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T>H® Ms^®)KieMi« mmm jm'&mmm'L,. 



in the hands of the wholesale mer- 

 chant, who is making it a specialty, 

 and is willing to spend some time in 

 pushing it. 



PACKAGES FOR EXTRACTED HONEY. 



In putting it on the market, we 

 shouUI use all taste possible, to put it 

 up in the most attractive shape. Little, 

 bright tin-pails, holding from one 

 pound upward, can be procured very 

 cheaply, and these, with a neat label 

 with the apiarist's name and address, 

 and notice of how to reduce it to the 

 liquid form, make a very attractive 

 package, as well as a very convenient 

 one. 



The most convenient package for 

 storage, when honey is extracted, is 

 the ten-quart pail, with patent bottom, 

 cover, and bail. They can be had for 

 less than one cent per pound for the 

 honey which they contain, will last for 

 years, and are always ready to ship or 

 to heat over. They hold 3U pounds, 

 and by passing a wire from lug to lug 

 over the cover, they can be shipped 

 anywhere by freight without any 

 boxing. 



Every apiarist should aim to keep 

 his apiary, his extractor, and recepta- 

 cles neat and clean, so that when 

 visitors come, everything will have an 

 •inviting appearance, and his visitor 

 will be so captivated that he will be 

 sure to take with him a good supply 

 of the coveted sweet. 



We should, in these ways, be able 

 to spread the consumption of honey 

 until this beautiful land of ours will be 

 one literally " flowing with milk and 

 honey." 



Greeley, Colo. 



S"WAIIM-HIVER. 



Another Claims the Self-Hiver 

 Described by Mr. Alley. 



Written for theAvierican Bee Journal 



BY GEO. W. STEPHENS. 



fully described it in his article. His 

 invention and mine are practically and 

 specifically the same. 



I did not use the hiver last summer, 

 because we had a very unfavorable 

 season, and raj- bees did not swarm at 

 all. 1 thought that I would test the 

 arrangement a little further next sea- 

 sou, and then either apply for a pat- 

 ent, or donate it to the fraternity. But 

 Mr. Alley has forestalled me in the 

 matter, and has already applied for a 

 patent ; but as we have each unwit- 

 tingl}' invented the same device, I 

 hardly think it would be fair that let- 

 ters patent should be issued, giving 

 Mr. Alley the exclusive control of a 

 valuable invention — valuable, because 

 its use in an apiary will enable the bee- 

 keeper to attend church, or to indulge 

 in a midday "snooze" in the friendly- 

 shade of a classic linden. 



As some might think my claim to 

 this invention is a case of " mis- 

 taken identitjf," I respectfully refer 

 them to Mr. N. J. Wheeler, Clerk of 

 the District Court of this county, who 

 also had bees in the same yard, and 

 who helped me watch the device 

 nearly all summer ; Prof. Z. T. Hawk, 

 of Audubon, Iowa, who saw the tube, 

 and is well known as a writer for the 

 bee-periodicals, and Mr. Theodore 

 Walker, a real estate agent and bee- 

 keeper, of this town. 



I have written to the Patent OSiee 

 at Washington, in regard to the mat- 

 ter', and will endeavor to stay proceed- 

 ings, if it is not too late, as it certainly 

 would be unfair for Mr. Allej', and 

 perhaps for either of us, to have ex- 

 clusive control of the invention. 



Denison, Iowa, Jan. 9, 1890. 



In the ApiouUurist for January, and 

 also on page 27 of the American Bee 

 Journal, Mr. Henry Alley describes 

 a device for automatically hiving 

 swarms. 



In the summer of 1888, I invented 

 and used in my apiary, this same de- 

 vice. My tube was made of screen- 

 wire, at each end of which was at- 

 tached a cone made like the cones in 

 the Alley drone-trap. This tube con- 

 nected two drone-traps attached to 

 two hives, as shown in Mr. Allej-'s il- 

 lustration. The cones were placed on 

 the tube so that the small ends pointed 

 toward the empty hive. 



I will not attempt a further descrip- 

 tion of the device, as Mr. Alley has 



HONEY. 



It is Digested Nectar — Milk is 

 Digested Orass. 



Written lor the American Bee Jov/mal 

 BY WM. F. KANZLER. 



The readers of the valuable Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal are under very 

 great obligation for the able report of 

 the International Convention held at 

 Brantford, Ont., for, "Who brings 

 much, brings some to everybody !" 



Among the many good essays, I 

 learned the most from Prof. Cook's, on 

 "The Alimentary Apparatus of Bees," 

 because the idea that the digestion of 

 the nectar goes on while in transit 

 from the flower to the hive, was very 

 new to me, and gave me the key to 

 solve some observations which I had 

 formerly made, viz : 



When I fed the bees on my porch 

 in the fall some afternoon, and the 

 sun shone brightly, and stood some 



20° to 35° over the horizon, and I 

 stood so that the bees, in flying home, 

 came between nie and the sun — then 

 I saw that most of the bees did not fly 

 ofT in a hurry, but circled around and 

 turned their faces to the porch, and 

 spirted a long stream of watery stuff 

 in the air, against the house (some the 

 other way) ; but very few would fly 

 away without spirting, and emptying 

 themselves, and on the shavings which 

 covered the food, and on the floor, 

 even, was a sticky, adhesive matter. 

 Now I understand these things — it is 

 the first stejj in digestion, to get rid of 

 tlie over-plus of water, or other watery 

 matter. 



Sometimes in the spring and sum- 

 mer, I saw that some bees, in flying 

 out of the hive, were spirting a stream 

 of water before them, and emptying 

 themselves before they gathered a load 

 of nectar — perhaps they had too much 

 water in the hive, or on the bottom- 

 board. So we see that digestion goes 

 on very quickly. 



It is impossible for me to find fault 

 with the word " digestion." Is not 

 milk digested grass and hay ? and are 

 not eggs digested worms, and bugs, 

 and slugs ? If you find your neighbor 

 at breakfast eating eggs, and you say, 

 " Friend, you are eating digested 

 worms, grubs, and slugs," what would 

 he answer ? He would reply, "Never 

 mind, they are dead now, and trans- 

 formed into nice, fresh eggs — the very 

 thing for my old, weak stomach." And 

 so with milk and honey ; the eaters of 

 them, and the people generally, will 

 not ask questions about digesting, if 

 the eatables are nice and fresh, and 

 taste well. 



Even if honey is only half-digested 

 nectar, it saves our system half the 

 labor of digestion, and is also a benefit 

 to us ; and besides this, it is a scien- 

 tific expression, and was used long 

 before our learned Prof. Cook put his 

 first boots on ; and all those who say 

 that he shall take back the "digested 

 part of it," are like a certain man in 

 Italy, who said, " Science must turn 

 back !" But this is an impossibility, 

 and never can, or shall, or will, be 

 done ; for our world moves from west 

 to east, and nobody can make it turn 

 the other way. 



Science is seeking the truth, and 

 cannot listen to anybody's feelings or 

 sentiments, and I would lose ray self- 

 respect if I should find fault with a 

 scientific expression, while I could not 

 give a better one. 



At Brantford, Prof. Cook was sup- 

 ported by that learned man, Mr. S. 

 Cornell, whom we bee-keepers this 

 side of the line hold in great esteem for 

 the many services that he has rendered 

 us in enlightening us on many difficult 

 questions in bee-lore ; and also Dr. 



