1902 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



857 



WASHING AND CLEANING BOTTLES. 



Prepare several tubs of water — one with 

 strong- suds — and then have on hand a few 

 ounces of shot — No. 6 is about right. If 

 particles of glass or dirt cling to 

 the inside of the bottles, pour 

 in four or five ounces of shot and 

 g-ive the bottle a shai<ing. This 

 will dislodge all particles, when 

 the shot may be poured into an- 

 other bottle, to be similarly treat- 

 ed. In rinsing, use clear soft 

 water. Hard water is liable to 

 leave traces of sediment. Any 

 glass package used for honey 

 designed for table purposes 

 should be spotlessly clean. 



HOW TO INSERT COKKS IN BOT- 

 TLES. 



Two or three methods are em- 

 ployed. One is, to use a rubber 

 mallet, which can be purchased 

 at any of the rubber - stores. 

 The ends of the mallet being 

 soft, a cork that is barely en- 

 tered can be driven into the 

 bottle with a blow. 



Another plan is to use a 

 lever, as shown at D, in cut. 

 This lever should have a pro- 

 jection on the under side so the cork can be 

 forced down into the bottle about a six- 

 teenth of an inch. It is important, after 

 corking, to pour a layer of paraffine or w.ix 

 over the top of the cork. Some go so far .is 

 to dip the corks into hot parafifine, then 

 pour a hot layer on top after they aie 



while hot, and the cork is made impervious, 

 the honey will remain liquid for months. I 

 have seen samples of honey put up in Muth 

 jars that have been kept in a refrigerator 



Hi:\TING-TRAY AS USED AT THE ROOT CO.'S FACTORY. 



Instead of using a gasoline-stove to heat the water in the tray 

 we use '3-inch steam-pipes connected as in the manner shown. The 

 outride pipes are perforated with holes that blow a jet of steam 

 transversely across the bottom of the pan. The wire cloth rests on 

 the pipes. The coil of steam-pipes below serves no purpose but to 

 keep the large filling-tank of honey warm. 



six months, and yet it would remain per- 

 fectly clear all the time. But do not advise 

 your grocer customers to put honey in a 

 cold place. The bottles should not be han- 

 dled more than is necessary, but should be 

 kept in a warm place at as uniform a tem- 

 perature as possible. 



I assume that no directions are necessary 

 for sealing packages ttsing rubber rings. 

 I v/ould only say this : That you must be 

 sure you make the sealing as tight as pos- 

 .sible. In the case of Mason jars, screw the 

 tops down with a wrench, and screiv them 

 down tight. 



In sealing jellj^-tumblers, cut squares of 

 paper (preferably paraffined paper) about 

 the size of tiie top of the tumbler. When the 

 jar is filled, put the paper on top of the jar, 

 and squeeze the top down with the palm of 

 the hand, putting a large part of the weight 

 of the body on it. If the top goes down too 

 easily, tise thicker paper or two thicknesses. 



inserted in the bottles. Nay, some go even 

 further. After the corks have been paraf- 

 fined they put on a neat tinfoil top. If the 

 honey has been heated above 160, and sealed 



MOVING BEES TO AN OUT-APIARY AT MEDI- 

 NA ; THE ELECTRIC RAILWAY AND 

 OUT-APIARIES. 



It will be remembered that we stated we 

 were establishing out-apiaries along the 

 line of our new electric railwa}'. We con- 

 cluded it would be better to scatter our bees 

 in four or five difterent yards rather than 

 feed sugar in one locality and have the 

 bees all together. The aforesaid electric 

 road would enable our men to go to and 

 from the yards, with a minimum consump- 

 tion of time, and so far this season the plan 

 is working very nicely, for the fall flow is 

 heavier than usual. 



After we had loaded up one load of bees 

 that was about starting- on its journey for 



