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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



part slip partly over the corrugated part. 

 This almost brings us to the cold blast 

 smoker. By the way, Hill's smoker has im- 

 pressed me more favarably than any made 

 so far. He has made a long step in advance 

 by bringing out a smoker that can be used 

 right end up. To my smoker I have added 

 an ash pan. This is nothing but a simple 

 cover on the end of the barrel. This will be 

 an improvement. In fastening the barrel, 

 a bed piece should be attached to the main 

 bellows plate and to this should be attached 

 bands that can be easily loosened. To keep 

 the barrel from slipping up or down it should 

 be ribbed just above the upper band, and 

 the lower end should be ribbed at the ash 

 pan or cap, just as is done in making Royal 

 Baking Powder boxes. What do you think 

 of this design of a smoker ? If you think it 

 of sufficient value you may illustrate in the 

 Review. If you do, get the perspective 

 right and the whole properly proportioned. 

 This smoker is intended to be used by grasp- 

 ing the main bellows at the upper end — 

 either at the corners or middle. 

 White House Sta., N. J., Nov. 28, 1892. 



Scraps From a Visiting Letter in Which its 



Writer Mentions the Honse Apiary and 



Tells How He Enjoys Himself. 



B. TAYLOE. 



" A touch of nature makes the whole world kin." 



HAVE NOT yet 

 completed my 

 new house apiary. 

 The weather has 

 been very cold for 

 three or four weeks 

 so that work on it 

 was impossible. It 

 is warmer now and 

 I resumed work in 

 it to-day. I do not 

 wish to describe it 

 until completed, as 

 I am trying to make it very perfect. I find 

 the Sxlf) building will hold 38 hives without 

 crowding in the least. I have invented a 

 hive especially for house use and shall not 

 use the long ones as first intended. It is a 

 double brood chamber and holds the same 

 combs as my double walled hive, and the 

 hives used on the revolving stand. It is so 



arranged that any of the four sides will make 

 the front. 



The bees in the old house seem to be win- 

 tering finely this cold winter. The house 

 apiary is going to be O. K. 



I have received a letter of six pages frojn 

 Mr. Langdon, of E. Constable, N. Y., with 

 drawings describing his new house, 11 by 100 

 feet. It is nearly identical in principle with 

 my own but I would not have made so large 

 a one until experiments had demonstrated 

 the best plans. 



Friend H., give me your hand for your life 

 sketch of yourself in last Review. In nearly 

 all respects it is so nearly my own history 

 and experience that it stirs my feelings 

 deeply. How I do wish we lived nearef to- 

 gether. You mention your love for ma- 

 chinery. O, dear, me ! Last spring I sold 

 much of my nice machinery (nearly Sfi.'jOO 

 worth) and this winter I am making new 

 machines for my shop, and I am so haj)py 

 at it that I can scarcely take time to speak 

 or write to friends. I do not know whether 

 I shall ever use these machines so as to get 

 pay for them in the vulgar money sense, but 

 I get siqjreme pleasure, and who gets better 

 pay than that ? I expect this to be my last 

 work of this kind and I am determined to 

 make everything as near perfection in work- 

 ing quality, as well as finish, as my skill 

 will permit. Every thing is entirely original 

 in design, and finished equal to the finest 

 parlor furniture ; all hard wood, finished in 

 oil. I have invented a new parallel bar for 

 saw tables that beats anything I have seen. 

 You can move it to either side of the saw in 

 two seconds without removing a single bolt 

 or screw of any kind and can set it for any 

 width of sawing from 1-32 to IG inches, with- 

 out using a measure of any kind. When you 

 come to Minnesota I will take great pleasure 

 in showing it to you, and you shall come 

 some time, and don't you forget it, 



I contemplate writing an article for the 

 February Review, taking the December Re- 

 view and its contributors for a subject. 

 What do you think of it ? Will write up the 

 house apiary as soon as completed, which 

 will depend upon the weather in a large de- 

 gree. 



There, brother H., this long letter is writ- 

 ten to you and your family. Please shake, 

 for us, the hand of Mrs. H., the twins and 

 all the little H.'s whose pattering feet you 

 describe so tenderly in last Review. 



FoBBSTViiiiiE, Minn. Jan. 2.3, 1893. 



