1907 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



1499 



pump or horse-trough. That habit once 

 formed, the bees will not pay the slightest 

 attention to a new place. They may, how- 

 ever, be enticed away to a new place, if it 

 be only a few feet, or even a few rods dis- 

 tant. Cover up the pump or horse-trough 

 with horse-blankets or something else, so the 

 bees can get no water, and set a vessel of 

 water close as possible. Next day move it 

 just a little away, and each day thereafter 

 move it a little more. After getting a little 

 distance away, you can move it live or ten 

 feet each day. Keep the old place covered 

 up for a few days, and afterward keep water 

 constantly at the new place, and there should 

 be no more trouble. 



What arrangement shall we have to pro- 

 vide the water? Any pail or tub would do, 

 if bees wouldn't drown. A vessel working 

 on the atmospheric-pressure principle is 

 good — that is, a glass jar turned upside down 

 on a board with little channels so the water 

 will come down as fast as used out. But it 

 needs such frequent attention that there is 

 danger of neglect; and, besides, one doesn't 

 want to give time to such things unnecessa- 

 rily in the busy season. Whatever is used 

 should hold a goodly supply of water; and 

 then if one aims to fill it up when half emp- 

 tied, thei'e is not much danger that it will 

 be often entirely dry. 



I have used with a good deal of satisfaction 

 a six-gallon stone crock with a small armful 



DR. MILLERS TUB FOR WATERING BEES; 

 CORK CHIPS ARE USED TO PRE- 

 VENT DROWNING. 



of firewood put into it endwise, and water 

 then thrown in. All the better to have the 

 wood partly decayed. 



But the best thing I have ever tried is a 

 tub, or half-barrel, with cork-chips or cork 

 dust thrown on the water. You can get such 

 material from any grocer who gets foreign 

 or California grapes, cork chips being used 

 for packing. Put in all the cork chips you 

 can without getting in so many that the bees 

 can not reach the water. The bees are just 

 as safe walking over it as on the ground; so 



far as I can see it's perfect, and I don't know 

 how long it will last. The tub you see in 

 the illustration was snapped Sept. 17, and 

 had been in use all summer with the same 

 cork chips. It was filled with water when- 

 ever it was convenient, or whenever I thought 

 of it; and if that was not for days no harm 

 was done. Of course, a smaller vessel would 

 work too. 

 Marengo, 111. 



TRANSPARENT PAPER AVRAPPERS 

 FOR SECTIONS OF COMB HONEY. 



Preventing Leakage and Keeping the Hon- 

 ey Clean. 



BY H. A. SACKETT. 



Mr. Root: — I am sending you, under sepa- 

 rate cover, a sample of the package in whii'h 

 we are sending out our honey this year. I 

 do not know if such a package has ever been 

 used before. Being a printer, and having 

 bpes as a hobby, this package occurred m 

 me one day, and I have found it a very go'^d 

 one, and write you, sending sample, so if yuu 

 think well of it you can publish the same for 

 others to use, it being much cheaper than 

 glass. I should like to hear from you as to 

 it, and want you to be frank. 



East Orange, N. J. 



[We were so much interested in this that 

 we wrote Mr. Sackett for further particulars. 

 Complying he sends the following:] 



I procured some transparent paper from a 

 New York house, which I thought would 

 answer the purpose, and which is used by 

 the druggist for wrapping up bottles to keep 

 the labels clean. I had the design made, and 

 printed up quite a few for trial, and the re- 

 sults were so favorable that I wrapped my 

 sections this year, and was surprised that 

 they stood shipping, did not leak out at all, 

 and, after being well wet with honey, seem- 

 ed to be in good condition. I have had 

 numerous people state that they thought it 

 was better than glass. Every section sent 

 out had my name on, which not only showed 

 where the goods came from but was a good 

 advertisement for myself; whereas if I had 

 used glass no one would know my goods; 

 and where you sell to the local trade it means 

 a great deal to the producer, and will bring 

 him many sales. I trust that some of your 

 readers will try this method, and let us know 

 what results are obtained. 



H. A. Sackett. 



[A photograph was taken of the empty sec- 

 tion with its transparent wrapper as sent us 

 by Mr. Sackett, and the result is shown in 

 Fig. 1. If the sections had been filled, the 

 surface of the comb would have shown as in 

 the other illustrations. The paper on the 

 other side was printed with Mr. Sackett's 

 name and address. 



Since this matter has been brought to our 

 attention, we have done some experimenting 

 along the same line, and have found that or- 

 dinary butter- wrappers are very satisfactory 



