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Taylor does both. Then a queen can never 

 give trouble by taking wing when the 

 swarm is being hived, or by getting out of 

 the trap, or by coming out with a swarm be- 

 fore a trap is put in place. 



Uniting Bees is a simple process— simply 

 take the combs of bees from the different 

 colonies that are to he united and hang 

 them together in a hive. If one story is not 

 large enough, use two, and then later, reduce 

 them to one story, shiiking the bees from 

 the combs containing the least honey. If 

 there are several light colonies to be united, 

 the hives may be simply set one on top of 

 the other, and then later the best combs 

 selected and put in one hive and the bees 

 shaken from the other. This shaking pro- 

 cess might be done at the time of uniting, 

 only most of the flyint; bees would return 

 to the old locations, which they will not do 

 after they have become attached to the new 

 location. All of the colonies should be 

 qneenless except one, then there will be 

 little if any quarrelling, and queeniess bees 

 are ready to give up their old location for a 

 new one where there is a queen. It is well 

 to unite colonies as early as possible that 

 they may get things in ship-shape before 

 cold weather. 



SnipriNO-c.\SKs of the no-drip style are 

 decidedly superior to the old style in which 

 the honey, if any drips from the combs, and 

 this very frequently happens, runs out 

 through the V)ottom of the case and daubs 

 the top of the under case. Dirt and dust 

 stick to this honey, and give the cases a 

 very untidy appearance. The no-drip case 

 prevents all this. I used L'.'>0 cases last year 

 and carted them around them to five State 

 fairs, and only those who have been through 

 such experiences with the old style of case 

 know the comfort experienced in handling 

 dry, clean cases at all tunes. If any one < ■ 

 periences any trouble in folding up the 

 paper tray that goes in the bottom, let him 

 make a board about one-eighth of an inch, 

 or a triJle more, smaller than the inside of 

 the case. Place the shi ct of paper on top of 

 the case, lay on the hoard, and then gently 

 press down upon the board, forcing the 

 paper to the bottom of the case. A nail 

 driven into the upper riide of the board will 

 furnish a handle for removing the board. 

 The lower corners of the board may need 



rounding off to prevent their puncturing the 

 paper. It may require a little patience and 

 practice to get the board just right and to 

 learn how to use it, but the neatness and 

 dispatch that follow will amply repay the 

 trouble. 



INSINUATIONS AND MISCONSTRUCTIONS. 



It was not very pleasant to write and pub- 

 lish the little editorial that appeared in .June 

 regarding the construction that might be 

 put upon some of the criticisms of Mr. New- 

 man, but I am glad that I did it, as it has 

 brought out explanations and assertions 

 that cannot be misunderstood. It is so 

 easy to be misunderstood. For instance, 

 both Bro. York and my friend Mason 

 write as though they thought that / thought 

 that they intended to insinuate that Mr. 

 Newman was not honest. Nothing was 

 further from my mind. I simply said that 

 "it might be construed into an insinuation," 

 and I still think the same. I also think that 

 Mr. Newman's course in this whole matter, 

 from beginning to end, has been a most un- 

 fortunate mistake, but I am glad to know 

 that his honor is not assailed. I cannot 

 close, however, without expressing regret at 

 the spirit exhibited by Mr. Newman towards 

 some of his old friends who have thought 

 his course open to criticism. 



THE BUFFAI.O CONVENTION. 



The next annual meeting of the United 

 State Bee Keeper'^^ Union will be held in the 

 main hall of Citon's Business College, cor- 

 ner of Main and Huron streets, commencing 

 at 10 o'clock a. ra., of Augu.-^t 24th, and clos- 

 ing on the afternoon of the 2(!th. 



Several times before we have talked of 

 holding our convention at the same place 

 as the meetings of the G. A. R., but this is 

 the first time that it has been adopted. 

 Nearly everybody can go for only one cent a 

 mile each way, which is about one-third 

 what it usually costs. The prospects now 

 are that the coming meeting will be one of 

 the best ever held. I know that this has a 

 " chestnutty " sound, but there are several 

 reasons why it is true. First, we have had 

 a good honey crop. Very few go to a con- 

 vention unless they have had a honey crop. 

 How can they? Thfu there are the low rail- 

 road rates just mentioned. Nothing con- 

 duces more to the success of a convention 



