850 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Nov. 



entirely free from any tendency toward rust 

 of any kind. The reels of the two-frame 

 Cowan instead of being made of several pieces 

 riveted together are now made in one piece, 

 shown at A A, in Fig. 6. We at first thought 

 it would be impossible to make them in one 

 complete casting; but after we had some con- 

 structed we found they were really stronger 



FIG. 7. REEL AND BASKET-WORK OF THE 

 NEW FOUR- FRAME COWAN EXTRACTOR. 



than the heavier made on the old plan. The 

 comb-pockets, as at P P, in Fig. 6, have been 

 very greatly improved in the matter of brac- 

 ing, and have been subjected to the severest 

 test. The cross-arm is also now made of one 

 piece instead of several pieces bolted together, 

 with the result that we secure greater strength 

 as well as beauty of design. The cans, made 

 of galvanized iron, are covered with a trans- 

 parent blue enamel that will stand almost any 

 amount of hard usage without tarnishing, 

 scaling, or scratching. 



The four-frame machine is constructed on 

 the same general lines, with the exception 

 that reversing one pocket reverses the others 

 simultaneously. A feature of this machine, 

 as well as of the two-frame Cowan, is, that it 

 may be reversed while in motion. The reel- 

 frame is constructed of channel iron and light 

 malleable castings, and the whole is galvan- 

 ized* except the steel shaft and the sprocket- 

 wheels and chain, which are of steel and 

 black iron. Another feature of the new ma- 

 chine is the use of a street-car band brake on 

 the shaft itself — a brake that is powerful, and 

 yet requires only a slight pressure on the end 

 of the hand lever. 



Sail another feature is the use of a ball-bear- 

 ing main journal. These balls are /' (V inch in 



* It is only the two and four frame L,. size that have 

 galvanized fittings inside. 



diameter, and can be plainly seen just below 

 the small pinion-wheel. Being located on top 

 of the cross-arm, there will be no danger of 

 honey getting into and gumming them up. 



The general plan of the four and six frame 

 Cowan is the same as that of the two frame, 

 and the little Novice extractors are constructed 

 on the same general lines, only the basket- 

 work is not reversible. 



SUPERS. 



The hive supers themselves are just the same 

 as last year. As constructed for 1899, they 

 were as perfect as it was possible to make 

 them, and we do not know how they could be 

 improved. Our 1900 catalog will offer supers 

 for plain sections as well as for slotted sections 

 as before. "You pay your money and take 

 vour choice." 



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FIG. 8. — CRATE OF 500 SECTIONS. 



FIG. 9. — THE NO. 25 JAR. 



Fig. 8 is our package for 500 sections ; and 

 instead of putting them up in lots of 1000 they 

 will be boxed in 500's. Fig. 9 shows our box 

 containing 24 No. 25 self-sealing jars. This is 

 one of the most popular self-sealing packages 

 that was ever sold, and has given universal 

 satisfaction to the trade generally. Each jar 

 is partitioned off by itself, and then the whole 

 24 are covered with a piece of heavy corrugat- 

 ed paper. 



