1900 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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The advantage Mr. Ricke claims with this 

 machine is that it requires only one time hau- 

 dUng of the section from the unfolded pile to 

 the section - case, ready for the hive. With 

 sections, cases, fences, followers, and wedges 

 at hand, there need be no piling-up of folded 

 sections, waiting to be rehandled to a founda- 

 tion-fastener, nor is there any occasion for pil- 

 ing up sections with starters, to cause annoying 

 mishaps, which is so trying to the patience. 

 To minimize labor and lessen liabilities to mis- 

 haps, has been the object of the inventor ; and 

 if by this invention he has contributed some- 

 thing in that direction, he will consider,himself 

 amply paid . 



Mr. Ricke says he can fold, 

 press, foundation, and place in the 

 super 4 sections every minute. 



Mr. Ricke is a carpenter by trade, 

 and quiLC an inventive genius. He 

 has about completed a solar wax- 

 extractor that, in our estimation, 

 is very unique, and we may give the 

 readers of Gi^Eanings a glimpse of 

 it soon. Mr. Ricke has recently pur- 

 chased a fruit-ranch near our city, 

 and is interested in bees to the ex- 

 tent of 32 colonies. His bees are in 

 8-framed Root Simplicity hives, 

 with metal bearings and Hoffman 



brood - frames. He is thinking of changing 

 to 10 -frame hives, however. 

 Escondido, Cal., Dec. 7. 



[This appears to be a good machine. It is 

 certainly better than some of the so-called com- 

 bined machines ; but whether it is equal to 

 or better than the others, I can not say. We 

 have been experimenting with quite a number 

 of late, with a view of adopting one for our- 

 selves, but as yet have not quite decided. 

 Some good points are made above, to the effect 

 that the section has to be handled but once ; 

 for that matter that is true of any combined 

 (two in one) machine. But our man says that. 



FIG. 2. — MISS MAUDE RICKE IN THE ACT OF POINDING. 



for quantity of work, we 

 can beat any of them with 

 two separate machines. 

 While that may be true, 

 because he is used to their 

 handling, the average per- 

 son would do more rapid 

 work with a combined ma- 

 chine. 



I should be glad to have 

 you tell us further of Mr. 

 Ricke's invention, espe- 

 cially of that solar wax- 



