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Gleanings in Bee Culture 



Cadillac owned by R. L. Watkins, Selma, Cal. 

 ly In a 600-colony business. 



bought primarily for a pleasure car, but used constant- 



liquid with a hydrometer each time you 

 come in from a run, and add more alcohol 

 if necessary. The point is that the alcohol 

 boils or evaporates much more quickly than 

 the water; and, even in a run of a few miles, 

 enough of the alcohol may evaporate to 

 make the mixture unsafe if the temperature 

 should fall considerably while the car stands 

 for a few hours. 



On this account a safer mixture is one 

 made up of equal parts of glycerine and wa- 

 ter. This costs more at first but the glycer- 

 ine does not evaporate, and the mixture 

 may be saved from year to year, kept over 

 summer in jugs, and used again and again. 

 This solution has no bad effect on the metal 

 parts of the cylinders or radiator; and, while 

 some claim that it attacks the rubber-hose 

 connection to a certain extent, this objec- 

 tion does not seem to be a very serious one, 

 for we examined the rubber connections in 

 a car that had been in use three winters and 

 found that the glycerine had not hurt them 

 a particle. — Ed.] 



THE CADILLAC, USED BY A CALIFORNIA BEE- 

 KEEPER HAVING 600 COLONIES OF BEES 



BY R. L,. WATKINS 



My car is a 1912 model five-passenger 

 Cadillac. I selected this particular make 

 because it seems to be the best car, and the 

 one that has the best equipment of any at 

 a reasonable price. It has electric lights, 

 an electric self-starter, and every manipula- 

 tion is made from the seat. I have driven 

 it 1400 miles, and have never had a crank 

 on it, and have never had to make an ad- 



justment of any kind — have not even had a 

 puncture. It is equipped with oversized 

 tires, 4 x 37, with staggered tread on the 

 rear wheels. A four-cyJinder Kellogg air- 

 pump inflates the tires. 



I bought the car more for pleasure than 

 any thing else; but I believe it will pay for 

 its upkeep in my business. I have 600 col- 

 onies of bees located in ten different yards 

 from four to fifteen miles from home, and I 

 do all the work myself ; and with my car it 

 is almost like having them all at home. As 

 the roads are good, it takes only a few min- 

 utes to drive fifteen miles. If necessary, I 

 can visit every yard in one day, and have 

 time for considerable work. 



Selma, Cal. 



AN AUTOMOBILE FOR ALL THE FAMILY 



BY J. R. HEATON 



In the spring of 1911 my wife and I each 

 had a very severe attack of fever. In fact, 

 all the children had a touch of it too. (There 

 were only five of the children at home at 

 that time, the other four being away.) We 

 lingered along quite a while, but did not 

 seem to get any better. One day our family 

 doctor came by in his auto, and stopped in 

 front of the house where I was mowing the 

 lawn. I went out to have a friendly talk 

 with him, and, in the course of our conver- 

 sation, the automobile question came up. 

 I told him that we were all about sick; and 

 when he asked about the symptoms I told 

 him I believed we had the automobile fever. 

 That day we decided to cure ourselves of it, 

 or at least to take a dose of medicine for it. 



