May 23, 1901. 



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satisfaction, and your two hives are fairly filled, it will be 

 mostly brood in them. When you put them above the 

 excluder, the queen you will put below in the kepr that is 

 now solid with honey (for you may count that it will be 

 filled with honey if the bees have been driven down to 

 occupy the two hives.) At this time the bees will turn all 

 their energ-ies toward storing-, and the liklihood is that 

 while the bees will do some empt3'ing to give the queen a 

 chance, the chance will not be a very large one, especially 

 as the queen up to this time has had unlimited room to 

 spread herself and by this time has become somewhat 

 exhausted with laying. The brood will be all the time 

 hatching out above, and by the time your two hives are 

 solid with honey there will not be such a great deal of 

 time left for the bees to work in sections, for they'll not do 

 much in sections so long as room is left in the hive-bodies. 

 I don't quite see what you expect to gain by getting your 

 keg filled with honey only to be emptied again. If you 

 want the bees to winter in the keg, why not leave them 

 their brood-nest there all the time, putting sections on the 

 keg ? One good plan would be to leave them in the keg till 

 they swarm, then hive the swarm in a hive and throw the 

 field-force all into the swarm, leaving the keg to strengthen 

 up for the winter. 



Transferring Bees on Crisscross ComI)s. 



I bought two colonies of bees and they are in small 

 hives, one is a seven-frame and the other is an eight. The 

 frames had no foundation, and the comb is built in every 

 direction. Is it advisable to transfer them to another hive ? 

 If so, when is the best time ? and will that prevent them 

 from swarming ? Ontario. 



Answer. — If you don't expect to handle the frames at 

 any time, then it is not worth while to transfer, and it will 

 be better to leave the bees as they are. If, however, you 

 want to handle the frames at any time, then by all means 

 they should be transferred. You can turn the hive upside 

 down if the bottom can be taken ofl^ ; cut down with a long 

 knife or saw so as to loosen entirely the combs from the 

 side of the hive, then when you lift the hive-body ofl:' the 

 frames it will be easy to get at the combs. 



In fruit-bloom is a good time to transfer, and it need 

 not prevent swarming. Nowadays the tendency is growing 

 toward waiting till the bees swarm, and transferring 21 

 days after swarming, when there will be no brood in the 

 hive except a little sealed drone-brood. 



Curing Pickled Brood. 



What can I do to cure pickled brood ? 



West Virgini.\. 



Answer. — In an able article in this journal five years 

 ago. Dr. Wm. R. Howard wrote: I have recommended, 

 with successful results, placing the bees on full sheets of 

 foundation, confining them for three days (giving them 

 plenty of water) in order to consume all of the infected 

 material, that none of it might be deposited in the new 

 combs to be covered with new pollen or honey. 



Convention Proceedings. | 



Report of the Chicago Bee-Keepers' Convention. 



The, Chicago IJee-Kecpers" Association held a most siir- 

 cessful meeting at the Briggs House, Chicago, April 4, lUd 1 . 

 There were about 35 in attendance, and several now nicm- 

 bcrs were secured. 



The .secretary had had some correspondence with Mr. ('. 

 P. Dadant, about being present, and had given up hoping lii' 

 would come. Hut about in a.m. on April 4th a telegram was 

 received by Pres. George W. York, saying that Mr. Dadant 

 would arrive at the Union depot at 2:30 p.m. Of course tliis 

 was an agreeable surprise, but if we had known It a week 

 earlier we might have filled the clubroom of the Brigss 

 House at our meeting. 

 c_; I would like to say riglit here that those 250 bee-keepers- 



within reach of Chicago, are standing very much ii; their own 

 light in not attending our semi-annual meetings. We liave 

 really good times and e.xchango many valuable ideas. 



Of course Mr. Dadant's presence made a good conven- 

 tion, aside from any other attractions. He told us about 

 Paris and the great Exposition ; about the French people ; 

 about the little old man who had carried him in his arms when 

 he was a very small child ; and of course he was ready to 

 answer any and all questions asked of him by the ABC class 

 of bee-keepers as well as the X Y Z class — and the <iuestions 

 were numerous. 



Prof. E. N. Eaton, State Analyist of the Pure Food Com- 

 mission, was present, and addressed the meeting, and also 

 forced his annual dues on an unwilling treasurer. 



At 6 p.m. those present adjourned in a body to the dining- 

 room, and discussed many and savory viands, and had much 

 sociability therewith.' 



It was voted that tlie afternoon-and-evening-session idea 

 be a permanent fixture. We hope all those 250 bee-keepers 

 will come to the next meeting in November. Dr. Miller and 

 Mr. C. P. Dadant may both be there. 



I am sure all present were sorry when the meeting 

 adjourned at 9:30 p.m. Herman F. Moore, Sec. 



Report of the Texas Bee-Keepers' Convention. 



The Texas State Bee-Keepers' Association held its 28d 

 annual session at Greenville, April 3 and 4, 1900. President 

 W. R. Graham being sick, was not able to preside, and vice- 

 president A. M. Tuttle being absent the meeting was called to 

 order by the secretary, J. N. Hunter, who acted as chairman. 

 He made a few preliminary remarks, reviewing the history of 

 the Association from its organization to the present time. 

 Prayer was offered by the Rev. W. R. Lowery. 



Messrs. Hagood, Osborn and Scott were appointed a com- 

 mittee on program for discussion. 



About 40 bee-keepers were present during the two days' 

 session, representing some 2000 colonies of bees, the average 

 yield of which last season was about 36 pounds to the colony. 



Secretary Hunter explained his method of transferring 

 bees. He prefers the hybrid bees and uses full sheets of comb 

 foundation. 



-J. M. Hagood thinks the Holy-Land bees are the best for 

 Texas, and that they are more immune from disease. 



W. A. Evans has 185 colonies of Italian bees, and secured 

 .50 pounds of comb honey per colony last year. 



J. R. Scott explained his method of transferring and feed- 

 ing bees. He gives the black bees due credit for gathering 

 honey from cotton. 



Peter Lambert and some others are satisfied that bees 

 gather honey from corn-tassels. 



Mr. Tuttle has discovered that ants rob cotton-bloom of 

 its honey on the sandy land. He thinks that is the reason 

 why bees gather more honey from black-land cotton-bloom. 



Messrs. Graham, Hagood and Lowery were elected to rep- 

 resent the Association at the bee-keepers' meeting to be held 

 at College Station, Tex., next July. 



W. R. Graham was re-elected president ; J. M. Hagood 

 and W. R. Lowery, vice-presidents ; and J. N. Hunter, of 

 Renner, secretary. 



After its usual vote of thanks for hospitality and enter- 

 tainment the convention adjourned to meet in Greenville the 

 first Wednesday in April, 1902. J. N. Hunter, Sec. 



Why Not Help a Little— both your neighbor bee-keep- 

 ers and the old American Bee Journal — by sending to us tlie 

 names and addresses of such as you may know do not now 

 get this journal ? We will be glad to send them sample 

 copies, so that they may become acquainted with the paper, 

 and subscribe for it, thus putting themselves in the line of 

 success with bees. Perhaps you can get them to subscribe, 

 send in their dollars, and secure for your trouble some of 

 the premiums we are constantly offering as rewards for 

 such effort. 



The Chicag;o Convention Picture is a fine one. It is 

 nearly 8x10 inches in size, mounted on heavy cardboard 

 10x12 inches. It is, we believe, the largest group of bee- 

 keepers ever taken in one picture. It is .sent, postpaid, for 

 75 cents ; or we can send the American Bee Journal one 

 year and the picture — both for SI. 60. It would be a nice 

 picture to frame. We have not counted them, but think 

 there are nearly 200 bee-keepers shown. 



