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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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MRS. HARRISON TAL.KS TO US ABOUT 

 FEVERS, 



AND GIVES US SOME WHOLESOME ADVICE. 



fiRIEND SMITH, can you not get along without 

 quinine in Georgia? My remedy for " an or- 

 ' dinary fever" would be a pack. Spread two 

 comforts and a blanket on a lounge, and then wring 

 out of hot water a sheet, or, better, a woolen blan- 

 ket, and spread it on. It is well to give the fever pa- 

 tient some hot herb-tea, sage or pennyroyal, and 

 then wrap him up in the hot sheet, raising the arms 

 and putting one half of the sheet over the body, and 

 then putting them down and drawing the other half 

 over. The blankets and comforts should be drawn 

 tightly and tucked in snugly, especially around the 

 neck and shoulders. A hot soap-stone should be 

 placed at the feet, and a cool cloth at the head. The 

 work should be done quickly and well, so that the 

 patient will be warm and comfortable. Let the pa- 

 tient remain half an hour, or longer, if sleeping, and 

 then unwrap and wash off in a tub of tepid water, 

 wiping dry, and going to bed. My husband says he 

 is "in heaven " while in a pack. 



I have had the " bee-fever," several very violent 

 attacks, followed by c/u'n.?. Out under that catalpa- 

 tree in our yard is a remedy. It is a vicious colony 

 of hybrids, and very likely the queen visited a drone 

 of the Cyprian persuasion, belonging to a neighbor- 

 ing apiary. Trespass on that queen's domains, and 

 the temperature of bee-fever falls immediately. It 

 is wonderful, what a powerful antidote it is. 



The weather here at the North is also a wonderful 

 antidote. The winter of 18&0-'81 cured more persons 

 that were badly afflicted with it than any thing I 

 ever heard of. The honey, market, too, is a cooler. I 

 have sometimes thought that it was the most pow- 

 erful known remedy, where the market was over- 

 stocked, and sales dull and slow. If none of these 

 things break the fever, let it run its course. Like 

 all other fevers it will wear itself (or the patient) 

 out. Mrs. L. Harrison. 



Peoria, 111., March, 1S83. 



THE WAV FRIEND PETTIT FIL.LS HON- 

 EV-PAIIiS. 



ALSO SOME GENERAL HINTS IN HANDLING EXTRACT- 

 ED HONEY, 



eN page 82 you ask about filling honey on our 

 circular table. I fear the answer will be too 

 long, and cover too much ground. When 

 first extracted, my honey is thrown into large tin 

 tanks that will hold about lOCO lbs. of honey each; 

 these are covered with cheese-cloth, and allowed to 

 stand some time before the honey is filled into cans, 

 etc., for market. I now place a 30-gallon milk-can, 

 such as dairymen use for sending their milk to the 

 factory, beside one of these storage tanks, and with 

 a tin dipper* (after thoroughly stirring the honey to 

 make it all alike) I proceed to fill the milk-can. I 

 place a tin with raised sides and drooping ends over 

 the tops or edges of these cans, to prevent the hon- 

 ey dropping between the cans. The milk - can 



* The dipper is made of heavy tin. Itis4'/i inches 

 deep; diameter of bottom, 6 in.; diameter of top, 9 

 in. Handle is 3 ft. long and IJs inches in diameter. 

 A suitable hook is soldered on the under side of the 

 lower end of the handle about 4 inches from the 

 bowl of dipper, so that when the dipper is not in 

 use it can be hooked upon the top and Inside of the 

 honey-tank. 



should stand on a low truck, on which it is moved to 

 the circular table, and Is then raised to the desired 

 height by means of rope and pullies, and is then low- 

 ered upon a box of suitable size. 



Now, friend Root, imagine yourself placed upon a 

 chair, with your left side toward the table, and the 

 milk-can right in from of you. Now fancy you 

 hold a Jones honey-pail in your '.eft hand under the 

 honey-gate in the milk-can, while you open the gate 

 with the other, and you have a vivid picture how we 

 do it in our honey-house. If this letter bo read in 

 connection with one cited on p 82, I think all will be 

 clear. Honey ranges itself, so to speak, into lay- 

 ers according to density ; and, therefore, to have the 

 packages all alike, it should be well stirred immedi- 

 ately before being filled into packages. 



S. T. Pettit. 



Belmont, Ont., Can., March 14, 1883. 



A HOME-MADE 



HAND-FOHER BLKK- 

 SA^V. 



THE WAY FRIEND DIMMICK GETS HIS POWER. 



NOTICE that considerable is said in Gleanings 

 in regard to hand-power buzz-saws for making 

 hives and their appurtenances, discussing the 

 different modes of construction, expense, etc. I 

 have one of my own construction and make, which I 

 have used for 13 years; and although quite inexpen- 

 sive, it has answered my purpose admirably. Of 

 course, I would not recommend it to those who make 

 a business of making hives, sections, etc., to sell ( 

 but for individual use, I think it comes the nearest 

 filling the bill of any thing of the kind I have seen 

 or read of yet; at all events, I will venture to give 

 your readers a brief description of its construction. 

 I presume some will think they would prefer some- 

 thing more complicated and expensive. All such 

 will have the privilege of improving upon it, or de- 

 vising something better; and if they should s.ucceed 

 to any great extent (taking all things into considera- 

 tion), be assured I shall be one of the first to adopt 

 the improvement. 



Now, in regard to its construction: I first make a 

 wheel feet in diameter by halving together in the 

 center a couple of "MxSVi-in. hard-wood scantling, 6 

 feet long, making 4 arms to support the rim; cut 

 a lx3-inch tenon on end of each arm to fit the rim to; 

 for the rim, cut out basswood felloes (with scroll 

 saw), one inch thick and 3 inches wide; length, 1-13 

 the circumference of the wheel. I used 4 courses of 

 these felloes, alternately lapping the joints of each 

 course, and fitting them to the tenons of the arms, 

 and nailing the 4 thicknesses firmly together, there- 

 by making a rim 4 inches wide and 3 inches deep. 

 For shaft to wheel, I used 1-inch iron with collars 

 and nut, and fitted at each end to receive a crank, 

 the same as is used for grindstones; hung the wheel 

 to a couple of 3x4-inch scanting, set upright and 

 parallel; fastened secprely at top and bottom. 



Second, I made an adjustable saw-table to my own 

 liking, very much like the one described in A B C; 

 fastened to table a belt-tightening pulley with lever 

 attachment; set table about 5 or 6 feet from wheel, 

 running a 2-inch belt direct from wheel to pulley on 

 saw-mandrel, which is 2yi inches in diameter, and 

 here you have the whole thing complete. 



To do a short job of two or three hours' work, one 

 man or boy will turn it easily, but for a good strong 

 day's work, It is better to nave two to turn. Boys 



