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bage ill the dinner-pot V Did lie never 

 inhale the fragrance of a full-blown 

 rose? If not, his olfactories must be 

 wonderfully deficient. That flowers 

 and evaporating sweets do emit an 

 odor, everybody knows. It is a law of 

 nature tliat nothing is lost or de- 

 stroyed. The steam from the engine, 

 the vapor from the water, the smoke 

 from the chimney, are lost to sight, 

 but not destroyed. So it is with the 

 aroma of flowers — only transformed 

 into something else, and fitted to per- 

 form its part in the workings of Na- 

 ture that it was intended it should do 

 by the Creator. 



Mr. Samsel, on page 616 of the Bee 

 JotTRNAL for 1884, inadvertently con- 

 tradicts himself, after affirming that 

 he has positive proof that aphiace do 

 produce honey-dew, and cites a case 

 from " Langstroth on the Honey- 

 Bee," where somebody distinctly saw 

 the aphidce ejecting the fluid from 

 their bodies. Of course ; how could 

 it have been elected unless first taken 

 into their bodies V Then, he says : 

 " While we deny that honey-dew is 

 formed by saccharine condensation, 

 we do not pretend that it is produced 

 by insects exclusively, but believe it 

 possible that it may exude from the 

 leaves of some plants and trees under 

 favorable circumstances." I return 

 thanks to Mr. S., after asking him to 

 explain how it got into the " leaves of 

 some plants and trees." 



I may be permitted to state that 

 after a more critical investigation into 

 the nature and source of this sub- 

 stance called honey-dew, during the 

 coming summer, I find that my theory 

 is not fufly substantiated by the facts 

 and proofs, 1 will agree to take " bug 

 juice " honey along with my white 

 clover honey, biscuit and butter, and 

 wash it down with milk from my Jer- 

 sey cow. 



Orleans, 9 Ind. 



Local Convention Directory. 



Time and place of Meetiva. 

 1885. 



Mar. 3.— Southern Wisconsin, at Janesville, Wis. 

 J. T. Pomeroy, Sec, Edgerton. Wis. 



Mar. II.— New Jersey and Eastern, at N. Y. City. 

 W. B. Treadwell, Sec, 16 Thomas St., New Yorl!. 



April 3.— N. E. Kansas, at Hiawatha, Kans. 



L. C. Olarlt, Sec, Granada, Kans. 



Apr. 9, 10.— Western, at St. Joseph, Mo. 



C. M. Crandall. Sec, Independence, Mo. 



Apr. II.— Wabash County, at "Wabash, Ind. 



Henry Cripe, sec. N. Manchester, Ind. 



Apr. 25.— Union, at Earlham, Iowa. 



M. E. Darby, Sec, Dexter, Iowa. 



Apr. 28.— DesMoines County, at Burlinpton. Iowa. 

 Jno. Nau, Sec, Middleton, Iowa. 



May 4.— Linwood, Wis., at Rock Elm Centre, Wis. 

 B. Thomson, Sec, 'VVaverly, Wis. 



May 7.— Progressive, at Bushnell. Ills. 



J. G. Norton, Sec, Macomb, Ills. 



May 28.— N. Mich. Picnic, near McBride. Mich. 



F. A. Palmer, Sec. McBride, Mich. 



June 19.— Willamette Valley, at La Fayette, Oreg. 

 E. J. Hadley, Sec 



Dec. 8— 10.— Michigan State, at Detroit, Mich. 



H. D. Cutting, Sec, Clinton, Mich. 



pr* In <:rder to have this table complete. Secre- 

 taries arc regue:^ted to forward full particulars of 

 time and place of future meetings.— Kn. 



REPLIES by Prominent Apiarists. 



Storing Comb Honey. 



Query, No. 26.— How ami where should 

 conih honey be stored during- the winter ? Is 

 it necessary that the toniperature in tlie 

 room in which it is licpt, never groes below 

 the freezing" point? Can it be shipjted 

 safely in cold weather ? My extracting 

 eoinlis have cracked badly. Is it necessary 

 to keep them in a warm room, to prevent 

 their cracking ?— Nashotah, Wis. 



W. Z. Hutchinson answers thus : 

 " It should be stored in a dry, warm 

 place. It is better if the temperature 

 does not go below freezing. The lia- 

 bility to injury is greater if shipped in 

 cold weather; but if the sectioi.s are 

 small, well-filled and well-packed, they 

 will usually bear shipment. It is not 

 always necessary to keep honey in a 

 warm room to prevent its cracking." 



J. E. Pond, Jr., says: "Comb 

 honey should be stored in a dry, warm 

 room, not necessarily very warm, but 

 certainly very dry. I find no trouble 

 from its cracking where the tempera- 

 ture is kept above the freezing point. 

 It can he safely shipped in cold 

 weather, if extreme care is taken in 

 packing it so that it cannot be jarred. 

 The combs which are cracked badly I 

 should put in a warm room, and allow 

 them to remain until they could be 

 repaired by the bees." 



ilESSRs. Dadant & Son answer 

 thus : " Your extracting combs won't 

 crack if they are not handled in cold 

 weatiier, or if any crack, it will be so 

 slight that the bees will repair tliem 

 promptly. It is the handling that 

 breaks them, not the cold." 



G. M. DooLiTTLE replies as follows: 

 " AH honey in the comb should be 

 stored in a warm room if it is to be 

 sold. If not, the cracking of the comb 

 by freezing does no material damage, 

 for the bees will fix it up during the 

 next season, so it cannot be told where 

 the cracks were." 



H. R. Boardjian remarks thus : 

 " It is necessary to keep comb honey 

 in a warm room, not only to keep the 

 combs from cracking, but also to pre- 

 vent the honey from granulating." 



Prof. A. J. Cook answers thus : 

 " A warm room is best, but we have 

 stored many combs, (we always extract 

 the honey in the fall), in a cold room 

 for years, and have had no trouble. 

 They should be handled very care- 

 fully, if at all, in cold weather. Win- 

 ter is a bad time to ship comb honey." 



Dr. C. C. Miller replies as fol- 

 lows : "Store comb honey in a dry 

 room, safe from freezing, taking 

 special care that no air comes from 

 a warmer room into the one where the 

 honey is kept. It can be shipped a 

 short distance in winter, if kept very 

 warm for 24 or 48 hours before ship- 

 ping. Extracting combs can be kept 

 in the cellar if not mouldy or 'mousy.' " 



James IIeddon says: "Comb honey 

 gathered in many locations will candy 

 solid in the comb if exposed to a low 

 temperature. Keep your comb honey 

 in a warm place and it will not candy, 

 nor will the combs crack. The same 

 is trueof the cracking of empty combs. 

 Comb honey may be kept in a dry 

 basement-room or cellar during cold 

 weather. Look out for dampness 

 when the outside temperature rises 

 above that of the cellar." 



Which way should Bee-Hives Front? 



Query, No. 27.— All thing-s being con- 

 sidei-ed, which way should hives front, in 

 order to obtain the most profit from the bees, 

 east, north or south, where tliey are win- 

 tered on the summer stands ? and which 

 way when they are wintered in the cellar ?— 

 Ea.st Liverpool, O. 



Dr. G. L. Tinker says : " South, 

 southeast or east. It could make no 

 difference in a winter repository." 



W. Z. Hutchinson answers thus: "I 

 have fronted bee-hives in every direc- 

 tion without discovering that it made 

 any material difference which way 

 they were fronted." 



J. E. Pond, Jr., replies thus: 

 " Speaking for my own locality, I pre- 

 fer to have hives front as nearly south 

 as possible, and easterly rather than 

 westerly." 



G. M. Doolittle replies as fol- 

 lows : " I prefer to have my hives 

 front toward the south, no matter 

 where wintered. I shall try a few 

 again next season fronting north." 



Prof. A. J. Cook answers as fol- 

 lows : " On the summer stands I 

 would always have hives front east. 

 In the cellar it makes no difference." 



Messrs. Dadant & Son say : "By 

 all means front your hives south, 

 southeast or southwest. Some will 

 tell you to front them north, but these 

 people have never tried it on a large 

 scale, or else they have never tried 

 both ways comparatively in the same 

 location. We have tried it once will- 

 ingly and twice by hazard, to our 

 greatest sorrow, ancl this on not less 

 than 20 hives at a time. North expos- 

 ure is not so bad when used for sum- 

 mer only, as for wintering ; but if you 

 have to take your bees out of the cel- 

 lar early, when they need all the sun, 

 you will soon decide in favor of south- 

 ern exposure. Due east or west will 

 do better than north, but not so well 

 as south." 



James Heddon replies thus: "East, 

 in summer, and change to the south 

 in winter, if left on the summer 

 stands. I will have something to say 

 regarding the ' why ' of it, before the 

 year passes." 



G. W. Demaree answers thus : 

 "Fore years I have had two tene- 

 ment hives containing 4 colonies each, 

 in my apiary. The 4 entrances to each 

 of these tenement hives, fairly rep- 

 resent 4 hives fronting north, east, 

 south, aud west ; in the long run, I 

 have seen no difference as to the yield 

 of surplus honey from the 8 colonies." 



