AlGi-ST, 1920 



GLEANINGS IN BEE C U L T U K E 



483 



H EADS OF GRAlTH iPfFROM W DIFFERENT FIELDS 



steaming Foul "Sly idea of stoiim- 



Brood Frames. ing foul - b r o u d 



fraines might be of 

 iiitcii'st to your loaders. I noticed in one 

 of the bee jjajiors somebody suggesteil that 

 iMstea<l of boiling the fraines for 20 min- 

 utes that they be boiled for 5 minutes in 

 a solution of lye water. Now it has been 

 my experience that any article which is 

 porous, when immersed in lye water unless 

 thoroly soaked to rinse all the lye out, will 

 still retain an objectionable amount, and 

 may when dried form crystals which will 

 grow upon the surface. I had this happen 

 with storage-battery plates. 



I steam frames with the equipment on 

 hand. I take a honev tank or extractor 



and i)()ur in two buckets of water. A frame 

 is now suspended from the top to reach 

 just above the surface of the water, and 

 this frame or false bottom supports all the 

 L. frames that can be packed in. The cover 

 is then put on and the water boiled. This 

 will give a temperature of 212 at sea level. 

 I see another advantage in steaming the 

 frames. If they are not clean of wax when 

 placed in the tank, whatever wax there is 

 will drip off the frames down into the water. 

 If several thousand frames were to be treat- 

 ed, it might pay to turn in a steam hose 

 or pipe from a steam boiler such as is 

 used on traction engines. F. E. Poister. 

 Morrill, Kans. 



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Extracting Too Closely. — By Bill Melvir 



(Witli Ai)ologics to Walt Tkrason.) 



If y(tu 're bound to be unhappy, if you 

 love to have the blues, if you yearn to fe«l 

 real scrappy and the grouchy life you choose, 

 just extract your honey closely; make a clean 

 sweep as you go. Do some profiteering 

 grossly; hasten then your bucks to blow. 

 When your honey has all vanished, when 

 the autumn colors glow; when the drones 

 have all Vteen banished, and the stores •re 

 running low, ask your grocer for some 

 sugar just to save your bees till spring. Then 

 you'll find tlio stingy liugger says, "There's 

 nothing <loing, " Vjing! lie has sold your 

 precious honey, now he has no sweets to 

 sell, 'cepting syrups tasting funny, which 

 your bees refuse to smell. Now 's your 



ehani-e to fume and sputter, call the grocer 

 down and roar. Swat him with a roll of 

 butter, tell your neighbors why you're sore. 

 Beefing, tho, brings home no bacon, and re- 

 grets can buy no prunes. Grouchy folks are 

 oft forsaken, for they chant such mournful 

 tunes. If you'd rather sing and twitter — 

 rather be a cheerful gink, just side-stej) re- 

 morse so bitter by the extra honey kink. 

 Then you'll sing and chirp and bubble while 

 you <lo your daily chores. Nothing drives off 

 Old Man Trouble like beehives crammed 

 full of stores. And when next June, bright 

 and sunny, spreads again its flowery robe, 

 then the man who left the honey is the man 

 wlio rides the globe. 



