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(CLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Feb. 1 



HOME AND APIARY OF J. B. BARTLEBAUGH, GLENCAMPBELL, PA. 



up very attractively to harmonize with the 

 surroundings in any first-class grocery. The 

 lettering is in colors that present a striking 

 yet refined appearance. On the front, in 

 plain sight, a gauge constructed of clear 

 white glass is placed to show the height of 

 the honey in the can, and also to call the at- 

 tention of the customer to the fine color of 

 the goods. A faucet or gate at the bottom 

 permits a sample to be given to any intend- 

 ing purchaser, and also serves as a means 

 for drawing oil" any amount in bottles, cans, 

 pails, etc. The idea is that the honey is not 

 drawn off until it is purchased. The pro- 

 ducer, or dealer who sells the honey, is noti- 

 fied whenever the can needs refilling. 



One great ti'ouble with all such plans has 

 been that the honey would surely candy in 

 time, making considerable trouble for the 

 dealer. Many grocers, on this account, pre- 

 fer to have liquid honey put up in popular- 

 sized packages. Furthermore, this conforms 

 more nearly with modern methods of buying. 

 It is becoming less and less common, for the 

 higher class of grocers especially, to keep 

 any thing in bulk, the tendency being to 

 have standard packages that can be sold over 

 the counter 



But, although the Mercer plan has some 

 objections, it proves an easy and profitable 

 way of selling honey in many cases. Oyster- 

 pails may be used very successfully for hold- 

 ing liquid honey, and they would be especial- 

 ly valuable for this plan. 



Descriptive literature might be on the 

 counter beside the honey-tank, for the pur- 

 pose of explaining the methods of producing 

 the liquid honey, for telling of the value of 

 honey as a food, etc. 



A NEW ARRANGEMENT OF HIVES IN AN 

 APIARY. 



Mr. Mei'cer is the inventor of many con- 

 veniences in the apiary, some of which have 

 already been illustrated in these columns. 



His system of arranging hives in out-apiaries 

 is unique. This is shown in the cut on pre- 

 ceding page. It will be seen that the hives 

 are in rows, arranged like the spokes of a 

 wheel, with the honey-house in the center. 

 This means that there are no corners to turn 

 in wheeling honey into the extracting-house. 

 Where the ground is smooth this plan will 

 be of especial value, since a straight line is 

 always the shortest distance between two 

 points, and much time can be saved if the 

 operator does not have to waste steps in 

 wheeling extracting-supers to the honey- 

 house by a roundabout way or around sharp 



A MINISTER WHO ATTRIBUTES 

 SUCCESS TO GLEANINGS. 



BY REV. J. B. BARTLEBAUGH. 



HIS 



You may see by this little picture that I 

 am a lover of those little friends we call the 

 bees. I have 26 colonies of fine bees from 

 which I have just finished taking a fair crop 

 of surplus honey, leaving them in good con- 

 dition for the winter. I want to thank 

 Gleanings for my success; and may it con- 

 tinue its usefulness, both on account of its 

 value to the bee-keepers and because of the 

 Christian spirit that is in it. 



Glencampbell, Pa. 



AVINTER CASES OF TAR PAPER. 



The Boardman and Alexander Feeder Com- 

 bined. 



BY HARLEY CONDRA. 



I decided to make some winter cases for 

 my hives after seeing them recommended in 

 Gleanings. I put them on early in the fall, 

 and I can say that the results have been far 



