. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Mar. 7, 1907 ?«»>^gl^ <( America ^ea Journal 191. Bee-Cellar Heated With an Elec- tric Heater Conducted by J. L. Bykr, Markham, Ont. Second-Hand Tin Honey-Cans " I am done with them," quoth W. Z. Hutchinson in the January Review, speaking of the use of second-hand tin cans for honey. I suspect a good many other bee-keepers have come to the same conclusion ; certainly the writer of this has had all the experi- ence he wants with the article. To be sure, second-hand tins accu- mulate on the dealer's hands, and it seems too bad to discour
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Mar. 7, 1907 ?«»>^gl^ <( America ^ea Journal 191. Bee-Cellar Heated With an Elec- tric Heater Conducted by J. L. Bykr, Markham, Ont. Second-Hand Tin Honey-Cans " I am done with them," quoth W. Z. Hutchinson in the January Review, speaking of the use of second-hand tin cans for honey. I suspect a good many other bee-keepers have come to the same conclusion ; certainly the writer of this has had all the experi- ence he wants with the article. To be sure, second-hand tins accu- mulate on the dealer's hands, and it seems too bad to discourage the sale of them, viewing the matter from that standpoint. But as far as the bee- keeper is concerned, I feel sure that secondhand tins are dear at almost any price, especially if the white table honeys are to be stored therein. The second-hand tins I have bought have been, as a rule, unsatisfactory in many ways. Quite a large percentage have leaked, more or less would be bat- tered and rusty either inside or out, or both, and all were invariably niussy. A greater objection is the danger of foul brood, if the cans are received in warm weather. Some time ago I bought some secondhand tins to put buckwheat honey in, and when they came to hand I found the shipping tags of the man who had sold the dealer his clover honey still attached to the tins. As I happened to know that this bee- keeper's apiary was rotten with foul brood, needless to say those cans were " out of sight " in short order. It is only fair to add that the dealer from whom I bought the tins was perfectly honest, and never suspected anything wrong. Use of Bee-Smoker and Bee-Veil While the discussion was on relative to smokers at the Ontario convention last November, Mr. Brunne claimed that he did not use a smoker during the honey season in managing 110 col- onies of bees. I am not going to con- tradict Mr. Brunne, but I want to say that there must be some personal mag- netism about him, or else his be
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