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GLEA^^INGS IK BEE CULTURE. 



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A SECTIOir BOX FILLED WITH nONET. 



SoMK of yo'x have asked so many questiotis in regardto 

 th3 S-cti^)?! Boxes of honey I thought I w nild a:ive you:*' 

 really "rood picture of one; hive I not siiccej led? You can 

 have tlis frame as a modf'l to work from, and you may 

 show th=! honey to your bees tellin? thfui you \rish th,; 

 honev built clear up to the wood, lik-^ this one. T'l^v nro 

 ■1 ?i square, 2 inches thick, and weigh just 1 ib., and wh-ni 

 you can produce packa'JCes like the aiiove.vyoM can sii in 

 .1 our apiary and work as inleoendent as ^Ood honest folks 

 like weara (?) ou7ht to he, wliili custo'ti^rs inqaire for 

 and hunt us vip, just for the ^rivile'^o of takiivi^ all we can 

 raise, at 250. per 1 >. Several ton'! of such Koney could now 

 . ha sold i:i the city of Cleveland alone, a", the above price. 



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THE 13 INCH COJrS FOUNDATIOKT MACHrWE. " 



Miiny have asked why these are $100.00 

 while a 9 inch machine is only $.50.00, and a 

 ,'> inch, only .f35i,00». When we Increase the 

 Icn^h of the folletS, we must also increase 

 their diameter, or they will spring- apart in 

 the middle, and not produce perfect work. 

 Increasing' their size, makes them turn much 

 harder, because the surface of the wax touch- 

 ing- at once, is much g-reater, and this necessi- 

 tates back g-earing, as shown below. By using- 

 shafts of steM, we can use a very small roll, 

 for the short distance of 5 inches, and it is 

 (|uite difficylt Indeed, to make as thin and per- 

 fect f dii,. with the 13 inch machines, as we do 

 with these small single geared ones. 



It is the rolls, that make these machines so 

 expensive, and as each cell must exactly match 

 vxtiiy other, to within a hair's breadth, or less, 

 4lie "work is necessarily very expensive if 

 w.e would have thin and accurate combs. It is 

 true we can make rolls that will indent thick 

 sheets of wax, which will be used bj' the bees, 

 'at a comparatively small expens?, but my 

 friends have you ever figured up what \h-\ wax 

 costs for such combs.? Almost every eld hive, 

 contains more than enough wax to make a 

 complete set of new combs, if it is only put in 

 the right shape, and you need not have a drone 

 cell in the hive, unless you wish. 



FOUNDATION MACHINE WITH 12 INCH KOLLS. 



CHAFF CUSHION DIVISION BOARD. 



