142 FIFTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES 



other matter. The plan used is the invention of my as- 

 sistant, and I think I can not do better than to let her tell 

 about it by copying the following article which she wrote 

 for Gleanings in Bee-Culture: 



"When we commenced work in the shop, the first 

 super I filled with the nice clean sections, I looked at the 

 T tins all covered with propolis and thought to myself, 

 ^If we are to have sections unstained by propolis it will 



Fig. 44 — W at ering-C ro ck . 



never do to put them on these dirty T tins. But, oh dear ! 

 it will be an endless task to scrape them all. I can never 

 do it.' Just then a happy thought struck me. Why not 

 boil the propolis ofif? Sure enough, why not? 



"T repaired to the kitchen, placed the wash-boiler on 

 the stove (one we use for such work), filled it with water 

 and T tins, then went back to the shop to work, and left 

 them to boil at their own sweet will, delighted to think I 

 had such an inspiration. In about an hour I went back 

 to the kitchen to see how my T tins were progressing. I 

 fully expected to see them all nice and clean, and was 



