1909 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



373 



straight-on planing will soon show the ad- 

 vantage of the former. 



The force used to push the plane should 

 be largely got from body movement rather 

 than from arm push. In doing rough work, 

 grasp the handle with the right hand and 

 the iront knob with the left, and endeavor 

 to press equally with both; but in the fine 

 finishing strokes, where one is desirous of 

 getting a long even surface the left thumb 

 only should rest on the knob while the fin- 

 gers of the left hand should project down- 

 ward below the plane, lightly touching the 

 face of the board. 



Squareness of edge to the face of the board 

 is, of course, tested by using the try-scjuare, 

 running it from end to end of the board. To 

 test for straightness, squint with one eye 

 along tlie edge, toward the light. 



To many this will seem (juite an unneces- 

 sary story to tell about a plane; but it gives 

 but a small part of what I had to learn after 

 I was forty years of age. It took me some 

 months to learn how ignorant I was, and 

 some more to dig out the information. My 

 endeavor is to save the time of many thou- 

 sands of readers by putting them through 

 both degrees in one initiation and making 

 the ceremony a mighty brief one at that. 



Victoria, B. C. 



To be continued. 



BEE-KEEPING IN GERMANY. 



BY E. KRETCHMER. 



The enclosed views are some that I took in 

 Europe. Nearly every one, except those 

 that use the straw hives, use the Berlepsch 

 frame three tiers high, frames hanging cross- 

 wise of the entrance. The hives have glass 

 doors in the rear, and are always set close 

 together under a shed. Twenty -five pounds 

 of extracted honey per colony is regarded a 

 good yield. I tasted some of the heather 

 honey. It does not have a very pleasant 

 flavor, for it tastes much like honey-dew. 



Council Bluffs, Iowa, Jan. 2. 



AN INCLOSED BEE-SHED IN FRONT OF A HOUSE 

 IN BOHEMIA. 



A SUITABLE BEE-DRESS FOR A WOMAN. 



BY MISS EMMA WILSON. 



BEE-SHED IN AUSTRIA, ABOUT 200 FEET UP 

 ON A CLIFF OF ROCKS. 



Deaf Mit^H Wilson: — I am anxious to tind out if tliere is some 

 material a woman bee-keeper can make a suit from that will 

 not Ije uncomfortably warm to wear, and at the same time 

 render one comparatively safe from stings. Durinj? my bee- 

 keeping; I have worn thick heavy ^jarments for protection till 

 1 fairly dread the apjiroacli of tlic swarming season because of 

 the heat I must endure while hiving them. I wrote the A. I. 

 Hoot Co., and they referred me to you. If you can sugffrest 

 any thing about uuiterial to be used, aixl the style for making 

 suili a garment as I have mentioned I shall be very grateful. 



t'ranston. H. I.. April 7. Mils. Makia J. Earle. 



A suit made of duck, linen, gingham, or 

 calico is all right, and a shirt waist with 

 some light-weight worsted skirt makes a 

 very good work-dress. Wear a divided skirt 

 made of the same material as the dress. If 

 made full, in very warm weather you need 

 not wear any under-skirt ; also a pair of 

 leggins, starched stiff, to reach from your 

 siioes to the divided skirt. Pull the divided 

 skirt well down over the leggins so no ad- 

 venturous bee can find its way inside. 



Of course the divided skirt is finished at 

 the bottom with an elastic. If it's too much 

 i)other to make the linen leggins you can 

 l)uy a pair of canvas leggins, army style, and 

 cut them over to fit you; but they are warm- 

 er than the home-made linen ones, and one 

 is about as safe from stings as the other. 



Sew a pair of white sleeves to the tops of 

 your gloves, having themJ[long enough to 



