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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Dec. 8, 1904. 



ter ? Some years ago Mr. Hosmer conceived the idea of 

 wintering' young bees only, destroying all the older bees, 

 and quite an interest was awakened in the matter, but no 

 one thinks of doing such a thing now. 



What, then, shall we do to have the bees of well-propor- 

 tioned ages ? According to Mr. Miller, nothing, only to let 

 them follow their own bent without interference ; and in 

 that he is probably right in general. A little issue, how- 



ever, might be taken with him as to his position in the first 

 sentence quoted ; at least the question might be raised 

 whether some " colonies with good queens", when left to 

 themselves, do not in some seasons cease brood-rearing too 

 early for best results. If a season comes when all gather- 

 ing ceases much earlier than usual, can the bee-keeper not 

 interfere to advantage by feeding enough to prolong the 

 breeding ? 



The Chieago-Northwestern Convention was held 

 last Wednesday and Thursday here in Chicago. The at- 

 tendance was excellent, and the interest was sustained 

 throughout the five sessions, the last one closing at 4 p.m 

 on Thursday. 



Among the more widely known bee-keepers present 

 were Dr. C. C. Miller, N. E. France, Ernest R. Root, W. Z. 

 Hutchinson, C. P. Dadant, Emerson T. Abbott, Gus Ditt- 

 mer, F. Wilcox, and Miss Emma Wilson. These, with over 

 100 others, made a pretty big buzz. 



Those who were unable to attend missed a good meet- 

 ing. The ofiicers were all re-elected, as follows : President, 

 George W. York ; vice-president, Mrs. L,. M. Stow ; and 

 secretary-treasurer, Herman F. Moore. 



We expect to publish a full report of the proceedings as 

 soon as possible. It will be some very valuable reading 

 matter for our subscribers. 



The Page & Lyon Mfg. Co.— The country between 

 Marshfield and New London, Wis., was evidently at one 

 time an unbroken woodland. Some years ago it must have 

 been visited with a raging fire, which burned everything ex- 

 cept thousands of blackened tree-trunks which look like so 

 many lone memorial columns left to mark the once grand 

 old forests. Various kinds of shrubs and plants have 

 sprung up all over the previously wooded land, so that now, 

 for miles on either side of the railroad, can be seen the 



LUMBER SHED AND DRT-KILN. 



charred remains of trees and the thick growth of brush and 

 plants. 



We arrived at New London Junction (about a mile from 

 Lew London) at 3 a.m. Friday, Oct. 21. We were the only 

 passenger in the bus to the hotel, where we registered, and 



then went to bed for about three hours. After breakfast 

 we looked up the Page & Lyon Mfg. Co. Entering their 

 commodious ofiices, we first met Mr. A. C. Daugherty, the 

 genial and courteous secretary of the firm. He greeted us 

 most cordially, and at once started out to find Mr. G. A. 



SASH HOUSE, BLAO MITH SHOP, ETC. 



Schultz, who has charge of the bee-supply department^ We 

 soon discovered him, and he at once began to show us over 

 their great factory. They were closed down for rearrange- 

 ment and large increase in capacity for turning out sec- 

 tions, hives, etc. Their improvements will cost about 

 $4000, and when completed their section output can be 65,000 

 a day. The past season they turned out nearly 12,000,000 

 sections. 



Mr. Schultz takes a deep interest in his part of the work. 

 Everything must be exact and all right. Their floor-space 

 is so ample, and so wisely and conveniently arranged, that 

 he could pick up the various parts of a hive in the dark, if 

 it were necessary. The demand for their bee-supply goods 

 the past season was such that they were compelled to 

 decline a number of large orders. In about a week they 

 expected to be running again, and then planned to stock up 

 during the next few months so as to be able to take care of 

 the trade, no matter what the size of the demand. 



Mr. M. D. Keith, the president of the firm, has exten- 

 sive interests in timber lands north of New London, so that 

 they have quite an advantage when it comes to getting 

 lumber. They also manufacture sash, moulding, flooring, 

 siding, and, in fact, everything used in building the finest 

 modern houses. Interior house-finish, like the bee-supply 

 manufacturing, they make a specialty of. Such finish they 

 make from all variety of wood, and from any pattern or 



