Jan. 15, 1912 



Fig. 7. — Marchanf § scale hive. There ought to be a hive of this 

 kind in every large yard to keep tab on the honey flow, 



49 



The heat generated by a 

 melter is also very uncom- 

 fortable for the operator. 



I intend to use next sea- 

 son a Townsend uncapping- 

 box to be carrietl from one 

 yard to another. The cap- 

 I)ings are to be taken from 

 the box and left in a recep- 

 tacle built for that i)urpose, 

 one at each yard, in which 

 the cai)pings can drain un- 

 til the close of the season, 

 after which time they can 

 be collected and hauled to 

 the home yard, to be melt- 

 ed up when time is not 

 worth so much. If you 

 know of a better plan I shall 

 be under obligations to you 

 if you will outline it to me. 



ianesville, Minn. 



[For some time we have 

 been of the opinion that the 

 solution of the i)robem lies 

 in draining the cappings in 

 large tanks during the busi- 

 est part of the season, and 

 then melting them up later, 

 when they contain a rela- 

 tively small amount of 

 honey, and, too, when time 

 is less valuable. — Ed.] 



CAPPING-MELTERS NOT NEEDED UNTIL THE 

 END OF THE SEASON. 



BY E. L. HOFFMAN. 



CHAINS TO KEEP TIERED-UP HIVES FROM 

 BLOWING OVER. 



To use a capping-melter during the ex- 

 tracting season adds work at a time when 

 the bee-keeper has more than he can attend 

 to, without any material advantage. Of 

 course, not so many objections can be raised 

 when extracting is done at the home yard 

 altogether; but after arriving at an outyard 

 it takes some time before the melter is hot 

 and ready. 



The honey that flows from it near the 

 close of a day's run is not very salable; and 

 nearly all honey taken from a melter is in- 

 jured in flavor and color. The first gallon 

 or two coming from a melter is of almost 

 perfect quality; but as soon as refuse begins 

 to accumulate in the melter the honey is 

 injured. In melting the cappings from new 

 combs it will be near the close of a day's 

 run before there is much difference in the 

 color of the honey; but the flavor is slightly 

 changed from the first. 



At the close of a day's run, there is a 

 great deal of refuse, wax, and poor honey in 

 the melter that must be emptied into some 

 other receptacle to be worked up later for 

 the wax it contains. ICmptying the melter 

 and getting it ready again for another run 

 must be done at the close of a hard day's 

 work, when the same time should be used 

 in getting home for as much rest as possi- 

 ble. If this work is left until the next 

 morning, too much time will be lost when 

 the help is on hand to go to work, j , , .^ 



BY A. V. POLLOCK. 



I am sending you a photo of a part of my 

 apiary, situated right in town. My wife 

 and I have veils on, and my daughter is 

 sitting on a stump. I have built a frame 

 house having a stone foundation under it 

 which makes possible a good cellar for win- 

 tering bees. 



The log-chains shown, I put over the 

 tiered-up hives, thinking they would keep 

 them from being blown over in storms. 

 We got 1500 lbs. of honey from 16 colonies 

 last year. We have plenty of willow-herb, 

 red raspberry, basswood, and red, white, 

 and alsike clover. 



Mattoon, Wis. 



A. V. Pollock's apiary In the town of Hutchlns, Wis. 



