1899 



GLEANINGvS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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and in a majority of cases the Danzenbaker 

 bottom- board that gave such good satisfaction 

 last season will probably be used in the vari- 

 ous combinations, so that the only distinctive 

 difference between the hive of 

 1900 and the previous year is in 

 the cover itself. 



The next three illustrations 

 show the hive for 1900 fitted for 

 plain sections A% square for 

 ideal sections '6% X5, and for 4' 4 

 sections with beeways. A de- 

 scription of each combination is 

 under each picture. 



Incidentally I may remark in 

 passing that we have formerly 

 used wood engravings ; but from 

 the fact that it has been almost 

 impossible to get accurate pic- 

 torial illustrations in wood we 

 decided this year to try half- 

 tones, pure and simple ; and the 

 results so far have been so grat- 

 ifying that we shall use them ex- 

 clusively in the future, probably. 

 HONEY-EXTRACTORS FOR 1900. 



During the last three or four 

 years we have been making con- 

 stant improvements in our 

 honey-extractors. The reversible machines 

 we put out four or five years ago, as nice as 

 we then thought they were, are crude in com- 

 parison with the fine machines that are gotten 



out now. All the internal work has been re- 

 designed with a view of securing lightness as 

 well as neat and workmanlike construction. 

 The castings have been reduced in weight, and 



FIG. G. — TWO FRAME Co WAN REEL, FRAME. 



yet, owing to the superior pattern, they are 

 much stronger than the reels we formerly put 

 out. Then the whole is neatly galvanized so 

 that the internal work of the extractor will be 



Fig. 5.— The above shows the AE64I | 8 Dovetailed hive, a 1^-story hive for comb honey with 3%X5 plain sec- 

 tions (Ideal). The super at the right is opened up, showing the Ideal sections, five in a row, supported on a 

 plain slat Ya inch thick, in a deep super, with I fences. This super takes 30 sections in the eight-frame size, 

 where only 24 of the J^-inch sections can be placed in the regular shallow super. These sections hold the 

 same as the 4& of the same width, and satisfy the demand for a tall section. In some markets, which are edu- 

 cated to a full-weight section, these are not as" desirable as the 4x5x1% plain, which hold more nearly a pound. 

 This size can not be used to advantage in the 8-frame super unless they are placed on slats crosswise the deep 

 super, and short fences are used. A super so equipped is designated by the letter E in place of I, and holds 30 

 4X5X1% plain sections on E plain slats with 11 E fences. 



