1886 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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tion is asked, " AVho is my neighbor?'" 

 Now, I can answer for myself, that all these 

 of whom I have been speaking are run 

 neighbors. When Jesns said, " Thou shalt 

 love thy neighbor as thyself," I am sure he 

 meant tliat / at least should understand him 

 to mean not only the Indians, bnt the ne- 

 groes also ; and it thrills my heart to take a 

 good strong man of either race by the hand, 

 and to welcome him as a brother in Christ 

 Jesus. While I regard tjiem as brothers, 

 and long to help them, and to lead them to 

 the Savior, I tliink it wise and just tliat 

 there should not be intermingling of the 

 races; but for all that. He who lias said. 

 "Tliey shall bo my peoi)le, aiid I will be 

 their God," I am sure meant to include all 

 humanity, of whatever clime or parentage. 



THE SOLAR WAX-EXTRACTOR. 



HOW TO MAKE ONE AT A SMALL COST, AS MADE BV 

 A JUVENILE. 



0N pag-c 587 of Gleanings for July 15, Ernest 

 requested me to g-ive a description of my so- 

 lar wax-extractor. I made mine small, as I 

 have but few colonies, and consequently but 

 little wax to extract. Each little scrap of 

 comb can be thrown in, and very quiclily made into 

 wax, with no dang-er of worms bothering'. I tried 

 coolting- an egg- in March, but I left it in too long-, 

 not being used to cooking, and I haven't tried it 

 since, as I have been so busy. It was cooked " too 

 much done." To make an extractor, any one who 

 can handle tools can make one at a cost not to ex- 

 ceed 30 or 25 cents. 



Use half-inch stuff. First get out two pieces, 

 GxlOij inches, for sides; two pieces, 6x7i4 in., for 

 ends; two pieces, S'ixlO'c, in., for cover and bottom. 

 Make a frame or sash 8^x10'/^, outside measure, to 

 hold a pane of 8x10 window glass; this is the size 

 that I used. Also make a frame 9x7 to nail the tin 

 to that forms the basket that holds the comb— one 

 piece of tagger's tin, S'/^xlOU, to nail to inside of 

 cover for a reflector, and another piece 7!2x9i2 to 

 nail to the 7x9 frame, letting the middle sag down 

 so as to hold the comb when thi'own in. Perforate 

 this with ^s-inch holes to let the wax run through. 

 Drive eight 2-inch wire nails for the frame to rest 

 on, about half way down the inside of the box, and 

 put a square tin pan in the bottom to catch the wax. 

 The sash holding the glass lies flat on the box, and 

 the cover shuts down on top of that. Strips of 

 leather, ii inch wide, for hinges, make it easy to 

 raise either the cover or glass, or both, at a time; 

 and a hook on tlie sash and one on the cover, and a 

 staple in the box, make it easy to fasten. When 

 neatly painted it makes a nice little ornament, and 

 will paj' for itself in a short time. 



I have taken about 48 lbs. of nice comb honey in 

 one-pound sections from my best colony, besides 

 one new swarm, and more honey to come off yet. 

 Fred W. Cranston. 

 Woodstock, Ohio, July 20, IS.Sfi. 



We are very much obliged to you for your 

 very clear description of how to make a 

 cheap solar wax-extractor. No doubt the 

 one you made will do as good work as tlie 

 larger and liigher-priced one illustrated in 

 Glkanings some months ago. though it will 



not melt as large a quantity at a time. I do 

 not know but that 1 would prefer the small- 

 er one if I wished only to melt up little 

 scraps and bits of wax such as accnmulate 

 in the apiary. It is more portable, and costs 

 considerably less, and, better than all, the 

 juveniles can make it. Eiinest. 



HUNTING BEE-TREES. 



PROOF-READINfi, AOAIN. 



^^TE insert the following letter just as 

 ''' our little friend " elizzebnth " wrote 



it— pure and simjile. To correct the 

 mistakes woi,;ld si)oil its originality 

 of style, and I think our little friends 

 will have no trouble in making out the story. 

 If the little folks wish, they can count the 

 number of misspelled words and wiong use 

 of capitals. There are other mistakes of a 

 dilferent nature, but you had better not 

 " tackle " them. This will be good practice, 

 and W'ill help you to write conectly. 



Father takes gleanings and i see in it where i can 

 i r5e lieve earn a Book By righting to you some- 

 thing about Bees, i think it is something new any 

 way. pap scs it is anyway; why papa you no is a 

 grate Bee hunter, he went out yesterday to look 

 for Bees and he found too sworms in one tree, the 

 first sworin was a bout 10 feet from the ground, and 

 then they was a division and then there was a noth- 

 er hollow and it had another sworm in it; i was with 

 him when he cut it. he thought it was an old Bee 

 tree and we would get lots of honej' But it was not. 

 it was Both young sworms and one of the sworms 

 was the little Black Bee and the other highest 

 sworm was the larg Big italion and when he got the 

 tree down and split open why the Bees Both mixed 

 up together, well i asked pap if he was a going to 

 put them all in one hive and he sed he was not if he 

 could find the queens Both, well he looked around 

 an<i seperated the bees till he found one queen and 

 it was the little black queen, well he hived one 

 sorm then he sed he must take them home before 

 he could hive any more Be cause they was enough 

 left yet to make a nother good soworm. well he 

 took that sworm home and he told me to stay hero 

 till he would come back and for me to smoke the 

 Beese and Bother them so they could not huddle to 

 gether to git ready to leave till he come Back, well 

 i don so he was not long gon he had not very far to 

 go. well when he came ba'ck why it was about 12 

 oC'lock and he went to work to see wether he 

 couldnt rind the other queen he hunted a while and 

 found her. well he ses lisey i fouTid her. well i went 

 to see her Be cause i had seen the other and i want- 

 ed to see what difference they was. well they was a 

 Big difference she was i do Believe twised as Big 

 and she was yallow queeiL well now to hive them, 

 well he done that very quick and it was a average 

 sworm pap sed. well he had not more than got them 

 in the hive till a long comes a nother Big swarm 

 and we could not keep them out of the hive they lit 

 on the hive and pap tried to keep them out But all 

 was in vain they was Bound to go in. well they went 

 in and they filled the gum purtey near to the Brim, 

 well he took them home and put them on a stand 

 and the next morning he looked under the hive and 

 found his i talion queen ded and he was vexta Bout 

 it and now the Bees arc working and appeare to Be 



