Gleanings in bee culture . of our ingenious and witty friend S. , now of this city, but until last year S. A. Xiver and his telescopic extension-poleswarm-catcher. of Colerain, Wis. Mr. Niver worked myapiary last season after the beginning ofApril, and we secured a fair crop of honey,nearly all of which we disposed of at goodprices. The apiary was increased and putin good working order for this season. Mr. Niver reminds me much of our oldfriend the late J. H. Martin, known to yourreaders about a decade ago as make-up is about the same, save thatthe latter was not so tall
Gleanings in bee culture . of our ingenious and witty friend S. , now of this city, but until last year S. A. Xiver and his telescopic extension-poleswarm-catcher. of Colerain, Wis. Mr. Niver worked myapiary last season after the beginning ofApril, and we secured a fair crop of honey,nearly all of which we disposed of at goodprices. The apiary was increased and putin good working order for this season. Mr. Niver reminds me much of our oldfriend the late J. H. Martin, known to yourreaders about a decade ago as make-up is about the same, save thatthe latter was not so tall l)y a good deal;and he is a great joker, as many who haveattended Eastern conventions, which heprobal)ly graced with his presence, wellknow. But it is of him as an inventor thatI started to write. Last season he broughtout a number of new contrivances, possiblybecause he thought conditions here de-manded some things difTerent from whathe used in the Kast. ()ne of his labor-sav-ing conveniences, and the only one I shall 278. GIpaniriKS in Bee Culture Miles Morton, of New York State, a broth-er-in-law of Mr. Niver, alluded to by ourcorrespondent. Full particulars in regardto the construction, dimensions, etc., ofthis swarm catcher, are given on page 173of our Mar. 1st issue for 1899.—Ed.] THE ASPINWALL NON-SWARMING PRINCIPLEAPPLIED TO AN ORDINARY HIVE Not an Entire Success, but Enough so to JustifyFurther Experimenting BY A. V. SMALL Dividers like those used in the Asplnwall hiveused in a double-story ten-frame hive, ordinaryconstruction. attempt to mention at length in this letter,is his trolley-pole telescoping hiving-basketfor securing way-up-in-the-air swarms ofbees. The photograph will make the wholeidea clear. The basket fits into the upperend of the pole, and by means of the win-dow-cord the basket is soon histed rightunder the swarm; and by means of a polewith a hook at the upper end the bees arejarred into the basket without any apparenttrouble whatever. The wire-cloth
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