1890 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



371 



them to start with. Make one hive and see 

 how you like it. Then make more if you 

 want to. You need not use combs of the 

 dimensions given above, unless you choose. 

 In fact, friend France has a great many 

 hives using the ordinary Langstroth comb 

 instead of the above. In this case he has 

 80 in the hive instead of 72. Of course, 

 each hive must have four queens. The 

 whole thing is really the tenement hive that 

 was discussed so much perhaps ten or more 

 years ago. 



THE WORLD'S FAIR. 



DK. MASON MAKIS AND CALLS FOR SUGGESTIONS 

 CONCERNING THE EXHIBIT OF BEE-KEEPERS. 



I HAVE received several iaquiries Irom readers of 

 Gleanings iu reg'ard to an apiarian department at 

 the World's Fair la 1893, and have promised to keep 

 the readers of the bee-journals posted, in so far as I 

 can in regard to the matter. 



Nothing is yet known as to the plan upon which 

 matters will be conducted; but I have been corres- 

 ponding- with the committee at Chicago, and have 

 been assured that, when the time arrives to lay 

 plans, our specialty will be properly recognized 

 and provided for. 



Each State is to have two members on the board 

 of managers. The Ohio members were appointed 

 by the governor three or four days since, and one of 

 them is a resident of Toledo. I saw him the same 

 day he received his appointment, and had a " cbat " 

 with him about our desires, and he promised to do 

 all he could for us. 



While the managers are getting ready for busi- 

 ness, we as bee-keepers ought to mature our plans 

 and be ready to submit them when called for; and 

 that they may be as complete as possible, I sug- 

 gest that all interested in the success of the api- 

 arian department, whether intending to be exhib- 

 itors or not, send me such suggestions as to them 

 may seem appropriate. We all have more or less in- 

 terest in the success of the enterprise, and no one 

 person is likely to make the best possible plans; 

 but if each will contribute a share we shall not fail 

 in making a grand display — one that shall be a cred- 

 it to us, and a great public educator. 



It seems to me that we ought to improve to the 

 fullest extent the opportunity thus presented to us, 

 to show the world something of the magnitude of 

 our industry; and that, notwithstanding the mis- 

 representations and frauds practiced on an " unsus- 

 pecting public." bee-keeping is an honorable pur- 

 suit, and bee-keepers honorable business people. 



It is much to be desired that the honey-exhibit be 

 grouped all in one place, and supplies near by in 

 another group, each State and foreign exhibit to 

 be by itself, and cared for by a superintendent who 

 will assign space to exhibitors, and receive and 

 care for such things as are to be placed on exhibi- 

 tion, and not accompanied by the exhibitor. These 

 superintendents should be named by the State bee- 

 keepers' society and confirmed and paid by the 

 State, and should be such men or women as are 

 fitted for the place. 



I shall try to have an apiary established on the 

 grounds, the colonies to be in all styles of hives, 

 from the old hollow log up to the most improved 

 styles in use; and near by the apiary a plat of hon- 



ey-plants in full bloom can be made an added at- 

 traction. Such honey-plants as will bear potting 

 could be placed profusely among the honey-exhib- 

 its, adding very much to their attractiveness. 

 Such plants as can not be potted can be pressed 

 and mounted, and used in the decoration of the dis- 

 plays. I should like to see such from all parts of 

 the world. I will help by giving the needed in- 

 structions to all desiring to aid in the work, but I 

 hope all will bear in mind that I'm doing this work 

 "free gratis for nothing," and will not fail to " in- 

 close stamp " in all cases where a reply is needed. 



There is lots of work ahead, and I hope each will 

 lend a "helping hand," and send on suggestions, 

 and not wait a year or two, for plans and arrange- 

 ments will probably be largely made within a few 

 months; and if I should need to meet with the 

 managers of the fair in Chicago in a few weeks or 

 months, I shall want to knosv the minds and wishes 

 of those interested, and be prepared to present 

 matters in the best way. So, send on the sugges- 

 tions. 



One party has already written that he will make 

 a display of the finest bees the world can produce, 

 and will work to that end from now on. Send on 

 the suggestions; for "f 'm to take the lead In the 

 matter I shall ,iust b your servant to carry out 

 your wishes. A. B. Mason. 



Auburndale, O., MUj , ItOJ. 



'WIRING FRAMES. 



A NOVEL AND PRACTICAL METHOD. 



I HAVE just been timing my boy wire Lang- 

 stroth frames my improved way, and it's such an 

 improvement on the old way that a biief descrip- 

 tion may benefit some of your many readers. Much 

 has of late appeared in bee-periodicals upon the 

 subject, and many able beekeepers think it does 

 not pay, for the reason a novice can not do it; that 

 it must be done by skilled labor, and that costs 

 money. My boy has just wired 10 frames in 15 min- 

 utes, while I held the watch, which would be 

 equivalent to 400 per day. Not a very difficult job, 

 is it? I had W. T. Falconer make me a lot of frames 

 — sides, ends, and bottom-pieces, -'e inch thick, 

 comb-guide left out; ?8-inch blind-staples are driv- 

 en into the end-piece, the top one being 'o of an 

 inch from the top, and the bottom one X inch from 

 the bottom-bar. A small wire nail held in the 

 blind-staple when driving in makes them all uni- 

 form in depth. Now put the frame together and 

 fasten it in a clamp, see cut, having the inside of 



E. D. KEKNEY'S NEW WAY OF WIRING FRAMES. 



the frame open space. Now measure off from your 

 coil of wire (not spoo's, for that kinks and bothers) 

 2J/2 times the length of your arm, or from your nose 

 to the ends of your fingers (noses vary some), and 

 this will be within a few inches of the required 

 length. Now put one end uii through No. 1 staple, 

 down through No. 2, up through No. 3. down 



