Dec. 18, 1902. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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combined ; also a picture of my wax-extractor in operation, 

 showinfT my wife and myself. 



This extractor is an improvement over the Swiss. It 

 has a cone-shaped bottom so as to make it stronp to resist 

 the screw ; a cone-shaped plunger to work freely so as to 



Outline of Mr. Fisher's Wax-Extractor. 



follow down the combs as they melt, and keep the steam in 

 contact with same. It is guided at the top lid so it has to 

 stay straight. The steam comes up the small pipe from the 

 boiler into the larger one in the plunger, then down, and 

 carries the wax out to the screen ; from there it goes to the 

 outlet pipe to a dish or pan to receive it. Too much pres- 

 sure must not be put on the screw, for the more pressure 

 you put on it the higher the steam pressure. The steam 

 will carry the wax out to the periphery of the machine, and 

 there will not be any left in the refuse. It works to per- 

 fection, as the smile on the faces tell. 



Northampton Co., Pa. Jamks H. Fisher. 



The De.\th of A. I. Root's Mothek is announced 

 in Gleanings in Bee-Culture. She died full of good works 

 and full of years, having lived another score of years be- 

 yond the " three score years and ten." 



Mr. R. D. Cleveland's observation hive with bees 

 appears on the first page. He has this to say about it : 



I send herewith a photograph of one of my hives which, 

 perhaps from its singularity, your readers may find more 

 interesting than one of my whole apiary. As you will see, 

 it is an observation hive which I made myself, and have 

 placed on a bracket shelf attached to the sill of the sitting- 

 room window. 



I took a comb of brood with two queen-cells and all the 

 bees and put in the observatory, and they went to work as 

 if they had always lived there. The queens hatched in 

 about a week, but we never saw but one of ttiem. A few 

 days after we saw " H. R. H." return from her bridal trip, 

 and since we have watched all the various stages of house- 

 keeping and rearing " children." I also added a four-section 

 super, but the honey-flow was so scanty that they would not 

 go up. I tried a section of uncapped honej' for bait, and 

 they took it all right, but left an empty comb. I intend to 

 try again next year, and hope to get them to work in the 

 super. 



I am sure if bee-keepers knew how easy an observation 

 hive is to make and manage, and how interesting and in- 

 structive it would be to themselves ^nd friends, no apiary 

 would be without one. Ralph D. Cleveland. 



Convention Proceedings 



THE DENVER CONVENTION. 



Report of the Proceeding's of the 33d Annual 

 Convention of the National Bee-Keepers" As- 

 sociation, held in Denver, Col., on Wed- 

 nesday, Thursday and Friday, 

 Sept. 3. 4 and 5, 1902. 



(Continued from paire 790.) 



THIRD DAY— Ai-TKRNOON Session. 



At 2 o'clock Pres. Hutchinson called the convention to 

 order, and requested Mr. W. L. Porter, of Colorado, to read 

 his paper on "Managing Out-Apiaries for Comb Honey." 



Mr. Porter — As the topic assigned is on producing 

 comb honey in out-apiaries, and as that is about the same 

 as producing comb honey at home, therefore the paper will 

 cover a kind of synopsis on organizing an out-apiary and 

 running it. 



MANAQINQ OUT-APIARIES FOR COMB HONEY. 



The out-apiary is an invention of the specialist, that is, 

 of the bee-keeper who devotes his whole time to bee-culture, 

 depending on it for his income. In a country where the 

 honey-producing plants are scattered, he finds it necessary 

 to keep more bees than one location will furnish flowers 

 for. In order that he may have a full crop he seeks a new 

 and more favorable location. 



In an out-apiary three things must be considered : 1st, 

 Ivocation. 2d, Stock of bees. 3d, Method of manipulation. 



In seeking a location it is important that the bee-keeper 

 should keep in mind three important facts, viz.: 



1st. There must be an abundance of honey-producing 

 plants. 



2d. This must not be already stocked by other bee- 

 keepers. 



3d. A favorable place to set the hives must be found. 

 The land should slope gently to the south, with shade; on 

 the north and west protection from the wind. 



After a suitable location has been found it should be 

 stocked with bees which have been bred with special refer- 

 ence to hardiness, to insure good wintering ; strong wing- 

 power, for long flights and to resist the wind. They should 

 have energy and good comb-building qualities. There 

 should be colonies enough in a place to make it an object to 

 spend a whole day in one yard to furnish work for the bee- 

 keeper and his assistants. The hives should number from 

 100 to 150. It is necessary to have a bee-and-mouse-proof 

 building large enough to hold supplies for a year's crop of 

 honey and increase. 



In winter the beekeeper should make visits from time 



Messrs- Fisher and Beitel in their Apiary. 



