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AMERICAN^ BEE JOURNAL. 



Orubb^s Frame,— The following 

 comes from a subscriber seeking infor- 

 mation : 



Mr. O. H. Cobb, in the Ameeican Bee 

 Journal, refers to the Grubb patent 

 described on page 168. On turning to 

 the description I fail to see its utility, 

 or how the foundation is held in place. 



The letters on the engraving are not 

 explained. I would like to understand 

 how it is to be used before knowing if I 

 should like it. 



If you would give a little more definite 

 and particular description it might 

 benefit some others that may be as dull 

 of comprehension as myself. 



Pleasant Hill, Ills. A. Moshee. 



In order to answer the questions pro- 

 pounded by Mr. Mosher, we must refer 

 to the engraving again. The frame 



stands on its top bar D. The second 

 engraving shows the sheet of comb- 

 foundation H, attached to a V-shaped 

 wedge I, and the whole is intended to 

 slip into the place marked a in the upper 

 engraving. It is to be nailed in (atp), 

 and then by turning the frame with the 

 top-bar upwards, the comb-foundation 

 will hang, just like it does in other 

 frames. Just turn the page upside 

 down, and you will see it at a glance. D 

 is the top-bar ; F F are the sides, and G 

 the bottom-bar. It is an old method, 



and is not worth the trouble and cost of 

 fastening comb-foundation to the frames 

 in that way. 



Conducting: Hxperiments. 



— A correspondent lately sent us the 

 following communication : 



Can you not suggest a way to secure 

 a competent man to conduct a series of 

 experiments for the benefit of bee- 

 keepers ? 



There are always some important 

 questions under consideration by your 

 correspondents and readers, and if we 

 can have some careful experiments, 

 made impartially, it will be a great help 

 towards solving many disputed ques- 

 tions without each of us having to make 

 a costly trial of various theories that we 

 want to understand. 



Can it not be done by publishers as- 

 suming the responsibility, and adding 

 the cost to the price of publications ? Or 

 through some society? Do the bee- 

 keepers generally want such a station 

 established ? Hugh L, Lynn. 



Glenville, Ky. 



We think it would be far better to let 

 the North American Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation appoint an experiment commit- 

 tee, and have the whole matter of 

 experiments in charge, requiring a 

 written report from the committee at 

 each annual convention. That would be 

 a national committee, and its reports 

 would have some weight. 



If these matters were left to the 

 editors of bee-periodicals, each one would 

 act independently, and no uniform 

 decision would be possible. 



Then, again, it is quite probable that 

 no such experiment committee is desired 

 by apiarists generally. We would 

 respectfully refer the whole matter to 

 be discussed at the next meeting of that 

 association, at Albany, N. Y. 



Anotlier new bee-paper is born, but 

 the crime of robbery is stamped upon its 

 face. With many appropriate names at 

 hand, it adopted, without excuse, one by 

 which an old-established bee-periodical 

 is universally known. Success, under th 

 circumstances, it cannot expect, and all 

 honest persons will refuse it recognition. 



