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the nectar thickens it will recede from 

 the cappings, and the farther away the 

 caps are from the honey, the whiter 

 will be the appearance. — Mes. J. N. 

 Heatek. 



I think there is no way of bleaching 

 comb honey. But why bleach it ? Bet- 

 ter sell it for just what it is.— C. H. Dib- 



BERN. 



1 and 2. I do not know of any. Why 

 should one spend his time in such un- 

 profitable work, anyway? — Emekson T. 

 Abbott. 



We wish some one would invent a 

 method to bleach honey-dew, for it 

 would sell well if it were not for the 

 color. — Dadant & Son. 



1. It cannot be done. Light-colored 

 honey, if the bee-keeper knows his busi- 

 ness, will always be finished up white, 

 or fine cream tinted, and needs no 

 bleaching ; while if the honey is dark or 

 reddish in color, very white capping ex- 

 aggerates it. — G. W. Demakee. 



€0NVENT10»r DIRECTORY. 



Time and place of meeting. 



1894. 

 Aug. 1.— Central California, at Hanford, Calif. 

 J. F. Flory, Sec, Lemoore, Calif. 



Aug.ie.— East Tennessee, at Whitesburg-,Tenn 

 H. F. Coleman, Sec, Sneedville, Tenn. 



Oct. 16-18.— North American, St. Joseph, Mo. 

 Frank Benton, Sec, Washington, D. C. 



Sept. 11-13.— Nebraska State, at Lincoln. 



L. D. Stilson, Sec, York, Nebr. 



Sept. 15.— S. E. Kansas, at Bronson, Kan. 



J. C. Balch, Sec. Bronson, Kans. 

 1895. 

 Jan. 28.— Venango Co., at Franklin, Pa. 



C. S. Pizer, Sec, Franklin, Pa. 



Feb. 8, 9.— Wisconsin, at Madison, Wis. 



J. W. Vance, Cor. Sec, Madison, VVis. 



1^" In order to have this table eomplete, 

 Secretaries are requested to forward full 

 particulars of the time and the place of 

 each future meeting. — The EniTOH. 



North Amerioan Bee-Keepers' Association 



Pres.— Emerson T. Abbott... -..St. Joseph, Mo. 

 ViCE-PuES.— O. L. Hershiser.... Buffalo, N. Y. 

 Secretary— Frank Benton, Washington, D. C. 

 Treasurer- George W. York...Chlcae-o, Tils. 



National Bee-Keepers' Union. 



President- Hon. K. L. Taj'lor.. Lapeer, Mich. 

 Gen'l Manager— T. G. Newman. Chicago. 111. 

 147 South Western Avenue. 



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MaiiagiiiE Bees. 



Comb Honey and Prevention of 

 Increase by Su^arming;. 



Written Jor the American BeeJonmal 



BY T. I. DUGDALE. 



As a producer of comb honey, I have 

 been asked to write for publication a 

 description of the way I manage my bees 

 to secure a honey crop without increas- 

 ing the original number of colonies. 



Before giving the plan in detail, I will 

 say that although 1 do not remember 

 ever having seen it in print, still it may 

 not be entirely new to some ; and I will 

 say further, that it was not the abso- 

 lute prevention of swarming I had in 

 view when I began to experiment along 

 this line some years ago, but to know 

 what to do to accomplish the best re- 

 sults when the bees did swarm, which 

 they are almost sure to do sooner or 

 later regardless of all that has been said 

 and done thus far to prevent it. 



Neither do I find that bees of any 

 particular race or color — be it black, 

 yellow or grey — are entirely exempt 

 from swarming, when the colonies are 

 sufficiently strong in numbers, and the 

 honey-tlow abundant. It is their nat- 

 ural way of increase, has been so from 

 the beginning of time, and 1 never ex- 

 pect to see it overcome in my day ; so, 

 after much thought and experiment 

 along the line of prevention, with but 

 little prospect of success, I turned my 

 labors to the other side of the question, 

 and set about devising a course to pur- 

 sue when swarming did occur. 



But bearing in mind that it is honey I 

 am after, and not increase, of course I 

 employ all known rules which tend to 

 prevent it-such as giving abundant 

 room in the sections, which should at 

 least be supplied with starters of foun- 

 dation, and at the commencement of the 

 season, if a few sections filled with 

 clean, empty comb can be placed in the 



