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T'MW m^iMMMlGMH MMM J^WMHMIU. 



Beneets or Affiliation Mr. C. P. 



Dadant, Secretary of the International 

 American Bee-Association, sends the fol- 

 lowing important suggestions for publica- 

 tion in all the periodicals interested in the 

 pursuit : 



Pkiexd Newman: — In accordance with 

 your suggestion on page 3, the Southwest- 

 ern Wisconsin Bee-Keepers' Association 

 have affiliated themselves to the Interna- 

 tional. 



I wish to call the attention of the officers 

 of all our bee-associations to the impor- 

 tance of this affiliation, and to the benefits 

 to be derived by them, as well as by the In- 

 ternational, from such a bond of union. 



In the first place, all delegates of an affil- 

 iated association become members of the 

 International, without further expense, and 

 are entitled to take part in its proceedings, 

 and to receive a copy of its report. Each 

 affiliated association is entited to choose 

 one delegate for every 25 of its members, 

 or fraction thereof, to represent it at the 

 annual convention of the International. 



The President of each affiliated associa- 

 tion becomes exofficio Vice-President of 

 the International. 



The Secretary of each association makes 

 a report to the Secretary of the Interna- 

 tional, every season, of the condition of 

 bee-culture, and of the crop in his section, 

 with the name and the crop of each mem- 

 ber, and this is published with the proceed- 

 ings. If we can have a union of all the bee- 

 keepers' associations effected in this man- 

 ner, we shall be well prepared to make a 

 display worthy of America, at the coming 

 International Fair of 1893. We must show 

 the world that bee-culture is not so small 

 a branch of farming, after all, and that we 

 appreciate the fact that all progi-ess comes 

 from the interchanging of ideas between 

 intelligent men. 



Then think of what a pleasant thing it 

 would be for a dozen presidents or more of 

 local. State or Provincial associations meet- 

 ing together at an International conven- 

 tion! 



I earnestly solicit all presidents or secre- 

 taries of local. State and Provincial asso- 

 ciations to send to me for a copy of the 

 proceedings of the convention held at Co- 

 lumbus, Ohio, which contains the regula- 

 tions on the subject in question. (The price 

 is 35 cents.) I also solicit correspondence 

 from any and aU, in regard to this. Our 

 aim should be to show that America is 

 ahead— far ahead of any other country, in 

 progressive bee-culture, and this we have 

 a good chance to show at the World's Fair 

 of 1893, with pleasure and profit to our- 

 selves, if we organize well for it. 



C. P. Dad AST, Hamilton, Ills., 



Sec'y International American Bee-Asgociation. 



p. S.— Other bee-papers please copy, so 

 that we may have a unanimous action. 

 Suggestions from the publishers of the 

 divers bee-periodicals would help very 

 much. 



This is an important matter, and should 

 receive immediate attention at the next 

 meeting of every local society of apiarists 

 on the American Continent. Read the fol- 

 lowing from Mr. Holtermann, Secretary of 

 the Ontario Bee-Keepers' Association : 



For once we have well got the start of 

 our far-seeing, sharp United States breth- 

 ren—the Ontario Bee-Keepers' Association 

 has affiliated with the International Ameri- 

 can Bee-Association ; and the affiliated as- 

 sociation is entitled to the two "silver 

 medals "to be offered as prizes for honey, 

 open for competition to all its members- 

 one medal for the best honey in the comb, 



and the other for the best honey out of the 

 comb. Then the affiliated society is en- 

 titled to one representative for every 25 

 members that the affiliated society has. 

 Now all the above for $5.00, and yet we 

 are the^?'st tosee the advantages of such 

 a bargain! I say this, not so much to 

 "crow over" our well-known acuteness, 

 but to draw attention to the advantages to 

 be derived from affiliation, and with a sin- 

 cere hope that every State bee-keepers' so- 

 ciety will affiliate. The advantage will be 

 very pronounced in favor of the association 

 affiliating, yet indirectly it will be as great 

 in favor of the International. 



R. F. Holtermann. 



We congratulate the Ontario Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association upon its having the dis- 

 tinguished honor of being the first bee- 

 society to affiliate with the International 

 Bee- Association. Now let every bee-society 

 in America imitate the good examples set 

 before them by the Ontario and the South- 

 western Wisconsin bee-keepers' associa- 

 tions. All wiU see the advantages to be 

 gained by so doing. 



miES % MEFLIES, 



starters of Foundation Used in 

 Wired Frames. 



Written for the Amerir^n Bee Journal 



Feetlins; Candy to Bees. — Some 

 bee-keepers, whose colonies may be short 

 of winter stores, will have to feed their bees 

 in order to carry them safely through the 

 winter. To supply this need, candy is used 

 by some, and is given as described in the 

 following paragraph, taken from one of our 

 exchanges : 



It is generally conceded, and I know 

 from experience, that candy for bees in the 

 winter season is very healthy, and they do 

 well on it. Bees will winter on properly- 

 prepared candy, and I have never yet seen 

 a case of diarrhea when candy was used to 

 some extent from the beginning of |the 

 winter. I do not advocate wintering bees 

 altogether on candy ; the colony ought to 

 have honey, 'and I would prefer them to 

 have the usual amount. My idea of the 

 matter is, to have a little candy over the 

 cluster of bees all winter. Of course it will 

 take several pounds, for it seems that the 

 bees prefer it to honey, and constantly 

 work on it. 



Pure Bees. — A. Graves, of Richmond, 

 Mich., asks the following questions: 



1. Will you please state when and how it 

 is best to introduce Italian queens, in order 

 to obtain purebred bees? 2. Also, which 

 size of Bingham smokers is best for general 

 use? 



1 . If a tested Italian queen be introduced 

 at any reasonable time by any of the ordi- 

 nary methods, pure bees wiU be the result. 



3. The size of the apiary should decide 

 the choice of a size for a Smoker. For 25 

 or more colonies, we prefer the large sizes. 



" Brazil and the Braganzas," written 

 by the Hon. George Makepeace Towle, and 

 superbly illustrated with portraits, views 

 and autograph facsimiles., leads off the 

 February (Mid-winter) number of "Frank 

 Leslie's Popular Monthly " with admirable 

 timeliness. It is the first complete and 



illustrated magazine paper on the subject ^^_ 



that has appeared since the revolution of foundation, both for 



Nov. 14. 1 profit.-G. W. Demabee. 



Query 683.— WiU bees build their comb 

 true in wired frames, where only starters of 

 foundation are used ? — S. H. 



No. — M. Mahin. 



Where the hives are level, they will. — J. 

 M. Hambaugh. 



Sometimes they do; sometimes they do 

 not. — C. C. Miller. 



Yes ; but it is better to use full sheets 

 of foundation.— A. J. Cook. 



Not always. Conditions have much to 

 do with it. — H. D. Cutting. 



They are not likely to. Tou would better 

 use full sheets.— Mrs. L. Harrison. 



No. They are no more likely to build 

 true in wired, than any other, frames. — C. 



H. DiBBERN. 



If exactly plumb, I think they will. But 

 why use wire at all, if only starters are put 

 in? — Eugene Secor. 



Yes, if the frames hang true, and the 

 wire is true in the frames. — A. B. Mason. 



Yes; at least they always do so with my- 

 self. I prefer full sheets of foundation, for 

 several reasons. — J. E. Pond. 



Yes. I have had them to do it often ; but 

 their propensity of building drone-comb is 

 objectionable.— P. L. Viallon. 



Yes, largely so, but not so true as where 

 foundation is used, but the same as though 

 no wires are used. — R. L. Taylor. 



There is no need of wired frames where 

 only starters are used. The wires will be 

 likely to hinder the bees.— Dadant & Son. 



I have never tried them, as I do not use 

 wired frames. I know that they will build 

 theu- comb true without the wires, if the 

 colony is reasonably strong.-J.P.H.BROWN. 



No If there is one folly greater than 

 another in modern bee-keeping, it is that of 

 wiling brood-frames !—G. L. Tinker. 



Such building is not satisfactory with 

 me If the bees are to buUd their combs, 

 leave the wires out.— G. M. Doolittle. 



Yes as a rule, but it will pay you to put 

 in full sheets of foundation where you wire 

 the frames. Were I using only starters, I 

 should use a strip of foundation preferably 

 not wider than three cells, or three-fifths of 

 an inch, and I would not wire the frames.— 

 James Heddon. 



If the frames hang perfectly "plumb," 

 and the wires are perfectly true and 

 straight in the frame, and if the starter 

 is put in perfectly straight, remarkable 

 success may be expected. Failjij-e in this 

 matter should be charged to the blundering 

 bee-keeper, and not to the bees.— J. M. 

 Shuck. 



No They are just as apt to get out of 

 line-and more certain to do it, where 

 wires intervene, than where they have a 

 clear frame. The fact is, I have never seen 

 a really good comb that was buUt by the 

 teeTini ^vired frame. When they are 

 built in a frame that is not obstructed by 

 wires, the combs can be pressed into place, 

 if the bees have failed to keep them straight ; 

 but not so easy if the wires are out of place. 

 I prefer combs drawn from fuU sheets of 

 - ^ ... 1 — n, fr.,- convenience and 



