AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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Xlie Bing^liaiii Bee-Smoker, 



as recently improved, and described on 

 page 601, we show to our readers in 

 the engraving below. It represents one 

 -of the modern advances in the perfecting 

 of apiarian appliances, and Mr. Bing- 

 ham deserves the thanks of all progres- 

 sive apiarists for his efforts to aid in 

 facilitating the management of bees. In 

 a letter to us he says : 



"I have a letter from Mr. O. J. Heth- 

 erington, in which he says, 'It is just 



Binfjlumi Perfect Safety Bee-Smoker. 



the thing.' It is so handy, and is just 

 what every bee-keeper will appreciate. 

 It is so nice to be able to send the smoke 

 where you want it, without turning the 

 smoker upside down. Mr. H. says it 

 will be so nice for handling sections, as 

 the door or nozzle handles so nicely. I 

 think the smoker is now perfect, and 

 the weaknesses it had are now over- 

 come ; hence, I call it the " Perfect 

 Safety Smoker." 



Keep Your Feet Dry, is very 

 good advice, and should be heeded. 

 Many are the complaints that are caused 

 originally by wet feet. The following is 

 recommended as a very good preparation 

 to render the leather of your boots or 

 shoes waterproof, thus better protecting 

 the feet : 



"Take two parts of linseed oil, one 

 part of mutton tallow, and one part of 

 beeswax. Melt and mix thoroughly to- 

 gether. Dry and warm the leather, and 

 apply the mixture with a brush. It 

 makes your understandings perfectly 

 waterproof." 



Best Honey Crop for Years, 



is what some bee-keepers expect this 

 year. Mr. C. H. Dibbern, in the Western 

 Plowman, says this about the "dark 

 cloud " that worried bee-keepers the past 

 few weeks : 



But happily there is a "silver lin- 

 ing "to this cloud of general despair. 

 Rains and cold weather have brought 

 out the white clover in the best possible 

 condition. With fairly good weather 

 during the next six weeks, we will in 

 all probability secure the best honey 

 crop we have had in three years. Two 

 years ago our bees were in fine shape, 

 in a good trim for the harvest, but as 

 there was no honey in the blossoms, 

 what did it all amount to ? We will 

 now have less bees to look after, and 

 can take better care of what remains. 

 If we produce a fair crop of honey, it 

 will likely be of a fine quality, and 

 should find a good market and fair price. 



Xlie Seotch people are pretty 

 hard to get ahead of in many things, 

 and the following is but a fair sample of 

 the proof that they are not far behind 

 some other people who are noted for 

 " tricks that are vain :" " A speculative 

 Scotch gentleman wanted to dispose of 

 some bees ; so, to attract purchasers, he 

 printed the following placard : ' Exten- 

 sive sale of live stock, comprising no 

 less than 140,000 head, with an un- 

 limited right of pasturage.' " The ingen- 

 ious trick succeeded to admiration, for 

 his ' stock ' brought high prices. 



Xhe Cliief Motive Power for 



the machinery at the World's Fair will 

 be supplied by a gigantic engine, to be 

 furnished free to the Exposition by the 

 E. P. Allis Company, of Milwaukee. 

 The engine will be furnished as a part 

 of the company's exhibit. It will be of 

 the quadruple expansion type, and will 

 be of between 3,000 and 4,000 horse- 

 power. Compared with this engine the 

 big Corliss that was exhibited at the 

 Centennial Exposition at Philadelphia, 

 is almost a dwarf. In 1876 the Corliss 

 was considered one of the wonders of 

 the Exposition, but its builder rated it 

 at only 1,400 horse-power, or less than 

 half of the one being built by the Allis 

 Company. 



