1907 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



967 



steam- generator on a gas-stove, which I con- 

 nect with a rubber tube with the coil: and 

 the steam passing through the coil brings up 

 ,the temperature very rapidly. I do not use 

 a thermometer at all; but one readily learns 

 to take care of the temperature by simply 

 placing his hand on the side of the tank. If 

 it indicates too much heat we simply turn off 

 the gas. We melt live- gallon cans by the 

 usual hot-water method and empty them 

 into the tank through the strainer while hot. 

 By this method we gain much time in heat- 

 ing, and the coil method is then used to keep 

 up the temperature of honey that has been 

 previously heated. My only fear was that 

 the temperature of hot steam would be too 

 high for the honey; but the outtit is giving 

 perfect satisfaction, and we have increased 

 our speed fourfold over old methods. 



I have installed the system behind my 

 counter, where my customers can view it, 

 and it seems to be attractive. 



Indianapolis, Ind. 



[We believe this outfit to be excellent for 

 bottling honey. Instead 

 of a nicKeled copper tank, 

 one of tin would be al- 

 most as good, and much 

 cheaper. 



The scheme of having 

 the whole outfit in the 

 salesroom, where it can 

 be seen, is excellent. It 

 is something on a par 

 with advertising griddle- 

 cakes by making them 

 in a show-window, or 

 making taffy out in the 

 open, where the appe- 

 tites of the public can be 

 whetted to the point of 

 buying. 



A modification of this 

 plan, which would cer- 

 tainly be cheaper, though 

 perhaps answering the 

 purpose nearly as well, 

 would be a can within a 

 can, the space between the two being about 

 half an inch. The outer can should be sev- 

 eral inches deeper than the inner one, the 

 deep space below then containing the water, 

 so that the whole apparatus could be set di- 

 rectly on the stove, thus saving the expense 

 of a separate boiler. Instead of the rather 

 expensive steam-coil, a steam-jacket would 

 thus be substituted, entirely surrounding the 

 inner can containing the honey. A vent 

 should be provided, of course, at the top. 



If the temperature of steam proved too 

 high for honey, the outer can could be filled 

 with water, so that the honey would be sur- 

 rounded by a hot-water jacket, the temper- 

 ature of which could be kept at any point. 



This hot-water plan is used to some extent 

 already, and there is no doubt but that it is 

 an entire success. Is may be even a l>etter 

 method on account of the lower degrees of 

 temperature that may be maintained. Fur- 

 thermore, the apparatus would be somewhat 



DETAILS OF PODDER'S HONEY-TANK. 



A, twelve-gallon tank, made of copper, nickel-plated; B. fiae-wire strainer; 

 C, outlet for steam; D, half-inch copper tubing-, tinned; E, copper boiler or 

 steam-gen erator ; F, glajSS water-gauge; G, rubber connection; H, gas-stove. 



simpler, as no water-gauge would be neces- 

 sarj'. — Ed.] 



A SEASON'S WORK WITH SECTION- 

 AL HIVES. 



Swarm Control and Comb-honey Produc- 

 tion; Putting Fonndation in Sec- 

 tions ; a New Method. 



BY J. E. HAND. 



Perhaps it will be in order at this time to 

 describe our new method of putting founda- 

 tion in sections. You will see by Fig. 2 that 

 our sections are split | of their length exact- 

 ly through the center by a circular rip-saw 

 before they are folded. They are then fold- 

 ed, and placed in wide frames with the un- 

 split side at the bottom of the frame, and the 

 wide frames are placed in supers which are 

 tiered up in the shop until it is time to put 



