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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



horizontally the same as ordinary note 

 paper, and then the left half, or a little 

 more than one-half, is ruled verticallj', 

 giving' seven narrow, upright columns. 

 and one quite wide column at the 

 right. Tlie first column is for the date 

 of inspection; the second is for the 

 "grade" of the colony (i. e its work- 

 ing ability); the third contains the 

 queen's number; the fourth the amount 

 of extracted honey yielded; the fifth 

 the amount of comb honey; the sixth 

 column is for aid given to the colony, 

 and the seventh for aid taken from it. 

 The balance of the space at the right is 

 for "remarks" of any sort. 



The "queen record" cards are blue 

 in color. They bear on the top line, 



end of the card, occupying a trifle more 

 than half the card. The first column 

 is for fecundity; the second, vigor; (de- 

 termined by the age of the queen and 

 life-period of her bees, also their win- 

 tering qualities); the third is for tem- 

 per; the fourth for "grade" of work 

 based on quantity of honey her colony 

 produces; the fifth for quality of comb 

 work; the sixth is for the date; and 

 the seventh for the number of the 

 stand she is on. 



Inkeeping traclv of honey yields, each 

 super, as it is removed, has tucked into 

 it piece of section on which is penciled 

 the stand-number from which the super 

 is taken. In the honey-house these 

 bits of sections receive a memo, of the 



COLONY RECOD CARD. 



at the left end, the queen's origin; next 

 the date she was hatched, and at the 

 right hand end is her number. (She is 

 known by the same number as long as 

 she lives.) On the next line at the left 

 is the record of her mating if known. 

 If the drone parentage is known, his 

 mother's number is put there; if not 

 known, just the letter "P" or "H" in- 

 dicating a "pure" or "hybrid" mat- 

 ing. Below these two horizontal lines, 

 the card is ruled the same as the 

 "colony record" cards, that is seven 

 narrow, upright columns at the left 



amount of honey, and are tossed into 

 a box for future use. At leisure these 

 records are transferred to the cards. 



The flag cards are narrow strips tall 

 enough to project above the guides 

 and are of various colors, to denote 

 special classes of work. For example, 

 blue flags are used for all matters re- 

 lating to queens from the egg onward. 



Flags for work to be done, are placed 

 behind the stand "guide" of the col- 

 onies to be worked upon, and are 

 placed at the extreme left of the tray. 

 When the work is done, they are slid 



