> Along the way, I believe he invented the Benton (three-hole) shipping cage
we see so often.
I have a record of the Benton mailing cage being described in a beekeeping
journal in Australia in March, 1889. There is also an account of an
improvement by a queen breeder here in Australia.
If the Frank Benton I have details for is the same person, it seems he went
from the USA to Cyprus working with Cyprian bees. I have an account of
Benton sending queen bees from Cyprus to Australia in 1886.
Trevor Weatherhead
AUSTRALIA