the inventor of tlie " Farmers' Friend Bee 

 Hive," patented Nov. 22, 1870, we find a 

 similar arrangement of lioney boxes, illus- 

 trated and described, Tluwe boxes arc Sxfi, 

 and identical with the one described by the 

 cut at the liead of this article, and lield in a 

 frame, asseen by the following cut; 



U. T. WHEELER'S SECTIONAL BOXES. 



Friend Wheeler remarlts, that liis " ar- 

 rangement of small honey boxes is the 

 result of many years' experimenting, to 

 combine the advantages of both large and 

 small boxes." On page 8, of this circular, 

 we (ind a testimonial from G. M. Doolittle, 

 whicli says he purchased a case of 14 boxes, 

 in July, 1872, of Mr. Wheeler, and therein 

 lie ventured the prophecy that tliey would 

 " come into general use." 



Friend Wheeler says he does not claim to 

 be the inventor of section boxes, but he 

 does claim to be the first to combine section 

 or one-comb boxes and tin separators in a 

 practical way, to secure the combs being 

 built true, so that they can be marketed.— 

 For this arrangement, a patent was granted 

 him, Nov. 22, 1870. lie commenced his 

 experiments with wood, paper and tin for 

 separators, in 1867. 



Friend Wiieeler says that all are free to 

 make and use these boxes— all he wants is 

 " the credit placed where it belongs." 



It seems therefore to be certain that friend 

 Betsinger has company in his claim to be 

 the inventor of sectional boxes. We are 

 glad that such boxes were invented and 

 would accord (til honor to every one of the 

 inventors. But as friend Betsinger com- 

 menced bee-keeping (as we see by back vol- 

 umes of the A. B. J.) in 1808, he is anti-dated 

 many years by E. W. Phelps, whose patent 

 on sectional boxes is dated in 18o2. 



To accommodate all, we should call this 

 Box : " The Phelps-Wheeler-Betsinger-Bar- 

 ker & Dicer Sectional Box." But, for short, 

 we will call it The Piuze Box— and that 

 will accomodate all. 



As improvements are in order, and as 

 recently, some consumers are manifesting 

 disapproval of there being so much glass to 



pay for as honey— let us suggest that the 

 crate be glassed, instead of the boxes. Ifc 

 will only take two pieces of glass, GKVn}4 to 

 glass each crate-, instead ot 24 pieces, 5x0 

 inches, to glass the boxes. Prize Crates, 

 ready to nail, are made both ways, either 

 to admit the glass in the crate, or in the 

 boxes as desired. So in ordering, please 

 say which kind are wanted. 



II. A. Anderson, of Jefferson Co., 

 Wis., says: "A convenient crate and a 

 safe one too, may be made in the usual 

 way, with wire springs for the bottom, 

 and at asnrall cost. One double spring 

 in the sliape of an c/s on each end of the 

 box is enough." 



^^W Friend Muth suggests that but few 

 understand how to put their honey in the 

 most marketable shape, and adds: " The 

 best I obtained during the past season was 

 from friend Iletlierington, of Michigan. — 

 Our California friends understand how to 

 put it up for sale — all but their frames." — 

 True; but apiarists are now getting awake 

 to their own interest enough to learn " how- 

 to do it." The adoption, quite generally, of 

 the Prize Box and Crate will help the mat- 

 ter vastly. 



Henry Co., Iowa, Jan. 5, 1S7S. 

 "Please inform me in Tim Jouhxai, how 

 much Iloge's Carrier costs and what kind of 

 boxes can be shipped in it?" 



H. M. Noble. 



[Iloge's Honey Carrier is made of different 

 sizes, to accomodate the kind of boxes or 

 crate used; but the regular size for a dozen 

 Prize Boxes in the Prize Crate, costs, with 

 an empty Crate and 12 empty 21b boxes,' ^2. 

 We can fill orders for it.— Ed.] 



Glucose is certainly not a wholesome 

 article; and it is used for adulteration 

 only, because it is the cheapest sweet. — 

 Candy makers, confectioners, brewers, 

 whisky compounders, and others, use it in 

 abundance, though none will admit the 

 fact. Some time ago, an agent held up a 

 bottle of very clear glucose between liis 

 thumb and forefinger, and said to me: " If 

 you are a manufacturer of nuiple syrup, or 

 a dealer in honey, you will have to use this, 

 and it is just as pure as your honey." The 

 German government put a heavy fine on the 

 use of glucose in the brewing business, as 

 it is injurious to health. I remember, also, 

 to have read in one of our German bee 

 papers, that a bee-keeper ruined a large 

 apiary by feeding glucose, and warned his 

 friends of the ruinous effects of glucose on 

 the life of bees. C. F. Muxn. 



