. Gleanings in bee culture. bed theidea that he was an out-of-date, a sort of way- A two-frame Cowan extractor occupied acentral position in the house, and the occu-pants were uncapping combs. That is whatthe work is ordinarily called ; but Mr. Frayhad a brand-new term, up-to-date, and veryappropriate. He said they were skinning thecombs; and there is no getting around thefact that, when we get through using the knifeon a comb, it does look as though it was skin-ned ; but I have an idea that bee-keepers willpersist in using the unwieldy term uncap-ping. The photo shows the construction of theh
. Gleanings in bee culture. bed theidea that he was an out-of-date, a sort of way- A two-frame Cowan extractor occupied acentral position in the house, and the occu-pants were uncapping combs. That is whatthe work is ordinarily called ; but Mr. Frayhad a brand-new term, up-to-date, and veryappropriate. He said they were skinning thecombs; and there is no getting around thefact that, when we get through using the knifeon a comb, it does look as though it was skin-ned ; but I have an idea that bee-keepers willpersist in using the unwieldy term uncap-ping. The photo shows the construction of thehouse. The open sides are covered with wirecloth ; and the blinds, when elevated, form aprotection from the suns rays. The honeyruns from the extractor into the can shown atthe side of the house. This has the appear-ance of being a double can. The upper por-tion is the strainer. Common wire cloth isused. Sometimes attention is so intense uponskinning combs and extracting that thesrainer and can are forgotten, and the streaks. R. 11. FRAYS APIARY AND HON KY-HOUSE. back bee-keeper—had not even improved upto the point of nailing hives together with ahirrow-tooth ; but when I approached hisneatly painted honey-house on wheels, I sawstenciled in various places on the sides cf thehouse these words, Grand View Apiary, Queen of the Valley, and other names ap-propriate to bee-keeping (I didnt think to askMr. Fray if he applied Queen of the Val-ley to his house or to his wife. As the lat-ter was putting in some good licks with theuncapping knife I am sure she deserved thename). Putting these items together, as I approach-ed the house I came to the conclusion thatthere was an up-to date bee-man inside. Thebees were a little inquisitive, and I made hasteto get inside the building. I calmly and con-secutively introduced myself as the fellowwho was slinging honey in the McCubbin api-aries, and we forthwith commenced discuss-ing the probabilities of the honey crop,prices, etc. dow
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