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GI.KANI^"GS IN BKE CUL'l'UUE. 



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TUE BKANT DISTRICT BWE-KKEPEKS' CONVENTION. 



be tipped over than one set closer to the 

 ground. This is true, but when solidly set 

 up there is little likelihood of their being 

 thrown over. When interspersed with a few 

 low-set hives, they make an apiary more 

 picturesque. I have found that all hives I 

 have up on stilts seem to do better than the 

 colonies that are near the ground. But what 

 a pleasure it is to go to one of these hives 

 and stand at the rear and manipulate it with- 

 out any back-racking tortures I 



In connection with the photo I will here 

 state that not only are the hives or supers 

 shown made of our western or Oregon spruce, 

 but also the big box foi'ming the hive foun- 

 dation. This wood is the worst on the coast 

 to checK; even when painted it is not render- 

 ed proof against this evil. The hives were 

 painted with two coats of lead and ocher. 



The plant growing at the left of the hive- 

 stand is our well-known altilerea or pin- weed, 

 one of the best early honey-plants we have. 

 It is seldom a specimen of this plant is found 

 growing so erect as the one here shown. 



Oakland, Cal. 



[While it is much more convenient to han- 

 dle hives elevated from the ground, yet in 

 localities subject to chilly or freezing weath- 

 er, such elevation causes a large loss of bees, 

 for the reason that many bees coming in part- 

 ly chilled drop short of the entrance. If 

 such bees can crawl into the hive by an easy 

 grade they will be saved. If, in order to get 

 into the hive, they must take wing, this they 

 will not do, because they are too chilled, and 

 consequently are lost. 



We are satisfied that there are heavy losses 

 in our northern States in the spring and fall 

 from this cause alone, and any bee-keeper 

 in such States who fails to provide easy run- 

 ways into the hives, close to the ground, is 

 wasting many dollars. In a climate like 

 that of California there would not be such 

 losses, and in that case convenience should 

 be consulted by having the hives elevated. — 

 Ed.] 



BEE-KEEPING IN CANADA. 



The Brant District Bee-keepers' Conven- 

 tion; a Discussion on Feeding; FhU Pack- 

 ing for Winter: Thick vs. Thin Syrup; 

 Acid or No Acid. 



BY R. F. HOLTERMANN. 



At the head of this page is an illustration 

 showing some of those who attended the 

 Brant District Bee keepers' convention. Its 

 standing is between a county and a Provin- 

 cial or State convention, and the success of 

 these meetings has been so marked that year 

 by year a larger number are in attendance. 



Among those present this year were Mr. L. 

 A. Aspinwall, last year president of the Na- 

 tional Bee-keepers' Association, and this 

 year president of the Michigan State Associ- 

 tion; Mr. O. L. Hershiser, Buffalo, N. Y.; F. 

 J. Miller, president Ontario Bee-keepers' 

 Association, who is also president of the 

 Middlesex Bee-keepers' Association, London, 

 Ont.; W. A. Chrysler, Chatham, Ont.; D. 

 Anguish, Lambeth; Wm. McEvoy, Wood- 



