.TrNK 1. 1915 



461 



A SlilPLK IN('A1'1>1NG-I?0X. 2 



1 have designed an un('api)ing-box "~ 

 well suited to tlie needs of smaller bee- 

 keepers who work oidy a few hives. It 

 tills all tlie reciuirements of a good box, 

 and at the same time is simple and easy 

 to construct. The illustration niakes 

 this jilaiii. 



It can be made from any drygoods- 

 hox. measuring about 30 inches long, 

 1") wide, and a foot deep. A piece of 

 tin. 18 inches wide and as long as the 

 box inside, is bent to form a trough 

 which rests on the bottom of the box. 

 the sides being made secure by nailing 

 along two strips about half way from 

 the top edge. This also gives support 

 to five lengths of stout hoop iron upon 

 which is laid a screen of large-holed per- 

 forated zinc for the cappings to drain. 



The box is slightly raised at one end, so 

 that tlie honey readily tlows down and out 

 of a one-inch hole at the opi)osite end into 

 a tin placed underneath for the purpose. 



When the cai)pings have thoroughly 

 drained they are taken out and set aside 

 leady for melting into wax. 



Tlie second sketch shows a device for 

 contining" the bees when hives are being 

 moved. From a strip of wood 3 inches 

 wide and the length of the entrance a piece 



Device to confine be(« en runte. 



is cut out of one side about an inch deep. 

 Next a strip of perforated zinc or wire 

 cloth is tacked along to cover the portion 

 cut away. In order to confine the bees the 

 guard is fastened zinc side inward to the 

 hive front with two screws. 



Such an apj^liance saves a great deal of 

 time and many stings w'hen preparing bees 

 for shipment, and is much simpler to fix 

 than the old type of " push-in " guard of 

 wire cloth. 



('heltenham, Gloucestershire, England. 



SPECIAL METHOD OF WIRING FRAMES 



BY .J. S. TAYLOR 



With my method of wiring frames I can 

 do as many as fifty an hour, although that 

 leaves no time to spare and not many snarls 

 to undo. Forty or forty-five are quite 

 easily done, and, best of all, with not one- 

 tenth the tedium of the old way. I find it 

 hard to believe that this or some better 

 method is not in use by the large beekee])- 

 ers. 



My method, in brief, is as follows: Start 

 wire at hole B, then back through hole A; 

 hitch it around the nail X, and drive the 



nail home. Take the other end through C, 

 then back through D; grip it with the pliers 

 in the right hand; hitch it around the nail 

 Y, and drive it home. Break oft" the sur- 

 plus wire and release the frame from the 

 vise with the left hand. 



In nailing frames together I always leave 

 the nails X and Y projecting about a quar- 

 ter of an inch. I also run off the wire, cut- 

 ting to length, without straightening too 

 much or taking the coil out. The wires will 

 re<'oil very nicely as a rule, and lie Hat in 

 an empty foundation-box. 



Any vise will do. Note the small supi)ort 

 for the end of the frame. This gives a solid 

 rest for driving home the nail X. The vise 

 lakes the shock of driving the other nail. 



As for the final drawing of the wire to 

 the desired tension, I presume the reader 

 will see that, with the i)lieis held in the 

 right hand, and using the left as shown in 

 the A B (', one can draw the wire as tight 

 as a fiddle-string, provided the frame is 

 firmly held in the vise. 



Hichwood. Out. 



