. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. May 17, 1900. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 307 BACKWARD Sl'KING IN NEW YORK. Our spring- here is very backward. The snowb;ml<s atid ice in the lakes held on very late, and it did not warm up sufficiently so I could set the bees from the cellar till the 18th and 20th of April, those at home being set out on tlie first date, and the out-apiary on the latter. A few days of comfortable weather brought out the elm and soft maple bloom, but with it came cold high winds from the north- west, with floating clouds. The bees seemed determined to secure some of the
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. May 17, 1900. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 307 BACKWARD Sl'KING IN NEW YORK. Our spring- here is very backward. The snowb;ml<s atid ice in the lakes held on very late, and it did not warm up sufficiently so I could set the bees from the cellar till the 18th and 20th of April, those at home being set out on tlie first date, and the out-apiary on the latter. A few days of comfortable weather brought out the elm and soft maple bloom, but with it came cold high winds from the north- west, with floating clouds. The bees seemed determined to secure some of the pollen, so they would go to the trees when the sun would come out only to be blown down by the wind, and chilled when clouds went over the sun. In this way things went on for a week when it came on freezing nights, and on the mornings of May 4th and Sth the ground was covered with snow, it snowing more or less all day the Sth. There seems to be no warm-up to it, and the bees are getting in hard shape. But I look for better days, and ex- pect when it does warm up it will be hot enough to make up for lost time. And the bees need the hot weather /toic. Onondaga Co., N. Y., Mav 7. Some Improvements in Beeswax Extractors. BY C. G. FBKRIS. WHILE it is practical to render a very small quantity of wax by the various ways discust and presented by many of our bee-keepers. I would say to the apiarist having anj' amount of combs to render, than he can not de- pend upon some of the wax-extractors now offered. The T/ic Extractor Basket. larger the extractor the better the demand, and this to-day contains nearly 4,000 cubic inches to work with in the bas- kets. This, assisted by having extra baskets in reserve, makes the working-space always to its fullest capacity. By using the press and follower (see illustration) we can in a few moments have the basket and refuse ready to be aken from the extractor, and while the basket removed is being cleaned an extra one takes its place, giving the oper
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