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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



and nail the board to a table within reach. 



By using the wiring-board shown ni 

 second illustration I can easily wire 



the 

 GO 



frames an hour, and all will be tight. After 

 placing the frame on the board, force the 



wedge between the brace and the end-bar of 

 the frame, springing the latter in. After 

 the frame is wired and this wedge taken out 

 the end-bar will spring back in place and 

 tighten the wires. 



Morgan, Ky, 



[We use practically this plan for cutting 

 the Avires the proper length; but instead of 

 using clamps we merely tie coarse strings 

 around tlie wires, board and all. 



An important advantage of this plan 

 which Mr. Jordan does not mention is that 

 the wires drawn from the board are much 

 less likely to kink than if pulled directly 

 fi-om a spool. — Ed.] 



AS GLIMPSED THROUGH THE CAMERA; THE BARTLETT - MILLER 



CAPPING - MELTER 



BY H. H. ROOT 



Since the publication of the article by H. 

 Bartlett-Miller, page 164, Feb. 15, a num- 

 ber of beekeepers have written, asking for 

 further particulars regarding the making of 

 this capping-melter, because the sectional 

 view shown was not entirely clear. 



Believing that this particular form of 

 melter has much to recommend it, we built 

 one to test the coming season. The illus- 

 tration shows two views of the melter. The 

 first one was taken before the end was 

 soldered on, in order to make plain the 



construction of the inside part. The steam 

 generated in the lower part rises and heats 

 the curved false bottom, passes around the 

 ends of this, and cii'culates thru the trian- 

 gular tubes. The outer end, when soldered 

 on as shown in the second illustration, eon- 

 fines the steam so that it circulates only 

 thru the tubes. Both ends are exactly alike 

 in this respect. There is no exit from the 

 water or steam compartment except at the 

 filler lip on the end opposite from the 

 honev and wax outlet. In case the steam 



I 



Bartlett-Miller capping-melter described on page 164, Feb. 15. In the first view the end is not yet soldered 

 on, so that the interior construction may show. 



