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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTUUE. 



Sept, 



succccflcd in securing any mere lor thcni than lor 

 pound sections. 



Since writing: my last article I have received quite 

 a number of cheering letters, of which the following 

 are fair samples: 



W. Z. Hutchiimni:— Your article in Aug. Glean- 

 ] NGS is lust to the mark. Separators air a nuisance. 

 I would' not use thoiii if thev were ^liven to me and 

 $10.0(1 ticsidcs. 1 u.sc the Hcddon hive complete; 

 have used it fi\c vcars, and t.'Sted it by the side ot 

 other hives in wliieh scpanitors were used, aiiil I 



in i>)i« scuixiii. in the other iiivc. tlian 1 had in the 

 Heddon ease in liv<> \c;irs. lean tal<.' thr sections 

 out oftlie Ilcddou c'asc in (.nc-tuui-tli tlic time that 

 I can out of (itlicr lii\ cs. 1 raised OIK) Ihs. h(ine>' this 

 season in i)<)nnd sections, and liax'e not one hulked 

 comb, and 1 used onl.N' a " startei- " of t'oiiiKhition. 

 John W. Stukwolu. 



Raymond, Ind., Aug. 0, 1884. 



II'. .^. Wi(f(7)i)i.'<on;— I want to express my thanks 

 for your article in Gleanings of Aug. 1st, especial- 

 ly for the part on sections and sepai-ators. I have 

 been trying broad frames and separators, and case 

 methods, and found none that suited me until I tried 

 the Heddon case. 1 first tried sections two inches 

 wide, lait found tliattliev woul<i not woi-I^ ; sind when 

 I 1n-iedthem onlvT. inches, 1 thou^ilit. at «■^.s^that 

 I had found a " bonanza;" but wlicn I found that 

 they weighed only -^j of a pound, my ardor cooled. 

 I think we must either increase the size or the 

 width, for "i-lb. sections are not the (////((/. 1 think 

 they ought to be exactly one pound. The idea that 

 thin combs are sealed over (juicker, is a good one (I 

 havf noticed the fact in ruiuiiny for extracted hon- 

 ey), and, in view oltliis, \voiiliI it not be a good plan 

 to increase the size of tlie sections? 



You speak of ^8 sections filling a case; how is 

 that? If you use 1'4 sections, why do you not use 

 '4-inch sides to your cases, and make them Wn in. 

 wide, and put in 40 at once? 



You iire sound on the time to put on sections; .iust 

 before the liees begin to hang out is the nick of 

 time. You are also right on the size of fdn. No 

 scraiis not- odds nor en<ls will answer. 



I have three aiiiaries, of 'A, 53, and 43 colonies I'C- 

 speeti\('lv, Ifoiii which I have received 3000 lbs.. 

 4.500 lbs., and .")o(H) llis., or 1:?,000 in all. The best 

 yield was from those having the best access to bass- 

 wood. C. A. Hatch. 



Ithaca, Wis., Aug. .5, 1884. 



I am opposed to increasing the size of the sections. 

 I wish, if possible (and it is), to adhere to the 414x41.^ 

 dimension. Machinery for making sections is 

 adapted to this siae, as are also our fixtures, ship- 

 ping-crates, etc.; besides, large thin combs are 

 more liable to damage in shipment. Let friend 

 Hatch try some sections lU inches wide without 

 separators, and, if he observes the other conditions 

 that I have mentioned, he will have some well-fllled 

 sections that will weigh a plump pound, and the 

 combs will be straight too. By the way, there was 

 one quite important item that I neglected to men- 

 tion in my former article, and that is, that Given 

 fdp. is less apt to bend, curl, or warp, than that 

 made with rollers. 



In regard to 28 sections filling a case. They were 

 7iotli/2-in. sections; they were pound sections, 1 5-7 

 inches wide. My hive is an eight-frame hive, and 

 the case that contains the sections is a plump foot 

 wide inside. The sides of the case are made of 'B-inch 

 stuff. W. Z. Hutchinson. 



Rogeraville, Mich., Aug. 31, 1884. 



P. S.-A. C. Kendel, of Cleveland, has sold lOOO lbs. 

 of hone.y for us this season. I wrote, a few days 

 ago, asking how it would compare with honey built 

 between separators. Inclosed you will find his re- 

 ply, which came to hand after the above was writ- 

 ten. I wiph you would publish it, not only because 

 It proves how nicely honey can bo raised without 

 separators, but because it contains sotne oxeollont 



Mr. W. Z. Hutchinson :— Your favor of the 15th at 

 hand. In rejtly to your question as to how it com- 

 pai-ed with other lots received thus far, we must 

 say, witliout iH-e.judice, that we thought it a little 

 nicer than any lot of honey received to date. We 

 do not think it was better because made without 

 separators, but is was more uniformly white, select- 

 ed ver.y carefully, crated very nicely, and pleased 

 the purchasers exceedingly. If you had not men- 

 tioned it, we should not liave known that it was pro- 

 duced without sejiarators. We wisli all the friends 

 would exercise e(|\ial cafc in marketing their pro- 

 ductions. Vrry freipiently we lia\'e to remonstrate 

 with i)crsons for the carelessness with which they 

 nianaue their goods. After it has taken them a 

 whole year of i)reparatioii and waitinii- to produce 

 lliein, they will tmnl)le tliciii into some kind of a 

 receptacle, throw it into their wajidn and rush their 

 hoise to market or the nearest station, at its great- 

 est speeil. In this wa.v what would lie the profit is 

 lost liy the lower price the goods ha\-e to be sold at. 



After exhibiting thehonev, and in case you should 

 find no better market, you can send it by freight 

 at any time, and we shall do our best for .vou. 



A. r. Kendel. 



Cleveland, O., Aug. 19, 1884. 



Friend II., after reading your article I felt 

 particularly happy about something, but I 

 could not tell what it was until some time 

 after I got through. It was an idea that was 

 suggested by your remark, that li-inch sec- 

 tions average a trifle over f of a pound each. 

 Now. the readiest way to get i-lb. sections, 

 for wliicli tliere is already (juite a little de- 

 mand, will l»c to make them so narrow that 

 they lill the bill. It anybody has told just 

 what this width should be, I liave not noticed 

 it.— I am vei-y glad indeed you liave again 

 demonstrated lliat you not only teach well, 

 but practice well also. I am glad of further 

 evidence sliowing that you can manage witli- 

 out separators. Friend Kendel is one of my 

 particular friends, and we regard him as the 

 best of autlioiity. — We can furnish sections 

 to hold i lb.— that is, provided somebody tells 

 us just how thick they want to be— or f of a 

 pound, or a whole pound. If any of the 

 friends have got ^-Ib. sections made in the 

 way I have suggested above, I will pay them 

 for all time and trouble in showing us a case 

 or two for sample, so that we may see just 

 how tliey look, and know just how wide to 

 make them. For orders received during this 

 fall, we will make such sections for :58.7-'5 per 

 thousand. 



HOW TO FILE A CIRCULAR SAAAT. 



THE KIND OF FILE NEEDED, TO DO IT I'llOPEKLY. 



T|^ S many of our readers are well aware, 

 :^|s^, we do a very large business, both by 



|af mail and express, on files for filing cir- 

 ■'^^ cular saws. We were among the first 

 to introduce the ''cant" tile, so made 

 that the file itself gives tlie tooth the proper 

 pitch. To give this pitch, however, it nutst 

 be held properly, and instructions for doing 

 this are given in the A B V book. Well, 

 quite a number of the friends have complain- 

 ed that many of the cant files would soon 

 get dull on tlie sharp knife-edge corners, and 

 unless this conuM' could be uiadt^ to cut, the 

 file was comparatively useless. It is true, I 

 have suggested in the" price list tiie use of a 

 rough file for cutting down in tlie throat at 

 the root of the tooth, so that the cant file 

 might still be used. Cutting down the throat 

 with a round tile also starves another purpose: 

 Jt jn.iHes thf corner round instead pf sharp, 



