GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



the ends of the wire. Now get the tin; and, 

 opposite to the spout, solder on to it one of 

 the flattened ends so that the spiral spring 

 will stick out at right angles to the side of 

 the tin, and so that the under side of the 

 spring is level with the top of the tin. Take 

 the other flattened end, bend the spring up- 

 ward, and solder this other flat end on to 

 the tin close to the fii'st one; but fix it with 

 its end only V2 inch down the side of the 

 tin. This makes a good handle which will 

 not get hot. 



The working is, of course, plain. Keep 

 the kettle boiling slowly on an oil-:tove, 

 with the tin standing in it. The tin, of 



course, contains the wax, and also a piece 

 of flat lead to weight it down. The little 

 spout enables one to pour the wax just 

 where it is wanted; and if the kettle keeps 

 boiling, it is just the right heat, and with 

 a little practice you can run the wax exact- 

 ly right. After a time the spout fills up 

 with cooling wax. It is then time to put 

 it back into the kettle for a moment or two. 

 A touch of the wax at the end of the spout 

 sends it back into the tin. By the way, 

 don't have too large a tin or it will prevent 

 the steam that rises from the kettle from 

 keeping the spout hot. 

 Renwick, New Zealand. 



THE WATERS PATENT HIVE 



BY W. WATERS 



The season of 1914, 1915, in New Zealand 

 was the worst we had had for many years, 

 not only in point of honey production but 

 on account of the large number of queens 

 which failed to return after mating. In 

 the ordinary hive, where the old queen was 

 destroyed and the young queens failed t-i 

 return, the work of these hives was practi- 

 cally lost for the season. A new hive which 

 I have invented makes possible the presence 

 of two queens in the same hive for a time, 

 so that if a queen fails to return a new one 



can be reared and no time of production 

 lost in requeening. 



The reader will notice from the illustra- 

 tions that the hive is a double one, altho it 

 may be made as a single hive. By inside 

 measurements it is 46 inches long by 10 V2 

 inches deep, and is divided by a single 

 central division-board, surrounded by gal- 

 vanized gutters two inches wide by 5/16 

 inch deep. The sides of the gutter are 

 turned over and made double, and rest on 

 the central division. The hive on each side 



1he Waters patent Hive 



Double hive, permitting two queens, if desired, as used by W. Waters, Papatvitoi, Auckland, N. Z. 



