. Gleanings in bee culture. profits or loss in subsequenttrade. While Mr. Wallenmeyer has covered nearlyevery detail of the work, yet his familiaritywith some features of it is such that he hasleft us groping a little in the dark. In Fig. 3,for instance, we see what appears to be amethod of tinfoiling by means of a leatherstrap. One end of this strap is fastened tothe wall, the other end being held in the lefthand. From the description, I judge thatthe strap goes clear around the neck of thebottle, and that the bottle is slid back andforth, the friction of the strap around theneck causing the
. Gleanings in bee culture. profits or loss in subsequenttrade. While Mr. Wallenmeyer has covered nearlyevery detail of the work, yet his familiaritywith some features of it is such that he hasleft us groping a little in the dark. In Fig. 3,for instance, we see what appears to be amethod of tinfoiling by means of a leatherstrap. One end of this strap is fastened tothe wall, the other end being held in the lefthand. From the description, I judge thatthe strap goes clear around the neck of thebottle, and that the bottle is slid back andforth, the friction of the strap around theneck causing the edge of the tinfoil to besmoothed out neat and workmanlike. There,I fear I am guessing ; at all events, I hopeMr. W. will, in his next article, go into detailsin the matter of tinfoiling. Referring to Fig. 1, I assume that the rub-ber tubing reaching from the wash-boilers tothe extractor is a siphon by which the honeyis delivered from the square cans to the filling-tank. If I am not right, Mr. W. will pleasecorrect.—Ed.]. SECURING HONEY FROM APPI, Good morning, Bro. Doolittle. I cameover from Massachusetts (by letter) to have alittle chat with you about securing honey fromapple-bloom ; because, for the last few years,apple-bloom has furnished an abundance ofnectar in this locality. So it does with us some years; but therule is that the bees do not secure much fromthis source on account of high winds, or cold, 1901 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 191 cloudy, raitij weather, which usually appearsat just the time the bloom is at its best. Well, because this is so with you it is nosign that it is with all the rest of the UnitedStates and Canada. I know the readers ofGleanings would be interested in knowinghow to get our bees in the best condition tosecure honey from apple-blossoms, and I cometo draw you out on this subject. The apple-bloom comes so early in theseason that it requires more skill to securemany bees in time for a harvest from thissource than from any of the later
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