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of three— Dr. C. C. Miller, C. P. Dadant 

 and E. Whltcomb — to take up this mat- 

 ter and see what could be done towards 

 securing fair freight rates on the com- 

 modities mentioned in the question, and 

 to report as soon as possible. 



The convention then adjourned until 

 1:30 p.m. 



(To be continued.) 



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 on the same sheet of paper wltn business 

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Introducing' Queens. 



When no honey is coming in, and 

 when robbers are likely to be around, 

 this is the way I introduce a queen : I 

 tried to change some queens from some 

 hives last summer by taking out the old 

 queen and leaving the colony queenless 

 for 4 or 5 days, and then introducing a 

 young queen, but I lost several queens 

 with different colonies in that way, as 

 there was no honey coming in ; so I fed 

 them a little for a few days in the even- 

 ing. Then I found that I could intro- 

 duce the queens with success. 



Lucan, Ont., Nov. 30. H. Gibson. 



Bee-Eeeping' 'Way Up North. 



I think you may consider me the most 

 venturesome bee-keeper, as I am located 

 about half way between the 46th and 

 47th degrees of latitude. I have only 

 just begun to keep bees. I bought one 

 colony July 1 — a very fine colony — and 

 I made three more in the course of the 

 summer. They all did finely, but I fed 

 them up in October, so they are all in 

 good condition. They are packed in the 

 cellar under the kitchen. I did not put 

 them in till Nov. 13, and I think I can 

 reasonably hope they will be all right in 

 the spring. 



We have willow blossoms just loaded 

 with pollen before the snow is all gone 

 in the spring, and have lots of cherry 

 and plum blossoms, and hundreds of 



acres of wild raspberries, besides other 

 wild fruit and berries ; also lots of bass- 

 wood, some clover, and they raise some 

 buckwheat in the neighborhood. Then 

 for fall we have acres of fireweed and 

 touch-me-not, besides asters in a dozen 

 varieties, and as many golden-rods. 

 This country is very thinly settled— our 

 township is not organized, for want of 

 settlers, so there is any amount of room 

 for wild flowers to grow. 



If there is any bee-keeper as far 

 north, or farther, I should like to know 

 who it is, and should like to correspond 

 with him or her, or any other practical 

 bee-keeper, as I am only a beginner and 

 have much to learn. My highest ambi- 

 tion is to keep 100 colonies of bees, and 

 make it pay. I have 4 to begin with, 

 and between this and spring I hope to 

 learn enough to care for them properly, 

 and in time become a successful bee- 

 keeper — even up here in the cold. 



The American Bee Journal I receive 

 every week, and read with great pleasure 

 and profit. I shall continue to do so as 

 long as I keep bees. 



Mrs. Mate Williams. 



Nimrod, Minn., Nov. 26. 



One of the Poor Years. 



This has been one of the poor years 

 that we have once in a while. From 17 

 colonies last spring I took 450 pounds 

 of extracted honey, besides saving 16 

 frames of honey for spring feeding. The 

 increase was small — only two colonies 

 swarmed, and they only cast one swarm 

 each. I put my bees into the cellar 

 Nov. 9, with the ground covered with 

 snow. A. E. Beadford. 



Hammond, Wis., Nov. 26. 



Feeding Sugar for Winter Stores. 



I like to read that piece of C. Daven- 

 port's, on page 658. It's particularly 

 interesting, coming from a man that is 

 all bees. But he's a little behind the 

 times in feeding. Nearly 20 years ago 

 A. I. Root told the same way — stirred 

 the sugar and water with a hoe. He 

 said it didn't do any good to boil the 

 sugar. How can it ? It's all been thor- 

 oughly boiled in making the sugar. And 

 it's possible that Mr. Davenport may 

 not be just right when he says syrup 

 made by the cold-water process will not 

 crystallize, while that made by boiling 

 will. It has all been boiled, and I reck- 

 on when you make a syrup of the same 

 strength it is pretty much the same, 



