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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



the honey as it drains from the eappings, 

 or tiie warm wax and honey when the water 

 is heated by the tire under the box. At one 

 end near the top should ,7, 



be an inlet for the 

 water, where, also, may 

 be arranged for the 

 connection of the 

 steam honey - knife 

 tube; but this should 

 not be the only means 

 for steam for the knife 

 as uncapping may be 

 necessary when you 

 would not want to heat 

 up the double box. 

 Any arrangement put 

 in the box for screen- 

 ing or allowing the 

 honey to drip from the 

 caps should be mov- 

 able, so they will not 

 be in the way when 

 rendering old combs 

 and wax. This box is 



ideal for rendering wax, as the tire does not 

 come in direct contact with the contents of 

 the inner box, therefore will not boil over. 



which is worth all the money the box cost. 

 A wooden frame may be put around the top 

 just right to hang L. frames crosswi.'-e. 





Hot 

 Water. 



Suppose we call this the Reese capping- 

 melter and wax-rendering-box. 

 Winchester, Ky. 



A WORD ABOUT IOWA LOCATIONS 



BY FRANK C. PELLETT 



Unfortunately, too many men use bod 

 judg-ment in starting in honey production, 

 and locate in territory already fully occu- 

 pied. This cannot but result disastrously 

 for both the man already on the ground and 

 the new man as well. Here in Iowa there is 

 plenty of unoccupied territory without in- 

 fringing on the rights of those already es- 

 tablished. In many counties there is not a 

 single large apiary. In view of these facis 

 it seems strange that there is a tendency to 

 crowd in on some one else. One instance 

 recently came to my attention of a man 

 starting within less than a mile of a man 

 who is conducting the business on a rather 

 extensive and very successful scale. Those 

 who contemplate taking up honey produc- 

 tion should by all means find an unoccui^ied 

 location or stay out of the business. In the 

 vicinity of several of our larger cities thei'e 

 are already plenty of bees to gather available 

 stores. In the vicinity of others with equally 

 good markets no beekeepers are located. It 

 is this senseless and inexcusable crowding 

 that makes so many afraid of any system- 

 atic attempt to develop the business aloiig 

 the lines by which other industries have 

 been made prosperous. If those who con- 

 template taking up the business in this State 



will communicate with me I will endeavor 

 to assist them in finding a location that will 

 not interfere with either forage or local 

 markets of others who have prior righ*^s. 

 While it is desirable that unoccupied terri- 

 tory be taken up it is surely not desirable 

 that localities already occupied be over- 

 stocked. 



AN EPIDEMIC OF EUROPEAN FOUL BROOD. 



Foul brood is rapidly placing the business 

 of honey jiroduction in the hands of special- 

 ists. All over the Stale the inspectors are 

 finding those who formerly kept a few bees 

 in possession of a lot of empty hives. Just 

 now reports of a very malignant type of 

 European foul brood are coming in from all 

 parts of the State. Beekeepers should be 

 on the watch to check it at its very first 

 appearance. It is apiDearing in many new 

 localties, and may be exjiected at any poii't. 

 In some localities where there were prosper- 

 ous apiaries a year ago the owners find 

 themselves almost entirely out of business 

 this year. It is very apparent that those 

 who will not take up beekeeping sj'stemati- 

 cally will not last long under present condi- 

 tions. 



Atlantic, Iowa. 



