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GLEANINGS m BEE CULTURE. 



July 



frame - supports The windows are i)oised with 

 weights, and these and the door have an outer 

 g-auze hinged frame. In case of the windows, this 

 extends three inches above the outer wall, leaving' 

 a half-inch space, so that tiees can easily pass out, 

 while they do not pass in. 



A second room on the south-east is also the same 

 size, but Is double walled, lathed and plastered. It 

 contains a stove, but luis no outer door. It is for 

 comb honey, for an office, and has trap-doors to cel- 

 lar stairs. 1 find that some are not in favor of this 

 room, but 1 think it very desirable. 



(Vllar,7 foet liigh, 

 (ii-outerl (111 tilt- l)()t- 

 tom. and plaslercfl 

 with water-linic (u- 

 C'eile<l iibove. 



3(1 leet, outside measure. \^J 



Fig. 1. Diagram of cellar. 



REFERENCES AND REMARKS TO FIG. 1. 



D, 1-ft. double doors. 



i, KUtter. 



.i, stone wall iy. feet, or all the way up. 



1, double wall lined with paper. 



il, passageway from cellar, with stone abutments on each 

 side, and level with outside, so a wheelbarrow can be run in 

 and out. 



O, drain of 6-inch tile— Dr. Miller says 10-ineh— following the 

 dotted lines 200 feet, and all the way below frost or variable- 

 temperature mark. 



W, cellar windows, \xiy, ft., double; outer glass, and imier 

 wood. Both are hinged above so as to open in easily. 



Fig. 2. Diagram of first floor. 



REFERENCES AND REMARKS TO FKJ. 3. 



1). doors, the double one at the bottom having a sill so low 

 :i wheelbarrow can be run over it, outside door being of gauze. 



W, windows, all of which have wire gauze screens outside, 

 and hinged to swing out. Sc reens on four sr>uth windows to 

 extend 4 iurlies alMi\ i- u|i|m r Jajiib, uitli ^, iiicli space. 



Posts H n. Studding, t.. <li;njibci-, allcinal. 1-.: and IR inches 

 apart I. 'I Hide studding I^ Icet long and 1 lootajiart. 



Floor, double, one foot apart, an<l with grouting. 



Cellar and house monse-pioof. 



The entire north side of the building- is for a shop. 

 This is 12 X 30 ft. It has a pump from the cistern 

 below, and stairs to the chamber above. It has an 

 outside door, four windows, and a door into each of 

 the other rooms. There will also be a stove in this 

 room. In winter, then, when we have a fire in 

 either room, the chimney will be lieated, and the 

 air drawn from the Uee-cellar. The wind, too, pass- 

 ing over the chimney, will suck the air from tiie 

 cellar. In both cases the air is supplied through the 

 long sub-earth pipe, and so is tempered by the tem- 

 perature of the earth, and is kept sweet and pure. 

 This is both theory and demonstrated fact. This 

 room is large enough so that a small engine and 

 some machinery can be introduced if desired. I 

 find that this house, large enough for a large apia- 

 rj\can be built for .¥.")0U; and for safety and conven- 

 ience I believe it fills the bill. I can not agree with 

 Mr. Heddon, that we had better have double-walled 

 houses above ground. I think the cellar far better 

 and more convenient. I shall be very glad to have 

 this plan criticised in the next number of Clean- 

 ings, for, as stated before, this is a matter of great 

 importance to all bee - keepers in the Northern 

 States and in Canada. A. J. Cook. 



Agricultural College, Mich., June, 1887. 



Since the above was in type, friend Cook 

 sends us the following note : 



Some of our best apiarists say the walls above 

 should be double, with one-foot space all around 

 filled with sawdust; and some object to dividing 

 the south half of the building into two parts. I 

 still think the double-walled space a useless ex- 

 pense, but will so make the building that it can be 

 thus changed at any time. I also wish the two sep- 

 arate south rooms. A. .1. Cook. 



You have made exactly what we want, 

 friend Cook, and 1 heartily indoi se your re- 

 marks in regard to criticisms. Let us have 

 this thing fully discussed. To start the 

 matter going, I would inquire if you expect 

 the one who operates the extractor, to work 

 in a room hot enough to evaporate the liquid 

 honey properly. Extracting is often done in 

 the very warmest weatlier ; an<l for my part 

 I should want lots of doors and windows, to 

 be covered with wire cloth, whenever the 

 bees might be disposed to be meddlesome. 

 And why do yon have a separate space for 

 the comb and liquid honey during the ripen- 

 ing processV Or liave 1 misunderstood your 

 description? I presume the chamber is to 

 be also used for ripening honey. If so, 

 would it have to be finished off oil the plan 

 suggested by friend Dtiolittle, so that it will 

 ripen the comb honey enough to prevent 

 dripping from unsealed cells? There is a 

 vast field open on this subje<;t for questions 

 and answers, but I will not occupy more 

 space at present. 



WHAT HAS THE HARVEST BEEN? 

 and shall we be in a hurry about selling 



WH.4T we have? 



XT has been pretty slim here— the poorest since I 

 (fflf have been in the business. In a letter justre- 

 ^l ceived from Mr. Heddon, he says: "Clover, 

 -*• one-fourth crop. Basswood blossomed full, 

 but no better crop than clover. It went right 

 by like a cyclone— all over before we knew it was 



