. The ABC of bee culture: a cyclopaedia of every thing pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, honey, hives, implements, honey-plants, etc., facts gleaned from the experience of thousands of bee keepers all over our land, and afterward verified by practical work in our own apiary. Bee culture. COMB HONEY. it takes some time to watch the bees on the cloth, and turn it over every little while, so implements have been devised that would let bees out, but would not permit them to return. The wire-cloth covers figured at the close of the article on Drones worked pret- ty well for this purpos
. The ABC of bee culture: a cyclopaedia of every thing pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, honey, hives, implements, honey-plants, etc., facts gleaned from the experience of thousands of bee keepers all over our land, and afterward verified by practical work in our own apiary. Bee culture. COMB HONEY. it takes some time to watch the bees on the cloth, and turn it over every little while, so implements have been devised that would let bees out, but would not permit them to return. The wire-cloth covers figured at the close of the article on Drones worked pret- ty well for this purpose. Another device, much used by our English friends, is called a bee-trap. The bees, in going out, raise a pin, or nail; and as this drops after them it makes a pretty sure thing of it. A young friend in our own country has devised a sim- ilar arrangement made of pins. We give an illustration of it below, and also his letter of explanation with it: My plan is to prepare a close-fitting box with an entrance (or, rather, place of exit) similar to that of the chaff hive; over this entrance I have arranged a sort of trap so that the Dees can pass one way only. Take a wooden bar about the size of a lead-pencil, and put through it a row of common pins, about 7 to the inch; this must be swung on pivots, so that the pin-points may rest on the " jumping-off ;. POUDER S BEE-TRAP. Just place your comb honey inside of this box, and no more is required. Now, friend Root, is the idea old, or is it too much machinery? I know it woi-ks well, for I have tried it. We want some one to invent a little bucket for the bees to carry when honey is abundant. Wouldn't that be nice, to see them skip out so early in the morning, and bring back honey by the pailful? Walter S. Pouder. Groesbeck, O., March 24,1884. In the article on Honey-Houses, a plan is given to let the bees out at the window, but not permitting them to return again. MARKETING COMB HONEY. There is nothing that can make a b
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