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THE BEE-KEEPKRS' REVIEW. 



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The patent on the Heddon hive ex- 

 ph'ed hist September. 



Michigan Bee-Keepers, at their con- 

 vention held this montli at Lansing, 

 decide* I to raise their dues to ^1.00, 

 ai:d join tlie National Association 

 in a body. 



Officers elected at the late Michigan 

 State convention of bee-keepers, are 

 as follows: I'l-esident, W. Z. Hutch- 

 inson, Flint; Vice-President, Geo. H. 

 Kirkpatrick, Rapid City; Secretary, 

 E. B. Tyrrell, Davison; Ti'easurer, A. 

 D. D. Wood, Lansing. Time and place 

 of meeting was left with the execu- 

 tive committee. 



A Cake of Candy made from granu- 

 lated sugar and placed over a colony 

 that is short of stores, w^ill bring the 

 colony through in excellent condition, 

 said Mr. E. T. Abbott at the Chicago 

 conA'ention. It must be snugly tucked 

 up with quilts or blankets. The mois- 

 ture from the bees moistens and soft- 

 ens the cJindy, and this absorption of 

 moisture keeps the bees dvy. 



Jacob Alpaugh, of Ontario. Canada, 

 took a vacation this winter, going 

 ('own to the land of sunshine and 

 Dowers, Florida, and while there all 

 of his bees and appliances burned, to- 

 gether with the house in which the 

 latter were stored. The bees were in 

 the cellar. No insurance. Bro. Al- 

 paugh will have the sympathy of his 

 friends, and they should take a lesson 

 from his loss, and keep their property 

 insured. 



Tall sections seem to be gradually 

 and slowly, very slowly, being adopt- 

 ed in the place of the sciuare style, if 

 we may judge from the reports given 

 at the Chicago convention. By plac- 

 ing the tall sections crosswise of the 

 supers in which we now use the 4i/4x 

 414 lengthwise, we can use the 4x5 

 section in the same supers by simply 

 adding a narrow rim around the top 

 of each super, thus making them high 

 enough for the tall section. This will 

 allow any one to give tall sections a 

 trial Avith only a small expense. 



New York Bee-Keepers will hold a 

 series of institutes on the following 

 dates, and at the places named: March 

 2 and 3, at Canandaigua; March 4, 

 Romulus; INlarch 5, Auburn; March (!, 

 Cortland; March 7, Fulton; ]March 9 

 and 10, Syracuse; March 11, Amster- 

 dam. Prof. Frank Benton, of Wash- 

 ington, who is furnished by the IJ. S. 

 Department of Agriculture, at the ex- 

 pense of the Bureau of Institutes of 

 the State Department of Agriculture, 

 will be present and address the meet- 

 ings. The New York State Associa- 

 tion of Bee-Keepers' Societies will hold 

 its annual meeting in Syracuse March 

 10. at 10 o'clock a. m., in the city hall. 

 Prof. Benton and other prominent men 

 ■;!re expected to be jiresent. Special 

 rates of $1.25 per day hove been se- 

 cured at the Manhattan hotel on Fay- 

 ette street. 



Queen-Rearing methods and prin- 

 ciples have not yet all been h'arned 

 and given to the world. In a private 

 letter recently receiver from JNlr. Ar- 

 thur C. Miller, he says that it is pes- 



