. The ABC of bee culture: a cyclopaedia of every thing pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, honey, hives, implements, honey-plants, etc., facts gleaned from the experience of thousands of bee keepers all over our land, and afterward verified by practical work in our own apiary. Bee culture. SMOKE AND SMOKERS. 231 SMOKE AND SMOKERS. 75 cts. Besides the tacks, the leather should be fastened to the wood with glue, to get an air-tight joint. The valves are simply pieces of soft leather tacked over the little square hoards that cover the hole. In making bel- lows there will be fragments o
. The ABC of bee culture: a cyclopaedia of every thing pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, honey, hives, implements, honey-plants, etc., facts gleaned from the experience of thousands of bee keepers all over our land, and afterward verified by practical work in our own apiary. Bee culture. SMOKE AND SMOKERS. 231 SMOKE AND SMOKERS. 75 cts. Besides the tacks, the leather should be fastened to the wood with glue, to get an air-tight joint. The valves are simply pieces of soft leather tacked over the little square hoards that cover the hole. In making bel- lows there will be fragments of leather left that will do for nothing else than the valve. SPRING FOR OPENING THE BELLOWS. This is made of coppered iron wire No. 11. The wire is made into straight rods by ma- chinery, and each rod should be 26i long. They are bent in a lathe as shown in cut. of this circle, or disc, with a hollow punch cut out a piece 3 inches in diameter. Now cut the circle into four equal pieces, and you have enough for four cases for fuel. This piece or blank is shown in fig. 1 below:. THE SPRING AFTER IT IS PUT ON THE BELLOWS. Each arm of the spring is fastened to the bellows by a little wire staple. In the figure the spring is shown held by part of a wrought- iron butt. We find these staples to do just as well. We have never known this kind of spring to break, for the spring comes on such a length of wire that it is not severe at any point. Bend your springs so that the boards will come up promptly as far as the leather will allow. To make a neat job, you should put on the leather with wire nails, about five- eighths in length. Put the boards closely to- gether at the end where the hinge is, and tack one end of your long piece of leather. The boards should be separated at the other ends, as far as the width of the leather will allow. Draw the leather close up to the wood, and tack at intervals. Now tack the i-inch strip on for a binding. If you wish a pretty job, use red morocco for th
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