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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



February^ 1922 



HEADS OF GRAIN I PPoiil ji DIFFERENT FIELDS 



Paste for Labels 

 That Stick to Tin. 



Take one part honey, 

 three parts flour, and 

 water sufficient to cook 

 thoroly into a smooth paste. I leave the 

 paste "a trifle stiff and dip the tip of the 

 brush into water, then lightly over the top 

 of the paste. 



This paste will keep sweet a long time 

 and will stick labels to tin or glass cheaper 

 and better than any paste I have seen. I 

 have found nothing so far that it will not 

 stick to. 



The large soft paper mail order house 

 catalogs are just springy enough to make 

 the best of pasting pads. Lay flat with back 

 toward you, and a few leaves turned over or 

 torn out. Place a skewed pile of labels bot- 

 tom up, paste skewed edges and top label, 

 then roll the can on the top label to pick it 

 up and finally smooth down the corners. 



Laplata, N. Mex. Harrison H. Brown. 



Ventilator Made Having just read E. L. 

 of Wood. Sechrist's article concern- 



ing the Hanson ventilator 

 in Gleanings for December, 1921, I take it 

 upon myself to offer a suggestion as to a 

 more simple way to obtain the same result. 



Mr. Sechrist's idea is very good and wor- 

 thy of consideration. I intend to use it in 

 my own yard during the coming year. 



Having spent 12 years at the carpenter's 

 trade, I naturally like to make things of 

 wood, especially when I think I can improve 

 them by doing so. When making my ventila- 



tors, I leave the hole in the super, as Mr. 

 Sechrist has suggested, but discard the 

 three metal parts and in their place put 

 a piece of %-inch board about 2 x 5% inches. 

 This board will have been sawed in two at 

 an angle both on its face and thickness as 

 shown in cut. The smaller piece is nailed 

 to the super, and the larger piece is fastened 

 with one l^i-inch No. 10 R. H. screw in such 

 a way as to allow it to swing on the screw. 

 By swinging the larger piece around and let- 

 ting it hang in a vertical position, the ven- 

 tilator is left open, and by placing a stick 

 between the saw-cut, the ventilator can be 

 opened to any size desired. Both pieces are 



fastened to super, therefore there is no dan- 

 ger of losing any of the parts. 



This ventilator can be made almost air- 

 tight, due to the manner in which the board 

 has been cut in two, as the harder the larger 

 piece is pushed in the smaller piece, the 

 tighter it hugs the super. 



Mr. Sechrist claims his ventilators cost 

 him two cents each. The price of this one 

 will not exceed one cent; and still it em- 

 bodies all the good features explained by 

 Mr. Sechrist in his article, with the added 

 advantage that one does not have to be so 

 careful when painting his supers, as a coat 

 of paint will not interfere with its opera- 

 tion in any way. Geo. D. Larsen. 



Omaha, Neb. 



Combined Bee Brush As I do not like to 

 and Hive Tool. have too many tools 



in my hands, I com- 

 bined a Coggshall brush and a screwdriver 

 as shown in the sketch. I call it the "Buch- 

 man Broom." You are at liberty to use it. 

 It is simply a strong screwdriver inserted in 



Two-in-one apiary tool. 



the handle of the brush. It is easy to loosen 

 up the frames with it and then brush off the 

 bees without changing tools. It has to be 

 tried to be appreciated. John Buchman. 

 Trumansburg, N. Y. 



Cliimk Honey I use the Long Idea Hive 

 in a Slow here, as honey comes in too 



Honey Flow. slowly to force the bees up- 

 stairs. I use Jumbo frames 

 with full sheets of foundation. The bees 

 will put about four inches of honey above 

 the brood. When this is sealed over I cut 

 out a square piece at each end, leaving a 

 strip at the ends and middle to support the 

 comb below. The next morning after the 

 bees have cleaned up all the honey from 

 the combs I cut out a piece of foundation 

 and fill the holes cut out the day previous. 

 As soon as they are filled I cut out the 

 middle and fill that up as before. Some- 

 times I get a full frame, which I cut out 

 and fill with a full sheet of foundation. If 

 the bees fill an old comb with honey, I 

 spread the brood-nest and put the frame in 

 between when they will clean it out, put- 

 ting the honey in the new combs where I 

 want it. George H. Place. 



Mountain Home, Ark. 



