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back one and three-fourths wide, one-sixteenth thick, put together 

 with finishing nails. They are certainly very nice for family use. 

 as each frame full fills a large plate, and is plenty for a common 

 table full, and there is no muss and daub as there is when taking 

 from a box. These frames can be used on frame hives by setting 

 them crosswise of the frames in the hives, and resting directly on 

 them. I put twenty-two on each of my frame hives, and the bees 

 will fill them quicker than boxes, whether of glass or wood. I 

 don't know of any patent on them. 



BEE CULTURE. 



Ml*. T. F. Bingham, Gowanda, Cattaraugus, N. Y., exhibited a bee 

 hive compound in its structure, so that any size may be secured. Mr. 

 Bingham gave a very interesting talk on the subject of bee culture. 

 A good bee hive has but thi-ee really essential requisites: It must 

 winter bees safely in the open air, have suitable and sufficient capa- 

 city for storing surplus honey and giving perfect control to every 

 comb. The hive is easily packed, triangular in form, and having 

 a sharp top, in which the winter stores are kept warm by the heat 

 of the bees, there is no possibility of starvation or freezing so long 

 as honey remains in the hive. Artificial swarms may be produced 

 by division, or queens reared with ease and certaint3^ 



Dr. J. E. Snodgrass. — We are all interested in the subject of the 

 bee, and, therefore, moved that Mr. Bingham be invited to talk half 

 an hour on the subject of bee culture at some future meeting of this 

 Club. The motion was agreed to. 



OLCOTT'S RHODE ISLAND SWEET CORN. 



The Secretary reports that the whole of this celebrated sweet 

 corn has been sent out, and it is believed that no corn has ever had 

 such a wide dissemination. It has been sent to nearly every State 

 in the Union. Two barrels have been sent by mail. 



HOW TO PRESERVE BUTTER. 



Mr. E. p. Wright, Dm-ham, Greene county, N. Y. — Procure good 

 white oak firkins that are perfectly brine tight, take out the head, 

 first making a small hole, say quarter of an inch in size, then fill it 

 with cold water; let it stand twenty-four hours before you ai-e 

 ready to use it, then rub, while wet, thoroughly, with fine salt; fill 

 your firkin as soon as possible. Your firkin should be of such a 

 size that one can readily be filled in a week or t«n days with sweet 

 butter, to within half an inch of the head, then place over jt a clean 



