New Arrivals at our Museum. 



We have quite a number to notice, 

 and so will make a chapter of it. 



CALDWELL'S HIVE REGISTER. 



This tells at a glance what the bees 

 are doing. It consists of a card 5|x7 

 inches to put on the side of the hive 

 and pins may be put into it to indicate 

 anything desired to be remembered. 

 For description see page 122. 



oatman's modest hive. 



This has been improved and a sample 

 of the new hive has arrived at our 

 Museum. The accompaning cut shows 



its form and style. It uses the Gallup 

 frames (B), with side-storing cases (A, 

 C.) — and either another story with 7 

 cases, each to hold 3 prize boxes, or a 

 comb honey rack, as seen on the last 

 page of the cover of this Journal. It 

 is very similar to the hive used by Mr. 

 G. M. Doolittle and Prof. Cook. 



DIRECT-DRAFT, COLD-BLAST SMOKER. 



Mr. Bingham has sent us a sample of 

 his Smoker as he makes it for the com- 

 ing season. He calls it the " Bingham 

 direct-draft, cold-blast combination." 

 Mr. Corey, of California, has suggested 

 that cold smoke is more soothing in its 

 effects on the bees, than that ordinarily 

 produced by a blast through the tire in 



the Smoker. We very much doubt if 

 any one can tell the difference, however, 

 as it cools so quickly. We have tried it 

 and an ordinary one side by side, and 

 three persons, blindfolded, sometimes 

 selected the smoke from one as the hot- 

 test, and sometimes the other, when 

 the smoke was blown into their faces 

 from each smoker alternately. If there 

 should prove to be any advantage in the 

 idea, Mr. Bingham has adapted it to his 

 smoker, in an excellent manner, giving 

 a lining to the stove, where most ex- 

 posed to the heat, thus adding to its 

 durability. 



The smoker, we are glad to notice, 

 has been strengthened, and improved 

 in all its parts. It is a pleasure to 

 note that whatever improvements the 

 smoker may undergo Bingham main- 

 tains its " standard of excellence." 



VALENTINES' ITALIAN BEE YARD. 



Vanlentine & Son, of Carlinville, 111., 

 have gotten up a wood cut of their resi- 

 dence and bee yard, which our readers 

 will be interested in viewing. The cut 



shows a house apiary to the left and a 

 honey house in the center. They are 

 breeders of Italian bees and high-class 

 Poultry. 



LITHOGRAPH OF DAVIS' BEE YARD. 



This is a nice view of Mr. W. J. 

 Davis' residence and bee-yard, at 

 Youngsville, Pa. It makes a very at- 

 tractive appearance, and its owner 

 ought to be " a happy man." 



