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ty-five hives and extracted about thirteen thousand pounds of 

 honey. He increased to one hundred and twenty but has reduced 

 them back to about eighty, as that is about the number he wishes 

 to keep to attend to in the spring. 



A member. How did he reduce them? 



Mr. Pond. By doubling them up. He killed what he consider- 

 ed his poorest. 



A member. Did he find ready sales for his extracted honey? 



Mr, Pond. It creates a market. He sells a large quantity to 

 grocery stores in jelly jars. Persons in St. Paul and Minneapolis 

 get samples put up in jelly glasses, they see who it is from and it 

 creates a demand for more. 



Mr. Danforth. We started last spring with about 513 swarms. 

 I am not at home to take care of them, so my wife has care of the 

 bees. I sold down as low as I could and got down to 35 colonies. 

 Our comb honey averaged about 115 lbs., and our extracted honey 

 about 180 pounds to the colony, and we kept down our increase to 

 15 or 16 colonies. There are now, 1 believe, 40 swarms. 



Mr, Knowles. I have had very little experience in bee-keeping 

 in the modern style until recently. When I commenced in this 

 country, I had one swarm. I wintered three a year ago this winter. 

 I got but little honey, because I was not accustomed to them. 

 Last spring I started with three swarms; I have eleven now, and 

 have about 300 pounds of box honey. This is my first experience. 



A member. I have not heard anything said about the bee moth. 



President Wilcox. I suppose that is because the bee man of 

 to-day doesent care or know much about them. 



Prof. McLean. In regard to moths. Oh well, we have so many 

 other things to talk about — the question of bee moth— well, we 

 don't like to talk about that at all now. Bee moth means neglig- 

 ence, laziness and all those unpleasant things that we don't like to 

 think of. 



Mr. Pearce. Does it not mean a hive without a queen generally? 



Prof. McLean. Oh yes, there is where it comes in. Anything 

 that demoralizes the condition of the hive ; that means you can 

 get a colony out of its normal condition ; if they have lost their 

 queen it means robbing bess ; they don't protect their hives so 

 that they do not defend their hives properly from the moth often- 

 times. 



Mr. Wilcox. Here is a resolution that has been handed in for 

 our consideration. 



Kesolved. That we memorialize the regents of the University 

 to give to the apicultural interest of the state such recognition as 



