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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER 



May 



A New Oueen=-CelI Register. 



(Swarthmore.; 



THE REGISTER I am sending 

 you has been used by myself 

 with a great deal of satisfaction. 

 It is not by any means perfect yet, but 

 by another season I hope to improve 

 it and shall be glad of any suggestions 

 with a view to perfection. Even in its 

 present crude form this register has 

 been a saving to me and a convenience 

 worthy of consideration. 



indicator is forthwith placed to the 

 date they were laid- This at once gives 

 all the data for the starting and hand- 

 ling of queen cells up to the time of 

 their hatching. For instance: Say we 

 have eggs laid April i; place the dart 

 "Deposited" to the point on the disc 

 marked April i and fix it there by tisht- 

 ening the thumb screw. Now by refer- 

 ring to the second dart will be found 

 the date on which the cells should be 

 started or "grafted" according to the 

 method used. The third dart indicates 

 the day upon which the cells may be 



As you, Mr. Editor, have already 

 suggested, some three or four more 

 months are needed upon the card to 

 make it useful to the southern rearer — 

 these I believe can be added without 

 over-cramping the calculating spaces. 



By the Swarthmore plan of queen 

 rearing the breeding queens are forced 

 to deposit their eggs directly in the 

 compressed cups, and when secured the 



expected to hatch and the line just be- 

 fore gives the date of their removal 

 previous to hatching. 



Hang the register up on a peg, in 

 plain view, until all the cells in a given 

 batch have been disposed of, when it 

 may be broken and used for recording 

 other batches of cells as stated- If 

 many batches of cells are to be started, 

 one directly after the other, several 



