AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



11 



in his shop, where he has many tools 

 and fine machinery. 



BEE-ESCAPES. 



I was not at all surprised when Mr. 

 Taylor put his hand into the satchel and 

 brought out a bee-escape — the British 

 call them " super-cleaners." My part- 

 ner in the stings and sweets in the 

 honey business, says that he does not see 

 how we can keep house without them, 

 though we have had no opportunity of 

 testing their good qualities since the 

 crop was harvested. 



I wish my readers could see this one ; 

 it is a tin tunnel with an inclined brass 

 v/alk through the middle, and when the 

 bee gets to the end of it she jumps off. 



It is like the spring-board that boys 

 have to dive into the water. When the 

 bee wishes to return the end of the 

 spring-board is in her way, and prevents 

 her doing so. I have quite a museum of 

 bee-escapes, but I am suffering for more. 



I have some that stand up and some 

 that lie down, and some in the shape of a 

 star. When I have an opportunity of 

 trying them, I will tell you which pleases 

 me best. 



QUEEN-CELL rROTECTOES. 



"Wha^t is this, mamma?" said an eight- 

 year-old, as she exhibited her forefinger 

 covered with a spiral cone made of wire. 



"Oh, that's mamma's ! You must not 

 touch it. " Mr. Taylor gave it to me. It 

 is a queen-cell protector. The cell is put 

 into it, and the bee cannot bite into the 

 sides of it to destroy the queen ; and 

 when she is old enough she comes out of 

 the little hole into the hive. That little 

 handle of wire can keep it from falling 

 down between tlje combs, or can be 

 stuck into one." — Prairie Farmer. 



Peoria, Ills. 



luliana State Conyentlon. 



• E. H. COLLINS. 



The Indiana State Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation has now been in active existence 

 more than a decade. It was at first 

 organized daring the excitement over the 

 introduction of Italian bees. When this 

 was welt accomplished, the bee-keepers 

 continued the meetings for the educa 

 tional and social advantages they af- 

 forded. It is always a happy experience 

 for those directly interested in any occu- 

 pation to meet and talk. 



The attendance and interest at these 

 meetings has been increased for the last 

 year or two. The programme is now 



nearly completed for the convention to 

 be held in the Agricultural Room at the 

 State House, at Indianapolis, on Jan. 8, 

 1892, at 1 p.m. So far as arranged, it 

 is as follows : 



1. Business. 



2. Voluntary reports of experience in 

 the apiary during the past Summer. 



3. A year among the bees, (a.) Spring, 

 Ora Knowlton, New Brunswick. (h.) 

 Summer, Joseph Myers, Gray, (c.) Fall, 

 G. P. Wilson, Toll Gate, (d.) Winter, 

 David Scott, Bloomsdale. 



4. The anatomy of the honey-bee, 

 illustrated, E. H. Collins. 



5. Getting bees out of the sections, 

 illustrated, J. T. Dinsmore. 



6. Plans and suggestions for Summer 

 meetings of local societies, Mrs. Dr. 

 Herr, Westfield. 



7. Winter protection, Chas. F. Muth, 

 Cincinnati, O. 



8. A talk to beginners, Geo. C. 

 Thompson, Southport.. 



9. Hindrance to bee-culture, Walter 

 S. Pouder, Indianapolis. 



10. Should the State Board furnish a 

 'stenographer for the general State 



societies ? Discussion. 



There will be on exhibition many con- 

 veniences and interesting specimens to 

 instruct the bee-keeper. 



E. H. Collins, Pres. 



Preparliiff Bees for Winter. 



J. E. POXD. 



My experience covers over twenty years 

 of time, and has been drawn from a con- 

 stant series of experiments, the result 

 being that I do not fear cold of itself, 

 and that if the bees can be kept dry they 

 will safely withstand any reasonable 

 degree of Winter weather. The sole 

 secret, in my opinion, being, ample 

 stores and freedom from moisture. I 

 have always wintered bees on summer- 

 stands, in all sorts of hives, single and 

 doubled-walled, chaff, etc., and have not 

 met, during the whole time I have had 

 bees, with 1 per cent of loss, and, in fact, 

 the only losses I have ever met with were 

 my own fault, and owing to the want of 

 sufficient stores to carry them through. 



My experience teaches me that a large 

 entrance is a necessity ; that ventilation 

 should be downward, and when a hive 

 is so prepared that little, if any, mois- 

 ture is retained, the bees are perfectly 

 safe as far as cold is concerned. 



My Winter preparation consists simply 

 in giving from one to two inches of space 



