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THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



made of wire-cloth ; large euoiigli 

 to contain the size of combs used 

 and with sufficient space inside so 

 that they may be easily placed 

 without injury from the wirecloth. 



The comb baskets are made to 

 slip on the hook at top, and at 

 bottom they have a double crotch 

 to fit the arch at lower corner. As 

 the extractor stands at rest the 

 comb baskets are all pointing 

 toward the centre as they hang on 

 hooks at the top, and the double 

 crotch at bottom rests squarely 

 against the arch at bottom of reel. 

 As the reel begins to turn, the four 

 comb baskets containing the combs 

 are at the same time thrown off the 

 vertical centre and all pass round 

 in one direction to the four sides 

 of reel. As soon as the motion 

 stops and the centrifugal force is 

 gone the comb baskets drop back 

 to their former position pointing 

 toward the centre. By reversing 

 the motion the comb baskets are 

 carried around in the opposite 

 direction and the honey is tlirown 

 from the other side of comb. Now 

 the machine is again stopped by 

 applying the brake at top of verti- 

 cal shaft, the comb baskets again 

 swing back pointing toward the 

 centre and the combs are removed. 



If it is desirable to extract from 

 broken combs or partly filled 

 sections, a comb basket made to 

 open on one side to receive the 

 combs can be used in place of the 

 regular comb baskets. — G. W. 

 Stanley & Bro., Wyoming, N. Y. 



Mrs. J. W. Tefft kindly sends 

 us the following receipt which has 

 been thoroughly tested and has 

 proven very valuable. 



COUGH SYRUP. 



Put a handful of hops in one 

 quart of boiling water, boil tlie 

 mixture down to one pint, and add 

 one-half cup of extracted honey ; 

 then simmer it for a while, when 



it is ready for use. Dose : one 

 teaspoonful, four or five times 

 daily. 



Will our lady readers take an 

 interest and kindly send us not 

 only all the valuable receipts for 

 the use of hone}- as a medicine or 

 for other purposes, but also any 

 interesting notes regarding apicul- 

 ture, and we will devote a portion 

 of the Apiculturist to such notes. 



A physician of this place kindly 

 gave us the following remedy for 

 counteracting the poison in severe 

 cases of stinging by bees. If a 

 physician is at hand it is better to 

 ask his advice regarding its use, 

 but if not one must be governed by 

 the severity of the case. 



Take one teaspoonful of aroma- 

 tic spirits of ammonia in one wine 

 glass or one-fourth of a tumblerful 

 of water at intervals of from fifteen 

 minutes at first, to thirty and more 

 minutes, being governed l)y the se- 

 verity of the case and discontinu- 

 ing it when the system seems 

 relieved of tlie poison. 



The wounded parts should be 

 bathed witli the ammonia at the 

 same time. 



Mr. G. H. Knickerbocker of 

 Pine Plains, N. Y., has kindly 

 sent us one of his circulars, from 

 which we quote the following : 



"■The American Apiculturist 

 should be in the hands of every 

 beekeeper in the land. It has no 

 personal interest to put before the 

 public, and is fully awake to the 

 beekeeper's best interests. I make 

 the following offer (entirel}^ un- 

 known to the editor) in order that 

 I may do my share towards giving 

 it what it justl}' deserves, the 

 largest subscription list of any bee- 

 journal extant," 



We refrain from quoting club 

 offers, as he will send a circular to 



