1878. 



GLEAJ^INGS IN BEE CULTUKE. 



159 



into the corners of the corner posts. Tliis 

 will prevent the side strips from coining 

 clear up by i inch, as shown below. 



A is the entrance, B, B, B, B, the corner 

 posts, and C, C, C, C, the siding. Now after 

 we have got the siding nailed securely with 

 the beveled edges so arranged as to keep the 

 rain out of the chaff, we will nail in each 

 corner an incli strip, shown at D, D, D, D ; 

 these are put in with heavier nails, and lock 

 the whole structure most securely. 



As there is no need of uncovering the chaff 

 part when we uncover the hive, we make 

 the cover so as to extend over the interior 

 only, and have a permanent cover over the 

 space containing the chaff. This permanent 

 cover is our next piece of work. Get out 

 some long strips, just as you did the siding, 

 only have them i inch wider, preserving just 

 the same bevels on each side. Plane it on 

 both sides down to 7-8, and then cut out a 

 pai't as shown in the diagram. 



Fig. 1 shows the piece before taking out 

 the strip, and fig. 2, after it is done. You 

 are to cut in i inch at A on the same bevel 

 as the sides, and then 2 7-8 at B to meet the 

 other cut. Now turn your cross cut bar at 

 an angle, just as if you were going to make 

 a pictm-e frame, and make a picture frame 

 in reality, of the stuff shown at fig. 2. The 

 inside dimentions of the frame must be just 

 19i by 20i ; you must be very exact about tlie 

 19i, for the frames will not have the right 

 play, otherwise ; That you may get the 

 proper idea, I will give you a diagram of 

 this frame. 



FRAME THAT HOLDS THE COVER. 



To make the joint waser tight at the 

 mitres, a saw cut is made in each end of each 

 piece as shown at A, and after the frame is 

 nailed at the corners, a strip of tin is pushed 

 in. The outside of this frame will proba- 

 bly be a tride large 



To be Continw.d. 



Errata. On paere 153. middle of 1st column, read 

 Ills inches, instead of Ufa- 



Jan., Feb., and March Nos. are gone, but the de- 

 demand is such that we will pay Itic each for them, 

 to supply those who want the" back no's. W^e will 

 sell them for l.'ic each. Is not that a good specula- 

 tion, to haye the reading of a journal, and then sell 

 it for more than it cost you? 



From Different Fields. 



f|HE following is only one cf many sim- 

 ilar letters. 



Allow me to enquire if N. C. Mitchell's patent 

 March 9th, 1815, prevents persons from using j'our 

 Simplicity beehive; especially your division boards 

 or chaff cushions, as described in Gleanings for 

 November, 1877, pages 299 and :J0O. Mitchell's agent 

 (see enclosed circular) threatens all using your 

 hive and division board with prosecution. Several 

 bee keepers are beginning to adopt your hive, in 

 this vicinity. 



Davenport claims to have papers to show you 

 dare not use division boards, but failed to find them 

 in his bundle of documents. If he or his hive is a 

 fraud, let me knew, and he will be advertised. He 

 is making a big thing out of bee men (mostly Ger- 

 mans) in this part of Michigan. K. E. Shepard. 



Mt. Clemens, Macome Co., Mich., April 22nd, 1878. 



Mitchell's hive is simply the exploded 

 Adair hive, or what we called the Standard 

 hive, and had illustrated in our lithographs 

 of the hexagonal apiary, several years before 

 he got his patent. It is a direct copy of 

 this, as you can see by looking at the picture. 

 His patent is on a complicated division 

 board, that he does not use, nor any body 

 else, as you will see by examining his claim. 

 The 8iiiii)licity hive was described, with di- 

 rections for making, in the A. B. J., more 

 than 10 years ngo. lie and his agents are in 

 more despicable business than downright 

 thieves, and highway robbers. 



The 75c smoker is splendid. M. L. Williams. 

 Vanceburg, Ky., April 18th, 1878. 



I saw Harry Black's smoker that he got of you, 

 and never saw anything to beat it. I told him that I 

 must have one as soon as possible. You will And 

 $1.00 enclosed, 75c for the smoker, and 25c for the 

 postage. Please send as soon as possible, and 

 oblige Thomas O. Durall. 



Spencerville, Mont. Co., Md., April 18th, 18;8. 



OUR FRIEND WINDER. 



The following came to hand enclosing tlie 

 old letter from Mr. Winder, acknowledging 

 the receipt of the S30. 



I send you this for preservation, so that, if Gray 

 or Winder enters into the business of selling ?/c<>s 

 a(/a(», he may be published. About the lime you 

 put Winder in the Humbug and Swindle depart- 

 ment, he sent me S5.U0 in a letter with the threat, 

 that if I did not keep quiet, hr tvouhl not refund the 

 ballance, which he has faithfully observed. 



J. P. Parker. 



Henry Station, Tenn., Dec. 38th, 1877. 



From this it appears that Mr. Winder has 

 alreadv paid S5. of his half. Now, friend 

 W., pay the other SIO., and we will have a 

 receipt from Mr. Parker in full, and then I 

 will accept your advertisement with ])leas- 

 ure. Perhaps this sounds like dictating for 

 another, but it is the only way out of the 

 difficulty I know of. 



DIPPING WAX SHEETS. 



We had a good deal of trouble with th6 two dip- 

 ping plates vou sent with the 5 inch fdn. machine. 

 Tricil smalT piece of board; the wax slipped off so 

 nicelv that I made two plates of pine, quite thin, 

 same' width and length of others. To say the least 

 they are "peelers." They need no starch or any 

 other fussing. The sheets slip off almost too easily. 

 Plane the boards (which must be of straight grain 

 and not "caty") smooth, bring each edge and bot- 

 tom to a thiii edge, leaving the plates or rather 

 boards thickest in center. D. D. Palmer. 



Eliza, 111., April 1st, 1878. 



