1886 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



329 



without opening- the packag-e. The isinglass is not 

 easily broken, and in many localities slips suitable 

 for the purpose could be had at a cost almost insig- 

 niflcaut. The factories, too, where the boxes are 

 made, ought not to charge more than a quarter of 

 a cent each additional, to put in these little win- 

 dows. I suppose the idea belongs to friend Cox. 



ANOTHER SWAKMING-BOX. 



G. M. Bishop, of Indianapolis, Ind., sends us a 

 sketch of a swarming-box, made by placing a three- 

 frame nucleus hive on the end of a pole. In front 

 of the entrance of the hive is a broad alighting- 

 board. This alighting-beard is pushed up under 

 the lower end of the swarm, with the hive attached. 

 The bees leave the cluster and crawl into the hive. 

 The whole is let down and taken where desired. 

 The pole is riiade in three sections, so it can be used 

 at different heights. No doubt this arrangement 

 will work nicely. A frame of unsealed brood can 

 be put in the little hive if desired. 



THAT PERFORATING MACHINE. 



Our zinc-perforating- machine has greatly exceed- 

 ed our expectations; and while I sit here its great 

 jaws cut out 68 holes at every stroke, or TOCO perfo- 

 rations every 5 minutes, so j'ou can form some idea 

 of its immense power. It is a self-feeder, and our 

 machinists who made it have a pleased expression 

 upon their faces as they watch the thing " chank," 

 " chank," and roll out the ,-hects of perforated met- 

 al. The capacity of the machine is 12 whole sheets 

 per hour, or at a rafe calculation of 100 sheets per 

 day— enough perforated zinc to make nearly a thou- 

 sand tin-lined honey-boards. The very low rate at 

 A^hich we are offering- this zinc ($1.50 per whole 

 sheet, or 10 cents per sq. ft.) has started quite a run 

 on it, and we hope we can supply our friends with 

 all they want. 



BUSINESS AT THIS DATE. 



So far as we have been able to gather from letters 

 received, bees have wintered unusually well; in 

 fact, I do not remember of a f eason since Glean- 

 ings had an existence, when the reports were so 

 uniformly favorable in regard to wintering as at 

 the present date. As a consequence, our business 

 is perhajis as thriving as it ever was before at this 

 time of the year; and notwithstanding our loss by 

 fire, by the aid of past years ef experience and bet- 

 ter machinery we are filling all orders quite prompt- 

 ly, with but few exceptions. Some delay was 

 caused waiting for the machine that perforates 

 the zinc, to be finished. Orders for odd-sized goods, 

 those not mentioned in our catalcgue, and which 

 M'c do not keep for sale, have occasioned some de- 

 lay. 



"FOR CHRIST'S S.VKE." 



I WANT to add one thought here that was omitted 

 in Our Homes. Many times in life we run on to 

 wrongs that ought to be righted. The duty de- 

 volves upon us, and we can not escape it. The only 

 question is, to decide how we can best do it for 

 Christ's sake; and the point I wish to make is this: 

 If the matter is something that is already nearly at 

 an end, perhaps we had better permit it to go on. 

 You may have difficulty with some one with whom 

 you have deal: to right it may necessitate a law- 

 suit; but if your contract with him is nearly ex- 

 pired, bear with him, or put up with him for the 

 time being for the sake of peace, or, if you choose, 

 for Christ's sake. In the same way, many other 



things in life will rigrht themselves if let alone, and, 

 perhaps, cause less trouble and hard feeling to all 

 parties concerned; so when you are about to dis- 

 turb society, and stir up bad feeling, look tho 

 ground over carefully before you do any thing, and 

 see if the matter will not right itself before very 

 long, if just let alone. Bear quietly and uncom- 

 plainingly the wrongs you, are suffering, for the 

 sake of peace; ard do not be in haste to bring 

 trouble upon yourself and those about you. How- 

 ever, when duty doca demand that you should bring- 

 iniquity to light, do it without flinching; but first 

 be sure that Christ's cause will be furthered by so 

 doing, and that the act is solely for ChiisVs sake. 



A BARGAIN IN NICE COMB HONEY IN SECTIONS. 



We have just had a very pleasant visit from Mr. 

 Gain K. Smith, of Victor, Ontario Co., N. Y. Mr. 

 Smith says he has taken Gleanings right straight 

 along since the time it was printed by wind -mill 

 power, and he has been a bee-keeper all these years. 

 Well, last year he produced a crop of eight or ten 

 thousand pounds of beautiful comb honey. He 

 sent it to the city of Pittsburg, to be sold; but as 

 it did not go off to suit him he turned it over to his 

 old friend Novice, who runs Gleanings. The hon- 

 ey is in neat pine cases holding 24 sections each. 

 The sections weigh about I'j lbs., glass and all, for 

 everj- section has glass on each side of the honey, 

 after the fashion friend Doolittle puts up his cele- 

 brated comb honey. The glasses are fastened io 

 with tins, so they can be removed in a second. They 

 are all filled and nicely sealed, and the sections 

 have been nicely scraped off', so it is a handsome- 

 looking lot;, and in point of flavor it is equal to 

 any white -clover honey I ever tasted. We offer it 

 for sale at 14 cts. per lb. for the sections, with the 

 two pieces of glass included; that is, 14 cts. per lb., 

 glass and all. The sections are made of pine, so the 

 woodwork is comparatively light. There are 171 

 cases in all, and the table below shows just tho 

 amount of money required for each case. It is so 

 well packed that the entire lot came all the way 

 from Pittsburg here without the bi-eakage of a 

 single crate or a single comb, and it will doubtless 

 reach you in just as good condition. It can be 

 shipped safely either by freight or expi-ess. If you 

 wish, we can usually decide which manner will be 

 the cheaper of the two. 



NO. OF CASES. 



For two or more cases we make a discount of 5 

 per cent; 10 or more, a discount of 10 per cent; 100, 

 1.5 per cent. The above honey is the cleanest and 

 most perfect lot I think I ever saw. Each section 

 is so perfectly scaled that not a bit of honey has 

 dropped out or got daubed on the glass, and I do 

 not believe there is a sticky section in the whole 

 7000 lb,s. 



