1885 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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much more, than the law of probabilities will war- 

 rant. As Mr. Cheshire sug-g-ests, It is a field where 

 we may experiment. Indeed, I have e.vperimented, 

 and with no sign of success. Had I seemed to meet 

 Huccess, I should have tried over and over again, 

 for other explanation would have offered till all pos- 

 sible opportunity was destroyed. A. J. Cook. 

 Agricultural Colleg-e, Mich. 



REVERSIBLE FRAMES. 



.lUST WHERE TOE M.VTTEIl STANDS NOW. 



fllE number of models received by mail 

 is still almost as great as at our last 

 issue. A great many of them are ex- 

 actly what we picture below— the de- 

 vice described in our issue for Feb. 1, 

 page lOo. "Well, after we had made about a 

 hundred or so of these I did not feel satislied 

 with them ; they did not stay up in place as 

 I wanted them, and propolis would l^e apt 

 to force the wires out of tlie wood where 

 they go into the perforations of the end-bars. 



AVhile studying on tills problem, moan- 

 while considering all devices tliat came in, I 

 got a hint from one made of sheet iron, com- 

 ing from friend C. IL Deane, Mortonsville. 

 Ky. Friend Deane uses a strip of heavy 

 sheet iron, much like the Howes idea, only it 

 was l)ent out so as to foi-m a supporting arm 

 in the shai)e of a loop made of the iron. 

 The top piece of tl>e loop extended over the 

 top-bar of tlie frame perhaps half an incli ; 

 and when in i)lace it rested on the toi)-i)ar 

 with considerable pressure. This pressure 

 kept it in place ; and if the frames were not 

 exactly accurate in their dunensions, there 

 was spring enough to it so that it would adjust 

 itself. The sheet-iron arm, however, I con- 

 sider objectionable, because it will inash 

 bees, or cut them in two where it rests on the 

 metal rabbet, unless you use great care in 

 handling. The wire loops sliown in the cut 

 above, I consider greatly preferable, and in 

 the cut below you will see I have combined 

 both. 



ROOT S FRAME-REVERSING DEVICE. 



We put our frames together as you will 

 notice, using bottom corners all "around. 

 But the same arrangement will work equally 

 well on a nailed frame made without pro- 



jecting arms to top-bars. I prefer the bot- 

 tom corners, not only because they brace 

 and streugtlieu the frame, but because, be- 

 ing made h\ machinery, they are absolutely 

 alike, and always alike, no matter whether 

 you bouglit them ten years ago or to-day. 

 The reversing devices are also always alike, 

 and can therefore be made so that they will 

 come over the metal corner with a snap, the 

 spring of the \nre making it a pretty secure 

 fixture. With the thumb-nail, however, the 

 part tliat springs over the top-bar can be 

 snapped off from the metal corner, then it 

 swings over like tlie Howes device. Instead 

 of being obliged to use a screw at the ])ivot 

 where it turns, both wires are put through a 

 (piarter-inch liole, then turned over and 

 clinched with a hammer. When put on just 

 right, the points of the wires should describe 

 a circle in the end-bar of the frame ; that is, 

 they press against the wood so as to make 

 this circular scratch as they turn around, 

 and the whole fixture is thus held closely 

 ! and securely tight agahist the end-bar. The 

 j corner also' possesses much greater strength 

 than our old-style top corners, and the wires 

 are so smooth {hat there is no danger of cut- 

 ting the fingers. AV'e have been shipping 

 them several days, and are prepared now to 

 I fill all ordcis at the following prices: 

 I Reversible frames in the fiat, S").(JO per 100, 

 ! or S lo.OO per lOUO : same already put up, 

 I SI. 00 per 100 extra. If they are ordered 

 ! without hives in which to ship them, i5 

 I cents per 100 extra, or fraction thereof, must 

 be included for crating. Prices without 

 wiring, and without the wood being pierced 

 for wires, S4.00 per 100, or $;5.5.00 per 1000, in 

 the fiat. A sample frame by mail will be 

 1") cts.; pair of wires by mail, 4 cts.; revers- 

 ing corners, i^er 100, Sl.OO ; per 1000, .S7.50. 



In makimr this coiner I have infringed on 

 the ideas of friends Howes and Deane ; no 

 others that I know of. although great num- 

 bers of devices made of wire have been sent 

 in. I have written to friend Howes to 

 know what I shall ])ay liim for the privilege 

 of using the pivot arrangement, providing 

 he is the hist inventor of said arrangement. 

 I have also asked friend Deane to say how 

 much I owe him for the idea ho furnished, 

 providing I continue using it. It is by no 

 means certain that this is the best device 

 that will be brought fortli, but it pleases me 

 the best of any thing I have seen or heard 

 of. 



BEE-KEEPERS- CONGRESS AT NEAV 

 ORLEANS. 



NOTES BY THE W.W. 



tE are just waiting for the train. I ex- 

 plained to Hnber as well as I could 

 tlial papa was going away off on the 

 cars, for a good many days. He 

 laughed, and began to jump' up and 

 down, as he does over any piece of intel- 

 ligence that papa gives him ; but when papa 

 kissed them good-by all around, finishing up 

 with his babvship, his little lips drew up, 

 and he couldn't keep back the tears, and 

 papa couldn't either. Oh dear! I do not 

 mmt to go away from homo at all. I love 



