October, 1908. 



and seems quite a safe plan, especially 

 as there is probably some advantage in 

 having the queen at the entrance rather 

 than near the top of the frames. 



It may be well, however, to caution 

 beginners that the plan might not work 

 so well when no honey is coming in 

 and nights are cool. In a cool night the 

 cluster of bees would be likely to shrink 

 away from the queen, leaving her out 

 in the cold. But under right condi- 

 tions there is certainly an advantage 

 m having the cage where it can readily 

 be got at any time without the trouble 

 of lifting off supers and opening the 

 hive. 



Take Sections OfT Hives in Fall 



The probability is that quite a number 

 of beginners wlio read this page still 

 have sections on the hive. So long as 



bees are busy storing the right kind of 

 honey, it is all right to leave them on, 

 no matter bow late in the season, but 

 when storing has ceased sections should 

 be taken off at once. 



The beginner is likely to say to him- 

 self something like this; "I'm not en- 

 tirely sure that the bees may not still 

 have some use for sections, and at any 

 rate it can do no harm to leave them 

 on until time to pack bees for winter." 

 That is a great mistake. At .this time 

 of the year, especially when no storing 

 is going on, bees delight in spreading 

 propolis indiscriminately, and the foun- 

 dation in sections will be discolored 

 thereby, in soine cases to such an extent 

 that the bees will utterly refuse to accept 

 it the following year. 



If you still have any sections on the 

 hives, get them off at once. 



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Program for Detroit National Con- 

 vention 



The National Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 lion will hold its annual convention, 

 Octohcr 13. 14 and ^5, in the Sun Palace 

 of the Wayne Hotel, at the foot of 

 Third St., Detroit, Mich. Headquarters 

 will be at the Wayne Hotel, where the 

 rates to bee-keepers are $2.50 per day, 

 when two persons occupy the same 

 room. There are plenty of other hotels 

 m the vicinity where the rates vary 

 from $1.25 to $2.25 per day. 



The Michigan State Bee-Keepers will 

 hold a session at the same place on the 

 afternoon of the 13th, beginning at 2:00 

 p. m. The first regular session of the 

 N'ational will be on the evening of the 

 f3th. 



OCTOBER 13 — FIRST DAY EVENIN'C SESSION. 



"Dtmonstratioii of Handling Live Bees in 

 ^ Cage," by E- R. Root, of Medina. Ohio. 



"n:c-Ke(:ping of Hawaii," by Prof E. F. 

 Phillips, of the Apicultural Bureau of Wash- 

 ington, D. C. This lecture will be illustrated 

 by stcrcopticon views secured by Prof. Phillips 

 luring his recent trip to Hawaii. 



"Moving Picture Exhibition," by E. K. 

 Koot, of Medina, Ohio. (To run this film 

 through the lantern requires about 10 minutes, 

 and it cives a fair idea of some, of the "stunts" 

 they do in England when handling bees — 

 some of them arc decidedly mirth-provoking.) 



OCTOBER 14 — SECOND DAY — UORNINC SESSION. 



8 a. m. 

 "President's Address." by Geo. E- Hilton. 

 "The Bacteria of Bee-Diseases," by Dr. G. 

 !•*. White, of the Apicultural Bureau at Wash- 

 ington. D. C. 



How to Detect and Know Bee-Diseases," 

 by W. D. Wright, of Altamont, N. Y.. one of 

 'he New York Inspectors of Apiaries. 



RECESS OF 15 MINUTES. 



"Getting rid of Foul Brood with the Least 

 l-inancial Loss," by R. L- Taylor, of Lapeer. 

 Nlich., Inspector of Apiaries for Michigan. 



General Discussion on Diseases of Bees. 



Qu.'stion-Box. 



CTOBER 14 — SECOND DAY AFTERNOON SESSION. 



2 p. m. 

 Debate on the following: "Resolved that 

 An Eight-frame Langstroth Hive is Preferable 



i i ^ II: , in Extracted Honey Pro- 



ductiun; amnimtive taken by S. D. Chap- 

 man, of Mancclona. Mich., and the negative 

 by R. F. Hohtrmann. of Brantford, Ont.; each 

 contestant allowed to speak twice, using not 

 more than 15 minutes each time. 



General Discussion on the subject. 



Question- Box. 



RECESS OF 15 MINUTES. 



"Turning Winter Losses into Profit," by 

 W. J. Manley, of Sandusky, Mich. 



Question-Box. 



Adjournment and Members Photographed in 

 a Group. 



OCTOBER 14 — SECOND DAY — EVENING SESSION. 



This session is to be in a lighter vein — as 

 the story is to more solid reading. It is to 

 be in imitation of the toasts that usually fol- 

 low a banquet — that is, responses to sentiments. 

 The speakers are to remain unknown until 

 announced by the toastmaster, but the list of 

 topics is as follows; 



"Securing Legislation for Bee-Keepers." 

 "Rough Spots in the Pathway of an In- 

 spector of Apiaries." 



"Late Apicultural Inventions." 

 "The Possibilities of Future Bee-Keeping." 

 "The eost of Honey-Production." 

 "Bee-Keepers as Temperance Reformers." 

 "The Friendship of our Fraternity." 



OCTOBER 15 — THIRD DAY MORNING SESSION. 



Question-Box. 



OCTOBER 15 — THIRD DAY — AFTERNOON SESSION. 

 2 p. m. 



"How to Secure Good Prices for Honey 

 even in Years of Bountiful Yields," bv O. L. 

 Hershiser. of Kenmore, N. Y. 



Discussion. 



RECESS OF 15 MINL'TES. 



Question-Box. 



Adjournment to see honey extracted with an 

 8- frame Automatic Extractor, with Gasoline 

 Engine as Power. 



The foregoing is simply an outline, 

 a sort of skeleton which will be fiUefl 

 out with good things. 



\V. Z. Hutchinson. Sec 



Premiums OlfeFed at the Detroit 

 National 



Through the generosity of the lead- 

 ing manufacturers and dealers the fol- 

 lowing liberal premiums are offered for 

 the display of bees, honey and wax at 

 the coming National Convention : 



Best and largest display of single-comb nu- 

 clei of different varieties of bees, accompanied 

 by queens, condition of bees, purity of race, 

 and beauty of hives to be the competing 

 points — 1st premium, 2,000 No. i sections, by 

 the G. B. Lewis Co., Watertown, Wis.; 2nd 

 premium, $3.00 Italian breeding queen from 

 the Medina apiary of the A. I. Root Co.; 

 3rd premium, two years' subscription to the 

 Canadian Bee Journal, by the rturley Printing 

 Co., of Brantford. Ont. 



Best 10 section of comb honey, complete- 

 ness of filling of section, evenness' of surface 

 of comb, completeness of capping, freedom 

 from travel-stain, and general neatness and ap- 

 pearance to be the competing points — ist 

 premium, 1,000 No. i sections from the G. B. 

 Lewis Co.; 2nd premium, cloth-bound copy of 

 the "A B C and X Y Z of Bee Culture," by 

 the A. I. Root Co.; 3rd premium, one year's 

 subscription to the Canadian Bee Journal, by 

 ihe Hurley Printing Co., and one year's sub- 

 scription to the American Bee Journal, by 

 '■.eo. W. York & Co. 



Best 10 pounds of liquid extracted honey, 

 luality and manner of putting up for market 

 In be considered — ist premium, 1,000 No. i 

 sections by the G. B. Lewis Co.; 2nd premium, 

 Tumbo, copper smoker, by the A. I. Root Co.; 

 .?rd premium. Root Standard tin smoker, by 

 \V. D. Soper. of Jackson, Mich. ; and one 

 year's subscription to the American Bee Jour- 

 nal. 



Best 10 pounds of granulated honey, quality, 

 including fineness and smoothness of grain, and 

 manner of putting up for market to be con- 

 sidered — ist premium, 1,000 No. 1 sections by 

 the G. B. Lewis Co.; 2nd premium. Standard 

 tin smoker bv the A. I. Root Co.; 3rd premium, 



-iptK 



to the An 



Bee 



one year s 

 Journal. 



Best I o pounds of beeswax, color, texture, 

 and beaut>' of the cake or cakes in regard to 

 shape, to be considered — ist premium, one $5.00 

 Italian breeding queen from the Medina apiary 

 of the A. I. Root Co.; 2nd premium, one year's 

 subscription to the American Bee Journal by 

 Geo. \V. York & Co.; 3^^ premium, one Root 

 Hive Tool by the A. I. Root Co. 



The most important late apicultural inven- 

 tion that has not been awarded a premium — 

 ist premium, $5.00 worth of bee-supplies, 

 "Root Quality." by M. H. Hunt & Sun. of 

 Lansine, Mich.; 2nd premium, one full leather- 

 bound copy of the "A B C anu X Y Z of Bee 

 Culture," by the A. I. Root Co.; 3rd premium, 

 one copy of "Advanced Bee Culture," by W. Z. 

 Hutchinson. Flint. Mich.; and one year's sub- 

 scription to the American Bee Journal, by 

 Geo. W. York & Co. 



For the best single section of comb honey, 

 A. G. Woodman & Co. offer one Woodman 

 Protection Hive; for the second best single sec- 

 tion, they offer 1,000 No. i Lewis Sections; 

 for the third best, one Advanced Bee-Veil. 



For the best single section of honey stored 

 in a Marshfield section-box, W. D. Soper offers 

 500 No. I Marshfield sections. 



For the best lo pounds of comb honey pro- 

 duced with Dittmer foundation. Mr. Soper 

 offers 3 pounds of Dittmer's extra-thin founda- 

 tion. 



The judge to pass upon the above ex- 

 hibits will be appointed by the Presi- 

 dent. 



\V. Z. Hutchinson. Sec. 



California Apiaries of M. H. Mendle- 

 son 

 The photo used in the July Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal is from my home apiary 

 at Piru. This apiary contains 500 colo- 

 nies, and is run for comb and extracted 

 honey. In the spring of each good year, 

 I start with 200 to 300 colonics, and in- 

 crease runs to 500 or 600 or more colo- 

 nies. On the last of June of each year 

 I move away about 150 to 250 or more 

 colonies to the bean-fields for them to 

 fill up in good shape for winter quar- 

 ters. I used to get considerable sur- 

 plus from the b^^ans, but of late yp-ars 



