1881 



glea^'i:ngs in bee culture. 



477 



Neighbor Deaa wintered his last winter, 

 part in cellar, part in his old sawdust-packed 

 bee-house, and one out of doors in chaff 

 packing. The one out of doors was about 

 the best, but he said it was such an awful 

 job to Hx them up that way. h.; greatly pre- 

 ferred to set them in the cellar, and the cel- 

 lar, did much better than the bee-house last 

 winter. John and I think it le':s trouble to 

 put them in chaff hives, and then we have 

 the chaff hives ready for the cool weather 

 next spring. Xeighfjor II. also says, '"Chaff 

 hives by all means,-' although he has a dry 

 cellar right close to his apiary. 



STILL ANOTHER BEE-FEEDER. 



*|^Y to-day's mail I send you a model of a boe- 

 JjQBft feeder. The full size of feeders I use is six 

 inches square, made of inch lumber. I put 

 as many circles '>i inch wide as I can get in, with a 

 center Vi inches in diameter. 



DE WORTH BEE-FEEDER. 



Now, friend Root, please accept this idea from me 

 as a token of respect, knowing that you have and 

 will labor hard to promote bee culture, and also 

 that you will give it cheerfully to the bee-keeping 

 fraternity. Wm. De Worth. 



Bordentown, N. J., May 15, 188]. 



The novel feature of this feeder is, that it 

 is all made Avhile the block is in a lathe ; and 

 with a proper gang of chisels, the grooves 

 can all be cut almost in an instant. A cover 

 is put on, as shown in the cut, and when the 

 feeder is pushed up against the entrance, 

 none but the bees of the hive can get into it. 

 It is filled tiirough the hole in the cover, 

 which should be then covered with a piece 

 of glass, or something of the kind, to keep 

 out meddlesome noses. No bees can drown 

 in this, and there is no opening of hives to 

 replenish it. 



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HURRAH FOR VORK STATE ONCE 

 ITIORE! 



OVER 180 l.BS. TO THE COLONY, FROM AN APIARY 

 OF 108 STOCKS IN THE SPRING. 



f|HE spring found me with 108 colonies, or hives, 

 that had bees in ; you all know how weak bees 

 ' were this spring. Well, about 50 were all 

 right. I used that 150 lbs. of fdn. I got of you, with 

 good success. It worked nicelj' with two wires across 

 a Langstroth frame, or lengthwise, and imbedded in 

 the fdn. with button-hO(jk. Now for what I have 

 dune all alone: I increased to 308 in good condition, 

 and have taken 15,100 lbs. of extracted honey and 

 4500 lbs. box honey. One colony, with its increase, 

 gave me ^0 lbs. of box honey. The increase was 4 

 artiflcal swarms, with plenty of honey. How is that 

 for|lti years' experience iP 



I sold my white box honey for 16c, and the dark 

 for 12c. 

 Will you please answer one question? 



WILL MOTH-WORMS LIVE ON PURE WAX? 



Will a moth-worm live and come to maturity on 

 new comb that has had no brood in, if they have had 

 no bee bread or pollen or dead bees to eat? 



W. L. COGGSHALL. 



West Groton, Tomp. Co., N. Y., Sept. 19, 1881. 



Why, friend C, your great achievement 

 for this year has so nearly taken my breath 

 away I can hardly come down to such sim- 

 ple things as moth-worms and beeswax ; but 

 on the spur of the moment I should say that 

 moth- worms could not live on clean empty 

 combs alone, for we never find them on 

 sheets of fdn., before they have been put 

 into a hive. Now, we want you to give us a 

 full account of your summer's work, and tell 

 us all about how you did this. 1 presume 

 you had a great tlow of honey ; but even if 

 you did, it is not every one who has the 

 •• gumption " to take careof such a lot when 

 it does "rain porridge.'' Did your neigh- 

 l)ors do as well V what kind of boxes do you 

 use, side or top storing V how did you ex- 

 tract ? how many hands did you have to 

 help V Why, sakes alive I I have almost a 

 mind to take my automatic pencil, and a 

 blank book, and go down to see you. Are 

 folks " friendly like " down in your parts? 

 and do they keep any dogs that will bite V 



THE POISON OF THE BEE AS A REKE' 

 DIAL. AGENT. 



MORE FAVORABLE TESTI.MONIALS. 



WANT to tell you about bees as a medicine. 

 June 9th, Mr. George Wilson came to me for 20 

 bees; said he wanted them for a medicine Dr. 

 Allen, of White River Junction, had advised him to 

 try. He was very sick with dropsy; had not walked 

 any for four years: his limbs were swollen so badly 

 that they cracked open and discharg-cd terribly, and 

 his clothes would not reach around him by a foot. 

 After taking medicine one week he could button 

 them with ease. He had no faith in it at first, but 

 "drowning men grasp at straws." I furnished him 

 two lots of bees, 20 each, during the summer; last 

 Thursday morning, Aug. 25, he called on rae for more 

 bees to prepare a bottle of medicine to take home 

 with him ; his home is in New York, where he is in 

 business. He says he is completely cured; can walk 

 all over the village of Bellows Falls ; would not have 

 been alive now, if it had not been for hccs. Medi- 

 cine, how prepared ; Put 5 drops of alcohol in a bot- 

 tle, then put in 20 bees; let them stand 20 or 30 min- 

 utes, or until they sting each other to death; then 

 add 4 oz. alcohol. Dose, 5 drops every hour. Mr. 

 Wilson wants every one to know of his wonderful 

 cure. GcY Clark. 



Bellows Falls, Vt., Aug. 31, 1881. 



It has often seemed to me as if such an 

 active agent as the bee-sting might by some 

 means be utilized in medicine. It is sure, 

 and goes right to the spot, as we all know, 

 and I have wondered if it might not rival 

 powerful liniments for neuralgia, tooth- 

 ache, and the like. It would doubtless ex- 

 tinguish any toothache, if it only worked 

 against it ; but if it should happen to add to 



