.irxF. 1. nn; 



Part of D. W. Howell's home yard. 



Tlio .<iipers and also the brood-sections 

 should liave the bottom edge of the ends 

 beveled one-half their width on the inside, 

 which will do away with the trouble of 

 liaving the ends of frames stuck to the 

 bottom edge of the section placed above. 

 When hive sections are made this way they 

 are much easier taken apart, and fewer 

 bees are killed in handling. 



I am making and using a hive-stand 5 

 inches deep, 22 inches long on top, and 



beveled to the bottom as the illustration 

 shows. This allows the bees to have a good 

 alighting-board when they drop with heavy 

 loads. This stand is covered on top and 

 front, also a strip is nailed in the back as 

 a brace. On top of this cover is then nailed 

 yg square strips on sides and back. The 

 hive sections are then placed on these striijs, 

 doing away with the bottom-board entirely. 

 All this should be given two coals of paint. 

 Shellman, Ga. 



CONNECTICUT BEEKEEPERS TALK OVER PROBLEMS 



BY L. WAYNE ADAMS; SEC. 



The twenty-fourth annual meeting of the 

 ('oiHieclicut Beekeepers' Association was 

 held in the state capitol, Hartford, April 

 17, lyi.l. President Bunnell, in his annual 

 address, mentioned the advantages of the 

 association for learning by getting together. 

 Xon-meinbers as a rule are indifferent and 

 ."ilack beekeepers; but members take more 

 interest in bees. Last year was the poorest 

 in his experience, for honey, but the most 

 Iirosjierous for the association. The field 

 day last July was a grand success — ideal 

 weather, good speakers, and excellent pro- 

 gram, including the visit to the slate prison. 



A decided forward steji was taken last 



fall when President Beach approved of the 

 plan to install an apicultural department at 

 the Connecticut Agricultural College. Tliis 

 was advised by Mr. Augur in 1883, and is, 

 at last, about to materialize. The college 

 has seemed reluctant in the past to install 

 beekeeping. Students will become interest- 

 ed, take home the ideas, and save the nectar 

 from going to waste. 



Dr. T. 8. Scranton, of Madison, delivei'ed 

 a most interesting talk entitled "Beekeeping 

 on the Farm Fifty Years Ago." Dr. Scran- 

 ton is probably the oldest beekeeper in 

 Connecticut, being 84 years of age. He has 

 k('))t bees for 06 years. He once said that 



