Gleanings in bee culture . ing is ordinarily done in hotweather, heat is not necessary; but if for anyreason it becomes necessary to use heat, theexhaust from the gasoline-engine could beused for this puipose in almost every placewhere steam could be used. It could beused very satisfactorily for heating honey-knives, and with but very little trouble; butj steam, of couise, would have the advantagein extracting wax. When properly used, the gasoline-enginegives almost no smell, or so little that veryfew would find it any objection. While steam power might be cheaper thangasoline in New Zealand t
Gleanings in bee culture . ing is ordinarily done in hotweather, heat is not necessary; but if for anyreason it becomes necessary to use heat, theexhaust from the gasoline-engine could beused for this puipose in almost every placewhere steam could be used. It could beused very satisfactorily for heating honey-knives, and with but very little trouble; butj steam, of couise, would have the advantagein extracting wax. When properly used, the gasoline-enginegives almost no smell, or so little that veryfew would find it any objection. While steam power might be cheaper thangasoline in New Zealand this would not betrue in the great majority of cases. It wouldbe impossible to have an explosion with agasoline-engine, as there is no fire nor heatin any place except inside the cast-iron cylin-der of the engine. Reasonable care should,of course, be used in handling the gasolinewhen filling the tank. A gasoline-engine could be used for run-ning any kind of machinery about the farm,and in this it would have the great advan-. A SYMMETHKAL SWAKM. tage of being portable, or more portal^le thana steam-outfit.—H. H. R.] REMARKABLY AVELL-SHAPEDSAVARM. The swarm shown in the photo may notbe extraordinary for size, but it is a goodone, and regular in shape. It issued at8:80 on a cloudy morning. Swarming hadevidently been postponed until the last mo-ment: for. while the swarm was out. on ex-amining the hive a young queen was ob-served to leave her cell. The owner standsat the same distance from the caruera, afew inches from swarm, to give an idea ofjthe size. K. Fleming. Victoria, B. C. 962 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. July 15
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