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little experience the sheets of foundation-; 

 can be inserted, wedged, and imbedded at 

 the rate of one per minute. 



Ypsilanti, Mich. 



[Where one has access to an electric- 

 lighting current, the electrical method of 

 imbedding — heating all four wires at a time 

 — is ideal. If resistance wire has to be 



used we recommend the use of a larger 

 size of wire than that usually used in 

 frames, and a much larger amount ; other- 

 wise the wire used for resistance will become 

 just as hot as the wire that is being im- 

 bedded. If one has not had some experi- 

 ence in matters of this kind an electrician 

 should arrange the apparatus. — Ed.] 



MOTORCYCLE EUNS A POWEM SAW 



BY OSCAR RITLAND 



I am sending a picture of my workshop, 

 and also one of my bee-cellar. As shown I 

 run my saw with the engine of my motor- 

 cycle. I removed the fender from the back 

 wheel and put the belt on the outside of the 

 tire, and then around a mower wheel and 

 over the mandrel. The material cost about 

 $6.00 besides my work and the wood ma- 

 terial. I have a rip saw and cut-off saw 

 that are interchangeable, and I can cut 

 any thing up to a 1%-inch oak plank. The 

 5-h.p. engine furnishes all the power I can 

 possibly use. 



I make all my hives, covers, bottoms, etc., 

 but I buy the frames, as I cannot make 

 them as smoothly nor as cheaply as they can 

 be made in a special machine. I would 

 never advise any one to make his own 

 supplies if he does not have a power saw. 



THE BEE CELLAR. 



This is built in a sandy side hill sloping- 

 southeast. It is 10 X 10 X 9 on the inside 

 with an earth wall 4 ft. thick on the front 

 and 2 ft. of earth on the roof. There is 

 a sub-earth ventilator and an ante-room 4 

 ft. wide. I placed 41 colonies in this re- 

 pository Nov. 17, 18, 1913, and they were 

 always perfectly quiet. Although the tem- 

 perature varies many degres outside, it 

 stays the same inside. I think this cellar 

 will winter 75 colonies, or 100 if ventilation 

 and temperature are watched closely. 



Elroy, Wis. 



Ritland's side-hill bee-cellar. 



UTILIZING THE HONEY IN CAPPINGS FOR FEEDING 



BY R. POWELL 



My way of handling cappings while ex- 

 tracting may help some one, so I will 

 describe it. 



At the close of the day's extracting I take 

 the cai^pings and crumble them until they 

 are like dough, and let them drain until 

 morning. Then there is but little honey left 

 in them. One who has not tried working 

 them up will be .surprised at the difference 

 in drainage (a mason's trowel is a good tool 



to do it with). After they are thoroughly 

 drained I turn them into an eighty-gallon 

 tank until it is two-thirds full (pressed 

 down). Then I put in ten gallons of water, 

 place the tank over a tire, and bring to a 

 boil. After cooling, the wax will be floating 

 on top. I draw off the sweetened water and 

 strain it. T next give it a thorough boiling; 

 and while it is boiling hot I pour it into 

 five-gallon screw-top cans. 



