ffLRANTNGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Flower and fruit of the bluegnm {Eiieahjptus glohxthm) . Natural size. (From Bulletin Agr. Exp. S'ta., Cal.) 



with an oldening two oi" three inches in 

 diameter, and a single flat cone on the other 

 side, will clear a super considerably quicker 

 than any other. It is unnecessary to have 

 several cones within each other, as in the 

 Lareese escape. A single triangle with one 

 of the corners open wide enough for a 

 drone to pass is all that is needed. I have 

 watched bees trying to pass out the Porter 



escape. Tliey do not like to force the 

 springs aside, and will hesitate and back 

 away, causing a great deal of delay, while 

 they go instantly through the open cone. 

 It is true a few bees may pass back through 

 the cone; but a dozen odd bees in the super 

 are of no consequence, and I have never 

 found more than that. 

 StoufTville, Ont., Can. 



NOTES FROM THE APIARY; A NEW METHOD FOR SECTION HONEY 



BY JOSEPH GRAY 



Any method of comb-honey production 

 tliat will enable the extracting man to find 

 new outlets for his honey at small initial 

 expense is wortliy of trial. 



My supers were filled with six extracting- 

 combs and one section frame, the latter oc- 

 cupying the center of the sujDer. The sec- 

 tion-frame was made of plain 1^/2-inch ma- 

 terial, and held eight plain sections 4^4 x 

 4^/4 X 11/2- The sections, when fitted with 

 full sheets of foundation and separators, 

 were made from castaway fruit-boxes. 



The only parts cut by machine were the 

 3-16-inch strips for the edge of the big 

 separator. The two separators were held 



in place at the bottom with straps of tin so 

 that, when set in, the section-frame was 

 properly spaced. The advantage of this 

 method is that the frame only is spaced, not 

 each individual section, and no new appli- 

 ance is needed in an extracting apiary ex- 

 cept the frame and separators. This leaves 

 the apiarist free to take both comb and 

 extracted lioney from his strongest colonies. 



CONDITIONING HONEY. 



As we use a tank of 6000 lbs. capacity, I 

 wanted a reliable way to leave my honey in 

 as good condition as possible when filling 

 cans. I found it by having a tank within a 



