GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Motor c\iAe fm- ouharil \\ork. 



THE MOTOR CYCLE FOR THE BEE BUSINESS 



BY A. H. BOWEN. 



The picture shows the ipaeliine I have 

 been running- this summer for the convey- 

 ance of bees, hives, and supplies to and 

 from the out-ajDiaries. 



The machine is a single-cylinder, 1913, 

 3i/'2 h.-p. Triumph, to which is atlaelied a 



Part of a Cotswold apiary with a natural windbreak. 



roomy Canoelet side ear. It is fitted with a 

 free engine-clulch and three-speed gear, 

 which obviates the necessity of stopping the 

 engine in tiafific, and gives greater power 

 on liills. 



Four eight-frame colonies in traveling 

 crates can be hauled at 

 one trip in the side 

 car, or 150 lbs. of hon- 

 ey in 28-lb. tins may 

 be easily carried. 



Fragile articles such 

 as skeps of bees with 

 young tender combs, 

 or crates of full sec- 

 tions can be conveyed 

 with very little jar; 

 and, indeed, the ma- 

 chine is now indispen- 

 sable to out-apiary 

 management. By the 

 ispeedometer the ma- 

 chine has been run 

 5500 miles this season, 

 and it was driven 

 evei-y day thru the 

 finest weather. The 

 greater part of this 



