FEBRUARY 15, 1913 



23' 



Great Honey-gatherers ? P. H. Loucks 



Discussion. 



Question-box. 



Adjournment. 



1:30 p. M. 



The Problem in Wintering Bees Edgar Elthorp 



Preparing Bees for Winter W. W. Hull 



Has the Selling Agency Established by the Nation- 

 al Organization been a Detriment or a Benefit 

 to the Beekeeper? Open for discussion 



Question-box. 



OFFICEft.S OF JEFFERSON COUNTY ASSOCIATION. 



President A. 'A. French 



Vice-president F. H. Loucks 



Secretary and Treasurer Hudson Shaver 



OFFICERS OF ST. LAWRENCE COUNT V ASSOCIATION. 



President F. C. Hutchins 



Vice-president C. Otto Enders 



Secretary and Treasurer Racine Thompson 



SPECIAL NO.TICES 



By Oue Business Manager 



DO NOT LET YOUR BEES STABVE. 



We have been experimenting for several yeari 

 back, and have finally succeeded in making a candy 

 that can be given to bees during mid-winter that we 

 believe to be fully the equal of combs, in large flat 

 pie-plates, 2-lb. size. The " pies " can be laid upside 

 down on top of the frames. The cushions can be put 

 back in place, when the colony will be supplied with 

 stores sufficient to take care of it for a month or 

 two. This candy will not run down over the frames, 

 nor daub the bees, and when placed directly over the 

 cluster will be a guarantee against starvation. We 

 can supply these pie-plates of candv, 2-lb. size, at 35 

 cts. apiece; 10 for $3.00; 100 for $25.00. We do 

 not advise sending out a single cake by mail. We 

 can, however, send a basket of four 2-ib. cakes by 

 parcel post for $1.25. Postage extra within 150 

 miles of Medina will be 4C cts.; 300 miles, 57; 600 

 miles, 68 ; 1000 miles, 79. If there should be suffi- 

 cient demand for this candy we can have a supply 

 at each of our branch offices and principal agencies. 

 If you have colonies that are light in stores, and are 

 liable to starve before they can be fed a liquid syrup 

 in the spring, this special bee-candy for winter "food 

 will come in very handy. We are using hundreds of 

 cakes of it. 



BEES BV THE POUND TO SUPPLY WEAK OH DWIN- 

 DLING COLONIES IN THE NORTH. 



We have made arrangements whereby we can ship 

 bees in pound packages during the month of March, 

 from Appalachicola, Pla., to points in the North. 

 Where the bees are en route longer than five days, 

 and the weather is not severely cold, we can guar- 

 antee safe arrival. But in this connection it is but 

 fair to say that bees can not be sent by parcel post 

 — at least as we understand the ruling — and so we 

 shall have to ship by express, at a rate and a half, 

 or a half more than ordinarj* express. Prices of bees, 

 until further notice, Vz lb., without queen, $2.00; 

 1 lb., $3.00; 2 lbs., $5.00; 3 lbs., $6.00. The price 

 of the queen will be extra. Untested queens, to go 

 with bees, will be $2.00; select untested, $2.50; 

 tested, $3.00; select tested, $4.00. To make up the 

 cost of the package, add to it the cost of the queen. 

 The express on a lib. package of bees from Appa- 

 lachicola to extreme points in the North will not be 

 more than 70 cents, and on a 2-lb., 90 cents. For 

 less distances the expressage would be less. The ex- 

 press companies will soon make up a new schedule 

 of rates ; and when they do, it is safe to conclude 

 that they will meet the new rates of parcel post. 

 They have always met the postal rates before, and 

 what they have done before they will do again. 



We hope, before another issue, to have arrange- 

 ments made so we can begin shipping to points in 

 the middle West and far West. Announcements will 

 be made later. 



Wl\''e our prices on bees may seem to be high, it 

 should be remembered that we guarantee first-class 

 pure Italian stock and safe arrival under the condi- 

 tions named above. 



SECOND-HAND FOUNDATION MILLS. 



We have to offer the following list of foundation 

 machines which have been used, but are in fair 

 condition. In many cases they will answer as well 

 as a new machine where you have only a moderate 

 output. Send for samples of any mill in the list 

 which may interest you. 



No. 0121, 2i4xlb-inch heavy hexagonal brood 

 mill. An old-style Dunham machine without cam 

 adjustment; in rather poor condition. Price $8.00. 



No. 0139, 21^x6 hexagonal thin-super mill, in 

 very good condition. Price $14.00. 



No. 0140, 2%x6 hexagonal thin-super mill, in 

 very good condition. Price $14.00. 



No. 0142, 2^4x6 hexagonal thin-super mill, in fair 

 shape. Price $10.00. 



No. 0152, 2^x6 hexagonal thin-super mill, extra 

 good for regular-witdth super foundation. Price 

 $12.00. 



No. 0153, 21^x6 hexagonal thin-super mill, in 

 very good condition. Price $14.00. 



No. 0154, 2^4x6 hexagonal thin-super mill, in 

 very good condition. Price $14.00. 



No. $156, 21/^x6 extra-thin-super mill, fair. Price 

 $10.00. 



No. 0157, 21^x6, thin-super mill, in good condi- 

 tion. Price $12.00. 



No. 0160, 2%x6 hexagonal thin-super mill, in 

 good condition. Price $12.00. 



No. 0164, 2i|^x6 hexagonal thin-super mill, in fair 

 condition. Price $10.00. 



No. 0165, 2^x6 hexagonal extra-thin-super mill, 

 in fair condition. Price $11.00. 



No. 0166, 2V^x6 hexagonal thin-super bill in ex- 

 tra good condition. Price $14.00. 



No. 0167, 2%x6 hexagonal extra-thin-super mill 

 in fair condition. Price $11.00. 



No. 0176, 2%x6 extra-thin-super mill in fair con- 

 dition. Price $12.00. 



No. 0180, 2^x6 hexagonal thin-super mill, in fair 

 condition. Price $10.00. 



No. 0182, 2^x6 hexagonal thin-super mill, very 

 good condition. Price $20.00. 



No. 0183, 2^/^x6 hexagonal thin-super mill, very 

 good condition. Price $14.00. 



No. 0187, 2x10 round-cell medium-brood mill, 

 old-style frame, in good condition. Price $14.00. 

 - No. 0188, 2 X 10 round-cell medium-brood mill, in 

 good condition. Price $14.00. 



No. 0189, 2%xl0 hexagonal medium-brood mill, 

 in tine condition. Price $18.00. 



No. 0190, 2%xl0 hexagonal medium-brood mill, 

 in good condition. Price $18.00. 



No. 0191, 2 X 10 round-cell Pelham mill in good 

 condition for this kind of mill. The bases of the 

 cells are not natural shape, but the walls are reg- 

 ular. Price $7.00. Sample mailed free if interested. 



No. 0193. 2^^x10 hexagonal medium-brood mill; 

 very good condition. Price $18.00. 



No. 0195, 2V2XIO hexagonal medium-brood mill, 

 in good condition. Price $18.00. 



No. 0197, 21/^x10 hexagonal medium-brood mill 

 in very good condition. Price $20.00. 



JS?o. 0199, 21/^x10 hexagonal medium-brood mill, 

 in very good condition. Price $20.00. 



No. 0200, 2%xl0 hexagonal medium-brood mill, 

 in good condition. Price $18.00. 



No. 0201, 214x12 hexagonal medium-brood mill in 

 good condition. Price $22.00. 



No. 0202, 2*4x10 hexagonal medium-brood mill, 

 in good conditon. Price $18.00. 



The A. I. Root Co.: — 



The first of last June I purchased of you a three- 

 frame nucleus and an observation hive, and at that 

 time you requested me to advise you what success 

 I had with the outfit. My bees entered the super on 

 the first of August, and up to the present time I 

 have obtained 56 lbs. of comb honey, and the little 

 chaps are still hard at work. Besides this I should 

 judge there was from 30 to 40 lbs. of honey in the 

 brood-chamber. It seems to me that this is a good 

 showing. There is very little farming here — no buck- 

 wheat nor basswood, and we are on a peninsula not 

 over 1 1/4 miles wide. 



Woods Hole, Mass., Sept. 20. W. K. Butler. 



