Gleanings in bee culture . every , Iowa. COUNTING BEES AUTOMATICALLY KY DOUGLAS D. BREARLEY The engraving shows my bee-meterwhich I made out of an old watch. Be-fore describing it I might as well say thatit is not a complete success. As you willsee, it works on the principle of a bee-escape; but instead of the bees passingbetween two side springs they pass underone spring which is suspended, near theinlet hole, and which terminates at thecenier of the neck in a narrow to the end of the spring is a rodwhich works the small lever of the watch,the wheel Avith the hai
Gleanings in bee culture . every , Iowa. COUNTING BEES AUTOMATICALLY KY DOUGLAS D. BREARLEY The engraving shows my bee-meterwhich I made out of an old watch. Be-fore describing it I might as well say thatit is not a complete success. As you willsee, it works on the principle of a bee-escape; but instead of the bees passingbetween two side springs they pass underone spring which is suspended, near theinlet hole, and which terminates at thecenier of the neck in a narrow to the end of the spring is a rodwhich works the small lever of the watch,the wheel Avith the hairspring being, ofcourse, removed. The bee, in passing underthe spring, lifts the rod, which springsback into place immediately after thebee has passed. The lever has to be lifted150 times to register one minute on thedial, and to arrive at the number of beeswhich have passed thru, it is only necessaryto multiply the number of minutes regis-tered by 150. Of course it is necessaryto the former position of A device for counting bees; 150 hees passing thruthe escape cause the hand of the watch to registerone minute. This device works very well when thebees are not in a hurry to get out; but,as is always the case when the bees havebeen separated from their queen andbrood, they are in a great hurry to getout, with the result that they are so closetogether the spring does not get a chanceto come back into place every time. By altering the shape of the sirring that faultwas done away with, but another equallybad was encountered. One bee wouldsometimes register twice, once for thethorax and once for the abdomen* Andso it stands, a novelty, but of no practi-cal use until, perhaps, some beekeeperwith the skill of a watch-maker completesthe job. A NEW MULTIPLE-EXIT BEE-ESCAPE. My efforts have not been quite in vain,however, for my meter gave me an idea fora b«e-escape which is a great success. The fScvTir r \. ^£XIT fENTRANCe SOLDERED//£ff£ Springs
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