New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-16

70 BE HELD IN WASHINGTON NEXT MONTH
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS OF TIE INDUSTRY

RI M HELD IN WASHINGTON NEXT MONTH
prcrvr DEVELOPMENTS OF TIE INDUSTRY.
Washington. nov 10 (speclap.-The cons cnton Oh
the bee keepers OF the United states when VIII 'o
in this city next month"; will De an important H"I'c'
mc Last year the value Of the money pr0''oo" "
m. United state; was nearly Hl5.OOoOoo, WIN INV
,,ue ~ the WAN wa, ~ 300 900. -Four conhlle' III
one state pr ducrd i,OD0,0OO pounds OF honeN'
huslncs, Is yet i'm is infancy, and one 81 'h' ooj
q the convention IS To take measures to eNlahn It,
Amona other things the bcckccp'rs want the "o'-
.rnuont to prohibit the sale OF bogus uGud money
made largely ont OF glucose. SECRETARY KuSH - '
interested in the business. and is IN favor Of appro
rr.ating money 10 instruct farmers IL sceh'lhc oc'
culurc.
Many women have been successful IN bee cn''ur'
Last summer a Texas woman reared and sod 2ooo
nucon hoes Queens that are tested" that H. whose
progeny viii be- "a pur, breed, worth from - I"
- each Infested queens BRING only Il APIECE OF
oven loss Bee, We're formerly unma,oe. but IRIS
restriction ha. been removed by tho United S'"''
and most urlpc1n c,mtIlr-. 1'ero have been many
inventions OF late I'm cgnrccton with be- culture
TIC Germans iuyca'cd what Is called the 'o''D
foundation which I, ,lc,t.wax one sixteenth Of nm
nch Thick and stamped on both sides WIN '''"
rilscd hrNasons On which the bee, erect their COILS
uI, ol.iol.lv saves the bee, both labor and honey
a. wax is relatively costly product with th'n' ana
Toy are 80 economical with It that they can make
from $4,000 ~ 10000 col, ont 81 single p'Ghn III
which they can store about twenty pound, Of honey
Tie Gcrmlus u-cd - stamp these sheets by hann'
bnt an American las Invented a machine 10 90 ti'
work and there az, about dozen large firms IN un'
country which mnuufirturN tie ioundal u. ono
= thee. in Illinois,. last year turned ""i
$1,000 pound, of foundation. IN" hon"ycom1 ITSELF
hl. never ccn nIfcaly rcppduc'd. though ioF years
lh.r, has been q standing ofcr ~ $1,000 for snch an
Invention. The comb foundations ar" all made
with worker cells ou'lluci These ar" smaller than
dr,nc cells. la which the queen bee LAYS "or"''
egg, only In this way there are herily any dron"'
ln he hive.
Another American invru ion facilitate. the hr' dins
4 Queen i.c-. Wlea a c,l oJnrai lrg nn ui'm ri''
queen J., PM IN u,w hive that has u" queen, the
.., would ai once ting her 20 death. for tcS ""liI
not know that fh.y Wifuouf "a queen, ana ul.N
vll NOT have tv, queens. To ohNAlc tHi,, ",'
queen cell /. enclosed I'm PROTECTOR WHICH :,
imnlv "a special coil Of wire. TIL, saves III" III" oI
fh. Young Queen uu'il She Is old enough ID come "u'
y which time the bees have discovered that thcf nav
T., other queen and gladly recognize her - su'i
A. Drcrv ono know, ~" Italian bees AR tn" W,7'
r0,iilIr In ibis country helus r1Id hhp'lFi' III
.tri0us WORKERS and prolific breeders. Though ucrs
d. NOT native America. " tx the fprcWo.f ''uh',
d. ,In let p.l..t %. agriculture Tn" bee rrr@ OF
ia. rlf. -if..s want g. make great "Nhlht at the
V.rd I.r hat fh.y claim that the re- friction lad on
ti,.fn ,,.l make t'i- impossible