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very strong in bees. I examined them 

 Nov. 1, and the bees had clustered in 

 the front end of the hive on the inside, 

 and between the combs at the rear end 

 there were dead bees scattered and 

 hanging all around on the combs. What 

 causes this ? There are quite a number 

 of drones in the hives yet. I use the 8- 

 frame dovetailed hive. Minnesota. 



Answeb. — It is not an unusual thing 

 to find a few bees, sorai'Jimes quite a lit- 

 tle cluster, dead outside of the main 

 cluster. A cold spell had come on, the 

 main body of bees hugged closer and 

 closer together, and these outside bees, 

 being perhaps sluggish from the cold, 

 remained where they were and were 

 chilled. 



A Cheap Cover for Sections. 



What is used to cover the sections on 

 top of the supers so they will not get 

 covered with propolis? I use section- 

 holders. 



Answer. — I doubt if there's anything 

 better than a layer of air to cover the 

 sections. That is, a space of a quarter 

 of an inch between the tops of the sec- 

 tions and the cover, allowing nothing to 

 touch the sections. 



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conducted by 

 MRS. JENNIE ATCHLEY, 



Beeville, Texas. 



That Beeville Bee-Meeting'. 



Friends, I wish to make a request of 

 those that come to the Midwinter Bee- 

 Meeting on Dec. 27 and 28. I wish you 

 would come prepared, as nearly as you 

 can, to give the number of colonies kept 

 in your neighborhood, and the amount 

 of honey, if possible, or as nearly as you 

 can. This will be of great interest. It 

 has been customary to formulate a pro- 

 gramme of some kind, but we will leave 

 the custom here, and we want each bee- 

 keeper, during the first half day, or as 

 soon as we meet, to present questions or 

 subjects he or she wishes discussed or 

 talked about. This will give all a chance 

 to become interested, as a regular pro- 

 gramme might leave out the very thing 

 that you want to learn. This will be the 

 programme, and of course we will have 

 other interesting talks. 



Those wishing to send articles of 

 goods, implements, etc., that cannot at- 

 tend, papers to be read, and such things, 

 will receive our best attention. 



I would be glad to see everybody bring 

 along something to look at. If you have 

 a new invention, or use a different 

 smoker, hive, or what not, come pre- 

 pared to lay its merits, as well as its 

 demerits, before the convention. This 

 is the way we learn. No one person 

 ever does anything very great without 

 the help of some one else, so I just know 

 that each one of us can learn from the 

 rest. So come along, prepared to talk, 

 and I will insure you a nice time. 



We have lots of good people here, so 

 don't be afraid there will be no room for 

 you, as we could entertain 500 or more 

 persons at our town and hardly know we 

 had anybody, as far as room is concerned. 



I want every bee-keeper that comes to 

 feel at home, and feel that it will be 

 yoitr bee-meeting, as it is not sectarian 

 at all, and as bee-keepers are all invited, 

 large and small, great and tall. So 



