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being a very strong one. Again on the 7th 

 of August and the 14th they swarmed. I 

 caught both, ending up the season with four 

 hives. 



I took away six dollars' worth of honey 

 that fall, mostly from the first swarm cap- 

 tured. 



The only place I had to winter them was 

 in our cellar, 9x9X() feet deep, under the 

 house, no ventilation, and with 50 bushels of 

 potatoes, and also lots of other vegetables 

 such as cabbage, celery, onions, etc. I put 

 them in about the 25th of October, giving 

 them a fly in midwinter, putting them just 

 outside the door one tine day, and putting 

 them in the cellar at night again, and in the 

 spring putting them on their summer stands 

 about the 15th of April — that is, three of 

 them, as I lost one from lack of stores, but 

 not the strong one. 



This season, 1906, I have increased them 

 to eleven strong hives, all doing well; but 

 that is not all. This year I sold $35 worth 

 of honey, and also $55 worth of cucumbers, 

 besides lots of pumpkins, marrows, etc. 

 Now, here is the funny part: The more 1 

 handle the little fellows the more I like them, 

 so fate only knows where it will end. It is 

 just about 16 months since I started with one, 

 and I now have eleven. 



Minnedosa, Manitoba. 



GLEANINGS IN BEE C^ULTURE. 



BOTTLING HONEY 



July 15 



A Coil of Steam-pipe for Keeping; the Hon- 

 ey Hot to Prevent Granulation. 



BY WALTER S. POUDER. 



Feeling the need of a speedier method of 

 bottling extracted honey so that it will not 

 granulate readily, I have been making some 

 experiments and think I have at least im- 

 proved on all old methods. My old method 

 of tilling jars and then placing them in a hot 

 bath till thoroughly heated before sealing 

 was slow, and even at the best there was a 

 lack of the sparkling brilliancy that can be 

 obtained by heating in large quantities where 

 there is a heavy pressure, obtained only in a 

 deep tank. The pressure is an aid to having 

 air-cells rise: and when this is accomplished 

 we retard granulation, and so prevent that 

 soapy appearance that occurs when jars are 

 heated after being filled. 



Following my ideas in this line I have a 

 twelve-gallon tank in which I have installed 

 a copper coil of half-inch tubing. This coil 

 represents many feet, and is closely wound 

 near the bottom of the tank, and continues 

 to the top of the tank as shown in the en- 

 graving. The tank is 30 inches high and 13 

 inches across, and is made of copper, nickel- 

 plated. The tubing is tinned. I have a 



I'OUDEU'S METHOD OF KEEPING LIQUID HONEY HOT WHILE FILLING BOTTLES. 



