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easiest way to feed, and if yoii save your probably unsaleable honey, 

 if you have any such, it can be utilized in this way. 



A Member. — Where do you keep those combs, in a warm place 

 or in a cool place? 



The President. — Well, they would freeze in the winter. I have 

 a honey house, the bees are in the cellar beneath and the combs are 

 kept in the honey house above, and in the spring they can be used to 

 put in the place of an empty comb. 



The next question is: "How to keep bees from swarming." 

 That is rather a broad subject to start at this time of day, I believe we 

 had better omit that until later, and perhaps we will have time to 

 discuss that this afternoon. 



"Is it practicable to ship drones from the South early in the spring 

 for queen mating here. " Has any one a suggestion? I never tried it. 



The Secretary. — Mr. President, I should think we could raise 

 drones here as quick as we could raise queens. You can't raise good 

 queens early in the spring here. You can raise drones earlier than 

 you can queens, as a rule. 



A Member. — I don't think you can get them to mate after you 

 get the queens, get the drones, until the right season comes, is my 

 experience. 



The President. — I think the drones would be ready as soon as 

 the weather is suitable. 



A Member. — One of our queen-raisers over in Michigan makes 

 a practice of shipping in a package of drones every Spring. I have 

 not said much to him about it, but I know he makes it a practice. 

 That makes me think that he may have been getting some desirable 

 results from it. 



A Member. — Who is that? 



The Member. — A queen breeder in Michigan, E. E. Mott of 

 Michigan. 



The President. — Has any one else a question? Any further 

 business before we adjourn? It is about five minutes to 12. 



A Member. — What is the time of meeting after dinner? 



The President. — One thirty. If there is nothing further, we will 

 stand adjourned until 1 :30. Be here promptly, please. 



TUESDAY AFTERNOON SESSION. 



The President. — The meeting will please come to order. We 

 have first on the program "The control of European Foul Brood," by 

 Dr. E. F. Phillips, Bureau of Entomology, Washington, D. C. I 

 think Dr. Phillips needs no introduction to this audience, or any of 

 the other bee-keepers in the United States, for that matter. We will 

 hear from Dr. Phillips. (Applause.) 



