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SIXTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



Mr. Kannenberg — That is hatched 

 out of the egg? 



Mr. Stanley — Yes, just so it is well 

 formed and looks like a new moon. 



Mr. Wheeler — Any trouble to get it 

 up? 



Mr. Stanley — No, there is no trouble; 

 run your transfer needle around; when 

 you put it in "slow you put it in 

 further edge and the royal jelly will 

 takec'it off; I put it in slow until it 

 touches~the royal jelly. 



A member — Do you feed those bees? 



Mr. Stanley — No, supposed to be all 

 the honey and pollen they need in 

 those three frames, and, if you should 

 want to start the entire lot, these can 

 be transferred to upper stories of any 

 colony. ^^ 



You can take any frame and cut 

 part of the comb out and put two 

 little staples in to hang them in. 



Mr. Kannenberg — Those queens 

 which you do not use and want to 

 save them, how can they be fed? 



Mr. Stanley — You can take and lay 

 them on top of the hive between the 

 combs. If there is no honey coming 

 in and you give it to queenless bees, 

 they might not take care of so many 

 as you like. 



Mr. Kannenberg — ^You used to have 

 zinc? 



Mr. Stanley — I have had no trouble 

 with the cages I now have but on the 

 zinc cages we have heard of them 

 going up through the excluder. 



Mr. Roehrs — You have stated you 

 transfer the cells sometimes as soon 

 as they are sealed up. 



Mr. Stanley — I transfer them from 

 cell starting hive into upper story of 

 good strong colony, and all they need 

 is the heat of the bees to hatch. 



The larva at nine or ten days old 

 are pretty nearly complete but their 

 wings. 



President Miller — I understood you 

 to say that sometimes you shake bees 

 in front without removing the old 

 queen? 



Mr. Stanley — I teed my bees if I am 

 going to. I look over my colony and 

 find my frame with my queen on and 

 set her to one side. I shake everything 

 else. We cannot have any queen in 

 there and get cells. I believe I did once 

 or twice have a virgin queen, by mis- 

 take. I found no cells. I thought — 

 "What is the matter." I looked around 

 and finally found the cause. You might 



start a hundred lots and never find 

 that. 



President Miller — I believe it is the 

 practice of most queen breeders to use 

 fresh queen jelly — not to have it more 

 than a few minutes out of the cell; if 

 you keep it a considerable time it gets 

 hard. You can thin It down any thick- 

 ness. 



Mr. Stanley — I have tried other 

 things to substitute. You do not need 

 royal jelly. I have done it. It is only 

 just something so that the larva do not 

 dry up until the bees can take care of 

 it, and that will only, be a few minutes. 



If you put honey in they will clean 

 the cell out and want to start over. 

 I have kept them until the bees would 

 take care of them on condensed milk. 



Mr. Roehrs — It takes the place of 

 royal jelly sometimes. 



Mr. Stanley — I have done it; it is 

 only just to keep that larva; I suppose 

 it would live on condensed milk a day 

 or two. It is only just to keep it from 

 drying out until the bees could take 

 care of it. 



Of course you can try anything you 

 want to but you have no trouble get- 

 ting royal jelly if you have queenless' 

 bees. 



President Miller — The next thing in 

 order will be the election of officers. 

 Nominations are in order — Who will 

 you have for President? 



A member — I think the best man we 

 could have for President would be the 

 man who is now in the chair — therefore 

 I nominate Mr. E. S. Miller for Pres- 

 ident. 



Mr. Dadant — I move the nominations 

 be closed. 



I move the Secretary cast the vote 

 of this Association for E. S. Miller, for 

 President of this Convention. 



President Miller — I am always glad 

 and willing to do all I can to help 

 along the cause of bee-keeping. I am 

 quite sure there are other men who 

 are more competent to fill this position, 

 however, I will do the best I can. I 

 thank you. 



President Miller — The next thing in 

 order will be the nomination for Vice- 

 President. Who will you have for Vice- 

 President? 



Mr. Hassinger — I nominate Mr. 

 Roehrs for Vice-President. 



Mr. Roehrs — I thank you for the 



