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comb in the frames are better than 

 wood strips or clamps — more easily 

 made, and if left on will be taken ofif by 

 the bees, and hold just as firmly; and 

 many other things I learned that will do 

 me good hereafter. 



At this point let me say, while the 

 books say that spring uniting hardly 

 pays, I think it will, for while I was 

 transferring in the spring, one colony 

 left the new hive and went to a neighbor 

 close by — the two making a strong col- 

 ony. This one — composed of two — with 

 the one I had transferred the fall before, 

 were the only two in the eight which 

 produced any surplus honey. 



Arkansas generally was poor for honey 

 this year, and some of the colonies came 

 so nearly starving out that I had to 

 unite until I now have but six out of the 

 nine. My supplies cost me about $25 — 

 this includes hives, foundation, smoker, 

 etc., not the bees. I fed several dollars 

 worth of sugar during the summer, and 

 this fall I sent for six Italian queens, 

 and introduced them, at a cost of $4.00. 

 For all this expense and my trouble, I 

 have taken about 60 pounds of nice 

 honey, and have six colonies of beautiful 

 Italian bees well stocked with fall honey 

 for winter. 



You will see that so far the "busi- 

 ness" has been one of considerable loss 

 to me. I did not have a single swarm 

 the entire season. I dread next season, 

 as I fear the loss of some of my fine 

 queens. 



Let me close this letter by saying that 

 I have never invented anything, and 

 never expect to, but some man will do 

 the bee-fraternity a lasting benefit by 

 giving us a better super arrangement 

 than is now in use. 



I am coming again. 



C. S. Roberts, M. D. 



Lamar, Ark., Oct. 30. 



Good White Clover Flow. 



The white clover honey-flow was good 

 here in Humboldt county, but the fall 

 flow did not come. 



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 nal. J. W. Sadleb. 



Bradgate, Iowa, Oct. 22. 



The Connecticut Convention. 



The Connecticut bee-keepers met in 

 convention Oct. 21, at the Capitol, at 

 Hartford, Pres. G. H. Yale presiding. 

 The day was rainy, and of the 37 mem- 

 bers only 10 ventured out, yet it was a 

 good meeting socially. 



Although a poor year for a honey crop, 

 yet no one seemed discouraged, and all 

 spoke hopefully of the future. The fact 

 is, the bee-keepers of Connecticut are a 

 hard lot to discourage — they work on 

 from year to year, never expecting 

 much, therefore never disappointed. 

 There is plenty of honey in the Connect- 

 icut flowers, and with the co-operation 

 of the weather bureau there is no doubt 

 our State would make a record for hon- 

 ey-production. 



The morning session was principally 

 devoted to discussion on the breeding, 

 superseding, clipping, life, etc., of 

 queens, and the afternoon to a variety 

 of topics, practical and otherwise. 



The subjects of wintering in single- 

 walled hives and of top ventilation being 

 warmly discussed, with the majority in 

 favor of no ventilation at the top. 



The non-swarming bees got a set-back 



