1878. 



glea:n^engs ln bee cultuee. 



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That honey sold quickly this morning-. It you can 

 furnish me that quality, I can sell it. Send the oth- 

 er as soon as possible. L. B. Oviatt. 



Cleveland, O. Aujr. 16th 18V7. 



We received the one lb. bottles last Friday; put 

 them on the stand Saturday, and retailed 44 of them 

 that day. If you can furnish me that kind of honey 

 I can se'll it. The small bottles I have just g-ot from 

 the depot, all in good shape. Please send 12 doz. lb. 

 bottles as soon as possible. Get them here Friday 

 if vou can. L. B. Oviatt. 



Cleveland, O. Sept. 3rd '77. 



I shall want some honev in a few davs. Have 

 about 30 of the lb. bottles left yet. The lb. bottles 

 sell best. I am o-etting- very nice comb honey now 

 for 19c per lb. which is hurting- the sale of bottled 

 honey. I do not think that will last long-. Your hon- 

 ey g-ives good satisfaction. I scald a few bottles at a 

 time and it makes it look very nice. I will order in 

 a few davs. L. B. Oviatt. 



Cleveland, O. Nov. 8th '77. 



Please send me a case of honey if you can send it 

 like the last shipment. That is thicker and better 

 flavored than the other and sells rapidly. Send it in 

 the lib. souare bottles. I want it the first of the 

 week. T did not know I was so nearly out or I would 

 have ordered before. I am about done with comb 

 honej' and I can sell bottles fast after this, if it is 

 nice. What is your price for those tin cans for fill- 

 ing- bottles? L. B. Oviatt. 

 ' Cleveland, O. Feb. 22nd 1877. 



Mr. O. paid us 16c for the 1 lb. bottles, put 

 up in the way I have mentioned. The one 

 lot that he did not like, Avas some unripened 

 honey, that we purchased of a neighbor. 



Some attempts have been made to get hon- 

 ey into a marketable shape in its candied 

 state, but so far, have been unsuccessful, so 

 far as I know, although candied honey can 

 be drained out so dry that it may be done 

 up in a paper safely, and we have had some 

 specimens, nearly as white as loaf sugar. 



EXTRACTOR. The advantages and 

 disadvantages of using a honey extractor in 

 the apiary, are considered under head of ex- 

 tracted honey. That more honey can be ob- 

 tained by the use of the machine than by 

 having it stored in section boxes in the 

 shape of comb honey, all are agreed; but all 

 are not agreed, as to hoiv much more. If it 

 is nicely sealed over, as it should be before 

 being extracted, I do not think more than 

 twice as much will be obtained, on an aver- 

 age, although the amount is placed by many, 

 at a much higher figure. A beginner will 

 be more certain of a crop, than if he relies 

 upon having the bees work in boxes; he will 

 also be much more apt to take away too 

 much, and to cause his bees to starve. This 

 last, is a very disagreeable feature, attendant 

 upon the use of the implement, especially, 

 where the bee-keeper, is prone to carelessness 

 and negligence. To secure tlie best results 

 with the extractor, plenty of empty combs 

 should be provided, that ample room may be 

 given, in case the hives should become full 

 before the honey is ripe enough to remove. 

 If a second story does not give room suffi- 

 cient, I would add a third for a heavy stock, 

 during a good yield of honey. 



Full directions for using extractors, are 

 given with the price lists that manufacturers 

 send out; therefore I will not repeat them 

 here. 



HOW TO MAKK AN EXTRACTOR. 



Although it will not usually pay to make 

 your own, there are circumstances under 

 which it is very desirable to to know how. 

 In places so remote that the shipping rates 

 are very high, it would be well to have some 

 bee-keeper of a mechanical turn, make them 

 to supply those in his own vicinity. As the 

 manufacture of implements and supplies is 

 getting to be quite a business, the ma- 

 chines can probably be manufactured at 

 many different points. Whoever does the 

 best work, will probably get the most orders. 



Experiments have been made, almost with- 

 out number, and the general decision now 

 seems to be in favor of a machine made en- 

 tirely of metal, with everything stationary 

 about it except what must be revolved. The 

 momentum of heavy metal, revolving cans, 

 or honey after it has left the comb, defeats 

 the very object we have in view, and noth- 

 ing will so effectually convince one of the 

 difference, as an actual trial of the two ma- 

 chines side by side. With the light, all met- 

 al machines, the comb is revolved at the 

 speed required almost intsantly, and as soon 

 as the honey is out of the comb, the operator 

 is aware of it, by the decrease in the weight 

 of it as he holds the crank in his hand; but 

 with the heavy, unwieldy machines, the stop- 

 ping and starting, takes more time than do- 

 ing the work. The same objections apply to 

 making machines for emptying four combs 

 at once. They require to be made much lar- 

 ger, and are correspondingly heavy and un- 

 wieldy. 



A reference to the engraving of the ex- 

 tractor with its inside removed, will enable 

 almost any tin-smith to do the work. The 

 gearing had better be purchased from a deal- 

 er in supplies, and if you should have any to 

 make, it may pay you to have them cast, 

 using the sample for a pattern. The shaft of 

 of the inside part, is made by rolling up a tin 

 tube, double thickness. This is quickly and 

 nicely done with the machine the tinner uses 

 to make the bead on the edge of eave spouts. 

 The frame work, is made of folded strips of 

 tin. 



For a Langstioth frame, we make the 

 shaft the full length of a 14 by 20 sheet of 

 tin. The corner pieces are made of a strip 

 2 inches wide, by 14 long, with a seam folded 

 on one edge, and a square fold of i on the 

 other. The bars that support the wire cloth, 



