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the bees getting much honey from that 

 source, and white clover yielded but lit- 

 tle surplus, but we had a good ten days' 

 run on basswood — the weather being so 

 hot that it only lasted that length of 

 time— and the buckwheat yielded more 

 than I have known it to do before in 

 many years. The swarming fever was 

 simply immense during the white clover 

 bloom, and made us no little trouble in 

 trying to keep our colonies in such con- 

 dition as we wanted them for obtaining 

 surplus. Twenty-two colonies, spring 

 count, increased to 35, and gave 2,600 

 pounds of extracted honey, with abun- 

 dant stores left for winter. 



David Hall. 

 Warsaw, N. Y., Sept. 24. 



A Simple Bee-Feeder. 



Of all the feeders that I know of, the 

 Hill bee-feeder is the best for me, but I 

 object to having the feeder so arranged 

 that it gives a chance for the bees to fly 

 up into one's face when refilling. To 

 overcome this I have made a 3x3x3^ 

 inch rim over what I would call a bee- 

 excluder. The wood rim is simply cov- 

 ered with screen-wire. I place the bee- 

 excluder over the hole in the honey- 

 board or oil-cloth which covers the 

 brood-frames, and make a Hill feeder 

 out of a pint Mason fruit-jar, by break- 

 ing the porcelain bottom out of the 

 cover, then puncture the cover with a 

 scratch-awl, and I have a feeder that is 

 practical, cheap, and with proper care it 

 will last a lifetime. 



The feeder is to be placed over the 

 bee-excluder, and the bees have to reach 

 through the excluder to get at the feed, 

 but that does not delay them. I am 

 writing from experience. 



August Bartz. 



Chippewa Falls, Wis. 



Finding Their Own Hive-Entrance. 



I want to tell Mr. Faylor (see page 

 313) that the winter problem has never 

 been a problem with me, and his plan so 

 nearly resembles mine that I think I can 

 answer his question. 



I always winter my bees successfully 

 out-doors, and think they can be so win- 

 tered in any place where it is profitable 

 to keep bees. To give full details would 

 take up too much space. If Mr. F. will 

 begin at the approach of cold woatlxir to 

 move his hives together about six inches 

 each day (provided it is flying weather), 

 until they are close together, facing the 

 south, with the front }4 inch below level, 



place boards along the back and ends of 

 the rows, to extend about two inches 

 above the brood-chamber, about one 

 inch from the hives, and fill the space 

 with sawdust, chaff, dry leaves or fine 

 shavings ; rip off the sealed cover, place 

 over the frames a piece of burlap, put 

 on a super and fill it up to within an 

 inch or two of the cover with sawdust or 

 chaff, protect all from the rain and 

 snow, his bees will find their own homes, 

 and he will have but little loss. I have 

 always from my first experience with 

 bees, followed this plan with entire sat- 

 isfaction. 



I have taken more than 100 pounds 

 of nice comb honey per colony, spring 

 count, from my bees this summer, be- 

 sides increasing from 55 to 80 colonies, 

 and could have done better had I not 

 lired entirely out ; being alone, and 60 

 years old, I soon tired out. 



I don't like Dr. Miller's tree or post to 

 shade the entrance of the hive, and al- 

 though I admire the man very much, I 

 am afraid to tell him I don't like it. 



J. S. Scott. 



Springville, Utah, Sept. 22. 



[We are very certain you need not 

 fear to disagree with Dr. Miller. He 

 will think more of you for having spoken 

 out in the plain way you have done. All 

 true men are always open to kindly and 

 well-meaning criticism. Dr. Miller is 

 no exception in that regard. — Editor] 



COWVENTIOIW DIRECTORY. 



Time and place of meeting. 

 1894. 

 Nov. 13, 14.— Illinois State, at Springfield, 111. 

 Jas. A Stone, Sec, Bradfordton, 111. 

 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, Wis. 



t^" In order to have this table complete, 

 Secretaries are requested to forward full 

 particulars of the time and the place of 

 each future meeting.— The Editor. 



North Amerioan Bee-Keepers' Assooiation 



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



Vick-Prew.— O. L. Hershlser.... Buffalo, N. Y. 

 Secretary— Frank Benton, Washington, D. C. 

 Treasurer— George W. YorR... Chicago. Ills. 



National Bee-Keepers' anion. 



President— Hon. R. L. Taylor.. Lapeer, Mich, 

 Gbn'l Manager— T. G. Newman. Chicago, 111. 

 147 South Western Avenue. 



