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Gleanings in Bee Culture 



ALDRICH S TWO-STORY HONEY-HOUSE AND WORK-SHOP. 



Mho'e apiary at once, fearing a delay might 

 be dangerous. 



As soon as the honey-flow opened we start- 

 ed the McEvoy treatment, beginning at the 

 right-hand corner. The flrst liive was mov- 

 ed back of the house, and the next two col- 

 onies were shaken back in their hives and 

 given five frames with starters about one 

 inch deep, and their brood placed on top of 

 the hive back of the house, which had its 

 queen caged. We continued this treatment 

 over the whole yard. We did not unite 

 very many colonies, as the disease had not 

 made much headway at the time of treat- 

 ment. But it continued to spread. The 

 weather being warm, the bees commenced 

 to swarm out of the hives after being shaken, 

 so we raised up the hives and placed an 

 empty hive- body under them, which stop- 

 ped the swarming-out. On the fourth day 

 after shaking, the comb built was removed 

 and full sheets of foundation given them; 

 also Italian queens where the stock showed 

 any black blood. In about twenty days the 

 colonies back of the house were also shaken 

 on starters and treated in the same way as 

 the main yard. 



The combs were moved to the honey- 

 house, where they were rendered into wax. 

 We had a large tin storage-can half filled 

 with water, and procured the use of a steam 

 thrashing-engine; and by connecting the 

 steam-pipe into the storage-can the water 

 was kept near the boiling-point. The combs 

 and frames were thrown into this can, and 

 the frames fished out as the combs melted. 

 The frames being wired, a great niany of 



the wires were unliarmed and used again. 

 Two men were kept busy pressing out wax 

 with presses. The slumgum was removed 

 from the presses and put in the fire-box of 

 the engine, and burned. 



This treatment has proved to be a perma- 

 nent cure; 110 colonies were saved out of 

 135, and there has not been a single case of 

 the disease in the yard since, and 15,000 lbs. 

 of extracted honey was secured the same 

 season of treatment. 



Wooler, Ont., Can. 



A CONVENIENT AND INEXPENSIVE WORK- 

 SHOP. 



BY CLAYTON AXDRICH. 



Every farmer, especially if he is in the 

 bee business to any extent, needs a w^ork- 

 shop, for the barn is no place to scrape 

 honey, on account of the dust; and the 

 kitchen of the dwelling-house is usually be- 

 ing used for other purposes. Our shop is 

 built on a solid concrete wall 18 inches high, 

 14 inches wide at the base, and 8 inches at 

 the top, w^here the sills rest. The building 

 is IGXoO ft., and the walls up to the eaves 

 are 15 ft. high. We sheeted the outside 

 with inch hemlock, and then put on paper 

 and clapboards. 



The lower story is divided into two rooms 

 — the front room for a general repair-shop, 

 where we can fix u\) leaky covers, old hive- 

 bodies, bottom-boards, etc. The back room 

 has a stove, the pipe leading to a chimney 



