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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Apr, 1 



and I was pleased with the manner of its tem- 

 porary storage. Shallow boxes, in which can- 

 ned condensed milk comes, were used, hold- 

 ing 34 sections each, and these were tiered in 

 the storage-house — see Fig. 2. 



HOW TO GET THE SECTIONS IN THE OUT- 

 SIDE ROWS CAPPED OVER NEARLY AS 

 WELL AS THOSE IN THE CENTER 



Mr. Snyder discovered a plan by which he 

 was able to get the sections in the outside 

 row capped over almost as readily as those 

 of the center, and that was by putting cleats, 

 about f inch thick, up and down on the in- 

 side on one side of the super, then when fill- 

 ing the super he put in a fence separator first 

 (that leaves | space outside the fence), then 

 a row of sections, then a fence, then sections, 

 and so on till full; then with the super-springs 

 it makes everything snug and nice, leaving 

 another | space outside the last fence, these 

 outside spaces being considered valuable, and 

 claimed that, by so doing, it allowed the bees 

 a larger space between the fence and the super 

 side in which to cluster, which, with the add- 

 ed heat at that point, prompted the bees to 

 cap more readily. Certainly the outside 

 combs were as fancy as the others, and the 

 proof of the pudding is in the eating. 



The honey and hive house is a part of the 

 barn, while a small horse-car out of commis- 

 sion, resting beneath the shade of a very large 

 Norway spruce-tree, constituted a handy re- 

 pair-shop in the home apiary. 



FIG. 4.— AN OLD HORSE-CAR MAKES A GOOD STORAGE-SHED. 



FIG. 3. — MR. SNYDER FINDS THE TENT IN- 

 DISPENSABLE AT CERTAIN TIMES. 



Mr. Snyder finds the 

 tent indispensable at cer- 

 tain seasons, and uses it 

 much, but he prefers one 

 a third larger than the 

 ones usually cataloged. 



A wheelbarrow and 

 combination tool-box and 

 seat, as seen in Fig. 5, are 

 considered indispensable. 



In the matter of ren- 

 dering wax from old 

 combs Mr. Snyder ex- 

 tracts nearly every ounce 

 of wax; and'whenhe gets 

 through with the slum- 

 gum it is fit for the ash- 

 heap. 



The character of the 

 press is seen in Figs. 6 

 and 7, and it does its 

 work thoroughly. 



Personally Mr. Snyder 

 is of medium height, tip- 

 ping the beam at 310 lbs. 

 He has never drank a 

 glass of liquor nor a glass 

 of beer. He bubbles over 

 with geniality and good- 

 fellowship. The writer 

 was made thoroughly at 

 home, and enjoyed the 

 hospitality so characteris- 

 tic of bee-keepers. 



Mr. Snyder not only 

 keeps bees because .they 

 are his bread and butter, 



