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by some neighbors who asked me if I 

 had any honey. I answered, "Yes, 

 sir." They then said : " Bring rae 

 two or three (sometimes live or si.\) 

 dollars worth." 



Mr. Goff has no troulilo iu selling 

 honey. People call for it, and he 

 <:ould sell more than he can produce. 



SHADE-BOARDS FOR HIVES. 



The Question-Box was opened, and 

 •"Does it pay to use shade-boards?" was 

 asked. 



Mr. Draper said his bees did not need 

 them. 



Mr. Becker — I do not want any 

 shade for my bees any time. Give the 

 bees the sun the year round. I have 

 never seen a frame melted down, that 

 a good colony of bees had access to. 

 Give them plenty of room and venti- 

 lation. 



Mr. Stone has his bees under a shed. 

 The strongest colony he had last sea- 

 sou was under a tree. He could not 

 say which is best — sun or shade. 



Mr. Robbins — Shade is a good thing 

 in summer. I like artificial shade. 



EXTRACED HONEY — SWARMING. 



Mr. England — Use large hives for 

 extracting. To prevent swarming, do 

 not allow the combs to get more than 

 three-fourths full. 



Wm. Yocom — If bees have plenty of 

 room in the right place, I do not be- 

 lieve that they will ever swarm. In 

 Kentucky, my father once cut 12 hol- 

 low logs, 6 feet long and 4 feet wide, 

 and placed a smaller '• gum " contain- 

 ing bees on top of each, so arranging 

 it that the bees were obliged to pass 

 down through the lower '• gum." Not 

 one of them ever swarmed until the 

 whole " gum " was filled. My father- 

 in-law once built a house 6 feet square, 

 with shelves arranged on three sides, 

 and a door in the other. Bees were 

 introduced to this huge hive, which 

 stood for several years. They never 

 filled the hive, nor never sivanncd. 



HONEY FROM ALSIKE CLOVER. 



" Does Alsike clover furnish more 

 than one yield of honey in a season ?" 



Mr. England — My Alsike never 

 blooms but once, to amount to any- 

 thing, in a season. It furnishes no 

 honey after being cut. It seeds 

 itself. 



Mr. Van Doren — While iu Cleveland. 

 Ohio, I learned that Alsike furnished 

 nearlj- all the honey in that locality, 

 two years ago. It makes good ha}-, 

 and more of it than red clover. 



Mr. Cooper — It is not a good 

 bloomer after it has been cut. I would 

 sow no other kind, even if I had no 

 bees. 



HOW TO WIRE FRAMES. 



"How do you wire frames ?" 

 C. E. Yocom- -All the frames I ever 

 wired had triangular top-bars. I pierce 

 a hole near each end of the top-bar — 

 about I of an inch from the shoulder ; 

 also five other holes at equal distances 

 between these. Treat the bottom-bar 

 in like manner. Then I usually com- 

 mence at the upper right-hand corner, 

 by driving a J inch wire nail, and 

 securing one end of the wire to it. 

 Pass the wire down through the first 

 hole in the top-bar, across the frame 

 through the first hole in the bottom- 

 bar ; pass to the right, up through the 

 next hole in the bottom-bar, on up 

 through the corresponding hole in the 

 top-bar ; pass to the third hole in the 

 top-bar, down again, and so on until 

 the holes have all been used, secur- 

 ing the end of the wire with another 

 small nail. If the wire be drawn 

 rather taut, the bottom-bar will be 

 sprung up a little, which' may be 

 easily straightened, and at the same 

 time draw all kinks from the wire. I 

 use neither diagonal nor horizontal 

 wires. 



Mr. Draper — I have an even num- 

 ber of holes in the frames, and, when 

 nailing them together, I leave a nail 

 at each end of the top-bar up a little, 

 to fasten the ends of the wire to. 



SIZE OF FRAMES AND HIVES. 



It was ascertained that nearly every 

 one present favored the Langstroth 

 size of frame, and 10-frame hives. Mr. 

 Draper uses a larger hive, and says 

 that he can reduce the size of it easier 

 than he can increase the size of a 

 small one. Mr. Draper exhibited a 

 new swarm-trap of his own invention, 

 which consists of a box with triggers 

 and trap-doors, b}- means of which, it 

 is believed, an issuing swarm may be 

 led or forced iuto another box, to be 

 hived at the leisure of the apiarist. 



The convention then adjourned. 

 C. E. Yocom, Sec. 



'I'lie Voice of Hope. 



Written for the Illustrated Home Journal, 



BY MRS. LIZZIE A. VORE. 



'Tls always proven if we wait, that sunshine follows 

 ni^tat; 

 The darkest niKht must have a dawn, the longest 

 lane must nave a turn— 

 And the jnys most sure and bright, 

 Are the joys we fairly earn. 



Pin no faith to hand of Fate — trust not thou to 

 luck for aid : 

 Falternot but bravely work, tho' thy path be rough 

 and steep; 

 By ourselves, our lives are made, 

 God's sweet grace thy soul will keep. 



God's sweet wisdom thee will guide; hew thy future 

 oat with care. 

 There are days of crushing woe, there are hours 

 of deepest pain. 

 Work thou im wiui whispered prayer; 

 Thou a sure reward wilt gain. 

 Pasadena, Calif. 



SPRAYING TREES. 



Varioiiii Iflclliod§ of Riilding the 

 Fniil-Trccs of Inf«ec'ls. 



Written for the American Bee Journal 

 BY a. GERE. 



As fruit-growing is my specialty. I 

 will write a few brief notes from expe- 

 rience. 



Spraying fruit-trees with arsenites 

 is comparatively a new thing, and, like 

 many new hobbies in bee-keeping, 

 generally is run to the opposite ex- 

 treme. Remember, I am writing from 

 my own experience ; if others have a 

 better one, let them use it — I shall not 

 disagree with them. 



I have seen so much error on this 

 subject, and it is copied from paper to 

 paper, thus doing much harm. It is 

 said to be the best remedj' for all kinds 

 of insects that infest all kinds of fruit- 

 trees. This I very much doubt. The 

 man who uses good judgment, is care- 

 ful, cautious and orderly, can make a 

 success of it on certain kinds of trees, 

 but if ho is not, he had better let it 

 entirely alone, as it will kill the fruit, 

 the leaves will drop prematurely, and 

 smaller branches will be killed, even if 

 the tree is not permanently injured. 



The apple is the least sensitive of 

 any to a dose of Paris green. I prefer 

 this to any other poison. It should be 

 sprayed a few days after the blossoms 

 have fallen, as then the calyx end of 

 the apple inclines upward, in which 

 end the egg is laid. The spraying may 

 be repeated again in 10 daj's or 2 

 weeks. Poiirs may be sprayed about 

 the same time. I do not use it on 

 cherries, if the trees hang full, as the 

 insects can take one-half, and it will 

 be all the better for the others, thus 

 thinning the fruit. Those insects which 

 we so much hate, are not alwaj's our 

 enemies, after all. 



I do not use it on plum trees, as I 

 think that the jarring process is the 

 safest and best, all things considered. 

 This consists of a light frame covered 

 with cloth to extend out as far as the 

 branches extend, with an opening to 

 admit the body of the tree. A sharp 

 blow should be given on a large-headed 

 spike, driven into the tree for the pur- 

 pose. Repeat it evei'y other da}', as 

 long as any curculios are found, com- 

 mencing after the blossoms fall. 



As to the remedy, not long since 

 mentioned in the Bee Journal, of 

 saturating a yarn siring with turpen- 

 tine, and tying this around the tree — 

 why, it is perfectly absurd, when we 

 consider tlie fact that the eurculio is 

 perfectly able to Hy from tree to tree, 

 and from orchard to orchard. 



In regard to spra3ing before blos- 

 soms fall, as given in Mr. Chas. A. 



