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hive would be a bee-proot hive ; as to l\eep 

 motli out, you would also l^eep tlie bees out 

 too, aud the only suiv remedy is strong oolo- 

 uies, and the bees will protect themselves. 

 These statements were generally aureed to. 



Elder Gano claimed that his Vanhorn 

 hive was molh-iiroof. 



Qaestiaii. — Wiiat is tiie best remedy for 

 beesstings ? 



The ecretary said a bruised fresh tomato 

 leaf, quiclcly applied, was an infallible pre- 

 ventive from swelling and pain from bee 

 stings. When that could not be readily 

 obtained, squeeze out all the poison possible 

 after removingthesting, and applyammoiiia 

 which is a sure remedy if promptly applied 

 before the swelling has commenced. 



Question. — What is required from a bee- 

 keeper to make beelceeping successful and 

 profitable ? 



The secretary said it could be answered in 

 a few W(U'ds. Like all well-known success- 

 ful business principles, it requires study, 

 amplication, perseverance, energy and labor; 

 without this nothing can succeed. 



Qde.stion.— What are the advantages of 

 cond)-foundation ? 



The secretary said straight combs were 

 insured by its use ; more than half the labor 

 for the bees is saved, and all worker comb ; 

 there are other advantages, but any one of 

 these would insure the endorsement of the 

 most progressive bee-keepers in the country. 



The president said to use itin small strips, 

 as starters in boxes, it is invaluable ; it was 

 generally agreed that comb-foundation is a 

 valuable and successful invention. 



Lexington was selected as the next place 

 of meeting. W. Williamson, Sec. 



®nv %tncv ^03f . 



Hohnesburg, Pa., Oct. 10, 1878. 

 A few days ago the undersigned opened 

 the stomacii of a toad and f^)und 16 Italian 

 bees, 2 black bugs and a caterpillar. 



D. C. MiLLETT. 



Wenham, Mass., Oct. 4, 1878. 

 As the November number of the Jouknal 

 is likely to have all the matter it can accom- 

 modate, I will not reply to Mr. Moon, and to 

 the remarks of tlie editor, on page 329 of the 

 October number. H. Alley. 



Dubuque, Iowa. Oct. 4, 1878. 

 Will the writer on Honey Dew, page 320, 

 please explain where his insects get their 

 material or nourishment to eject so much 

 sweets from. Cows west of the "father of 

 waters" iiave to be fed to yield milk. To 

 me it is like the production of milk from 

 chalk. I am not yet convinced. 



Geo. W. Horner. 



Bluff ton, Iowa, Sept. 9, 1878. 

 "This lias been a poor season. White 

 clover was abundant, but yielded honey 

 sparingly. It was so wet that in twenty 

 days we iiad twelve inches of water-fall. 

 Not a basswood tree blossomed this season' 

 About the last of August storing commenced 



from fall flowers, yielding abundantly. Ex- 

 tracted from fifty to seventy-five lbs. each 

 from several hives, and a few gave al)out 

 sixty lbs. in sections. The hives are filled 

 with brood in all stages. The honey is of 

 rather poor quality, and the question now is- 

 whether the bees will winter well on it." 

 O. E. COOLEY. 



Farragut, Iowa, Oct. 16, 1878. 

 For two years I tried black bees. 1 pur- 

 chased two colonies in box hives; I trans- 

 ferred and worked with them two summers, 

 and then had three. I Italianized and com- 

 menced this spring with them all weak. I 

 built up 22, and with tiie exception of one, 

 all in good shape. I extracted 300 lbs. of 

 gold(.'n-rod honey, and took 200 lbs. of comb- 

 honey. 1 left about 35 to 40 lbs. in each 

 hive for wintering. One-fourtli of this not 

 capped; will it <lo as well as capped, or will 

 they cap it yet ? I used comb foundation 

 and the Kretchmer hive. I tliiidv thera 

 good, the best I have ever seen. I had a 

 few cond)s melt down. Have sold 2 queens 

 and bought an imported one, the yellowest- 

 I ever saw. I would not do without the 

 Journal. I wish it success and expect to 

 get up a club for it. E. J. Kockefellow. 



[If you have 35 to 40 Bs. in each hive and 

 three-fourths of it was cai)ped when you. 

 wrote, it will be well. It is likely that all 

 of it is capped by this time.— Ed.] 



Cincinnati, O., Oct. 2, 1878. 

 In the last Journal I see a table giving 

 statistics ot a number of bee-keepers as to 

 their successes and failures, in which is 

 recorded many losses of colonies in winter, 

 by improper manner of wintering or had 

 luck. This morning I met a friend of mine 

 who has kept bees for some seven years, 

 and whom I knew to have been successful. 

 He has iu)w about 40 colonies. I asked him 

 about his manner of wintering which he 

 described to me. I then asked him if he 

 lost any last winter. He said, no, he had 

 never lost one, at any time. This I call 

 SUCCESS. He is known here as keeping the 

 purest Italian stock, and as, generally, a 

 most successful bee-keeper in every way^ 

 although he does not extend much. 



Henry W. Stephenson. 



Carlinville. Ill.,Oct. 21. 1878. 

 Friend Newman :— Mr. C. F. Muth in- 

 forms me that he has obtained a jiatent on 

 his extractor. Caii he patent an article that 

 has been in general use for years ? I don't 

 believe he is the inventor of the comb-bas- 

 ket as he uses it. I cannot find that he 

 made an extractor with stationary can and 

 revolving comb-liasket. as far back as 1874.. 

 I find that in 1874, J. W. Winder & Co., ad- 

 vertised a stationary can with gearing on 

 the underside. In 1873, Mr. J. B. Keeler, my 

 neighbor, and myself made and used station- 

 ary can extractors. Mr. Keeler's geared the 

 same as Muth's. In the spring of 1874, I 

 made another with comb basket exactly like 

 the one Muth claims to have invented, ex- 

 cept the frame of mine was made of wood. 

 Now, I would like you to fell me what you 

 think about the validity of his claim. I 



