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Xtae International.— To the list of 



Honorary Members, published on page 4, 



should be added the following ; 



Mr. ThimiuH W. Cowan, Hiirsham, London. Eng. 

 Prof. William SaunUers, Utlawa, Out., Canada. 



The following was the report of the Com- 

 mittee on Exhibits at the Convention held 

 in Brantford, Out., last month : 



Samples of both heavy and light founda- 

 tion by Chas. Dadant & Son, Hamilton, Ills. 



Chaff hives with cover so arranged that 

 the packing may be placed in the cover, and 

 yet fit down closely on the hive.s, and be 

 lifted off without making a muss of the 

 packing. Shown by W. A. Chrysler, Chat- 

 ham, Ont. He also showed a super with 

 section supports of inverted M-shaped 

 tins; foundation fasteners, one-piece sec- 

 tions, etc. 



E. L. Goold & Co., of Brantford, Ont., 

 showed samples of Dadant foundation, 

 modified Langstroth hive, supers that may 

 be used either for sections or in extracting, 

 perforated zinc, smokers,one-piece sections, 

 and samples of honey -labels. 



Joshua Bull, of Seymour, Wis., showed a 

 super for comb honey, with follower at the 

 end and side of the super. 



S. Cornell, of Lindsay, Ont., part of a 

 side of a hive made of wired straw. 



D. Anguish, of Brantford, Ont., samples 

 granulated and liquid extracted honey, and 

 specimens of several connected combs built 

 upward to the heighth of ten inches. 



J. B. Aches, of Poplar Hill, Out., samples 

 of extracted honey five years old. 



James R. Howell, of Brantford, Ont., 

 samples of comb honey, Japanese buck- 

 wheat, and raspberries done in honey. 



M. Emigh, of Holbrook, Out., samples of 

 extracted thistle honey extracted in Au- 

 gust, 1888, and shows no signs of candying. 



Jacob Alpaugh, of St. Thomas, Ont., sam- 

 ple of extracted clover honey. 



E. & G. W. Barber, of Hartford, Ont., 

 samples of linden honey and foundation 

 fastener. 



James R. Bellamy, of Black Bank, Out., 

 sample of comb honey from watermint, 

 also extracted honey. 



R. L. Mead, of Nassagaweya, Ont., sec- 

 tion foundation fastener, and samples of 

 extracted honey. 



J. A. Foster, of Tilbury Centre, Ont., col- 

 lection of beeswax and samples of honey. 



R. McKnight, of Owen Sound, Ont., sam- 

 ples of imported bottles of different sizes, 

 for putting up honey for market. 



Samples of extracted honey from Ivar S. 

 Young, of Norway. 



Moved by R. F. Holtermann, seconded 

 by Mr. Dadant, that the above be printed 

 in the annual report. 



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Ciclting Sccliuiis Filled Fliiili lo 

 liie Edges. 



Written for the American Bee Journal 



Qurry 679.— An.v bee-keeper will observe 

 that the cappiugs of comb honey in sections is 

 back from the cilgcsof the section a bee-space, 

 leaviuff the cdKCs dimbed with tiec-glue (and 

 more wood in view than is desirable), wliich 

 cannot be cleaned ott properly, and without 

 some time and cxpouse. 1. Would it be de- 

 siriible to obviate this faulty feature, and 

 by the use of a very simple device, have the 

 cappiiigs of the honey come flusli with the 

 edges of the section, and with no bee-glue to 

 scrape therefrom ? 2. Can you suggest a plan 

 to accomplish it ? — New York. 



1. It would be desirable. 2. No.— M. 

 Mahin. 



1. It would be very nice. 2. I know of 

 no way to secure it. — A. J. Cook. 



I do not know that I fully comprehend 

 the gist of this query. — Eugene Secor. 



It would be desirable, but I cannot sug- 

 gest a plan. — Mrs. L. Hakkison. 



1. The perfect capping of comb honey, 

 and the aljsence of bee-glue are very desir- 

 able. 2. Yes.— R. L. Taylor. 



1. Yes, if not too difficult. 2. No. What 

 do you charge for yours? — C. C. Miller. 



The less propolis we have on the sections, 

 the better.— G. M. Doolittle. 



I have had no trouble in the direction 

 mentioned. I feel no want of any new de- 

 vice in that line. It surely would be good 

 for those who are in trouble. — Jas. Heddon. 



I should think so. However, if the cap- 

 pings should come flush with the outside 

 edge of the section, there is a chance of 

 getting the sealings broken, and the honey 

 to running, when crating it. — J. M. Ham- 



BAUOn. 



If you will use the side-opening sections, 

 you will have none of the trouble spoken 

 of. You will find the comb flush all around 

 the edges of the section. — H. D. Cutting. 



I have been experimenting to do this, and 

 I think that I have hit on a plan that will 

 generally accomplish it; but my plan re- 

 quires fm-ther trial. 1. It is desirable to 

 have the sections as full and even as pos- 

 sible. 2. Not yet. — C. H. Dibbern. 



1. Yes, it is desirable. 2. Yes, make the 

 secretion of nectar abundant. When Na- 

 ture "skimps" the product, the gatherers 

 make less provision for storage, and no 

 mechanical ingenuity can devise a remedy, 

 and get it into use soon enough to do any 

 good.— J. M. Shuck. 



1. I think that a plan that would cause 

 sections to be filled flush full, would be val- 

 uable in many cases. In others, it would 

 not. 2. Who can suggest a plan to do this' 

 Don't all speak at once. — J. E. Pond. 



Some portions of "New York's" preface 

 are correct, and some not. 1. I should not 

 like to " have the cappiugs of the honey 

 come flush with the edges of the section;" 

 but I would be glad if there could be some 

 way devised to prevent bee-glue being put 

 on them. — A. B. Mason. 



The observation noted is not true of the 

 open-side sections now in use. 1. Yes, it is 

 desirable to have comb honey built in sec- 

 tions in the manner stated, but no device is 

 necessary. 2. The plan to accomplish it is, 

 to use the open-side sections with separa- 

 tors as wide as the section is high. — G. L. 

 Tinker. 



We used to make hanging section-frames 

 only % of an inch wide, but the sections of 

 to-day are an imrovement over these, be- 

 cause they can be crated without danger of 

 damaging the comb. The section open on 

 four sides comes the nearest to the end in 

 view, and can be crated as well as the 

 closed-end section. — Dadant & Sox. 



Has any bee-keeper really observed what 

 you say lie will i I have failed to sec things 

 as you describe them. When the season i.s 

 propitious, my sections are nicely filled and 

 sealed out to the wood. If I had some plan 

 by which the bees could be prevented from 

 putting bee-glue between the edges of the 

 sections, and thereby save me the time and 

 labor it takes to scrape the glue from the 

 edges of the sections, I would be pleased to 

 inform the fraternity of my discovery at 

 once. — G. W. Uemaree. 



The propolis is undesirable where it can- 

 not be scraped off, and any plan to prevent 

 its occurrence would be desirable, though 

 we cannot suggest one. Can the querist < — 

 The Editor. 



Uoolittle on Queen-Rearing. 



Queens can be reared in the upper stories 

 of hives used for extracted honey, where a 

 queen-excluding honey -board is used, which 

 are as good, if not superior, to Queens 

 reared by any other process; and that, too, 

 while the old Queen is doing duty below, 

 just the same as though Queens were not 

 being reared above. This is a fact, though 

 it is not generally known. 



If you desire to know how this can be 

 done — how to have Queens fertilized in up- 

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 Queen, at any time of the year when bees 

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 bees— all about shipping Queens, queen- 

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