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meter then gives M90, by adding 190 it will give 1-380, which will be the 

 specific gravity of the honey. 



The cost of the appliances is a mere nothing compared with the im- 

 portance of maldng tests, as every beekeeper should assist in arriving at a 

 reliable standard for ripe honey. A TwaddeFs hydrometer (Fig. 1), or two 

 instruments with a range from 1-350 to 1-400 in one and 1-400 to 1-450 in 

 the other, with a suitable test-glass and thermometer, cost about 7s. 6d. or 8s. 



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The instrument is made with various scales, according to the density of the liquid 

 to test which it is required. 



Each degree is equal to 5 degrees specific gravity ; for example, 80 degrees Twaddel 

 is equal to 1-400 sp. gr. as 80 x 5 = 400 + 1,000 = 1-400 sp. gr. 



EIPENING HONEY INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE HIVE. 

 This subject has caused no end of controversy in the bee journals, but 

 chiefly by those bitterly opposed to any other method of ripening honey 

 than within the hive. Although I have closely followed most of the writers 

 on this side of the question, I have failed entirely to discover anything 

 beyond mere assertions that their method is the right one, and all others 

 wrong. No proof by tests or experience of both methods has been adduced 

 to support their assertions, so that to a close observer they have been value- 

 2 *— Bee-culture. 



