Gleanings in bee culture . hie to this favor-ed clime and live close to nature for a fewmonths, and you will surely be rewardedwith health and a life-long affection for ourgrand valley. Byron Iams. Holtville, California. A HAND DRILL FOR PIERCING END-BARS. I see my California brother has sent you adrawing of a machine for punching holes inend-bars to receive wire, and I notice yourcomments on the same. I will warn you be-forehand that I too am a Canuck, so, be care- 262 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE, Feb. 15 fill. In the first place, the machine I usedrills the hole, leaving the edge of it ratherha
Gleanings in bee culture . hie to this favor-ed clime and live close to nature for a fewmonths, and you will surely be rewardedwith health and a life-long affection for ourgrand valley. Byron Iams. Holtville, California. A HAND DRILL FOR PIERCING END-BARS. I see my California brother has sent you adrawing of a machine for punching holes inend-bars to receive wire, and I notice yourcomments on the same. I will warn you be-forehand that I too am a Canuck, so, be care- 262 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE, Feb. 15 fill. In the first place, the machine I usedrills the hole, leaving the edge of it ratherharder than the rest of the wood. Thewhirling motion of the drill forms a glaze insoft wood. This might save the wire fromcutting in the wood. The machine is simplya No. 1 automatic drill made by the Goodell-Pratt Co., Greenfield, Mass. It cost $L50,and- with it a set of small drills. Take oneof the smallest ones; cut it off so as to leavea drill about an inch in length; shaipen thesame as any drill; place the machine in two. hard-wood brackets — one for the large partand the other for the small portion. Theholes in the brackets should fit snug, avoid-ing any play. Fasten the brackets to an inchboard by the use of screws at either ends;also attach a lXlX4-inch piece directly infront of the drill, about ^ inch from thedrill-point. When the same is drawn backon either side of the drill-point, drive aneight-penny nail close enough to the punch-block to allow the end-bar to slide through;mark the desired space wanted. With a firmquick push, the drill passes through the end-bar. Draw it back and slide the end-barthrough to the mark, when the right handstarts the drill again. Fasten the machineon a bench; and as the drilled bars passthrough they may fall in a box or basketplaced there for that purpose. The writercan drill at the rate of 1360 holes per would not take ten dollars for it if I couldnot get another like it. Wm. Lossing. Phoenix, Ariz. COLOR OF HIVES; A VARIETY OP C
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