THE BEB-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



381 



Woodstock was the place chosen for 

 holding the next meeting of the Ontario 

 Bee- Keepers' Association. John Newton 

 was elected president. 



D.wr.iGHT is allowed to enter the win- 

 tering-cellars of many of the members of 

 the Ontario convention, and no ill effects 

 are manifested. 



Rai.sixCt Hives from the bottom boards 

 in the cellar in winter may not result in 

 any better wintering of the bees, but the 

 combs come out cleaner and brighter and 

 free from mould. 



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Hives were being discussed at the On- 

 tario convention, when Mr. D. W. Heise 

 ended the discussion by saying that each 

 bee-keeper would have to choose for 

 himself, according to his system of man- 

 agement and locality.. 



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A Banquet in honor of its ex-presi- 

 dents was one of the delightful features 

 of the late meeting of the Ontario Bee 

 Keepers' Association. Why couldn't the 

 National Association do something in 

 this line at its next meeting? 



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The Cellar containing bees for win- 

 tering is left open, that is the doors and 

 windows are left open, by Mr. C. \V. Post 

 of Canada, until the real cold weather 

 comes. During the moderate fall weath^ 

 er the bees are practically in an open shed. 



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Quilts for covering the tops of the 

 frames had some warm defenders at the 

 Ontario convention; likewise did they 

 receive some strong condemnation. 

 With quilts the smoke can be sucked 

 down into the hive quicker by giving the 

 quilts a flapping movement. In examin- 

 ing the bees in the spring it can be done 

 quite easily by simply turning back one 



corner of the quilt. Aside from these two 

 points, the arguments were against the 

 use of quilts. 



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Fertilization of a blossom by pollen 

 from some other blossom than itself is an 

 advantage, results in better fruit; so said 

 Prof. Fletcher at the Ontario convention. 

 This shows another reason why bees are 

 an advantage in fertilizing blossoms. 



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Cellar-Wintering will soon save 

 enough in stores to pay for the building 

 of a cellar, and the work of packing one 

 hive out of doors is as much work as to 

 carry six colonies into the ceilar, so re- 

 ported Mr. John F'ixter at the Ontario 

 convention. 



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A Pux, if a good one, is often quite en- 

 joyable. For instance, at the banquet 

 held at Niagara Falls during the Ontario 

 convention, there was an allusion to the 

 green color of the water in the rapids 

 just below the falls, and some curiosity ex- 

 pressed as to what this color was due, 

 when some one suggested that it was 

 green because it had just come over. 



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Foul Brood was found in 33 apiaries 

 out of 100 that were examined last year 

 by Mr. Wni. McEvoy, Inspector of Apia- 

 ries for Ontario. In going to a neighbor- 

 hood he secured the assistance of the 

 best bee-keeper in that locality, who went 

 about with him, and afterwards kept him 

 informed as to how things were progress- 

 ing. 



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The Chicago Convention Report is 

 stringing out to such a length, owing to 

 the minuteness with which it is reported, 

 that it will be impossible for Bro. York to 

 furnish all of the numbers containing it 

 for ten cents, as mentioned in last Re- 

 view — twenty cents is the least for which 

 they can be furnished, and they are cheap 

 at that price. 



