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might be advantageously changed 

 by making it shorter and deeper ; 

 but this constituted no change in 

 principle, and all hanging-frames 

 in use to-day are entitled to be 

 known as Langstroth frames. My 

 impression is that it would be well 

 to adopt a new nomenclature for 

 frames, by calling the original 

 Langstroth frame the " L. ;" the 

 frame originated by Dr. Gallup 

 the " L. Gallup" frame, etc., etc. ; 

 by thus doing, all chance for confu- 

 sion would be avoided, and the 

 honor of the invention placed 

 where it really belongs. 



To the Rev. L. L. Langstroth 

 belongs the honor of inventing the 

 principle which gives comb-frames 

 their real value, and makes them 

 movable. 



Man}^ attempts have been made 

 in the past, and are still being 

 made, to deprive him of that honor ; 

 but all such attempts will prove 

 utterly futile, so long as the records 

 of the United States Patent office 

 are in existence. Beekeepers as 

 a class are honorable men, and 

 only need to learn the truth to 

 cause them to do exact justice to 

 every man ; and when they learn 

 the truth as it really is in regard 

 to Mr. Langstroth, they will only 

 be too ^'lad to do him rever- 

 ence. 



The movable frame was the 

 greatest boon ever conferred on 

 the beekeeping public, and its 

 noble inventor has lived and made 

 no sign, during all the abuse that 

 has been heaped u])on him, by as- 

 serting that he claimed a patent 



on the invention of another man. 

 This he has done because his simple, 

 earnest faith in mankind led him 

 to believe that time would eventu- 

 ally set him right ; and time will 

 set him right too, and generations 

 of beekeepers yet unborn will rise 

 up in the l)y and by and call him 

 blessed. 



Foxboro, April, 1884. 



WORKING Q UALITIES versus 

 COLOR. 



By a. C. Miller. 



That we are slowly but surely 

 breeding our Italians bees for 

 color, rather than for their working 

 qualities, is daily becoming evi- 

 dent, and in my opinion it is a 

 serious evil. Especially is it so 

 among the younger class of bee- 

 keepers who have had but little ex- 

 perience. They are led to believe 

 that the lightest banded Italians 

 are the best ; consequently queen- 

 breeders have to cater to their 

 tastes, and thus a race of lazy , 

 "yellowcoats" are gradually spring- 

 ing up among us. We are. breed- 

 ing for looks rather than for 

 honey. 



What advantages have these 

 large light-colored Italians over 

 their darker sisters, that we should 

 be so anxious to propagate them? 



They are lazy ; always ready to 

 steal from their neighbors ; they 



