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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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It saves time: and if a little smoke l)e ncnv 

 iutrodiiciHl over the top of the l)ees and l)e- 

 tweeii tlie super and hrooil-nest, thc^ l)ees 

 will be no more <lilli('ult to handle tlnin \vh(>n 

 the super is ))ried loose in the slow laborious 

 way when the screwdriver method is used."' 



As Mr. Cog'g'shall is intensely i)raetieal. 

 and works his hei-s for all there is in them 

 from the point of dollars and cents, this dem- 

 onstration work was closely followed. He 

 saowed, amont;; other things, how to use a 

 l)ee-l)rusli — the one heariu"' his name: how to 

 uncap the comhs, startint;,' the knife at the 

 bottom aiul t>'radually workint; upwai'd: how 

 t) hold the frame in the left arm when cut- 

 ting out a snuiU patcii of capping. The lat- 

 ter act is shown in the lower right-hand cor- 

 ner of the large ])late. This is a little trick 

 that may be fouml extremely convenient by 

 others. But there is nothing like seeing a 

 thing lUnie by a prai-tical man who knows 

 his Inisiness. 



JVIr. Harold Horner, in the upper right- 

 haml corner, was general assistant to ]Mr. 

 Selser, tield marshal of the day. Whenever 

 a demonstrator needed help he turned in. 

 On this occasion he was helping out Mr. 

 CVjggshall in running an extractor while the 

 other was taking out the eoinbs, cleai'ing 

 them of bees, and uiu-apping. •-• -■^♦s^,- - 



I might explain tluit Air. Coggshall wears 

 a one-piece bee-suit, the same opening in 

 front. The fewer pieces oneean have — that 

 is, the fewer openings for a"suit, the better 

 for the bee-keeper, saiil Mr. Coggshall. In 

 t!ie liee-yard he ordinarily wears boots. The 

 legs of the trousers (jfjthis suit are tucked in 

 the boots, and then when he is doing the 



strenuous work he wears tiugerless gloves, 

 the gauntlets of which lit over the sleeves of 

 the l)ee-suit. 



Mr. Coggshall also illustrated his method 

 of making smoker fuel. He rolls old gunny 

 sacks, liurlap, or other nuiterial of that sort, 

 around a stick until it is of the diameter of 

 the inside of the smoker-barrel. T'hese are 

 tied at the pi-oper intervals with a string, and 

 then chop])ed up with a sharp hatchet into 

 suitalile lengths for a smoker. The end is 

 dipped in a solution of saltpeter, when it is 

 ready for igiution. Right over the name. 

 "W. L. ( 'oggshall,"' will be seen a sample of 

 this fuel bui'uing in tiie hands of one of the 

 on-lookers. Mr. Coggshall showed how a 

 piece of this fuel coidd be used without any 

 smoker by holding them near the frames and 

 blowing on them with the breath. 



THE DEMONSTRATION BY rROF. BKiEU^W. 



Another demonstration that attracteil a 

 g()o<l deal of attention was that of Prof. PI 

 F. Bigelow, of Stamford, Conn., wherein he 

 showed the use of his Pearl Agues hive and 

 the Bigelow Educational hive. In two of 

 the illustrations given he has before him a 

 class of children to whom he is demonstrat- 

 ing the art of handling bees in his miniature 

 hives. One of the boys shown in the fore- 

 ground appears to have had a practical dem- 

 onstration ,of the effect of a bee-sting on his 

 upper lip. So far as I know |this was the 

 only sting that was received that day. The 

 lioy, however, as will be seen, stood his 

 ground in spite of the enlarged lip. 



Prof. Bigelow, like Prof. Surface, is a nat- 

 ural and easy speaker. He j^scarcely needs 



SNAP.SIIOT AT THE .J KN KINTOW M .U'lAKV W llH>h SOME OF THE DEMONSTKVTING WO.IX 

 WAS GOING ON. LOOKING TOWARD THE HONEY-HOISE'sHOWN IN BACK-GROUND. 

 DR. LYON IS ON THE ROOF ABOUT TO PHOTOGRAPH DOOLITTLE. 



