. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. It is Ifxll inches, outside, and stands 1| inches high. D, represents the sliding cover ; C, the sugar provision; A, exhibits saw cuts, similar ones being on the opposite side, serving for obser- vation as well as ventilation ; B, shows a saw cut across the bottom, but we notice that Mr. Scovell has omitted it in those subsequently sent to this ofHce ; the dotted lines on the bottom indicates the relative size of the augur hole inside, which comes to within i of an inch of the bottom, and forms the cage. It is exceedingly neat and strong, and makes a
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. It is Ifxll inches, outside, and stands 1| inches high. D, represents the sliding cover ; C, the sugar provision; A, exhibits saw cuts, similar ones being on the opposite side, serving for obser- vation as well as ventilation ; B, shows a saw cut across the bottom, but we notice that Mr. Scovell has omitted it in those subsequently sent to this ofHce ; the dotted lines on the bottom indicates the relative size of the augur hole inside, which comes to within i of an inch of the bottom, and forms the cage. It is exceedingly neat and strong, and makes a desirable Queen Shipping Cage. They can be obtained at this office in any quantities. novice's queen cage. As several have requested us^to give a cut of this queen cage, we have pleas-. ure in giving it, in this connection. It is also a very neat and convenient cage. It stands one inch high and is about 2 inches square. It is provi- sioned with candy before the wire- cloth top is fastened on. This we also keep for sale. See price list on third page of tliis Journal. Coating for Honey Barrels :—M. E. McMaster has sent us a sample of this compound for coating honey bar- rels, &c. He says he has used it in putting up about 5,000 lbs. of honey last season, with the best results, and considers it far superior to beeswax, and in every way equal to paraffine for the purpose mentioned; wliile it costs 9 cts. per lb. less than either of the above. It being of an elastic nature, it will not crack or peel off, and it im- parts no taste or smell to the honey.— He has not been able to discover any objectionable feature in it, and thinks it as wholesome as beeswax or i>ar- afflne. See liis advertisement in the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original [Hamilton, Ill. , etc. , Dadant & Sons]
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