The American Apicultiirist. 



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SECTIONAL BROOD 

 CHAMBERS. 



By Dr. G. L. Tinker. 



The extensive discussion the past 

 year in tlie bee journals, on tlie 

 modes and tlie advantages of revers- 

 ing brood combs as well as the re- 

 sult of trial, has proved that there is 

 no profit in reversing combs singly 

 not that there is no advantage to 

 be gained from the practice, but 

 because of the labor required. Like 

 many other discussions in our journ- 

 als, the truth that we had sought — 

 the germ of wheat sifted from all the 

 chaff, — is quite unlike what we had 

 been seeking or had anticipated. 



It is no new idea, by any means, 

 that the getting of the brood close 

 up to the sections in working for 



comb honey is a measure of great 

 value. As the outcome of all inven- 

 tion and discussion, we have discov- 

 ered perhaps all of the plans by 

 which the brood can be brought near 

 the sections, so that we may now 

 point out the one plan most practi- 

 cable and valuable ; and right here I 

 wish to say that no one man is en- 

 titled to all the credit of the discov- 

 eries made, because all beekeepers, 

 or nearly all, have had a part in mak- 

 ing them, and have prepared the fra- 

 ternity at large for an innovation in 

 our methods that without this, prep- 

 aration of the apicultural mind 

 would have been impossible. The 

 credit, I assert boldly, is due rather 

 to the great fraternity of beekeepers 

 who have made discovery possible 

 through their united labors, but now 

 make the introduction of the new 

 appliances and methods certain. 

 As the matter now stands, one bee- 

 keeper is as much entitled to the 

 benefits, as another, and I trust and 

 believe that all will look upon it in 

 this light, and hesitate not Ijy virtue 

 of a just right to adopt the improved 

 methods as soon as convenience will 

 warrant, and the revolution in the 

 construction of brood chambers and 

 in our methods of management will 

 demand. 



But I am strongly convinced that 

 nothing has yet been brought out 

 that will enable to the fullest extent, 

 the practical advantages that are to 

 be derived from our new discover- 

 ies. It is our object, however, in 

 writing this article, to throw some 

 light on this subject. 



But first, what is the most practi- 

 cal and advantageous method of dis- 

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