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any poor combs; we use the "V" top 

 bar. 



Question — Can the pollen in extract- 

 ing frames be gotten out? 



Dr. Baxter — Can the pollen be re- - 

 moved from the frames? (I didn't ask 

 this question). 



A Member — ^It can be gotten out, a 

 little at a time. The easiest thing is 

 to leave it in and put the combs where 

 the bees can use it for brood rearing. 



Mr. Pyles — If your, combs get very 

 dry and you put them on the hives, 

 the bees will remove it themselves. 



Mr. Stone — I would like to have Dr. 

 Baxter answer that question. 



Dr. Baxter — I didn't ask that ques- 

 tion. The question was asked, "Can 

 pollen be removed from extracted 

 frames?" 



After the combs have been thor- 

 oughly dried, that is, the bees have 

 cleaned the honey ofC, what pollen re- 

 mains, if the pollen is soaked in luke- 

 warm water long enough it can be 

 thrown out by the extractor. It is an 

 endless amount of work, and you are 

 liable to get into some trouble with 

 the water if you have it too warm, but 

 it must be warm water. 



If you take cold water, the pollen 

 does not dissolve or mix in water, and 

 it is more tenacious than it was. 



And I am like the brother over here: 

 The best plan is to let the bees clean 

 it up. After they have been thoroughly 

 dried, and no honey coming in, the 

 bees will remove most of the pollen. 

 What is left can be removed by the 

 water method. 



Mr. Stone — I asked that question. 



Mr. France said: "I have soaked 

 extracting combs that had pollen in 

 and threw the pollen out. He did not 

 say how, but Dr. Baxter tells me it 

 could be thrown out by jarring it down 

 if soaked well enough." 



He says: "I have soaked combs, and 

 gotten pollen out, and got two crops of 

 honey out of the same frames this sea- 

 son." 



President Baxter — I have got several 

 crops out of mine without taking the 

 pollen out. I have taken ofC 5,000 

 frames this fall, and I do not believe 

 there was a dozen of them with pollen 

 in. I have never seen any detriment 



in having pollen in extracted frames 

 — never. 



President Baxter — Is there anything 

 to come up before this convention 

 is adjourned? Any business been left 

 undone ? 



Mr. Root — ^I wish to offer this sug- , 

 gestion: If the Secretary of this As- 

 sociation will understand (I cannot 

 speak for Mr. Dadant, but I believe 

 he would do the same thing) — 



The Journal space is free to you to 

 announce and put in your full pro- 

 gram, and you will pick up a good 

 many members that perhaps you might 

 not get otherwise. 



I did not get your card, and had to 

 inquire where the Convention was to 

 be held. Possibly, some would see that 

 Mr. So and So is going to speak on 

 such and such a subject, and he would 

 say, "That is a subject I am interested 

 in; t will go to the Convention and 

 hear what he has to say." 



Almost every time we come to a 

 Convention we know that we will get 

 some idea that is worth the trip. 



President Baxter — Mr. Stone wrote 

 to the President to co-operate w^ith 

 him in forming a program. The Presi- 

 dent did not get the letter; his house- 

 keeper got the mail out of the box and 

 put it with other papers, and it was 

 mislaid, and I did not come across it 

 until Mr. Stone cq^d my attention to 

 it; otherwise it would have been pub- 

 lished in both the American Bee Jour- 

 nal and in Gleanings. 



Mr. Root — ^I offer it as a suggestion, 

 not as criticism. 



A Member — I move we adjourn. 



Mr. Stone — T move that we pass a 

 resolution of thanks to the custodian 

 for the nice way In which he has 

 treated us. He has done everything he 

 could to please us. I move that a reso- 

 lution of thanks be extended to him; 

 that the Resolution Committee draft 

 such a resolution. 



Motion seconded and carried, and 

 r^olution drawn. 



Motion to adjourn seconded and car- 

 ried. 



President Baxter — The meeting standi 

 adjourned. 



At 1 p. m., the Convention adjourned, 

 to meet at the call of the Executive 

 Committee. 





