Oct. 6, iyo4. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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them well supplied with as much honey as thev will need for 

 their family use. This will amount to from five to ten dol- 

 lars, all according to the output of the season. 



H. H. Hyde said a bee-keeper should pay for a location 

 on a reasonable basis, say about lo cents per hive. Where 50 

 colonies were put in a yard they generally paid five dollars 

 for the location: if 100 colonies, then ten dollars. If no money 

 is wanted and the people liked honey, then honey is given in- 

 stead. 



Mr. Aten favors reasonable compensation for apiary 

 rights. He said that there are many people who will not be 

 persuaded to take any compensation of any kind, and in such 

 cases it is a good idea to present them with some nice honey 

 at times. Give them the very nicest that you have. 



Mr. Laws said as the bee-keepers are dependent upon the 

 land-owners for locations for their apiaries, they should be 

 paid, and paid well. H the friendship of the land-owner is 

 cultivated and maintained he will look to your interests and 

 there' will be less trouble about locations for one's bees. It is 

 no small matter if one is compelled to move his bees from a 

 good locality on account of dissatisfaction on the part of the 

 land-owner. A good location is worth a great deal to the bee- 

 keeper, therefore he should do all that is right in paying for 

 such location. 



Willie Atchley said that there is no diflference in the yield 

 whether there are only. 50 or whether there are 400 colonies 

 in a good locality. During a honey-flow of such a locality 

 the 400 cannot gather all of the honey in the fields. During 

 a poor year the 50 will make a better average than if there 

 were more in {hat locality. One hundred in a yard are how- 

 ever better than more in one locality in the springtime when 

 breeding is going on. 



It seems that when the honey-flows open in those locali- 

 ties in Southwest Texas they are inexhaustible at the time 

 they are on, but in the spring the forage for brood-rearing is 

 more scarce. That, therefore, would make a difference ni the 

 early part of the year, while it does not make a difference later 

 in the season. 



In regard to pay for such locations, he has made arrange- 



ments with the large ranch-owners by which he has a right 

 to establish apiaries on the ranches, and others are excluded 

 from them. For this right he pays thirty dollars. 



REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. 



On Inspecting the College Apiary: 



We. the Committee, have visited and inspected the State 

 Experimental Apiary at College Station and find that the bees 

 are in good shape for experimental purposes. 



W. E. Crandall, 

 W. H. White. 

 H. A. Mitchell, 

 K. C Knowles, 

 .1. W. Wolf. 



Committee. 

 On Resolutions : 



Resolved, that we. The Te.\as Bee-Keepers' Association, 

 extend our thanks to Professors Sanderson and Scholl and 

 other officers of the A. & M. College for the kind reception we 

 have received by them and the College Administration in gen- 

 eral. 



Resolved, that we extend our sincere thanks to the press 

 and every newspaper for the support and the kindness they 

 have shown us in helping in advertising all the meetings 

 of our Association. 



Resolved, that we extend a cordial invitation to the Na- 

 tional Bee-Keepers' Association to meet with us at San An- 

 tonio, Texas, next year. 



Willie Atchlkt, 

 L. Stachelh.\itsen, 



Committee. 

 On Inspecting the Association's Books : 



We report for the Committee of Examination of the Sec- 

 retary-Treasurer's books, that we find them in first-class and 

 correct condition for the limited time we have had in exam- 

 ining them. W. H. Laws, /or Committee. 

 On Transportation : 



We have been informed by all local express agents, that 

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Conducted by Emma M. Wilson, Marengo, III. 



Bee-Keeping for Women— Heddon-Plan of 

 venting Afterswarms. 



Pre- 



Dkar Miss Wilson : — I live in a beautiful little village, 

 and have an ideal place for bees. The trees are low, and 

 consist of apple and cherry trees, so when my bees swarm 

 they never go high, and even when they try it I am ready 

 for them with my sprayer. I have had good years and poor 

 years, but I never get discouraged. I love my work and 

 take an interest in it, and, besides, it nets me quite a little 

 sum every year. 



I think bee-keeping is fast becoming a woman's indus- 

 try. There is no work so healthy and interesting as bee- 

 keeping. 



I started with one colony, which increased during the 

 season. I lost a few last winter, and now have 27 good, 

 strong colonies. I work my bees on the Heddon plan in 

 swarming. I very seldom have second swarms. I prefer 

 this method to clipping the queen's wings. 



I often wonder why more women do not keep bees. I 

 remember the first super of honey I took off, and how we 

 did enjoy that honey 1 I have all the books on bees, and 

 although I have learned a great deal from them I have 

 learned a great deal also from experience. One should 

 study the bees while working with them, and when a sum- 

 mer comes with a poor honey crop, don't give up, but hope 

 for the better crop next year. There is where success in 

 bee-keeping comes in. Mrs. J. L. Antes. 



Lake Co., 111., Sept. 1. 



Some may inquire as to the " Heddon plan in swarm- 

 ing " referred to by Mrs. Antes, that is, the Heddon plan of 

 preventing afterswarms. Mr. Heddon says : 



"Let us suppose that colony No. 8 swarms June IS. 

 With a non-erasive crayon we mark upon the hive ' O, June 

 IS', and on the hive in which we put the swarm, ' S, June 

 IS '. Thus we distinguish the old colony from the swarm at 

 a glance, as we make these marks in large characters. 



" When we hive the swarm (always on full sheets of 

 wired foundation), we place it on the old stand, moving the 

 old colony a few inches to the north (our hives front east), 

 with its entrance turned northward, away from its swarm 

 about 45 degrees. As soon as the new colony is well at 

 work, having their location well marked (say two days), we 

 turn the old colony back parallel with the new one. Now, 

 both hives face east, sitting close beside each other. While 

 each colony now recognizes its own hive, they are, as re- 

 gards all other colonies, on one and the same stand. 



" The dates on the back ends of the hives indicate that 

 second swarming may be looked for about June 23. About 

 two or three days before that date, and when the bees are 

 well at work in the fields, we remove the old hive to a new 

 location in another part of the apiary. This depopulates the 

 old colony, giving the force to the new, leaving too few 

 bees in the old one for the young ' Misses ' to divide ; and 

 as they at once recognize this fact, they fight it out on the 

 line of 'the survival of the fittest.' " 



Mr. Heddon deserves great credit for introducing this 

 plan, which he gives in his book, " Success in Bee-Culture ", 

 and nearly 20 years ago in (".leanings, but the plan has 

 been simplified, perhaps by Dr. Miller, after this fashion : 



Put the swarm on the old stand, setting the old hive 

 close beside it, both facing tlie same way. Six or seven 

 days later remove the old colony to a new location. That's 

 all there is to it. The mother colony will thus be reduced 



