1891 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



337 



ers, duties, and title sliall be prescribed by said 

 Bee-lieei)ers' Association, and wliose conipeiisaf ion 

 sliall be tixed by said assi)Ciation, subject to the ap- 

 proval of tlie Governor. Said executive officer shall 

 be removed atthe pleasuie of said association. Any 

 member of said Bee - keeiiers' Association, other 

 than said executiAe officer, rendering' service in con- 

 nection with said State exhibit, by insti-uction of 

 said association i/iay rec'ei\e as compensation there- 

 for only uecessai'y expenses and cost of transporta- 

 tion while actually employed in such service. 



Sec. III. The sum of five thousand dollars, or so 

 much of it as may be necessai'y for the purpose, is 

 herel)y appropriated to defray the cost and ex- 

 penses of the woik contemplated by this act, to be 

 paid by the State Tri^asurei' from funds not othei'- 

 wise appiojiiiated, upon warrants drawn by tlie 

 Auditor of the State, which warrants shall be drawn 

 only upon itemized vouchei'S and I'eceipted bills 

 signed by the president of the Illinois Bee-keepers' 

 Association, countersifiiied by the secretary thereof, 

 and apjiroved by the Gt)vernor: Atid pruvidid 

 further. th;it in no event shall the State of Illinois 

 be held or become liable in any amount in excess of 

 the sum hereby appropriated. 



[We publish the above for precedent for ac- 

 tion on the pai't of other States of the Union. 

 If your neighbor should undertake to spray his 

 trees while in bloom, 1 think if you would show 

 him the above he would be very likely to as- 

 sent to the jtistice of your request, and forbear.] 



M'FAKLAND'S DEVICE FOR CAERYING HIVES. 



HOW TO CARRY HIVES IX AND OUT OF THE CEL- 

 LAR; A SEASONABLE ARTICLE. 



Having. not always found it an easy matter to 

 procure good efficient help to assist in carrying 

 bees to and from the cellar, I began some time 

 ago trying to invent some way by which I could 

 do the work more speedily and easily. Some- 

 times I would endeavor to do this woi'k alone, 

 carrying one hive at a time: but I found a hive 

 of bees rather awkward to get hold of to carry 

 any distance, and very tiresome when one has 



M'FARLAND'S device for CARRYING HIVES. 



100 or more colonies to place in winter quarters, 

 as I have had. At other times 1 would place 

 two oi' three colonies on aboaid, and take ihem 

 to the cellar or to the yard, with the aid of an 

 assistant. I found these methods quite unsatis- 

 factory, as well as the plan of taking two men 

 to carry in one hive at a time, which was not 

 expeditions enough, and too expensive. I re- 

 member, when I used to work in the maple- 



sugar bush, we had sap-yokes to support and 

 balance the pails on either side, and it occurred 

 to me that this yoke might be adjusted for mov- 

 ing hives. After some little thought upon the 

 stibject I studied out the arrangement as you 

 see herewith illustrated. 



The yoke consists of two bent pieces of wood, 

 fastened togetht'r in such a manner that, when 

 adjusted, one piece is in front and one behind 

 the carrier, and the weight comes squarely upon 

 the shoulders by means of two wide pieces of 

 webbing, making a very easy support. 



The clamp attachment to the hive is of my 

 own construction. I have loose bottom-boards, 

 similar to the Dovetailed hive, and this clamp 

 springs on to the bottom-board at the front and 

 rear ends of the hive. It is very quickly put in 

 place and taken off. I have used this yoke and 

 clamp for some time past, and find it the most 

 convenient contrivance for moving hives I have 

 ever seen. By its use one man can do the work 

 of two, do it easier, and with much less jar to 

 the bees. F. H. McFarland. 



St. Albans, Vt., March 4. 



[Your device, although very old in principle 

 and application, is good. Whether any one 

 else has suggested a similar thing for carrying 

 pairs of hives. I do not know. It puts the 

 weight at the right spot, directly across the 

 shoulders; and a man can carry more comfort- 

 ably a weight suspended from the shoulders 

 than from any other point. The arms come 

 just right to steady the burden and equalize the 

 possible difference in the weight of two hives. 

 The only objection that I see to it is. that it 

 would be a little unhandy about getting through 

 narrow doorways, and possibly down steep cel- 

 larways. A great many cellar-steps are so con- 

 structed that the head comes about a foot above 

 the top of the doorway when standing on the 

 last step. It is so at my house; and I imagine 

 that, with a couple of hives on the yoke, it 

 might be a little inconvenient to stoop down 

 and pass in. Still, I projjose to try it. For up- 

 ground repositories I think your device will 

 work very nicely: and no doubt it can be used 

 advantageously for most cellars having more 

 convenient means of ingress and egress. This 

 will appear when most of our friends will be 

 thinking of carrying their bees out of the cellar, 

 and it will give them time to make an imple- 

 ment and try it.] E. R. R. 



WATER CURE FOR NASAL CATARRH, ETC. 



WASH YE, MAKE YOU CLEAN. 



Friend Root: — I read your article on water 

 cure, in ^Slai'ch 1st Gleanings, with a great 

 deal of int(>rest. I think you are right in ex- 

 posing this great swindle, and also in giving 

 to the people a simple remedy of such great 

 value. The great jttdgment only can tell the 

 amount of good you are doing in this way. 



There is another subject 1 should be glad to 

 see you take up in Gleanings, and that is na- 

 sal catarrh. It can be treated and cured in the 

 same way you describe. Dr. Pierce, of Butfalo, 

 N. Y., gets up his nasal douche, a tin holding 

 perhaps a pint, with a tin tube near the bottom 

 (on the order of the honey-gate in an extractor). 

 Take a small rubber tube, some two feet long: 

 slip one end on the tin tube and the other end 

 on a little nozzle to go into one nostril. Dr. 

 Pierce, of course, sells medicine for catarrh 

 which is good, but not necessary In every case. 

 Simple warm water,witha little salt in it, is good, 

 and this, with a suds made from castile soap, has 

 cured some bad cases. Put the liquid in the 

 can; set it oveihead; hold the rubber tube so 



