1905 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



481 



NAIL-SPACED FRAMES. 



What is Glucose? How to Detect it in Honey. 



BY J. L. HYDE. 



On page 1158, Dec. 15, you wonder if the 

 doctor is the only one who uses nail spacers 

 to any extent. I would say that, for the 

 last ten years, I have used no other. They 

 are furniture nails, though, that are cone- 

 shaped, and will drive in just far enough 

 so it makes the spacing the same as 

 the Hoifman. They are too expensive un- 

 less you can get them at a bargain some- 

 where. I bought mine for $1.00 per 1000 

 and less at one time. Could not these nails 

 be made of tin instead of brass ? or a wire 

 one, made with the same shaped head, of iron 

 or steel? But on the end of the frames, I 

 use, for spacing, blind-staples, which are 

 very small. These drive into wood without 

 splitting, and are just as good to keep the 

 frames from sliding endwise. My frames 

 have the same width bottom as top-bar 

 (f inch thick and 1| wide), and are dovetail- 

 ed to the end-bars without any projection 

 to the top-bars; so I space them at the bot- 

 tom on the bottom-bar the same as on the 

 top-bars. My hives are made without rab- 

 bets, and have T tins fastened across on 

 the bottom of the hive for the frames to 



rest on. These tins should be fastened so 

 as to have the post part up so the frames 

 will rest on the blade only. I can reverse 

 my hive by fastening extra tins on the top 

 of the hive the same as are on the bottom; 

 and after turninar my hive over I takeoff the 

 bottom ones. After once reversing, the bees 

 have the combs fastened so well to the 

 frame that they need no wiring. I have no 

 frames that are wired, and I can throw them 

 about the same as the wired ones; and if I 

 want to move my bees the hives are all 

 ready without fixing them up on the inside. 

 I like the way I have my hives fixed; but 

 there are others, and each one likes his way 

 best. 



There are some things I should like to 

 learn from Gleanings this winter. One is, 

 to know when honey is adulterated, without 

 studying chemistry. I think a bee-keeper 

 should know all about honey as well as bees. 

 How long does it take each kind of honey to 

 candy? how long does it take glucose to can- 

 dy ? I have some glucose that I have had 

 about five years, and it looks the same as 

 when I first got it— no candying about it. I 

 know it will get hard and flint-like, but I 

 never saw it candy like honey. It may, 

 though, when mixed with honey. 



Providence, R. I. J. L. Hyde. 



[I will explain to our readers that Mr. 

 Hyde is one of our old correspondents of 



A TRAIL THROUGH A CUBAN JUNGLE WHEN THE CAMPANILLA BLANCA IS IN BLOOM 



