1909 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



467 



store or tin- 

 shop for a few 

 cents. If 

 strips of wood 

 % X '2 inch be 

 put down in 

 the funnel this 

 strainer could 

 be set inside, 

 for there 

 would then be 

 a space be- 

 tween the 

 funnel and 

 the strainer 

 equal to the 

 thickness f 

 the strips of 

 wood. 



Any bee- 

 keeper who is 

 interested 

 could take 

 this engrav- 

 ing to his tin- 

 smith and 

 have him 

 make up one 

 at a price 

 probably not 

 to exceed $2.00; and, while he is about it he 

 better get a big tin funnel to go with it. — Ed.] 



PALMER'S WATERING-PLACE FOR BEES. 

 The bricks and sand prevent the bees from drowning. 



der to get water. There has been some ill 

 feeling and threatened lawsuits because of 

 bees being around drinking - places for 

 stock. — Ed.] 



GIVING BEES WATER THROUGH THE 



MEDIUM OF COMMON HOUSE 



BRICKS. 



GLASS IN SHIPPING-CASES NOT NEC- 

 ESSARY. 



BY C. B. PALMER. 



The photograph that I am sending shows 

 my bees takmg water on a cold windy day. 

 They go down among the old brickbats and 

 get out of the wind. I have tried this for 

 some time, as mentioned on page 829, July 

 1, last year. Ten cents' worth of cement 

 will make a bowl that will hold two pails of 

 water, and water all the bees in the neigh- 

 borhood. Just scoop out a pocket in the 

 ground and cement the sides and bottom. 

 Make the sides on a slant. I have an old 

 flat stone in the center a little lower than 

 the brickbats, with sand on it, and sand 

 spread out on the edge of the sides or rim 

 of the pocket. Leave the brick in all win- 

 ter, and the sides will not break from freez- 

 ing. I have used this one two years without 

 loss from drowning. 



Bradshaw, Nebraska, May 15. 



[If there is no convenient watering-place 

 near at hand except neighboring pumps or 

 watering-troughs, it would be well to pro- 

 vide a watering-place in the yard. Some- 

 thing of the kind like that here shown we 

 believe is as good as any thing that has been 

 described. 



If there is a creek or pond not more than 

 half a mile away it may not be necessary to 

 fix up any special place, but bees should 

 not be compellefl to bother neighbors in or- 



BY J. E. CRANE. 



Dr. Miller, page 262, says, "That Crane 

 shipping-case of paper doesn't look so pretty 

 as tne old case. You can't make as fine a 

 show with such cases piled up as you can 

 with wood-and-glass cases." Doctor, here is 

 where you and I agree perfectly. But the 

 object of shipping-cases is not to look pretty, 

 but, rather, to carry the honey safely from 

 the home of the producer to the retail dealer. 

 I have spent hours and perhaps days in ad- 

 miring my honey through glass, and in piling 

 it so as to show to the best advantage; but 

 after many years' experience in shipping 

 honey without glass I very much question its 

 value, and have come to the conclusion that 

 its worth has been greatly overestimated. 

 One of the advantages claimed for glass in 

 shii)ping-cases has been that those who han- 

 dled it could see what they were handling, 

 and therefore would handle more carefully. 

 Hjwever, in spite of the glass a large amount 

 CI honey in wooden cases gets broken. A 

 label pasted on top of the case, telling in 

 large letters what the case contains, and ask- 

 ing politely for careful handling, I consider 

 even better protection. 



As to the value of glass in cases to increase 

 sales as mentioned by Wesley Foster, page 

 1312, 1908, I believe it, too, has been over- 

 estimated. While the comb honey showing 



