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1 and 2. I would feed some now to 

 promote breeding, if necessary. Then 

 in September, unless they were gather- 

 ing abundantly from fall flowers, I 

 would feed rapidly for winter. ~J. P. H. 

 Brown. 



1 and 2. If there is no hope for any 

 fall honey, I should feed each colony 

 what they will need for winter during 

 August. 1. Just before sundown. 2. 

 As fast as the bees can take care of it. — 



C. H. DiBBEEN. 



1. The earlier the better, if you know 

 they'll get nothing more, unless it be 

 that by feeding later laying is kept up. 

 September is late enough. 2. I've al- 

 ways fed fast, getting all taken in 48 

 hours. It may be better to feed slow. — 

 C. C. Miller. 



1. Let them feed themselves as long 

 as possible — something may open up for 

 them yet. 2. At this time of the year I 

 should feed moderately, but in Septem- 

 ber, for winter stores, give in the even- 

 ing all they can care for during the 

 night.— Mrs. J. N. Heater. 



1 and 2. I feed when the bees need it, 

 but according to my theory of wintering, 

 there is no necessity for bees having 

 liquid food in the winter. I can winter 

 them with less trouble and expense, and 

 more certainty, on hard food. The 

 method is too long for this column. — 

 Emerson T. Abbott. 



1 and 2. As a rule, it is bad policy to 

 feed during the breeding season— after 

 it has once well commenced. Fall 

 flowers will surely give your bees some- 

 thing to live upon, and the buckwheat 

 crop should help them some. The time 

 to feed is immediately after the '"fall 

 flow " — feed them " as fast as the bees 

 will take it." — W. M. Barnum. 



1. Syrup made of 1.5 pounds water 

 brought to a boil ; 30 pounds of granu- 

 lated sugar stirred in the above, and 

 brought to a boil again ; set from fire 

 and stir in 5 pounds of extracted honey. 

 This makes the best food for winter I 

 know of, and should be fed in Septem- 

 ber, after most of the brood has hatched. 

 2 Feed as fast as the bees will take it. 



— G. M. DOOLITTLE. 



1. I would feed early enough so the 

 bees could store and seal up the combs 

 before cold weather. 2. I would feed 

 so as to allow the bees to take in all you 

 give them at nightfall. I have fed a 

 gallon or more at a time, and the bees 

 sometimes work slow when too much is 

 given. They seem to take down the 

 feed with more zeal when fed each even- 

 ing. — Mrs. Jennie Atchley. 



1. If you have cheap extracted honey, 

 it may be well to feed that. If not, 

 sugar syrup is as good as or better than 

 honey. Granulated sugar is generally 

 recommended, but I prefer A cofifee. It 

 does not granulate as quickly as the 

 granulated, and it is just as good. 2. 

 If the colonies are weak, feed slowly to 

 promote breeding, and when you have 

 bees enough feed rapidly. — M. Maiiin. 



1 and 2. See that your bees have 

 enough to keep them " in good heart," 

 by feeding them a little at a time, until 

 after the first killing frost in the fall, 

 then proceed to feed each colony until 

 they have about 25 pounds of stores to 

 winter on. Give the food as fast as the 

 bees can handle it. But I hope you will 

 be agreeably disappointed, and your bees 

 will get fall honey to winter on. — G. W. 

 Demaree. 



CouTention IVotices. 



Utah.— The Utah bee-keepers will hold their 

 semi-annual convention on the Oct. 4, 1894, 

 at Salt Lake City, Utah. Jno. C. Swaner, 



Salt Lake City, Utah. Sec'y. 



Wisconsin.— The next annual meeting of 

 the Wisconsin Bee-Keepers'Association willbe 

 held at Madison, on Feb. 8th and 9th. 1895. 



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



Pennsylvania,— The V^enango County Bee- 

 Keepers' Association of northwestern Penn- 

 sylvania will hold their 2nd annual meeting 

 in the City Hall at Franklin. Pa., on Jan. 28, 

 1895, at 1 o'clock p.m. All interested send 

 for program. C. S. Pizer, Sec. 



Franklin, Pa. 



The North American B.-K. A.— The Quar- 

 ter Centennial Meeting of this Society will be 

 held at St. Joseph, Mo., on Oct. 10, 11 and 12, 

 1894. It is the first convention of the North 

 American Association beyond the western 

 bank of the Mississippi, and large delegations 

 from the great West will be present. We 

 hone the East, the North and the South will 

 gather with them. Frank Benton, Sec. 



Dept. Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 



Nebraska.— The next meeting of the Ne- 

 braska State Bee-Keepers' Association will be 

 held at Lincoln. Neb., on the evenings of Sept. 

 11th, 12th and 13th, 1894, at the Honey Hall 

 on the State Fair grounds, and in connection 

 with the Bee and Honey Exhibit at tlie State 

 Fair. An invitation is extended to every 

 reader of the American Bee Journal to be 

 present and sample the good things presented. 



York, Neb. L. D. Stilson. Sec 



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