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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Dec. 15. 



AUTOMATIC SAW-GUMMER. 



We have had for a humber of years a Covel automat- 

 ic saw-gummer for sharpening small circular saws, 

 both rip and cut-off. Having recently put in a larger 

 band resaw we also purchased a combined automatic 

 glimmer, which will take both band and circular saws. 

 This renders the fir.st gummer of no use to us. We 

 paid S150 for it new, and will sell it now for §30, crated, 

 and free on board cars here. vShall be plea.sed to give 

 further particulars to any one interested. 



HONEY MARKET. 



We have on hand all grades of comb honey at prices 

 mentioned in Dec. l.st Gleanings. We can make a 

 special low price on several hundred pounds of No. 1 

 white, in 2J-lb. ca'es, to any one who can use .some- 

 what irregular combs. These are not bad, but hardly 

 what we like to send out as regular A No. 1. If inter- 

 ested, ^vrite us in regard to the lot. Our A No. 1 and 

 fancy amber grades are especially desirable. These 

 are not dark, but are nearly equal to white honey, 

 and the finish and style of putting up is the very be.st. 



The price of extracted remains unchanged. We are 

 •Still open for offers on choice clover extracted honey; 

 have secured .some, but want to get track of more in 

 (iO-"b cans, if to be had in that shape, at a price which 

 we can pay. 



FENCES, OR CLEATED SEPARATORS. 



We are receiving a great many inquiries, orders for 

 .samples, and some good -sized orders for the new 

 fences. We are having some new illustrations made 

 showing the different ways of u<-ing these fences, 

 which we hoped to print in this issue ; but our en- 

 g avers were so crowded we could not get them in 

 time. We will show f hem in the Jan. 1st is.sue. From 

 many of the letters and orders received, it is evident 

 that the use of the.se fences is not well under.stood, or 

 more care would be taken to .state .iust how you expect 

 to use them. We gave a warning in regard to this a 

 month ago ; but as the special notice containing this 

 warning was over among the advertising pages, many 

 did not see it. Even Dr. Miller, the " .Straw " man, 

 overlooked it. We would advise you to look it up and 

 read it. The regular fence to be "used with plain .sec- 

 tion-holders and 414 -inch sections is IV'i inches long, 

 and has end standards 4'-2 inches long, ,»., inch thick, 

 and Vz inch wide, and will be known as the H fence. 

 Price Sl.OO per 100; 90.00 per 1000. The same fence, 

 with end .standard 4J{ long and ?'8 wide, making it 

 TiVi inches long, is used with 4K sections on T tins as 

 we now make them, with '^'-inch upright. To use 

 with old T tins as formerly made, thev will need to be 

 grooved acro.ss the bottom edge ^ inch deep to let 

 them down to place over the T tin. Thc-e fences 

 without the cross-grooves will be known as K fences, 

 and the price will be the same as H fences. To use in 

 connection with the old-style .slotted section-holder 

 with the plain sections requires a fence with the slats 

 projecting beyond the end standards. The end stand- 

 ards, like the intermediate ones, are, on this style 

 fence, in two parts attached to the slats, and are" V^ 

 inch wire by AV^ inches long, proje ting below jj 

 inch, and even on top. The full length of this fence is 

 18 inches ; but the distance between the outside edges 

 of end standards on the two opposite ends is ju.st 17 

 inches, .so that these standards come inside of the sec- 

 tion-holder ends against the edge of the plain .section. 

 The fence is supported bv the end standards resting 

 on the section-holderliottom ju.st inside the section- 

 holder end, and the slats projecting bevond the end 

 standards come between the .section-holder ends. See 

 illu-stration in Trade Notes, this is.sue, which is not 

 correct, be -ause it does not show the slats projecting 

 beyond the end .standards. This fence will be called 

 the J fence, and will be .sold at S1.20perl00: $10.00 

 per 1000. 



Here, then, are three fences, all diiTerent, and yet 

 all for use with the 45^ -inch plain .section. There are 

 other kinds of supers and fixtures for the 4i4'-inch .sec- 

 tions, which will require fences still different from 

 these described. If you have taken in all the forego- 

 ing ^ ou begin to perceive the necessity of being very 

 particular to designate ju.st how ^ our fences are' to be 

 used, when you order, if you would be sure to get 



what vou want. Now, you can cut a K fence from 

 an H fence, but neither will make a J fence ; and you 

 can not easily make either out of a J fence. We have 

 ju.st received an order for 2000 plain sections and 300 

 fences "to fit the ordinary Dov. super which .section- 

 holders have been used in." As no plain section- 

 holders are ordered, it is not quite clear whether the 

 party intends to make the.se or to use the old slotted 

 ones"; and you see it makes a big difference when we 

 fill the order. I mention this case only because here 

 is where the greatest difiiculty is going to be, and 

 where the greate.st care will be needed in making 

 your orders. 



There are other fences which we will regularly fur- 

 ni.sh. For instance, the I fence for the Ideal super, 

 with theSVgxoxm plain sections. This arrangement 

 will be more fully described and illustrated in next is- 

 sue. This fence "is 18! s inches long, with end stand- 

 ards 5% inches long, and ^3 inch wide. Seven of 

 these, with six .straight slats, ^/gxli^xlS'/s. and 30 sec- 

 tions of above size ju.st fit into a deep super, 8-frame 

 size, and the sections hold just a pound of honey. No- 

 tice that you get 30 instead of 24 into an 8-frame super. 

 The fence for the Ideal super will be the I fence, and 

 the price will be Sl.2.5 per 100; 811.00 per 1000. Then 

 there are the fences, both single and double cleated, 

 for the Danzy hive, with 4x5 .sections, at $1.50 per 100, 

 S13.00 per lOOO. Another point of importance to make 

 a note of is that, in each super, we use one more fence 

 than we do section -holder or rows of .sections. That is, 

 the fence acts as a follower, and one is used on each 

 side of the mper. This series a double purpose. It 

 avoids putting cleats on the super as well as secures 

 the advantage of the Pettit perforated : nd cleated fol- 

 lower which has been strongly recommended to .secure 

 as well -filled sections on the outside as in the center. 

 It also does away with the follower-board. In the 

 plain no-bee-way section, the standard width for 4^ 

 square and the '3-*^-8x5 will be 1^4 inches. This width, 

 with the fences having cleats i inch thick, will hold 

 the same amount of honey as the regular \%. If, 

 therefore, you do not specify the width we will send 

 1'4 inch. The width to correspond with the regular 

 1% or 7-to-foot will lie 1% plain. In figuring out what 

 width of plain section you wish to order to use in con- 

 nection with the fences, and to hold the .same amount 

 of honey as the regular slotted section, j'ou have 

 simply to deduct from the width of the regular slotted 

 section the thickne.ss of two cleats, which is f^ exact, 

 or /e full. The whole fence is /.> inch thick, or /g ,scant. 



We have ju.st printed on our new press 120,000 seed 

 catalogs for A. T. Cook, Hyde Park, N. Y. We notice 

 on the fir.st page, which," by the way, is vers' hand- 

 somely gotten up, the following : 



" 1 have been for twenty years in the .seed business;, 

 and I do not know that I have a single dissatisfied cus- 

 tomer." 



Now, then, friends, if friend Cook has made a mis- 

 take in the above, vou can call him to account. 



CONVENTION NOTICE. 



The annual meeting of the California State Bee- 

 keepers' Association will be held at I,os Angeles, on 

 Monday, Jan. 10, 1898, commencing at 2 p.m. 



The California Bee-keepers' Exchange will meet in 

 annual session at Los Angeles, on Tuesday, Jan. 11, at 

 2 p.m. a full attendance of members is desired. Mr. 

 Thos. Wm. Cowan, editor of the Bi itish Bee Journal, 

 will be present. The attendance of Thomas G. New- 

 man is also promi.sed. A. J. CooK, Pres. 



J. H. Martin, Sec. 



COLORADO APIARISTS, TAKE NOTICE. 



The Colorado State Bee-keepers' Association will 

 hold its annual convention in the State Capitol build- 

 ing, Denver, Jan. 17, 18!IS. Let everv apiarist in the 

 State, who can, be at that meeting. Whether vou can 

 be at the meeting or not, write to me just as "soon as 

 you read this. First, I want 5'our tiaine and address, 

 very plainly written. It is very likely that the a.s.soci- 

 atiou will have something to communicate to you that 

 will lie to your anc others' interests, .so we want your 

 name and address .sure. With the address tell me 

 what topics you want discu.ssed at the meeting, or anv 

 other business you want transacted. Any others— per- 

 sons or associations — having business with this associ- 

 ation will please communicate with our State Secre- 

 tarv, Mr. Frank Rauchfiiss, Elvra, Col., or with my- 

 self, "r. C. Aikin, 



Pres. Col. State Bee-keepers' Association. 



I.oveland, Col. 



