. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 142 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL March •!, 1900. much less time. With large machines it is the inertia to be overcome in starting and stopping that takes muscle. Starting is usually done by a push on the basket-reel with the left Jiand, anyway, and the brake does the stopping with ease; and I have found it necessary to slow down when using the big extractor, to avoid injury to combs after getting used to rapid turning with a smaller one. "It isn't the distance travelled, but 'tis the pace that kills "—holds true in extrac- tors. S. A. NiVEB. Tompkin
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 142 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL March •!, 1900. much less time. With large machines it is the inertia to be overcome in starting and stopping that takes muscle. Starting is usually done by a push on the basket-reel with the left Jiand, anyway, and the brake does the stopping with ease; and I have found it necessary to slow down when using the big extractor, to avoid injury to combs after getting used to rapid turning with a smaller one. "It isn't the distance travelled, but 'tis the pace that kills "—holds true in extrac- tors. S. A. NiVEB. Tompkins Co., N. Y. Extracting-House on Wheels. Can any reader of the American Bee Journal furnish information as to bow best to build an extractinghouse on wheels, so it can be easily transported and operated from place to place, very near to the hives, with two horses ? If so, let him kindly arise and explain. I want to build one. La Salle Co., III. A. Mottaz. Building Up Weak Colonies. Many colonies of bees are lost during April and May that might have been profit- able to their owners if judicious care had been given them. During my first years of bee-keeping I used to let them go it alone, live or die, and they generally came out the latter way. My practice with weak colonies during my last years of bee-keeping was to give them young bees from strong colonies as soon as they were hatcht. The bees should be shaken into a dish in order to return the queen if she should happen to be shaken off with the bees. When running them into the colony use a little smoke. A few bees from five or six strong colo- nies will build up a weak one and enable them to care for a frame of brood. If there are not enough strong colonies to spare the necessary amount of bees at one time, wait a few days and repeat the operation before giving them brood. J. H. Anhke. Tioga Co., N. Y. YOUR MONEY'S WORTH, You have a ripht to expect that, bei-iiiist' yuu are entitled to it. To iiioet this conditiou is our
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