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GIvEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Fkb. 15. 



of the cellar I leave the holes, just mentioned, 

 open ; and to regulate the temperature of the 

 cellar, should it get too high, 1 open one, two, 

 or three of the windows ; and, on the other 

 hand, should it get cold when the windows are 

 closed I open the door that leads from the cel- 

 lar to the dining-room, at which place there is 

 a heating-stove. The warm air will then go 

 direct from the dining-room to the cellar and 

 up the chimney. The draft going up the chim- 

 ney is generally so strong that it would put out 

 a good-sized torch-light when placed near the 

 hole. 



I don't think for a minute that there is any 

 foul air in my cellar. Of course, if the doctor 

 keeps the hole in his cellar stopped up he may 

 expect foul air ; and should he have a door 

 from the cellar to the dwelling part, he may 

 expect foul air to come up every time the door 

 is opened. 



Tell the doctor that making fires to drive 

 away foul air is about as good as a thing of the 

 past, as fans are found much better in this age, 

 and likewise used. A Coppin. 



Wenona, 111. 



I was led to the designing of this smoker 

 by the inconvenience of having to use both 

 hands to do the smoking, as with the Clark 

 smoker particularly, and the consequent ces- 

 sation of smoke, in order to commence oper- 

 ations, when the bees would be as bad as ever 

 — in the way, and bunching up, just where 

 not wanted. Then I had to try the smoker 

 again, and it would be several minutes before 

 any thing could be done. Another idea is, 

 that the new design favors bringing the 

 smoke to bear just where the hand or fingers 

 are operating, as in lifting out frames, cutting 

 out or inserting queen cells, and for other 

 purposes; and I might say that it will be 

 found convenient for almost all operations of 

 the apiary. 



Fig. 6 is a view of roll of cotton of compact 

 shape suitable for a necessarily small smoker 

 as this must be. F. T. Hoopes. 



East Downingtown, Pa. 



HOOPES SMOKER ; SOMETHING THAT WII,I, 

 GIVE THE FREE USE OF BOTH HANDS 



WHII^E IN USE. 

 In explanation of the drawings, Figs. 1 and 

 2 show smoker in operation; also the hand, at 

 the same time grasping the end of a frame by 



tflDtVlEW. 



BAND 



F1&.3. Modificatioa 



the finger and thumb ; and as for the incon- 

 venience of getting the hand and wrist in or 

 out of the bands which fasten it to the smoker, 

 I have shown the latter drawn up abuve the 

 hand, and buckled so the bands can be loosened 

 or drawn tight at will. 



Fig. 3 shows the band in a difftrent situation 

 on dotted line in Fig. 1, a little modification 

 which I am inclined to prefer to the other way. 

 Figs. 4 and 5 show a spring steel band partic- 

 ularly intended for the wrist. The wrist may 

 be extricated by twisting it on one side, and 

 when withdrawn the spring steel gives way. 

 This is better used in connection with Fig. 3 

 modification. 



[I have often thought I should like to have 

 a smoker so constructed that I could send a 

 continuous stream of smoke, and yet have the 

 free use of both hands. The above arrange- 

 ment, in my mind, does not quite fill the bill, 

 and yet perhaps it is as good as any thing 

 that could be devised. 



The ordinary smokers with the bellows re- 

 versed can be set down on the ground so that 

 the nozzle is within an inch or so of the 

 frames of the hive. If any of the bees get to 

 be obstreperous, the smoker can be 

 S/vD y/FW picked up and be made to send a 



Fir A stream of smoke down upon the bees 

 instanter. 

 SPRING STE[iL\ Perhaps if I were to try friend 



Band 11 Hoopes' arrangement I might like it; 

 FOR WRIST II but it seems to me it would consider- 

 ^ably handicap the hand to which it 

 'was attached, — Ed ] 



HOW TO FEED COLONIES IN THE 

 CELLAR. 



One of my colonies will be short 

 of stores soon. Please tell me how 

 to help them. They are in the cellar. 

 I took them out yesterday, and they 

 had a fine flight. W. E. Graham. 



Norfolk, Neb., Jan. 23. 



[If you have combs of sealed 

 stores, we would advise you to give 

 one or more of these to the bees that 

 are short. If you haven't any of 

 these, give them cakes of hard candy, which 

 can be laid on top of the frames. — Ed.] 



ADULTERATORS OF HONEY ; HOW THEY DEAL 

 WITH THEM IN MASSACHUSETTS. 



You will find a squib clipped from the Bos- 

 ton Traveller, as to how the Massachusetts 

 authorities deal with those who sell impure 

 honey. I think this would be a good article 

 for Gleanings, as it might serve as a warn- 

 ing to others who are in a similar position ; 

 and as judges are influenced greatly by deci- 

 sions previously rendered by other courts for 

 similar offenses, it can be used to advantage 



