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GLEANINGS IN lU-.I". Cl'l.irRK. 



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two inches longer than the width of the 

 tank, and three cross sticks, •> inches long. 

 At the ends on the under side are nailed '2- 



Fig. 1. — upper and lower case, with screen E ; rack D; gate C ; 

 A, section of wire-screen frame showing triangular braces B B. 



inch strips to hold the frame in place. 

 This frame is for frames to rest on while 

 uncapping-. 



In operation draw the frame D to the end 

 of the tank nearest the extractor, and uncap 

 the first extracting-frame and drop it in the 

 end of the tank, pushing resting- frame D 

 along, and so on till you reach the other 

 end of the tank. This distributes cappings 



may be made at home, from lumber of pack- 

 ing boxes, or such cheap material, so you 

 see it is a very cheap arrangement for so 

 useful a one. 



The legs and corners are 

 made of 1X2 in. strips. The 

 object in having legs on it, 

 rather than a solid box, is 

 to allow you to stand closer 

 to it in working. 



Owens Mills, N.Y., Feb. 25. 



[Your ideas are most ex- 

 cellent, and come at a time 

 when the bee-keeper may 

 make a machine and have it 

 ready for use this season. 

 The only suggestion or im- 

 provement that I would make 

 would be to make frame D 

 narrower, and mount in the 

 middle of it a nail- point pro- 

 jecting upward, on which 

 the end-bar of the frame to 

 be uncapped can be pivoted. 

 But, say — when the wire 

 cloth has been heaped up 

 with cappings is there not 

 danger that the honey drip- 

 pings would run over the 

 sides ? To prevent this I 

 would suggest again that the 

 tray have a raised rim of 

 two or three inches. Our 

 artist failed to show the bottom tray notched 

 out to receive the honey- gate for removal 

 of the pan. — Ed.] 



SECTIONAL BROOD-CHAMBERS. 



Some of their Principal Advantages, and an Impor- 

 tant and Valuable Suggestion on how to Make 

 Forced Swarms Stay " Shook." 



BY M. R. KUEHNE. 



Fig. 2. — Galvanized tank of one piece ; G, method 

 of lappiiig the corners ; F, flat metal showing how to 

 clip corner before turning up. 



evenly over the screen. Thus twelve or 

 more frames may be uncapped and left to 

 drip in the tank. When these are extract- 

 ed, commence again. 



If you wish to uncap more frames at one 

 time, one or more supers may be placed on 

 top to hold uncapped frames. 



Now as to cost: The only part that needs 

 to be paid for right out is the galvanized 

 tank. Mine cost me $1.90, complete with 

 honey-gate. Then the wire cloth for screen 

 will cost a few cents. All the other parts 



As you invite correspondence from bee- 

 keepers who have used the sectional brood- 

 chambers, i. e., two or more Ideal supers 

 with shallow frames for a brood-ncst, p. 23, 1 

 wish to give my experience with them, and 

 also some other things. 



I am well aware that perhaps locality as 

 well as circumstances and the different 

 management has much to do with one's like 

 or dislike of using these shallow frames, 

 which, of course, have their advantage as 

 well as disadvantage; but I must say that, 

 after using them side by side with the deep 

 frames for quite a number of years, I have 

 finally come to the conclusion not to invest in 

 any more ceep frames. 



As to disadvantage, I could mention a 

 very serious one, especially where one 

 practices migratory bee keeping — that is, 

 to fasten two or more supers so they will 

 stay fastened in moving over rough roads 

 of difi^erent descriptions, especially in 

 mountainous countries like California. 

 But there is surely one great advantage in 

 using a shallow frame where one has out- 



