. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. An Uncapping-Box and Apiary Apron. BY MRS. EFFIE BROWN. Hitherto I have never ventured far out into the fields of bee-literature, for, somehow, there are so many able and ex- perienced hands there that, when I do find out something which I think is good, just as I get all ready to publish the facts somebody is sure he knew all about it years ago. Last summer I made myself an uncapping-box, and this spring I am making some apiary aprons which I am going to describe without trying to flud out how many other bee-keep- ers already have just such articles.
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. An Uncapping-Box and Apiary Apron. BY MRS. EFFIE BROWN. Hitherto I have never ventured far out into the fields of bee-literature, for, somehow, there are so many able and ex- perienced hands there that, when I do find out something which I think is good, just as I get all ready to publish the facts somebody is sure he knew all about it years ago. Last summer I made myself an uncapping-box, and this spring I am making some apiary aprons which I am going to describe without trying to flud out how many other bee-keep- ers already have just such articles. My uncapping-box first came from the grocer—only a common soap-box, but by taking from and adding to It became a very handy thing to have In extractlng-tlme. The first thing I did with it was to clean it, and then wax it well so that it would not leak where I did not want it to. cappings. When I had the screen tackt on, I turned the box bottom upward and nailed a top-bar of a frame across the edge of the bottom I had just sawed ; then another across the bottom of the end of the box, from which I had just knockt the strip. These two strips, when nailed, were about two Inches apart, and each being nearly an inch wide, I nailed a piece of half-inch stuff (four inches wide and five inches longer than the width of the box) down solidly onto the two pieces of frame just nailed on. I then had a trough under the screen, and projecting far enough away from the box to run the honey into a pail. A narrow strip on the back end of the trough, and one on each side of the projecting end, was all that was needed ex- cept the legs. Now, I can't tell you much about the legs, only that they were made of good, stout strips of wood, with no two of the same length. But, anyway, after I had them nailed on, the corner from which the honey was to drip was the lowest. The whole box stands tipt slightly cornerwise, with the end of the trough high enough to set a pall under. When I am going to extract
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