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ivgs, I thouslit best to mention this 

 matter now, to show him how far he was 

 behind, and that he might not lose next 

 summer's work, as we class such bee- 

 •keeping down here as only common 

 things. 



SECTIONAL BKOOD-CHAMBERS. 



Now, a long time ago, when I was not 

 writing any for the bee-papers, I used a 

 sectional brood-chamber four inches 

 deep, or frames 4j^4'-inches in depth in- 

 side, that held just one tier of sections. 

 I have some of the old frames now, and 

 some years after I had thrown them 

 away, here came along Mr. Heddon, of 

 Michigan, and patents the very same 

 thing, and sells it all over the country, 

 and the people are mostly, I believe, 

 now doing what I did — throwing them 

 away. Well, as I was not writing any, 

 I just let the matter pass without say- 

 ing one word about it ; but as Mr. Tay- 

 lor sounded his warning note, I blow ijiy 

 horn to his warning, and say that if he 

 wishes priority in this thing, he must go 

 back of 1884, and I will willingly hand 

 over my "checks." I write this in al! 

 love and candor. Jennie Atciiley. 



What About Improving; Utensils 

 in Bee.Keeping ? 



Query 892.— 1. Along what line do you 

 think there is most need for Improvement in 

 utensils used in bee-keeping: y 2. Or are the 

 most impon ant apiarian fixtures good enough? 

 As one interested in iaventing new things or 

 improving old ones, I ask the foregoing ques- 

 tions.— Inventor. 



We are pretty well off now. — A. J. 

 Cook. 



I think the more important fixtures 

 are good enough. — Mks. L. Harrison. 



About all of our utensils are "good 

 enough" to be improved. — P.H.Ei;wooi>. 



There are too many inventors in bee- 

 culture, and too nuiuy inventions whicl> 

 are more injurious than useful. — Dadant 

 & Son. 



1. Along all the lines. 2. Nothing is 

 good enough if we can get anything bet- 

 ter. — H. D. Cutting. 



1. In the line of the wooden appli- 

 ances, as hives, crates, etc. 2. No, they 

 are not. — J. H. Larrabee. 



Non-swarming hives, and controlling 

 the mating of queens as practically as 

 in the mating of other stock. — G. M. 



DOOLITTLE. 



Improve the extractor. Invent some 

 way to fertilize the queens with selected 

 drones. More things could be added, 

 but that is enough for one year. — E. 

 France. 



1. Along the line of simplicity. To 

 get rid of moth-traps, self-hivers and 

 other traps equally as useless to the 

 average bee-keeper. 2. Yes. — Emerson 

 T. Abbott. 



Simplify present utensils so as to have 

 fewer frail pieces. A number of little, 

 frail pieces to each hive is certainly an- 

 noying. A better-shaped queen-cell 

 protector. — Mrs. J. N. Heater. 



I would not know where to begin to 

 make improvements in apiarian fixtures. 

 Somebody may be able, sometime, to 

 make some improvements, but it seems 

 to me that what we have are about good 

 enough. — M. Mahin. 



1. All along the line. 2. Nothing is 

 good enough as long as it can be im- 

 proved. Tackle that which you think 

 needs improving the most, and of which 

 you have some clear ideas for better- 

 ment. — C. H. DiBBERN. 



Possibly no one great thing shows its 

 need, but here and there little things 

 that, put together, make an important 

 whole. For instance, a tool to readily 

 and easily take out the dummy from a 

 dovetail hive. — C. C. Miller. 



Along the line of apiarists. All we 

 need to-day to make the bees of the 

 world pay better is good apiarists. The 

 tools and fixtures of the present, as a 

 rule, are far in advance of the manipu- 

 lators. — Mrs. Jennie Atchley. 



The field of apiarian invention is 

 pretty well filled. There might be still 

 room for fixtures and modes of manipu- 

 lation for prevention of swarming, and 

 for automatic hivers, etc., also control- 

 ling fertilization. — J. P. H. Brown. 



There is probably no such thing as 

 st(i,nd-still in the field of improvement. 

 Probably we must either go forward or 

 go back. One thing should be taken 

 into ('onsidoration by those interested in 

 invention along this "bee-line" — the 

 time has arrived when bee-men are quick 



