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are so many different kinds that I 

 would suggest that eacli one send sam- 

 ples of golden-rod while now in blos- 

 som to Prof. Cook, that we may de- 

 termine which are the best kinds for 

 honey. 



In regard to F. E. Merriam having a 

 patent on entrances to chaff hives. I 

 would say that I have used one ever 

 since chaff hives were known. At that 

 time I had a good siipph- of boxes 

 which I had received witli fruit trees 

 and plants, so I used them as fol- 

 lows : 



The bottom-board to my hives ex- 

 tend out about 6 inches in front of the 

 hive ; this being nailed to two pieces 

 of 2x4 scantling. I would take a bot- 

 tom-board, place it in the box with the 

 front end close up to the front side of 

 the box. and then make an entrance 

 through the front side of the box, on 

 a level with the bottom-board. Then 

 put the hive on the bottom-board in 

 the box, and if you want a 3-inch 

 space between the box and hive, take 

 a piece of board that wide, and one 

 inch or more longer than you want the 

 entran,ce ; nail to the under side of this 

 board cleats three-eighths of an inch 

 thick, place this between the hive and 

 box to correspond with the entrance 

 of each, then crowd the hive up to it, 

 and put in the packing. This makes 

 an entrance so that the bees can Hy 

 whenever the weather is suitable. It 

 keeps out the wind, besides. As every 

 part of the hive is packed, you will of 

 course have to nail a piece on the out- 

 side of the box for the bees to alight 

 on. 



East Springfield, Pa. 



CANADA. 



Report of the Haldimantl, Ont., 

 Bee-Convciition. 



Written for the American Bee Journal 



BY E. C. CAMPBELL. 



The Haldimand, Ont, Bee-Keepers' 

 Association met at the Town Hall in 

 Cayuga. Ont., on Friday, Aug. 29, 

 1890. The minutes of the last meet- 

 ing were read and approved. 



REPORT OF THE SEASON. 



Col. in Col. in Lbs. Lbs 

 T,, „.„ , „ Spring. F.ill. Ext. Comb. 



•Ja". Armstrong UO J6U -J.-dm rhi 



Jas.Jiicli.. 37 B7 !,„„,, 



Israel Ovorholt 05 35 ,,,5,, ,5„ 



f. Mehlenbacher 25 40 900 



J. H. Best 26 48 8(10 200 



^•v.'^'u'f ■■* '" aSU 51) 



John Bell 13 21* 



Alex. Stewart " 1 5 35 .., 



Kobt. (overdale 4(1 89 900 



D.H.Hieh fi J.) 51,11 ]., 



B.C.Campbell 14 32 i,ki«i ,,5.", 



HughKose -22 40 70.1 



{•rank Kose.. 76 I4U 3,liX) 150 



Henry Smith 4 9 oiju 



PREPABINO BEES FOR WINTER. 



Mr. Kindreo said he wintered his 

 bees in double-walled hives on the 

 summer stands. He first made sure 

 that each colony had a queen and 

 plenty of food, crowded the bees on as 

 few frames as possible, and put a thick 

 cushion on top of the frames. 



Mr. G. B. Jones advocated taking 

 all the honey from the bees, and then 

 killing them, buying new colonies in 

 the spring. For those who packed 

 their bees he recommended the use of 

 hair-felt. He said it was very neces- 

 sary to have young bees instead of old 

 ones, as old ones eat more honey than 

 young ones ; and gave two plans of 

 getting rid of all old bees, the one he 

 preferred being to cage the queen dur- 

 ing the month of August, so that she 

 could not lay, than releasing her, and 



all the bees reared after that would be 



young. 



Mr. Jack puts his hives in a clamp 



packed with sawdust, and has very 



little trouble in wintering. 



M. Bell wintered his bees in a cellar, 



and never lost a colony. He put them 



in at the first frost, and took them out 



when the willows were in bloom. 

 Mr. Armstrong winters his bees in 



double-walled hives and in clamps. 



with an abundance of packing on top. 



and all around the hives. He did not 



like clover chaff for packing, as it had 



a tendency to heat, and make the bees 



uneasy. 



Mr. Mehlenbacher packed his bees 



in the same way as Mr. Armstrong, and 



succeeded very well. 



HOW TO PREPARE HONEY FOR MARKET. 



C01MVEi\TI0\ DIRECTOR!. 



1890. Time (ind place of meeting. 



Sept. 20.-Capital, at SprinKfleltl. Ills. 



C. E. Yocom, Sec, Sherman, III. 



Oct. 8.— S. W. Wisconsin, at Plattevillc, Wis. 



a. Rice, Sec, Boscobel, Wis. 



Oct. 10, 11.-Union.at Hamilton, Ills. 



Daniel Shank, Sec, Clayton, Ills. 



Oct. I.'i.-Central .MlchiRan. at Lansing, Mich. 



W. A. Barnes, Sec. Lansing, Mich. 



Oct. 29-31.— International American, at Keokuk. la. 

 C. P. Dadant, Sec, Hamilton, lila. 



Oct. 30.— Turkey Hill, at Wildernians sta.. Ills. 



A. Fehr, Sec. Belleville, Ills. 



Jan. 1.— Michigan State, at Detroit, Mich. 



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



In order to have this table complete. 



Secretaries are requested to forward full 

 particulars of the time and the place of 

 each future meeting. — The Editor. 



Mr. Kindree said that for home 

 trade he used the self-sealing glass 

 jars, and thought they were the best. 



Mr. G. B. Jones said the bO-pound 

 can was the best package for shipping, 

 but for the home market there was 

 nothing better than the self-sealing 

 glass jars. For comb honey he ad- 

 vocated the 12-section crate, as it was 

 easier to handle, and not so liable to 

 be damaged in shipping as the larger 

 ones. He also impressed upon the 

 meeting the necessity of giving direc- 

 tions on each package concerning 

 granulated honey, and how to liquify it. 



Mr. Armstrong had used for a num- 

 ber of years the 12-section crate, made 

 of light wood, and for extracted honey 

 he used the bO-pound tin. For home 

 use he preferred small glass jars with 

 a screw top. 



After a short time was spent in gen- 

 eral conversation on a number of 

 matters of interest to the Association, 

 the convention adjourned until even- 

 ing, to hear Prof. G. B. Jones' lecture 

 on ■• The Honey-Bee." 



E. C. Campbell. Sec. 



International Bee-Association. 



President— Hon. K. L. Taylor.. Lapeer. Mich. 

 Secretary— C. P. Dadaut Hamilton, Ills. 



National Bee-Keepers' Union. 



President— James Heddon ..Dowag-iac, Mich 

 Sec'y. and Manager— T. G. Newman, Chicago 





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Four Ooose Effgs. 



I expected to be able to report 4,000 

 pounds of honey this fall, but four goose 

 eggs represents my crop— 0. There 

 is no honey on the market here. This part 

 of Iowa has the poorest crop of honey I 

 have seen in 1 5 years' experience. All the 

 other crops are good, however, and farmers 

 wear the broadest smiles of any class of 

 people. Just think of It ! A farmer buys 

 a piece of prairie for .$10 per acre ; breaks 

 it up in the spring, and sows it to flax on 

 the breaking ; gets 10 to 13 bushels per 

 acre ; sells it for .§1.20 per bushel, and pays 

 for his land with the first crop ! Why 

 shouldn't the farmer be happy i But bee- 

 keepers—my ! If you could see our elon- 

 gated countenances ! Eugene Secor. 



Forest City, Iowa, Sept. 1, 1890. 



Ilee-Keepins: in IVcbraska. 



I have been appointed bee-inspector for 

 York county, Nebr. We have organized 

 a county bee-association, our county hav- 

 ing over aOO bee-keepers in it keeping a 

 few bees, but we find that very few take a 

 bee-paper. The arrangements tor the State 

 Fair are good, superintended by Mr. Whit- 

 comb, of Friend, Nebr. We have nearly a 

 failure in the honey crop in this part of 

 Nebraska so far, but we will probably get 

 enough fall honey to keep the bees over 

 winter. R. R. Ryan. 



Bradshaw, Nebr., Sept. 1, 1890. 



E.vplsi nation. 



On page 507 I mentioned that A. F. 

 Stauffer & Co. had failed to send me a 

 queen. They have now sent me a queen 

 all right. It was not my intention to class 

 A. F. Stauffer & Co. with Mr. Gray, as 

 swindlers. The fact that Messrs. Stauffer 

 & Co. were behind with their orders, shows 

 that they do a large business. 



W. P. Favlor." 



St. Bernice, Ind., Aug. 28, 1890. 



