THE A ME R JCA N A PTCULTURIS T. 



to keep the sections in a perfectly square 

 position while on the line. 



now TO jMAKK a SOI-AU-WAX-KXri{ACrOR. 



Mr. G M. Doolittle describes in a 

 late issue of Gleanins;s his way of mak- 

 ing a soLAR-WAX-KxrRACiOR. Broth- 

 er Root seemed to think it most too 

 fussy, and to have too many pieces, and 

 so gave his way of makmg a wax exter- 

 minator wiiich is as follows : 



"You will see by the engraving above, 

 friend Doolittle, that we have made a 

 little neater job. There are fewer pieces ; 

 being dovetailed at the corners, it is 

 stronger; the glass-frame is easily re- 

 movable, and the whole thing, when cov- 

 ered, is complete without any projec- 

 tions, save the supporting legs to hold 

 it at an angle towards the sun. The size 

 is a trifle different, as we made ours to 

 take a 14 x 28 glass — a size that can be 

 obtained at any hardware store. 



Now, fiend Doolittle, instead of go- 

 ing to work and giving so many pieces 

 of so many different sizes, I would rec- 

 ommend the one who contemplates its 

 construction {o make a plain box whose 

 inside dimensions shall be 14 inches 

 wide, 29 inches long, and seven inches 

 deep. I'he sides of said box (not the 

 ends) are to be rabbeted \ deep and 

 about 4- inch wide to receive the glass- 

 frame. The cover should be a similar 

 box, but only i^ inches deep, of the 

 same dimensions otherwise, and is like- 

 wise rabbeted on the side rims. You 

 will thus observe that the glass-frame 29 

 inches long and 14I inches wide can be 

 let down into the "rabbet into the box, 

 and that the cover slips over the whole 

 tiling, and makes a complete and neat 

 box. The legs are 17J inches long, and 

 are pivoted with a screw, as shown in the 

 engraving. The dovetailing is not es- 

 sential, but as it costs us no more we 

 make it so. 



The ])an is simply a trough made of 

 Russia iron, one end of which is closed 

 up, and the sides are bent over a little 

 bit so as to rest on the rabbets in the 

 sides of the box. The wire screen is 

 fastened about § of the way down, as 



shown in the engraving, or just far 

 enough to admit of a Langstroth frame. 

 I would suggest that in telling how to 

 make a hive or any other similar box, 

 we give its inside length, de])th and 

 width, and he who constructs it can 

 then with less mental effort tell how to 

 make it. 



I have carefully tested your solar- 

 wax-extractor, and feel very sure it is 

 very much superior to the one we have 

 formerly advertised. It doesn't clog up, 

 and the wax, when it melts, runs down 

 an inclined plane, runs through the 

 screen, and finally into the pan, and the 

 pan is allowed to stand in the direct 

 rays of the sun ; the wax is kept liquid 

 during the entire day, so that all foreign 

 substances will settle to the bottom." 



These wax extractors are coming into 

 use more and more each year. I shall 

 give them a thorough test the coming 

 summer. 



FOUL BROOD. 



Our Canadian friends are making a 

 great fuss about foul brood. I won- 

 der if the McKinley bill will, prevent the 

 importation of foul brood into tHis coun- 

 try from Canada. If it will, beekeepers, 

 if no others, will be benefited by the 

 new tariff bill. 



It seems that some enterprising bee- 

 keeper in that part of America called 

 ( 'anada has discovered a wonderful rem- 

 edy for the cure o( foul brood. The 

 remedy has been printed and sent, or is 

 said to have been sent, to all the bee -pa- 

 pers in America, that is, those bee papers 

 published in the United States. A copy 

 of the work was sent to us by a friend. 

 The President of the Ontario Beekeep- 

 er's Association did not consider the 

 A PI worthy his attention, and so none 

 came to us from him. This Mr. Presi- 

 dent of the O. B. K. A. well knew that 

 our remedy for foul brood is far supe- 

 rior to his, and, knowing our vie ws on 

 this point, we were passed by when that 

 wonderful remedy was sent around. 



For one, The American Apiculturist 

 is too much "exalted" to listen to any 



