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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER 



January 



rudimental, but to nie at present seem 

 a hard lesson. 



A'ery respectfully yours, 



John J. Grant. 

 Our correspondent's perplexity is, 

 doubtless, the result of having con- 

 fused two different problems, namely: 

 queen-rearing and the introduction of 

 virgin queens. These are entirely sep- 

 arate matters, and need not, of neces- 

 6it.y, haw any connection. The item 

 quoted from our February issue, 1903, 

 has reference simply to a method for 

 the supersedure of failing queens, 

 while the other quotation has to do 

 with the matter of developing, or rear- 

 ing the queen. It is not necessary that 

 the bees have immediate access to the 

 queen cells after having been capped, 

 providing, as suggested, that a proper 

 temperature is maintained. In reply to 

 question No. 3, we should say, none 

 whatever. Though suggestions upon 

 this point are not solicited by our cor- 

 respondent, in view of his inexperi- 

 ence, and the supposition that he de- 

 sires to rear but a few queens for 

 his own use, we feel constrained to 

 suggest that it would be better to dis- 

 pense entirely with such things as 

 nursery cages, etc., and simply insert 

 ripe cells in queenless colonies or nu- 

 clei prepared for their reception. — Ed- 

 itor. 



RECENT APIARIAN PATENTS, 



741,7()4. Comb-frame for Bee Hives. 



James W. Brown, I.os Angeles, Cal. 



Filed May 7, 1903. Serial No. If));,- 



104. (No model.) 



Olaim.^ — ]. A reversible bee-comb 

 frame, comprising a frame and Mire 

 attached to the ends thereof, having 

 their upi»er ends bent outward to form 

 hangers, and their lower ends ))ent in- 

 ward t(j form supportei's, said wires 

 being rotable so that when the frame is 

 reversed the wii-es can be turned and 

 the hangers become supporters and the 

 supporters become hangers, substan- 

 tially as described. 



2. In combination with the frame, 

 of the suspending devices extending 

 through the sides thereof, and having 

 their ends bent in opposite directions, 

 so as to form frame-hangers at top, 

 and frame-supportei's at thie bottom, 

 substantially as descril>ed. 



3. Tlie lierein described rcAersible 

 bee-comb frame, comprising a rect- 

 angular frame, and wires extending 

 through the frame at each end there- 

 of, said wires having their i)ro.iecting 

 ends above and below the frame, res- 

 pectively bent at right angles in oppo- 

 site directions, the upper bend project- 

 ing beyond the sides of frame to form 

 frame-hangei's, and the lower bends 

 j)ro.iecting beneath the frame to sup- 

 port the weight thereof, said wires be- 

 ing rotal)]e so that the position of the 

 bends may be reversed, and the frame 

 suspended either side up, substantially 

 as described. 



NEAV YORK STATE INSTITUTES. 



llomulus. N. Y., Dec. 14, 1903. 

 Editor American Bee-Keeper. 



Mr. N. E. France, of Platteville, 

 Wis., General Manager of the National 

 Bee-Keepers' Association, has been se- 

 cured l)y the Bureau of Farmers' In- 

 stitutes to speak at a series of Bee- 

 Iveeper Institutes in connection Avith 

 the local B.-K. Societies as follows: 



Canandaigna, January, G-7. 



Romulus, Janujiry 8. 



Cortland, Januiiry 9. 



Auburn, .January 11. 



Oswego, January 12. 



.\msterdam, January 13. 



Syracuse, January 14-15. 



The meeting on the loth will be that 

 of the N. Y. S. Asso. of B.-K. Societies. 

 C. B. Howard, Sec. 



HONEY AND BEESWAX MARKET. 



WASHINGTON GRADING RULES 

 Fiinuy: All sections ;to be well filled, combs 

 straight, of even thickness and firmly attached to 

 all fonr sides; both wood and comb unsoiled by 

 travel staiu or otherwise; all the cells sealed ex- 

 cept the row of cells next the wood. 



No. 1; All sections well tilled, bnt combs un- 

 even or crooked, detached at the bottom, or with 

 bnt few cells nnsealed; both wood and comb un- 

 soiled by travel stain on otherwise. 



In addition to this the honey is to be clas.«iified 

 according to color, usinp the terms white, amber 

 and dark. That is, there will be "Fancy white," 

 "No. 1 dark," etc. 



