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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



Feb. 



advocating the claims and advancing 

 the interests of various branches of 

 rural industry. They have adopted 

 what are termed as " standards of ex- 

 cellence," for the benefit of those in- 

 dustries which they respectfully rep- 

 resent. Can we not, as apiarists, fol- 

 low their example with profit to our- 

 selves and our successors ? 



Movable sectional comb frames of 

 some form are an indispensible requi- 

 site of successful bee culture. Can 

 we- not determine depth and length 

 of these frames? And having found 

 this, also determine the number to use 

 that will give us the proper size of a 

 hive for profit in each section of our 

 country? And their arrangement 

 therein that will prove the most satis- 

 factory. And also determine the 

 arative value of comb foundation 

 itarters when used in the brood- 

 I >er for swarms. The latter can 

 only be settled by 1 experi- 



s— a la R. L. 

 \ JV. Y. 



Current Comments. 



In ather, when we take a 



that have 

 up then '8 there, where 



warm. If 

 on the ground 

 they will travel right back and be 

 there the next time we take the cover 

 off. But, take a dust-pan and bee- 

 brush, and gather them from the hive 

 and give them a water bath, and they 

 will stay put. 



A writer, on page 163 of the Amer- 

 ican Bee-Keeper, says M. M. Qnin- 

 by invented a hive, and was generous 

 enough to not have it patented. Mr. 



Quinby, in his "Mysteries in Bee- 

 Keeping," printed in 1865, after nam- 

 ing many desirable things notgetat-ble 

 in box hives, says : " To the Rev. L. 

 L. Langstroth belongs the credit of 

 introducing to us the hive that will 

 accomplish all these desirable results." 

 Also, " Movable comb hives as used 

 by the author, modified by myself 

 from Langstroth 's." Thus, giving full 

 credit to Mr. Langstroth for inventing 

 the hangiug frame, that we all could 

 not well do without. Moses M. Quinby 

 knew. 



Honey producers appear to have 

 settled down to the conclusion that 

 prevention of first swarms is not very 

 satisfactory. 



From my experience I do not ap- 

 prove of allowing calves in the bee 

 yard. One cold November night, a 

 little past midnight, I heard a racket, 

 and got up and went out to see about 

 it, and found three calves (a n 



having a regular picnic among 



They had moved three or 



hives more "or less ; one was 



i clear from its stand and was 



ling on its rear end with itscover- 



ipened so the bees \ 



d. I gave the calves a vaca- 

 and repl: hive, fixing it 



up all right. They appear to be do- 

 ing well now. All of my bees had a 

 good cleansing flight December 23, 

 after being confined about five weeks. 



The mild, open weather this winter 

 in this locality, is, so far, I think, a fair 

 indication for bees on their summer 

 stands to pull through in good condi- 

 tion, with proper protection. 



New queen-introducing, Grover's 

 Method in the Honolulu hive. Why 

 not? 



Chenango Bridge, N.Y., Jan. 20, '94. 



