. The ABC and XYZ of bee culture; a cyclopedia of everything pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, hives, honey, implements, honey-plants, etc. ... Bees. Ki i. I —It is very seldom that a grate becomes so lilled up that it has to be cleaned; but wlien this does happen it is the work of only a mo- ment to insort the point of a file in one of the holes and lift out the grate, as here shown. Jt pays to keep the graies clean. There are a larg'er number of holes near ihe outside of the g-fate than in the center, consequently the fuel burns evenly and does not throw sparks until it is all c
. The ABC and XYZ of bee culture; a cyclopedia of everything pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, hives, honey, implements, honey-plants, etc. ... Bees. Ki i. I —It is very seldom that a grate becomes so lilled up that it has to be cleaned; but wlien this does happen it is the work of only a mo- ment to insort the point of a file in one of the holes and lift out the grate, as here shown. Jt pays to keep the graies clean. There are a larg'er number of holes near ihe outside of the g-fate than in the center, consequently the fuel burns evenly and does not throw sparks until it is all consumed. way, but at the same time it is well to spend about ten seconds once a week or so with a screw-driver in cleaning off this accumula- tion. We have seen smokers with caps or nozzles so filled with creosote that they would not fit down over the fire-box at all, and of course leaked smoke very badly or else had to be pounded on the top with a stick. It takes but little time to remove the greater part of the creosote so that the parts will fit. Most smokers are made with the caps a trifle large ; and while they leak. smoke at first the collection of creosote will stop this in a short time. Sometimes beginners in their eagerness to test new smokers work the bellows so vigor- ously as to blow fire from the nozzle, and before they know it the fire-box is red-hot. This means, of course, that the tin is all burnt off, leaving the bare iron to rust through in a short time. There is usually no need of having a hot flame in the fire-box, for this implies perfect combustion; while the secret of getting lots of smoke is to have imperfect combiistion. Sometimes this is a fault of the fuel. It is best to use fuels that burn slowly. While it is impossible to avoid dropping a smoker once in a while, still we think as a Fio. 5.—How to hold the smoker when raising the cap. Compress the bellows in orJcr to give the fingers a firmer Please note that these images are extracted fro
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