skillful economists in the Gatinois, after 

 the crop of sainfoin, transport their hives 

 into the plains of La Beauce, where the 

 melilot aboiuuis; afterward into Solojjne, 

 where the conntry is covered with buck- 

 wheat, which is in flower until the end of 

 September. The practice is universal in 

 the country, and even the humble peasant 

 imitates the opulent proprietor in the trans- 

 portation of his hives." 



M. Bomare adds : " We are informed, by 

 a memoir of M. Duhamel, that the i)rotit 

 wliich is extracted from the bees under the 

 system of transportation, is very considera- 

 ble. From the month of July, when the 

 bees have swarmed, and have made an 

 ^'xeellent harvest from the sainfoin, the 

 whole of the honey and wax is taken from 



Bellows Bee Smokers. 



Since the invention of the extractor 

 by Ilruska, no more important contri- 

 bution to practical bee-culture has 

 been made than the Bellows Smoker. 



The late Mr. Quinby was the first to 

 make such an article, and it was ac- 

 corded the whole held during the life 

 of the distinguished inventor. Though 

 it did not prove to be so perfect that 

 no improvements were needed, it is 

 well known that so long as no substan- 



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them, and the bees are put into an empty 

 hive. The hives are then transported into 

 a country where an abundance of flowers 

 and mellifluous herbs are' to be found. If 

 the w^eather be fine, and the flowers luxuri- 

 ent, the hives, which have been transported 

 in July, are well filled by the latter end of 

 August. They are then changed a second 

 time, and particular care taken of the brood 

 combs. As soon as the bees have been 

 thus changed a second time, they are 

 removed into a country wliere buckwheat 

 abounds; and supposing the season to be 

 favorable, the hives are so well filled that a 

 third of their combs may be extracted." 



1^ The Lakefield, Ont., JVe.ws says 

 "Mr. W. H. Langford chopped down a 

 maple tree which contained the hard- 

 earned hoardings of a colony of bees. 

 Getting 150 ib of honey." 



SMOKER. 



tial improvement was suggested by 

 others, no bee-keeper presumed to 

 copy it, or deprive him of the honor, or 

 small profit which may be derived from 

 its manufacture. 



Mr. T. F. Bingham was the next in 

 the field with a smoker. His is not a 

 copy of the Quinby; it is original in 

 both construction and design. Mr. 

 Bingham has filed a caveat preparatory 

 to obtaining a patent to protect his 

 rights in it as its inventor. jSTotwith- 

 standing this A. J. King has produced 

 an imitation of it, and A. I. Root has 

 copied many of its important features 

 in a low-priced imitation of it. 



