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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



May 15 



diseased combs after being treated it shows 

 that not enough formalin was used, or else 

 the comb-box allowed the gas to escape too 

 rapidly, and should be more thoroughly 

 treated a second time. Allow the combs to 

 remain in the box three or four hours after 

 treating. While all the brood of diseased 

 colonies is killed in the treatment, we have 

 a system of management that sacrifices but 

 little brood, and also cures the diseased 

 bees, and puts them in proper condition to 

 secure a crop of honey. 



Charles Stewart. 

 Sammonsville, N. Y. 



[Yes, I inferred that you used the spray. 

 In our last issue a correction was made, to 

 the effect that the gas and not the spray 

 was applied to the diseased combs. Our 

 hopes are raised very high, and we trust 

 the inspectors of New York will give this 

 treatment a thorough and extensive test. — 

 Ed.] 



A HIVE-SPACING RABBET FOR FRAMES; WHY 

 SUCH AN ARRANGEMENT IS NOT PRACTI- 

 CAL FOR GENERAL USE. 



I send you some photos showing my bee- 

 hive I have worked on for 12 or 14 years. 

 You must know in the start that I never 

 read a bee journal in my life until last fall. 

 I sent to you for a catalog, and you sent me 

 Gleanings with it, and that was the first 

 bee-paper I ever owned. I knew nothing of 

 the bee- world outside of what few bees I 

 owned, and a few stands among my neigh- 

 bors. 



I have worked all kinds of hives, and 

 found none that suited me. I had so much 

 trouble removing the frames it disgusted 

 me, and that started me to devise something 

 better, so you can see what I accomplished. 



The drawing shows the hive- body and 

 the method of supporting the frames. There 

 is a pin in each corner of the frame; and 

 when you place the frames in the hive the 

 pins in the corners of the frame that goes 

 in the hive first passes between the V- 

 shaped metal bar at the top. After the 

 pins are below the V, you can run it from 

 one side to the other; and when it drops in- 

 to its place the pin hits the V in the metal 

 bar at the bottom, and the pins at the top of 

 the frame strike the V in the top. 



For the purpose of handling, the frames are 

 put in what I call the handy comb-holder, 

 shown at the bottom of the drawing. When 

 going through a hive I lift the frames out 

 and place them in the holder, where they 

 are spaced two inches apart, so as not to 



touch. I never hurt any bees, and they are 

 all together, and in as nice shape as in the 

 hive. The pins in the corner of the frames 

 keep the frames from striking against the 

 sides of the hive and killing the bees. 



'W"^^::. 



You can see by this device that the frame 

 can be reversed, either side up; right side 

 up, they are self-spacing, self-bracing, 

 simple, durable, and can not be shaken out 

 of place, and the bees can not glue them; 

 but they can be lifted with the finger. 



The next drawing shows the case for the 

 honey. When the frames are filled they 

 are lifted out of the hive and set in the case; 

 close the lid, and it is complete. The 

 frames hold from 6 to 6'2 lbs. of honey after 

 they are finished. When they are in the 

 case I can set it on either side, top or bot- 

 tom, and they stay in place. 



Rushville, Ind. T. McManus. 



[I have illustrated the hive here shown, 

 not because I consider it a practical ar- 

 rangement for general use, but because the 

 principle underlying it is " invented ' ev- 

 ery once in a while. In our back volumes 

 we have several different illustrations show- 

 ing this principle. But I have yet to know 

 of a case where it has been used very ex- 

 tensively by any bee-keeper who produces 

 tons of honey. In saying this I do not wish 



