

 being nailed on the bottom of a form. 

 This must be nailed, and the nails 

 clinched, but the cover must be fastened 



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