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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



My present machine does not remove 

 all stain of propolis from the wood ; which 

 I believe will serve as a trade mark of 

 pure honey. Several articles that have 

 already appeared in the American Bee 

 Journal and Gleanings, expressive of the 

 artificial taint which might be entertain- 

 ed, have convinced me that the machine 

 as now constructed will be the most de- 

 sirable. 



A valuable feature in my present ma- 

 chine is that of durability; compared with 

 emery cloth or sand-paper, which will 

 gum in cleaning 25 or 30 sections, in this 

 locality. More than 2,500 sections have 

 been most thoroughly cleaned without 

 any breakage, and withal, the machine is 

 not perceptibly worn. The transcen- 

 dent point of excellence is, the machine 

 requires no sharpening. 



Plain sections, as I have previously 

 shown, occupy less space; consequently 

 lessen the size and cost of shipping cases 

 about 20 per cent. All bee-keepers are 

 especially interested in lessening the ex- 

 pense of those supplies which, in the 

 nature of things, are transient and must 

 be purchased annually. Having made a 

 few changes, I give herewith what will 

 answer equally well in the construction 

 of one, two or three-row cases. Although 

 I prefer the two-row, the single one is 

 very cheap and convenient, being made 

 of narrow or cull lumber, with a propor- 

 tionally small piece of glass. The sec- 

 tions pack beautifully with no side.pl ly; 

 an important feature in transportation. 

 Preferring as I do a size for 12 sections in 

 the one and two-row cases, I will give the 

 dimensions of the pieces; the construction 

 being alike for any size which may be re- 

 quired. For a single-row case % x 4^ x 

 19 sides are used. The rear end piece is 

 y% X 4^ X 434, plump, in order to give 

 width to receive the sections easil}'. 

 P^ront end pieces for glass ^ x i J^ x 454, 

 plump, rabbeted instead of a saw-kerf. 

 These front pieces nailed within the sides 

 retain the glass, which is held in place 

 by the first section. The saw kerf in 

 ost cases is objectionable, being too 



small for many pieces of glass, as well as 

 too frail. The bottom piece is ^ x 4X x 

 18^, nailed inside. The top is yi thick, 

 otherwise the same as the bottom; and 

 fits within, resting upon the sections, and, 

 for home or local markets requires no 

 fastening save a string. The two-row 

 case sides are the same in width and 

 thickness, 13 inches in length, with rear 

 end, and front pieces 8 9-16 inches long; 

 otherwise the same as the single-row case. 

 The top and bottom are respectively ^ 

 and X thick, 12^ long and 8 9-16 wide. 

 Aside from the advantages of the sim- 

 plicity of construction and beauty of fin- 

 ish, the laying aside of the no-drip feature 

 further lessons the cost. 



Jackson, Mich. Nov. 16, 1898. 

 READING THE BEE JOURNALS. 



What is Wanted in Them, and how to get 

 The Most out of Them. 



H.\RRY S. HOWE. 



¥HEN I first 

 began work- 

 ing for Mr. W. L. 

 Coggshall,in 18S5, 

 the introduction 

 that he gave me to 

 the theory of b ee- 

 keeping, came in 

 the shape of a big 

 bundle of Glean- 

 ings and Ameri- 

 can Bee Journals. 

 These, he said, would answer my ques- 

 tions, as well as furnish me with some 

 idea of what the bee business was like. 



As soon as one lot was read, another 

 was forthcoming, until I had read the 

 files of those papers, from their beginning, 

 as well as several bee books. 



The method which I followed at that 

 time in reading the papers, and still follow 



