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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



687 



RAISING QUEENS IN lOH STOKV. 



It has occurred to me that I could raise 

 young' queens iu the top stor}- of mj' hives, 

 where I have a perforated board thiit sep- 

 arates it from the bottom, so that the old 

 queen can not get at the cells in the top. 

 Let me ask whether the hatching of a queen 

 in the top will lead to swarming, and, sec- 

 ond, will the young queen be likely to en- 

 ter the top after being out on her wedding- 

 trip if the top hive has an entrance? What 

 do 3'ou think of it any way? 



Paterson, N. J. L. Claxton. 



[You can raise queens in the upper story 

 of a hive, and have them fertilized, some- 

 times, during the honej- tlow. Cells will 

 be built very readily iu the upper story, 

 but not during a dearth of honey unless the 

 bees are fed. The chince of getting the 

 queen fertilized upstairs, even under the 

 most favorable circumstances, is not good, 

 to say the least. The plan fails too many 

 times to make it really a success. — Ed.] 



COMBINED SECTION-FORMER AND FOUNDA- 

 TION-FASTENER. 



Mr. Root: — If you will refer to Glean- 

 ings for May 15, page 448, you will see 

 there a picture of a " handy section-press" 

 by Anton G. Anderson. When I saw that 

 illustration I said to Mr. V. V. Dexter, 

 who is working with me, "There is a prin- 



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Pivot Pin. 



that is giving us splendid service, and, un- 

 like all other combined machines on the 

 market, it is easily adjustable for different- 

 sized sections by changing the position of 

 the lever D by removing pivot C and insert- 

 ing it again in the next hole in the lever, 

 marked E. The machine should be up- 

 right, or nearly so, and the hot plate 

 should slope a trifle forward so as to melt 

 as little foundation as possible, and use 

 the melted wax in fastening to the very best 

 advantage. The pivot C should be high 

 enough to admit freel}' the tall section. 

 When the square section is used, the lever 

 D is simply brought down a little further 

 by the foot. 



When the treadle is pressed, the section 

 is folded; and at the same time the plate is 

 thrust forward (or, rather, the section and 

 press are pulled back) so as to expose the 

 heated edge of the hot plate, so that the one 

 treadle both folds and attaches the founda- 

 tion. 



I believe your mechanics could work this 

 out so that j'ou can sell the wooden pieces 

 A and B, lever D and spring, when all 

 5'our customers now having the Daisy could 

 send to you for the press attachments and 

 screw the same to their old Daisy machines. 

 Please let us know at once if you consider 

 the idea of any value. Of course, j'ou 

 could put out a combined press and fasten- 

 er for those who used a new machine or 

 who do not wish to add the press to their 

 old ones. 



I had always doubted the utility of a 

 combined machine until trying this one. 

 E. F. Atw^ater. 



Boise, Idaho, June 6. 



[The plan j'ou have outlined, and which 

 we have had our artist sketch out, is per- 

 fectly feasible. It is a question, however, 

 whether the average purchaser would not 

 prefer to have the two operations performed 

 by two separate machines. A section-form- 

 er on the principle shown in the illustra- 

 tion is not as powerful by considerable as 

 something like the Hubbard press, nor is 

 it anywhere near as rapid. That it will do 

 the work, there can be no doubt. 



But in changing from a \)i to a 4X5 sec- 

 tion, it will be necessary to have an extra 

 hole in the standard A. When the pivot is 

 changed, the bolt C would have to be put 

 through the hole E, and should be, to get 

 the best results, put through a hole in the 

 standard A, a little higher up. This would 

 permit the lever D to fit square down on 

 top of the section. — Ed.] 



ciple which can be applied to a combined 

 section-press and foundation-fastener." 

 He suggested adding it to the Daisy founda- 

 tion-fastener, and the enclosed drawings 

 show j-ou the result — a combined machine 



kerosene oil for bee-stings ; HOW TO 

 SCRAPE THE STINGS OUT. 



For bee-stings, try a drop of kerosene oil, 

 and rub it in. For a horse that upset a 

 hive and got the result, take a gallon of 

 kerosene and give him a bath at once. 

 Scrape him with the back of a hand-saw, 

 knives, or a piece of hoop iron, very hard, to 

 scrape out the stings. Work on the throat 

 first. Be quick about it. Reader. 



