Gleanings in bee culture . n has thethree-frame hive filled so that she wantsmore room I place her in an eight-framehive having five frames of the (|ueens in the other three hiveshave hatched, mated, are laying, and wantmore room, I place them also in eight-frame hives having five frames of founda-tion. By this I Ian I disturb only one colo-ny and add three; but if I have a colonythat has the swarming fever and will notstay, I take it to a new stand and placeone of the young queens with her bees onthe stand which has just been vacated. Thefield workers will go into the hive wit
Gleanings in bee culture . n has thethree-frame hive filled so that she wantsmore room I place her in an eight-framehive having five frames of the (|ueens in the other three hiveshave hatched, mated, are laying, and wantmore room, I place them also in eight-frame hives having five frames of founda-tion. By this I Ian I disturb only one colo-ny and add three; but if I have a colonythat has the swarming fever and will notstay, I take it to a new stand and placeone of the young queens with her bees onthe stand which has just been vacated. Thefield workers will go into the hive with her,and live happy ever , 0. AN EARLY TYPE OF STEAM-HEATED UNCAP-PING-KNIFE BY ARTHUR C. MILLER The accomiDanying photograph is of asteam-heated uncapping-knife which thewriter had made and experimented with inthe summer of 1896. A rubber tube ledfrom the steam-generator to the nipplenearest the handle, and the steam was al-lowed to blow freely from the other the second orifice was reduced with a. Arthur C. Millers steam-heated uncapping-knifewhich he had made in 1896. grooved plug. So far as the writer knows,it was the first steam-heated uncapping-knife in existence. It was far from beingthe perfect device now on the market, butit served to demonstrate the principle, alsoto inflict sundry burns, and was soon laidciside for a good old-fashioned Binghamknife. It was experimented with on two orthree subsequent occasions, but was finallyput among the curios of the has beencollection which all good bee veterans pos-sess. Many persons saw this knife in opera-tion when I first made it, and I exhibitedit at Toronto several years ago, and I tliinkat Amsterdam, N. Y., the year before. Theman who made it for me is in business justacross the street from this office. I recall AUGUST 1, 1912 the date, because it was the same year Isold some real estate. I do not use any knife now—too slow. Providence, R. I. [Mr. A. C. Miller was probably the firstone to use stea
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