1877. 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



to "pick out " queens to order, without doinp; any of you 

 an injustice. The dollnr queens, are always taken just as 

 they come. If any of you can furnish them cheaper, 1 will 

 rejoice with the rest. 



/(/() not think dollir queens can. be furnishad annner 

 than July 1st. /jut if <iur friends in the south conclude 

 to "help us out'' in ths matter, I will let you know 

 throuf/h Gleanings. 



QUEEN CAGES AND BEE-FEEDERS. 



Tbi^ro are two Invention'^ I h;ive made this ve.ir, 

 that I am especially proud of ; the Candy (.iucen Ca^e, 

 and thu Slmplicitv Feeder. Th.sy answer the purpose 

 so completely, and are so clean and neat, that I should 

 not have conalflered the price very high, at '25c, but 

 •when 1 discovered that we could mako them so as to 



be sold for o>i/,v/ii'e ce»^s. I [ >vell, as nearly as 



lean remember. I think I mnst have looked happy. 

 Every time we llM an onler (nr thi m. I say to mvself, 

 •'Won't that Mellow' lie tickled. vvh"n hn sees them 

 and thinks of the inslgnilicaiit price." I do like to s e 

 ?i/'ce work at low prices, but I aUvays feel "awfully 

 miserable" when I am charged, or am obllired to 

 charge anvbidy else, bisch price■^ for work that is not 

 "nice." Now i will show vou the cage and feeder, 

 and try to stop "gossiping." 



OUR 5 CENT SIMPLICITY BEE-FEEDER. 



Xo directions are needed for using the queen cage, 

 and almost nonf for the feeders. Fill it with honey, 

 syrup, sweetened water, or even sugar with water 

 poured on it. and then set it in one side of the hive, on 

 the frames, in the portico, in frort of the liive, or in 

 the op^n air aavwhere. ami t!ie feed will all be taken 

 without a single bee getting drowned. Since the ab^ve 

 cut was made, we have ma<ie the feeders longer and 

 narrower, having two grouves instead of 3. They liold, 

 jitst about 1 pint, and are sent safely by mall for lUc. 

 postage included. 



STEAM ENGINES FOE. HIVE -MAKING. 



2 jaorse Power E:igiue and Boiler, glSOOO 



.3to4Hor3e „ 250 00 



These Engines are tested at 300 lbs. pressure, the dif- 

 ferent pa! ts are made Interchangeable, the work and 

 material is guaranteed first class, and it is claimed that 

 it is practiciilv iinj)ossiijle to exp'ode the boiler. 



They a • mounted on wheels, rendering itconvenient 

 for moving, an<l are complete in all parts, except the 

 smoke stack, which should be a or 8 inch stove pi|)e. 

 I have taken pai:i£ to look this matter up in regard 

 to these small engines, and those we oiTor are I think, 

 fully equal tD anything made for anything like the 

 price. They are furnished at the above prices, at the 

 factory in Corning N. Y. Although engines of 1 horse 

 power are ofT^red for sale, we think It will be much 

 better to jiurchase one of not less than two horse 

 power as above. 



SPUING BALANCE, 



Is shown at Xo. 15, on the cover, a nice article. 



.$8 00 



These scales are mjule weather proof, and when an angert 

 to suspend a moderate .sized colony, nny he left out all 

 summer. As the figures on the dial are large and plain, 

 we can .see at a distance the average yield of honey per 

 stock, each day or hour (!ven. Wh' ii wei^rhin'; stocks for 

 winter, they shorten the work vciy uiaterially. 



LAMP NURSERY. 



This is simply a hive made of tin. with double walls; 

 the space between th.; two walls which may be from \ to 

 1 inch, is filled with water, and (his wal<'r is kept at an 

 even temperature of about 100", by a lamp under the hive. 

 The lamp is to be enclosed in a box to avoid dr;dts, and 

 the whole should be in a close rcxmi, to save the expense 

 of oil. The tia hive is to be pi. teed a foot or more above 

 the top of the lamp chimney. When tlu) oil is purchased 

 by the barrel, the cxiieubio is but little more than one cent 

 per day. Get .your queen cells on the plan ^;iven in A B C, 

 ■iiid wiien capped over, they m:iy be ta':en ;iwny from the 

 bees entirely, and the frame conl:uiii:;!:j them hung in tiie 

 nursery. If you hava followed the instructions '--iven, the 

 (iueons will -ill hatch out; lon;^ luifore the workers, and all 

 you have to do is to place ihcn in any rpieenless hive or 

 nucleus, as soon as they are hilched." Y )u neel not open 

 the hive to introduce thorn, hut you can just let them 

 crawl in at the entrance, and th-^ loss will certainly be no 

 greater \\v\x\ that of inserting queen cells. You can if you 

 choose, have .several combs containing queen cells in "the 

 nursiiiv; at thi) same time, and wli-^u we can have queens 

 hatching every day for woik.-;, \7e really enjvj.y the fun. 

 It is easy keeiiiii;^ a .sn;i;)ly of cells on hand, when we 

 once get started, and we do int examine our nursery of- 

 tener than ai)out live times a d)y. It will be observed 

 that with the lamp nursery, wo have no cutting, nor 

 mutilating of our nice combs, as w^ do whore we cut out 

 queen cells. When the que'.'ns .iro old enough to begin to 

 gnaw out. ihe.y can easily be heard by helling the comb 

 of C''lls, next to the ear, and us they are ready to introduce 

 as soon as tlie.v be^'in to cnt o\it the caps, they may be 

 safely taken out with a shirn pen knife, and put at once 

 where wanted. They somofimes kill each other when 

 crawling al:)out in the nursery, but not often unless there 

 are bees jaresent. We have found'a half dozen or more 

 crawling about peaceably to;;ether on first going out in 

 the morniiig, but they would be certain to kill s-fch other, 

 if left uniil a few hours older. Price of nursery with 

 lamp large enough to burn several days. $.5,00. 



SECTION HONEY BOXES. 



SECTION BOX. 



SECTION BOXES AND THEIR POSITON IN THE HiyE. 



The above cut and the cuts on the cover, will make 

 every thing plain, almost without explanation. As we 

 send a complete section box with nice strip of.fdn..and 

 printed directions for fastening it in the frames, i)y mail 

 for 5c., we will not attempt any description here. The 

 cut on the left, shows one of the broad frames containing 

 8 sections, and A, A, are the ends of the hive, B, B, are 

 the end strips that are nailed under the cover of the hive, 

 and D, is the cover itself, before being nailed on to B. B. 

 C, C, shows the shoulders that hold the cover on the up- 

 per stories, while the bevels hold it securely in place, arid 

 exclude rain and wind. 



SECTION BOXES IN" THE FLAT, PEE 1,000. 



Any ditnensions not exceeding 2x5x5 10 00 



The above is 50 cubic inches ; for lai-ger sizes add 10c 

 per 1,000 for each additional cubic inch or fraction of an 

 inch, outside measure. Extra prices for le.ss than i>00. 



.Inst i-i:-'ht to fit in L. frames, 2xU'x4V 9 5© 



Sample by mail with fdii 5 



If the grooving for holding the fdn. is omitted, 25c less 

 per 1,000. Sections weigh from 7 to 10 lbs ))er 100. 

 10 I L. frame made 2 inches broad to hold 8 sections 5 



25 I The same with 8 sections 13 



25 I The same furnished with fdn. starters all ready 



for the bees 20 



Adding tin separators to either of the above will in- 

 crease the price 5c, and the postage 6c. 



