1906 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



1001 



ence, and a scientist, has nothing better to 

 offer than the following: " Allow the broken- 

 up comb to soak for eight or ten days. Then 

 melt up with rainwater and cut straw, pref- 

 erably rye. When good and hot, press 

 with a good substantial wooden press. This 

 method will give the best and most wax. 

 Steam wax-extractors impair the quality of 

 the resulting wax very materially." 

 Naples, N. Y. 



[We are, and have been making some 

 quite extended experiments on this wax 

 rendering question, and will soon be able to 

 give a report. — Ed.] 



machine which opens up so as to carry four 

 passengers. 



Instead of paying a big price for this ma- 

 chine, our friend has been watching the 

 markets until he found a bargain in a shop- 

 worn Pierce machine which he snapped up. 



He finds that the automobile, while not an 

 absolute necessity, is a very great conven- 

 ience for the out- apiary. At Medina I should 

 hardly know how to get along without one. 

 While our bee-yards are located on a street- 

 car line, yet the cars run only every hour. 

 Sometimes I stay at a yard only ten min- 

 utes, and sometimes longer. As time is an 

 important article I can finish up my busi- 



DOOLITTLE ARRIVING HOME WITH A PART OF HIS OUT-APIARY COMB-HONEY CROP. 



THE 



AUTOMOBILE FOR 

 WORK. 



OUT-APIARY 



BY E. R. ROOT. 



The illustration above from a photograph 

 shows Mr. Doolittle in his automobile, 

 driving home with a load of comb honey 

 from his outyard— or, rather, he has just 

 arrived home with such a load 



In talking with friend D. at the Jenkin- 

 town field-day meeting, he told me he found 

 the automobile to be very convenient; would 

 make quicker trips, and small loads he could 

 handle very comfortably with careful driv- 

 ing. You will note he has a single-seated 



ness with the boys, get back in a hurry, and 

 if an emergency arises, as it did in one case 

 where a neighbor s horses were stung slight- 

 ly, I get down to the scene of action in- 

 stanter. At one time a farmer at our Ca- 

 nine yard phoned that the bees were bother- 

 ing his team while plowing. I jumped into 

 my machine, arrived on the spot in a com- 

 paratively few minutes, found that the 

 horses were working in the direct flight of 

 the bees; found that the bees were not bad, 

 but that the farmer was afraid he would be 

 stung. I gave him a veil, and went home. 



Second hand and shopworn automobiles 

 are now being offered at a low price, and 

 good ones too. I see some second-hand 



