1905 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



463 



Reeoina a Record 



of the work done in an apiary, the changes and the re- 

 sults, the condition of each colony, the yield, the pedi- 

 gree, and characteristics of each queen, etc., so as to be 

 able to find the cause or source of results, is greatly 

 neglected, mainly from a lack of some easy yet com- 

 prehensive system of keeping the records. 



The BEE-KEEFKRS' REVIEW for April has an 

 ai-ticle on this subject, in which Arthur C. Miller 

 describes how completely he has made the card system 

 answer this purpose. Illustrations are given, showing 

 how cards are ruled, numbered, lettered, and vised so 

 that simply a few figures can be made to cover the 

 whole ground as a record, as well as indicate work in 

 progress that may need attention. Still further, the 

 arrangement is such that the bee-keeper can instantly 

 place his finger upon any fact concerning any colony or 

 queen. 



Should an unusuall.v large crop of honey be secured 

 by some colony, the records would show whether this 

 was a charactei istic of this colony, or simply a " freak " 

 for one year, would also show the pedigree of the queen, 

 thus enabling the bee-keeper to decide whether to go on 

 developing and increasing this strain of bees; and, if so, 

 the foundation upon which to build. 



This is only one instance of the value of exact, com- 

 prehensive, systematic, easily kept records for the 

 apiary. 



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