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CLEANINGS TN BEE CULTURE. 



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haps if you should discover that he has some 

 very bad habits, and at times uses some very 

 bad language, you might think strange that 

 I should have such friends. I have known 

 him a great many years, liuwever, and I 

 know pretty much all about his bad habits ; 

 but, dear reader, would it make those bad 

 habits of his any better if 1 should turn a 

 cold shoulder toward liim V Or, if you choose, 

 is there any probability that his habits will 

 grow worse becavse of the fact that I have 

 been sociable and pleasant with him when- 

 ever an opportunity ottered '? 



Some time back "in these Home Papers I 

 told you of stopping at Grafton for a few 

 hours one evening, waiting for a train, but 

 that I found the tobacco smoke so bad at 

 the depot, at the stores, and at the hotel, 

 that I began to look for a place where I could 

 write, free from toi)acco-fumes. They said 

 they didn't know of any other way than to 

 send me in with the women-folks. '' All 

 right," said I ; and in half an hour more I 

 was having a most pleasant chat on the sub- 

 ject of religion, with an old lady who was 

 delighted to find somebody who loved the 

 Lord as she did. Well, this old lady, when 

 she got warmed up on the sul)ject, whipped 

 out an old clay pipe and began to smoke. I 

 suppose that, under the influence of the 

 stimulus, she could talk about the Savior's 

 love still more freely. Well, I found out, on 

 my ride home with" Frank, behind his pair 

 of colts, that this old lady was /ws mother. I 

 did not get away from the fumes of tobacco 

 entirely, even when I went in to stay with 

 the women-folks ; but I did a great deal 

 better. I found a fellow-traveler who loved 

 the Lord. Frank has promised me that he 

 will not only hitch up his colts and take his 

 mother to meeting every Sunday morning 

 and evening (as he has been doing), but that 

 he will try to manage sometimes to get in 

 and take a seat by her side. 



I came home feeling happy, even if I did 

 go away feeling blue and low-spirited. I 

 felt happy, because I had found a good many 

 real nice neighbors of whom I knew nothing 

 before I started away ; and I felt happy be- 

 cause John and Ernest and the rest of the 

 friends at home had, during my absence, 

 managed every thing perhaps as well as I 

 should have done, and in some respects they 

 had made decided improvements. But for 

 all that, they were glad to see my face, and 

 to see the " boss " flying around here and 

 there, up stairs and down, in his accustomed 

 way. Truly, the words of the Psalmist are 

 right and correct in every respect. 



Great peace have they which love thy law, and 

 nothing' shall offend them. 



6ai^ 0WN JinmY, 



CONDUCTED BY ERKEST R. ROOT. 



THE T SUPER AS NOW MADE. 



fllE engraving of the T super which 

 appeared on page 1-56 last spring, al- 

 though a correct representation as we 

 first constructed it, is not as vve now 

 make it. Since its first appearance 

 in our journal it has been quite materially 



modified, as some of our readers of the ear- 

 ly spring and summer of last year will re- 

 member. Indeed, before it assumed its 

 present practical form the suggestions were 

 so many— not a few of which were practi- 

 cal—that before we had another engraving 

 of it made, we decided to wait. Now that 

 practical bee-keepers, piominent among 

 whom is Dr. Miller, are satisfied with its 

 present form of construction, we have had 

 another engraving made — one which we 

 believe is accitrate in every detail. 



THE T SUPEK WaTH THE ADDED IMPROVE- 

 MENTS. 



You observe, instead nf having the bee- 

 space below, as originally illustrated on 

 page 15G, it is on top. The T tins are flush 

 with the bottom, supported by the little ob- 

 long piece of strap iron, as shown in that 

 part of the engraving cut away. The two 

 wire nails passing through perforations in 

 the small piece show how it is fastened to 

 the bottom of the side— a bottom view of 

 which is seen at 2. To the bottom edges of 

 the end-boards, and projecting over i in., is 

 nailed a strip of tin, also seen in Fig. 2. The 

 purpose of these strips of tin, it is evident, 

 is to support the sides of the sections next 

 to the ends of the super, while the three T 

 tins support the middle. An enlarged view 

 of a T tin itself is shown at Fig. 1. 



It is not necessary, in the present article, 

 to reconsider the reasons why we have 

 adopted this form of the T super ; for in- 

 stance, why the bee-space is above the sec- 

 tions ; why there is none below, and why 

 the T tins are made movable, etc. Begin- 

 ners and new subscribers are referred to 

 pages 217—221 inclusive, in the Mar. 15th 

 number of last spririg, wliere they will find 

 that Dr. Miller and others have covered the 

 ground most completely. 



As I stated above, the little pieces of strap 

 iron are nailed to the bottom edge of the 

 side, with two wire nails. This mode of 

 fastening is rather expensive, and yet no 

 better one has yet been suggested. As an 

 attempt at a solution of this, I cut some 

 pieces of strap iron into this shape, leaving 

 two sharp prongs at one end, thus : 



This I bent at right angles 

 in the middle. The points 

 were then driven into the 

 wood until the horizontal por- 

 tion of the iron was flush with 

 the wood. Theory looked at 

 the matter somewhat in this 

 way : The scraps of iron can be instantly 

 cut out on dies. A folder forms the right- 



