Gleanings in bee culture . tween 11,000 and 12,000lbs. of honey, 5200 lbs. of wliich was buckethoney, composed of chunk and comb honey was all sold to a shipperfrom California. The bucket honey wasshipped to Portland, Oregon, and peddledout; ])rices were in the neighborhood ofI2V2 cents a pound all around. I was very much interested in a deviceof Mr. Johnsons own invention. He calls GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE it an Indicator. With the compass hedraws a circle two inches in diameter on theback end of each hive. Through the centerhe draws a ijerpendicular and a horizontalline. At the
Gleanings in bee culture . tween 11,000 and 12,000lbs. of honey, 5200 lbs. of wliich was buckethoney, composed of chunk and comb honey was all sold to a shipperfrom California. The bucket honey wasshipped to Portland, Oregon, and peddledout; ])rices were in the neighborhood ofI2V2 cents a pound all around. I was very much interested in a deviceof Mr. Johnsons own invention. He calls GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE it an Indicator. With the compass hedraws a circle two inches in diameter on theback end of each hive. Through the centerhe draws a ijerpendicular and a horizontalline. At the intersection of these lines withthe circumference, and also half way be-tween said intersections he drives tacks,eight in all. This forms a kind of a hand he uses a piece of soft galvanizedwire. No. 12. He bends a loop on the endof the wire by means of two headless nailsdriven close together in the bench. Thenafter the bend he cuts the wire somethingnear an inch long and fastens it in the QUEENLESsi (gf ImOREROOM. /V9 ;s iv//fe. ^ NAILS center of the cii-cle with a %-inch screw,tightening just enough to remain set in anyposition. Then he makes an enlarged chartto hang in his workroom for reference. Onthis he writes at every tack a certain con-dition of colony. Beginning at the top, forinstance, he will write 0. K.; the nexttack to the right will be Diseased; thenext, More room; the next, Queen-cell;the next, Weak; the next, Youngqueen; the next, Queenless; the next, Attention. For this device he claims thefollowing advantages: 1. No book or pencilis required; tacks and circle can not beerased, and will show the same after is painted. 2. It is not in the way intiering \\\) and shipping hives, even whenthe latter are taken apart and shipped inthe flat. 3. Never wears out. 4. Cost forlabor and material is only about three centsto the liive, and they can be made at Can be used for any puipose, the chartbeing changed according to purpose orwhim of the beek
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