TKANSPORTATION CAN. 



This is manufactured by J. H. Coleman, 

 of New York, and is an excellent idea for a 

 square can, holding from 1 to 10 gallons of 

 extracted honey, enclosed in a box, so con- 

 structed that by lifting the cover the can 

 may be placed in an elevated swinging po- 

 sition, and operated for pouring off the hon- 

 ey from the top so easily that a child could 

 manage it. 



THE NORTH STAR HIVE. 



Sperry & Chandler have in this some- 

 thing of value. It is also a modification of 

 the Langstroth hive, having many points of 

 excellence. Its arrangement for the produc- 



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tion of comb honey is, we think, unexcelled, 

 its peculiarities are a manipulating side (C) 

 opening at the top about 2 inches; rod (B) 

 with thumb-screw to hold the sides together; 

 shape and size of frame, 10xl63>i inches, ta- 

 pering 2 inches; tipping front; easy means 

 of controlling the entrance (D) ; the quilt 

 to cover frames attached to the side, and its 

 comb honey rack. We have some of them in 

 use and like them exceedingly. 



THE DUNHAM BEE FEEDER. 



This Feeder is made of tin, the length of a 

 Langstroth frame, 5 inches deep and 1% 

 inches in width. It is perforated at the bot- 

 tom to let the food down, atmospheric pres- 

 sure preventing its escape faster than it is 

 taken by the bees. It hangs by projecting 

 ends, like the top bar of a frame, and holds 

 several pounds of the food, or it will work 

 just as well when it contains a single pound. 

 For feeding inside the hive, it is a good ar- 

 rangement—though the ideajof a feeder the 

 size of a frame is old— still, Mrs. Dunham is 

 entitled to credit for bringing it out with the 

 present combination of parts. It can be 



made to fit any hive. The feeder may be re- 

 moved as soon as the necessity for feeding 

 is past, so that none is wasted, and as it is 

 air tight, the food does not sour. It can be 

 introduced as easily as a frame of capped 

 honey, which has heretofore been consid- 

 ered the best method of spring feeding, thus 

 avoiding the necessity of keeping such 

 frames full of honey for that purpose. The 

 food may be placed into the hive warm 

 if desired. By request, we shall keep them 

 on sale at our office. They can be sold for 

 75 cents each. Though feeders will not be 

 used much this season, the time nifty come 

 when they will be more urgently demanded. 



HOGE'S new HONEY CARRIER. 



This is now made with spiral springs in- 

 stead of rubber balls, and in it honey can be 

 transported safely any distance. 



BEE BRUSH. 



Geo. B. Wallace has sent us from San Ber- 

 nardino, California, a brush made of the out- 

 side coating of soap plant, for brushing off 

 the bees from the comb. He says: "by 

 dipping it in water occasionally it will re- 

 move young Italians with despatch." It is 

 placed on our museum shelves. 



CARLIN'S FOUNDATION CUTTER. 



This is an admirable little tool for cutting 

 comb foundation. The wheel is made of 



tin, sharpened. It is made by Novice, who 

 has also constructed a frame for guaging 

 the width of starters, to be cut evenly by it 

 to any desired width. It is made of strips 

 of wood of the desired width for starters, 



these being nailed together at the ends by a 

 strip, and left sufficiently wide apart to let 

 the Cutter work between them. These are 

 both very desirable devices. 



