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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Nov. 



D. A. Jones sugg^ests Toronto, Canada, and 

 says a hall is offered free. C. C. Miller in- 

 vites to Chicago, with a hall free. Jonas 

 Sclioll invites to Indianapolis, hall free. 

 Toronto was finally decided on for 1883. 



CO>ir. IIOXEY vs. EXTRACTED. 



C. C. Miller's article, '• Comb Honey vs. 

 Extracted," will be fonnd on p. 681, A. />. /. 

 for Oct. 4. Considerable discussion follow- 

 ed. Mr. Muth thinks he can get two or 

 three times as much extracted as comb hon- 

 ey. Mr. Hill thinks twice as much. C. C. 

 Miller thinks not very much more. G. G. 

 Large thinks he can get three times as much 

 extracted ; thinks the latter pays better at 

 10 cts., when comb honey is 20. He has 70 

 hives, and took 6000 lbs. extracted and 3000 

 comb. Colonies made from one comb in the 

 spring gave 100 lbs. extracted, and built up 

 full size. 



D. A. Jones is strongly in favor of extract- 

 ing, and thinks he can take from three to 

 live times as much by so doing. He says he 

 can make five dollars to one over comb hon- 

 ey. The latter is aggravating to ship, but 

 extracted will ship safely anywhere. 



C. C. Miller, in 1881, increased 12 colonies 

 to 81, and 1200 lbs. of honey. 



O. M. Elan ton spoke of the value of the 

 comb saved by extracting. 



D. A. Jones says that sections not square 

 should be put on the hives so as to be longest 

 up and down ; and, better still, after they are 

 half sealed, reverse, 



HONE Y-PL ANTS. 



The Secretary gave a brief report of the 

 results from the plants tested on his honey 

 farm during tlie last four or five years, and 

 quite a discussion followed. 



EAPE. 



The chief objection offered against rape is 

 its multitude of enemies. 



ALSIKE. 



Harrington and Poppleton say that alsike 

 should be cut just before it blooms, and it 

 will then yield a large crop of honey just aft- 

 er white clover fails. U. O. Poppleton tried 

 this during tlie past season, and said that the 

 knowledge of this one fact, obtained from 

 "• Neighbor H." at the convention in Michi- 

 gan last fall, was worth his whole trip there. 



BOKHARA CLOVER. 



Mr. Jones thinks it is different from sweet 

 clover. It will stand quite a frost, and bees 

 still work on it. He sows one crop to get the 

 land in order; now sow every alternate 

 land 12 feet wide in oats and Bokhara clover. 

 Cut it in June, and bloom will come in just 

 when wanted. Sow it with oats, or sow it 

 on wheat when frozen, so as to let the seeds 

 down in the crevices. 



BASSWOOD AND LINN. 



Prof. Cook says that basswood will bloom 

 in five years from seed. Dr. Brown says it 

 should be on low ground, and that the J'^u- 

 ropean Hnn blooms late, 



WEDNESDAY MORNING. 



Session was opened by prayer by Brother 

 Boggs. 

 An article by P. L. Viallon, of Louisiana, 



entitled " Experiments in Comb-building," 

 is given on page 627, A. B. J. for Oct. 4. Con- 

 siderable discussion followed. A hearty 

 vote of thanks was tendered friend V. for 

 the paper. That pollen is needed for queen- 

 rearing, seems to be pretty well decided from 

 the above paper. Q. — Is not the amount of 

 honey for 1 lb. of comb pretty low in friend 

 Viallon's estimated 



Dr. Brown thinks that queens reared un- 

 der the swarming impulse are not necessari- 

 ly any better than those reared at other sea- 

 sous. D. A. Jones says he can rear better 

 queens by getting a colony up to the swarm- 

 ing-point,by adding brood, feeding, etc.; then 

 prevent swarming by removing the queen, 

 and all cells will be strong and vigorously 

 fed. Holy-Land colonies will build 40 or 50 

 cells. 



HARRINGTON'S POINT. 



Harrington here makes a point. The main 

 thing is to get good queen-cells. With them, 

 anybody can rear good queens. Well, with 

 the aid of the Holy-Lands, and by the pro- 

 cess just given by Mr. Jones, we can produce 

 cells in unlimited quantities at 5 cents each, 

 and make money at it too. AVell, what will 

 it cost each to get laying queens from these 

 cells? Can't we rear good queens for a dol- 

 lar, and make money at it? 



D. A. Jones advises introducing by means 

 of chloroform. 



Dr. Brown agrees, but says it is more both- 

 er than it comes to. He says Holy-Land 

 bees will all hatch out at once. Friend Pop- 

 pleton has used chloroform, but failed. 



PAPER BY A. I. ROOT. 



This is given in full on p. 54o. Rev, Mr.. 

 Johnson warmly indorsed the paper in a 

 stirring speech. The following resolution 

 was then unanimously adopted : — 



Resolved, That we note with great pleasure the 

 growing tendency of most of our bee periodicals to 

 avoid and omit any and every unkind and bitter 

 words toward any one. JJesoU'cd, further, That we 

 request and urge every editor to omit any such 

 words that any of us may be led to write. 



Dr. Parmly sent .f 50.00 for Mr. Langstroth, 

 and Prof. Cook, D. A. Jones, and A. I. Root 

 $10.00 each. I). A. Jones also offered a 

 queen, which friend Muth purchased at ten 

 dollars. This amount was afterward swelled 

 by the convention to over $100. 



A paper by Mr. Demaree, of Kentucky, 

 was here read. 



THURSDAY MORNING. 



Mr. Jones explains dipping sheets of wax, 

 all of one thickness, by using a dipping- 

 board perhaps 2 feet long, and alike at both 

 ends. After once dipping, dip the second 

 time the other end down, and thus get a long 

 sheet of even thickness. 



OUR ANNUAL HONEY PRODUCT. 



Pres. Cook says statistics are wanted. 



Mr. J. S. Terrill, P. M. of Ridgeville, O., 

 obtained statistics of his county by the fol- 

 lowing plan : He mailed postal cards to eve- 

 ry postoffice in the county, asking the post- 

 master to write on it the names of the bee- 

 men at his office. The cards were all ad- 

 dressed to himself, so the postmaster had 

 nothing to do but to put it on in pencil, and 



