1904 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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without maiming bees. Mr. Root, you just 

 paint the end of a set of frames and put 

 them in a hive and take them out, and see 

 how man}' times you hit the end of the hive 

 while handling. Paint will show on hives. 

 But not necessarily does it kill a bee, but 



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maims it. No one, while raising a barn, 

 would like to stand near the side of another 

 building. You can't shake off a frame of 

 bees inside of the hive half way down with- 

 out killing five or ten bees unless you have 

 a staple or nail in the lower end of the frame. 

 When you had a cut made of my frame, and 

 the engraver put the staple so it shows up 

 in under the top-bar, I was disgusted. I 

 am not always right. Some would not 

 have the staple, I suppose, except in the 

 upper corner. W. L. Coggshall. 



West Groton, N. Y. 



[Unless our artist has something more 

 than a rough diagram to work from he is 

 liable not to make the finished picture cor- 

 rect in every detail As he has submitted 

 the new drawing to 3'ou, and secured your 

 *' O. K.," we may assume that this one is 

 correct. 



As you work shaking the frames, the sta- 

 ple at the bottom corner is almost a neces- 

 sity — indeed, a necessity for every one who 

 shakes in the hive. It can be attached to 

 any hanging frame, including the Hoff- 

 man. — Ed.] 



BLEACHING THE DARKEST YELLOW COMBS 

 WHITE. 



If the man asking for a plan to bleach 

 comb honey will follow these directions he 

 will be satisfied to his heart's content, for 

 the darkest yellow combs can be made per- 

 fectly white. The worst class may need 

 two treatments, but all yield. 



Dig a short trench; set over this two emp- 

 ty hive bodies. On this, place about seven 

 supers of honey. For bleaching, take half 

 a teacupful of sulphur; put it in an iron 

 plate or piece of tin; put it in the trench 

 under the hives and light it, almost entire- 

 ly closing the entrance, and allow the fumes 

 to pass up through the honey. It should re- 

 main at least two hours, then place the 

 honey in a strong light, or even the sun, if 

 the air can circulate well. I have a tier of 

 shelves in the open yard, with mosquito 

 netting thrown over it. L. J. Todd. 



Mariel, Cuba. 



THE FOUNDATION FROM THE GIVEN PRESS. 



In Gleanings for May 1 you ask if our 

 Given foundation-press still works satisfac- 

 torily. It does. We make all of our own 

 foundation, and also for other bee-keepers 

 in this community. They like the founda- 

 tion. We make better than that made with 

 a roller mill. Of course, it is slower work, 

 but we have the advantage of being able to 

 leave a margin of % inch at the top end 

 which is not corrugated, thus making it 

 easier to fasten the foundation to the top- 

 bar of the frame. 



As to the extractors, they are of about the 

 same gear. Each is a ten-frame extractor, 

 works satisfactorily, and runs easily. 



White clover is rather late this year, but 

 it promises to be good, and the workers are 

 ready and willing to gather the nectar. 

 Our loss last winter was very small. 



Louis C. Koehler. 



Tisch Mills, Wis., June 15. 



