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THE BEE-KEEPERS* REVIEW 



6th — Uniform shipping cases. If 

 adopted what size should they be ? Why ? 



7th— Question box. 



Co-operation Session begins at 7:00 

 P. M., Aug. 31st, and is subdivided into 

 the following topics : 



1st — What the Colorado Honey Pro- 

 ducers' Association is doing. 



2nd — Co-operative efforts in Califor- 

 nia. 



8rd — The Michigan plan, or what the 

 Michigan Association is doing. 



4th — What can the National do along 

 co-operative lines? 



5th — Obstacles to be met with in co- 

 operative efforts, and how to overcome 

 them. 



6th — Question box. 



You will notice that in the above pro- 

 gram the names of those to take part 



are not given. There is a two-fold ob- 

 ject in this. First, we want the persons 

 who are to lead in the handling of the 

 topics to be present. Second, we want 

 every member to come prepared to take 

 part in the discussions, as we want this 

 to be a convention of live members, and 

 not have the majority sit still while a 

 few do the talking. Remember, you 

 may be called on to take part. 



In conclusion, let me say that there 

 will be some competent person there to 

 handle each one of the above subjects. 

 Prominent bee-keepers from all over the 

 country will be there, and these topics 

 will be assigned to some of them before 

 the session starts. But it is expected 

 that every member will plan to take 

 part. 



E. B. Tyrrell, Secretary. 



SELECTED ARTICLES 



AND EDITORIAL COMMENTS 



Working Comb Foundation. 



J. J. Wilder says in July .lincrican 

 Bee Journal, that working comb foun- 

 dation in the south during extremely 

 warm weather is very difficult, and 

 gives the following plan : 



"It is very difficult for bees to work 

 comb foundation at this time of the 

 year, owing to the high temperature 

 which makes it very flimsy. This can 

 be overcome by dipping it in cool 

 water as it is used, and shaking the 

 water off." 



Excessive Use of Smoke on Bees. 



In the same issue, Mr. Wilder further 

 states, under the above heading : 



'T have often seen bee-keepers smoke 

 their bees so severely while manipu- 

 lating frames that the greater part of 



the bees would boil out at the entrance 

 and cluster under the alighting board, 

 or around on the sides of the hives, 

 and there remain for several hours 

 before they would all go back into the 

 hive, and from thence to the field, 

 and the general .work under full head- 

 way again. And this they do. seem- 

 ingly, not aware of the fact that they 

 have given the liees a great back-set 

 in their work. This is. indeed, poor 

 policy at a time when there is no nectar 

 to be gathered, and, when there is, it 

 is done at the expense of the honey 

 crop. If the nights are cool the bees 

 will not stir much in the early part of 

 the morning, or late in the afternoon ; 

 tlien if they are thus molested or 

 hindered during the warm hours of 

 the day, for several days during a 



