1900 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



341 



teration, and the product becoming solid, I 

 think best to withhold it. 



With regard to the matter of hurrying up 

 the process of granulating honey, the surest 

 way and the cheapest that I know of is to 

 leave the combs smeared with honey at the 

 last extracting. Tipping the honey several 

 times a day, just a little, will hasten granula- 

 tion. This can be done cheaply on a large 

 scale. I don't like stirring to hasten granula- 

 tion. Too much air becomes incorporated, 

 which will greatly injure the honey if kept 

 over until warm weather. Honey will granu- 

 late more rapidly if placed in a building with 

 thin walls, so that it will be affected by the 

 change of temperature every day and night. 



Before the process of stirring and filling 

 honey into small containers, it should be pret- 

 ty well warmed up ; then it will mix easily 

 and well, and the honey will run quickly, and 

 much more can be done in a given time ; and, 

 more, the air will rise to the top, and thus en- 

 sure the keeping qualities. These points are 

 all well worth putting into practice. 



Aylmer West, Ont., Can., Feb. 27. 



[This matter of why honey in one bottle 

 will candy, and not in another, both from the 

 same lot, was discussed considerably at the 

 Colorado convention. I believe you have of- 

 fered a very reasonable explanation. — Ed.] 



Having stated my reasons for adopting the 

 section holders, I herewith furnish a descrip- 

 tion of the super complete. Fig. 1 is a per- 

 spective showing a 28 section capacity, having 

 one side partly cut away. Of course, readers 

 of Gleanings know my partiality for plain 

 sections, hence they are shown in the illus- 

 tration. The super sides and separators both 

 have transverse or vertical passageways, which 

 enable the bees to pass from section to section 

 longitudinally. This is according to nature. 



ASPINWALL'S COMB-HONEY SUPER. 



The Advantages of Tin Separators with Transverse 

 Slots for Plain Sections. 



BY L. A. ASPINWALI,. 



Mr. E. R. Root : — Previous to the past sea- 

 son my supers consisted simply of clamping 

 sides and tin separators having transverse cr 

 vertical slots, which, with plain 

 sections, were held together with 

 bolts. These supers, being elastic 

 as to width, were adapted to my 

 non - swarming hive. According 

 to the requirements of the colony 

 they averaged about 32 sectiors, 

 although many of them contained 

 an additional row, making 36 in 

 all. But a gradual enlargement 

 of my hives necessitated larger 

 supers, hence the adoption of sec- 

 tion holders. My principal object 

 in using them was to give added 

 strength or support for the sec- 

 tions. The clamping of 36 sec- 

 tions together without the addi 

 tional support of holders or a 

 case, as in the T super, is entirely 

 satisfactory unless a larger num- 

 ber is required. It works splen- 

 didly with 2-4 or 28 sections. aspinWj^ 



With hives of my present con- 

 struction, I use supers having a 

 capacity for 48 sections. I find, with average 

 seasons, tiering is not wholly satisfactory, the 

 wide supers giving far better results. This 

 applies especially to hives of my construction. 



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ASPINWAtlv'S SEPARATOR FOR PI^AIN SEC- 

 TIONS. 



Fig. 2 shows one of two projections which 

 are made in each of the transverse passage- 

 ways of the super sides. These serve to hold 

 the sections a bee-space from the sides, as also 

 do the metal projections at each end of the 

 vertical openings in the tin separators, as 

 shown in the separate illustration. The al- 

 ternate openings have longer projections on 

 the lower side, which are supports maintain- 

 ing the requisite height when filling the super 

 (which should be done on a level bench or 

 table), also to maintain the position of sec- 

 tions right with the holders. 



Fig. 3 shows an end view of sections, sepa- 

 rator, and side, as held by the projections. 

 The tins are sufficiently long to be clamped 

 between the ends of the section-holders, which 

 gives great rigidity after being bolted togeth- 

 er. It ma)' not be amiss to state that the hold- 

 er ends are -V inch thick, which strengthens 



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H'S SLOTTED TIN SEPARATOR SUPER FOR 

 PLAIN SECTIONS. 



and prevents the bottoms from sagging with 

 the sections. The long metal projections also 

 aid in this resptct. 



The reader will notice the upper and lower 



