GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



made into foundation in large lots for 

 members. The association also carries on 

 a local business in bottled extracted honey. 

 These things in themselves are annually 

 worth many dollars to the members; and, 

 in addition, at the end of the year the prof- 

 its of the association are equitably divided 

 by a unique plan. The organization has 

 been in successful operation for a number 

 of years, and it is high time that beekeepers 

 elsewhere were giving to this subject the 

 consideration it should have. It certainly 

 should be possible for the beekeepers in the 

 best beekeeping States to organize on a 

 business basis. 



It should be mentioned that the Colorado 

 Honey-i^roducers Association is entirely 

 distinct from the State Beekeepers' Asso- 

 ciation. It is obviously necessary to have 

 money with which to conduct business, and 

 unless some philanthropist puts this up it 

 will be necessary for those who will reap 

 the benefits to buy stock in the company. 

 Wliile a beekeepers' association can help 

 its members materially, it is barred from 

 many essential lines by lack of funds, and 

 it will be just as well not to try to have the 

 two organizations in one. If the business 

 organization reduces the efficiency of the 

 other, it matters little so long as the inter- 

 ests of the beekepers are concerned. 



COLORADO. 



No normal outsider could write a para- 

 graph on Colorado beekeeping without hav- 

 ing something to say about the marvelous 

 scenery. And yet it is utterly foolhardy 

 to attem.pt a description that will not be a 

 sacrilege. In our 1000-mile trip Mr. Foster 

 and I crossed the Tennessee Pass, and re- 

 crossed the mountains over the celebrated 

 narrow-gauge route by Marshall Pass, pass- 

 ing through Eagle Canon and the Canon 

 of the Grand River going west, and the 

 Black Canon of the Gunnison on the east- 

 ern trip. The Royal Gorge was part of a 

 night trip going west ; but we came through 

 by day on the return, so that it was not 

 missed. Where there was no special fea- 

 ture to be seen, there was always still 

 enough of interest to excite any but one 

 surfeited with scenery. So many interest- 

 ing situations present themselves that one 

 is tempted to forget his mission and stop 

 to fish, hunt, or simply enjoy the views. 

 The first trip to the Colorado Mountains 

 should be for pleasure only, so that one may 

 become accustomed to the grandeur before 

 any duties come to distract attention. How- 

 ever, a hurried trip on business infinitely 

 surpasses none at all. 



All the world knows that the climate of 

 Colorado is especially exhilarating; but to 



know this to the full, one must be there 

 in early autumn. No wonder that those 

 unfortunates who have gone to Colorado on 

 account of pulmonary troubles become so 

 enthusiastic in their praise of the place 

 where health is restored to them. It is al- 

 most worth having tuberculosis for the op- 

 portunity of knowing the climate. If you 

 get tuberculosis or an opportunity, visit 

 Colorado. 



Washington, D. C, 



RENDERING PARTIALLY DRAINED CAPPINGS 

 IN A SOLAR EXTRACTOR 



A Plan for Getting All of the Honey by Partially 

 Melting the Cappings 



BY HENRT STEWART. 



There has been considerable inquiry for 

 a method of handling cappings that will 

 do the work better than the capping strain- 

 er or melter. I have a plan which I have 

 used for several years, which I consider 

 ahead of either of these. It is a sort of 

 modification of the solar extractor. I call 

 it the solar honey-separator. While it is 

 somewhat ihc same in principle as the reg- 

 ular solar extractor, it does work that can 

 not be done in the latter, and the honey is 

 still in a very good condition as it runs 

 out, as it is only slightly if any impaired. 

 The best feature about it is that it is ready 

 for business any time when the sun shines 

 from May to October, not only for cap- 

 pings but for odds and ends, broken combs, 

 unfinished sections, etc. 



This separator may be built anywhere; 

 but to secure additional reflected rays of 

 the sun it is better to choose the south side 

 of a building. Reference to the illustration 

 will show that A is an enclosure built on a 

 concrete foundation adjoining the south 

 end of my honey-house. It is 44 in. long, 

 24 in. wide, 36 in. high in front, and 50 

 in. high at the back. This enclosure is cov- 

 ered by a glass door, the under side of 

 wliich is lined with felt or woolen cloth 

 around the edges to make it tight. A dou- 

 ble glass adds to the efficiency of the sep- 

 arator, although if not too much is expect- 

 ed a single glass is sufficient. To prevent 

 rain water beating in, the hinge side of the 

 glass door should be covered with a strip 

 of oilcloth. 



About two inches under the glass is a 

 galvanized iron tank, F, resting on a frame- 

 work so that it can be removed easily. This 

 is 36 in. long, 14 wide at the bottom, and 

 18 wide at the top. It is 15 in. high in 

 front, and 20 high at the back. Four inch- 



