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means of a small boiler which will hold two or three gallons of 

 water and the steam is conducted directh- to the knives by rubber 

 tubes. To heat the water a small oil burner or a single gasoline 

 burner may be used. As the steam condenses it is carried back to 

 the boiler. 



The knives are corrugated and work with an oscillating niot'on. 

 enabling the operator to use them in the most effcctixe manner. 

 They are (|uickly adjusted to any width and open automaticallv 

 when pressing the top bars. 



He is a shrewd bee-keeper who can super his comb honey colo- 

 nies so as to have few unfinished combe at the end of the season. 



Too Much Equipment. 



Bee culture is not so profitable that the producer of comb and 

 extracted honey can have a very full equipment for both unless a 

 good deal of the material is home-made. There is an advantage in 

 living near other bee-men so that, perhaps, you can borrow an ex- 

 tractor, capping melter. or a few^ comb honev supers or comb foun- 

 dation. There has been a good deal of running around to the 

 neighbor bee-men this year, as the flow has been faster than com- 

 mon since early in July, the rush taking us b}' surprise, so that we 

 have had to help each other out as best wc could. The supplv 

 dealers have run short on a good deal of material and waiting is a 

 hard virtue to find in bee-men during swarming and a rush hone\- 

 flow, ^^'hich leads me to say that many bee-men h.ave more equip- 

 ment not in yearly use than their number of colonics warrant. 

 Better trade that extra extractor, capping melter. or extra suiters for 

 something you need worse. And it will pay everv bee-man to take 

 an inventory to find out what extras have accumulated ihat ma\- 

 better be spared. 



Mr. France's Good Work is Recognized. 



Those who attended the National meeting at Cincinnati last 

 I'^ebruary will remember how all went down deep in their pockets 

 to make uj) a ])urse to buy member J^>ance a token of remembrance 

 for faithful work performed for the National Association, and how 

 soon $4S was subscribed for the purpose, wdll be pleased to note 

 that in his declining years Mr. France and his wife also can set in 

 an easy chair and know bv thc^se tokens of appreciation that his 

 almost life-work is appreciated bv a loving fraternity. Long ma^' 

 Mr. and Mrs. I'Tance live to enjov the gift, is a flesire of the Na- 

 tional P)ee-keeper's Association. Mr. Dadant, of the Auicrican Bee 

 Journal, was chosen chairman of the committee in charge of buving 

 the gift and we take pleasure in co])ying from the .\ugust A.. 15. J. 

 as follows : 



