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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



July 9, 1903. 



Vaporized in Schering's formalin lamp. The lamp costs $l.Tb, includ- 

 ing 40 pastils, and pastils cost 30 cents for a box of 20. 



For reliable disinfection of rooms in dwellings, one pastil is used 

 tor every 18 cubic feet. If it can be used at the same rate in disinfect- 

 ing combs, a single pastil ought to be enough to disinfect 100 combs 

 piled up in hive-bodies, costing only l^.j cents. Actual practice, how- 

 ever, will be necessary to determine the minuti;e, and to ascertain to a 

 .certainty that the disinfectant absolutely destroys all the spores. 



The main facts here given have been obtained from Schering and 

 Glatz, New York, the United States agents for Schering Chemical 

 Works. 



To Make a Smoker-Nozzle Stay On, it is advised in the 

 Bee-Keepers' Review to " press the edges of the slippery top into the 

 ground, and the grit in the soil will adhere to it so that it will 

 stay on." 



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Association Notes 





General Manager, N. E. France, of Grant Co., Wis., reported 

 June 37 that he had extracted 36,175 pounds of clover honey to date, 

 and was still getting from 1300 to 2000 pounds per day. He must cer- 

 tainly be a busy man, with his National Association and bee-inspect- 

 ing work to attend to besides. 



Convention Trip to California. — Prof. A. .1. Cook, of Los 

 Angeles Co., Calif., has this to say about it, in a letter dated June 22 : 



Of course, every one will wish to attend the National Convention 

 in Los Angeles next August. I wish to give some suggestions which 

 I am sure all will want to act upon. 



Those who take the Santa Fe route should by all means go a day 

 earlier and stop off at the Grand Canyon. A year ago I, with a party 

 of 33 others, went specially to see this great wonder of the world. It 

 cost myself, wife, and daughter, nearly $150, and yet we felt it all 

 paid, and will never regret the trip. There were 26 in our party, and 

 we had our own sleeper, which we kept on the ground during our two 

 days' stay. Surely, no one can afford to come to Los Angeles and 

 not stop off to see this great marvel of scenery, especially when the 

 expense is only about $6.00 extra. I hope it will not be simply 18, but 

 18 times 18 who will avail themselves of this incomparable oppor- 

 tunity to have an outing that will never be regretted. The whole trip 

 will be marvelously cheap considering what it means. 



I would suggest that all who come return by way of the Denver i 

 Rio Grande, where there will be another opportunity to feast upon 

 scenery that rarely has anything to exceed it the world over. The 

 Grand Canyon of Arkansas, through which this road runs, is cer- 

 tainly grand beyond compare. 



I wish also to speak of two other routes home which will take 

 longer time and will cost somewhat more money, but may well be 

 considered by those who have the time to spare I refer to the North- 

 ern Pacilic, with permission to stop off at the Yellowstone Park ; and 

 the Canadian Pacific, where the scenery for the entire route is the best 

 of any of the railroad lines traversing the continent. I think that the 

 finest place to visit, the world over, so far as I have experienced or 

 studied, is the great Yellowstone Park. One needs a week or more in 

 the Park to do it justice. I have visited Niagara, the Grand Canyon 

 of the Colorado, Yosemite, and the Yellowstone Park, and for beauty, 

 grandeur and variety I certainly place the Yellowstone at the head. 

 The geysers in themselves are worth a visit to the Yellowstone, and to 

 see them we must not delay, for the heated rocks, which cause them, 

 are cooling off, and the time will soon be here when those wonderful 

 phenomena can be witnessed no more. 



The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, while not so grand as the 

 Colorado Canyon, is in many ways even more attractive. It is wonder- 

 fully beautiful, and is not so large but that one can take it in, and it 

 is really, at least at first, more impressive and inspiring than even the 

 i»rander canyon of the Colorado. The numerous cascades and water- 

 falls, and the marvelous hot springs, not to speak of the Obscidian 

 Mountain, give a variety to the Yellowstone that places this at the 

 very head of regions famous for scenic beauty. 



I would suggest to all who can do so to come to Los Angeles via 

 the Santa Fe; stop off for one day — two would be better — at the 

 Grand Canyon of the Colorado, and then return via the Northern 

 Pacific, getting a permit to stop off at lea.st ten days at Livingston, 

 which will give ample time and opportunity to traverse the most 

 wonderful part, not only of our country, hut certainly one of the most 

 wonderful pieces of natural scenery to be seen in the world. True, it 

 will cost something, but it is worth all and more than it costs. If 

 one does ever seem near the very Creator of all things it is while 

 standing on the brink of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. 



A. J. Cook. 



[ Convention Proceedings | 



Chicago-Northwestern Convention. 



Report of the Chicago-Northwestern Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Convention, held in Chicago, 

 Dec. 3 and 4, 1902. 



BY OUR OWN SHORTHAND REPORTER. 



(Continued from pa^e 422.1 



SECOND DAY— AFTERNOON Session. 

 Dr. Nussle, of Wisconsin, then read the following : 



SOME APICULTURAL SUGGESTIONS. 



•One roaring-big- colony with a young, prolific queen, 

 and plenty of room, will store more surplus honey then ten 

 small colonies. 



Young queens do not swarm the first year, as a rule. 



Here is an entrance-guard that I invented a few years 

 ago ; it is simple, very cheap, prevents cold winds entering 

 the hive, makes the hive dark, which is a great advantage 

 in preventing robbing, and keeps the guard-bees warmer, 

 and is more effective. 



Thick combs may be evened up by ironing with a warm 

 sad-iron, which makes them much more acceptable to the 

 bees. This iron must not be too hot, as it would melt the 

 comb. 



If you have a queen that seems to be unprolific, put her 

 in another colony and she may prove to be a wonder in 

 being prolific. 



To introduce virgin queens to nuclei or swarms that 

 have undesirable virgin queens, hunt up the undesirable 

 queen, dispose of her, and liberate the other virgin queen 

 in front of the hive. As a rule, she takes a flight, and her 

 virgin majesty returns in short order without any trouble 

 whatever. 



I like introducing by the honey method, as it saves 

 valuable time and bees by the thousand, if the queen can 

 lay at libitum from the first hour. 



Never put two dry combs together, but alternate. It is 

 good to sun or warm them first. 



It does a sluggish colony good to transfer them into a 

 clean hive, disturbing the order of the combs. 



If you can put a colony in an absolutely dark place you 

 can keep the same for drones to fertilize a queen just as 

 well as in a cellar. The same with nuclei and with virgin 

 queens till S o'clock in the afternoon. 



I like sunning combs as it makes them less brittle, more 

 agreeable to the bees, and less agreeable to the bee-moth. 

 I am not quite sure if it pays to keep ,50 nuclei early in order 

 to get young queens before swarming-time ; it is lots of 

 work, still I think it pays. Up to this time I am not through 

 experimenting. 



CH.4FF OR AIR-SP.4^CE HIVES. 



Regarding chaff hives, let me say that by next spring 

 I shall have no other. With our cool nights in Wisconsin 

 they are practically a necessity, as their advantages are 

 numerous. Mine will not be chaff hives. Mine will be air- 

 space hives. It is a physical law that an absolute air-space 

 is better than seven times the same thickness of the best 

 wool material that could be obtained. Though an absolute 

 air-space is not easily obtained. 



I shall remodel all of my hives, making an air-space in 

 the front and the back of one-half inch. The sides will 

 have an air-space of 1 '{ inches. 



I shall remodel my hive-covers, having a 4-inch rim a la 

 telescope cover, the inside of the rim being 21 inches square. 

 This cover is less liable to warp, and will make another 

 air-space above and around the top. Besides, the wind will 

 have less effect, and they will be less liable to be disturbed 

 by cattle and sheep. Those objects have been a bone of 

 contention with me for the past two years, at the place 

 where our apiary is situated. This cover is alsp very ser- 

 viceable for feeding above the frames. 



The advantages of these hives are : 



1st. They are warmer in the spring and fall, also during 

 our cool nights. 



