GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Running a power saw with a motor cycle. 



I put a rubber packing into the cap of 

 the can instead of the paper packing, and 

 turn the cap down while it is boiling hot, 

 using a wrench. If the work is thoroughly 

 done the contents will draw in when cold, 

 and will keep any length of time. 



I label it when put up, by whom, and the 

 percent of water (this I ascertain by the 

 increase measurement.) The addition to the 

 water measurement is honey. 



This is safe to feed, as it has been thor- 

 oughly sterilized by boiling. When first 

 opened it will suck air, and one can readily 

 tell that it has not been tampered with. I 

 always keep this feed in the apiary so that 

 I can feed it at any time. This is safer than 



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drawing from colonies that have a surplus, 

 and I have found that it pays to be on the 

 safe side. 



The feeder which I use, an illustration of 

 which is given in connection with this arti- 

 cle, may be of interest to beekeepers who 

 have never tried this plan of feeding. The 

 block of wood is screwed up against the 

 entrance on one side, closing that side; but 

 it leaves enough space for entrance at the 

 end of the feeder. 



In this block I insert a bottle full of feed 

 (I use Armor's empty grape-juice bottles). 

 1 take out the cork packing of the tin stop- 

 per of the bottle, and punch a hole in the 

 tin cap with a three-penny nail ; turn the 

 bottle upside down with the cork end in the 

 hole, and the bees do the rest. 



The feed can be put up in the bottles 

 instead of the five-gallon cans by using 

 corks. In this way they will be very con- 

 venient. This feeder is excellently adapted 

 to queen-rearing, as one can regulate the 

 flow by the size and number of holes. All 

 bottles made by this firm that have metal 

 stoppers have the same size of neck. 



TREATMENT OF AMERICAN FOUL BROOD. 



I keep an eighty-gallon galvanized iron 

 tank on hand ; and as soon as I discover a 

 case of American foul brood I get this can 

 and wet and double a blanket. I put five 

 gallons of water in the tank, place the 

 whole on a wheelbarrow, and wheel up to 

 the colony affected. 



Then I have an assistant open the hive. 

 While he smokes the bees briskly I pry all 

 the frames loose in the upper story. Then 

 the assistant takes the smoker in one hand, 

 and with the otiiei- hand he takes hold of 



