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as the bees were smoked off, I painted 

 the joints with vaseline. 



To my great relief, I found that this 

 stopped the robbing, for not a bee would 

 come within an inch of where the vase- 

 line was. To make doubly sure, I also 

 painted around the entrances, being 

 careful, of course, to keep it off the 

 alighting-board. 



By this time the prisoners in the hive 

 roof were trying to escape by the cones, 

 as I had stopped the entrances to the 

 latter, while applying the vaseline ; so 

 before I released them I painted around 

 the base of each one in the same way, 

 and this eflectrally stopped the attack 

 in that quarter, for in less than an hour 

 all were working as usual. Not a bee 

 was killed, not a sting inflicted, and 

 peace was restored. 



Another "dodge" that I have found 

 effectual is this : On the morning of the 

 day on which you are going to take the 

 honey, put a couple of pieces of naph- 

 thaline at the ends of the frames, next 

 to the sides, and it will stop any stranger 

 bees from entering the hive by the 

 usual entrance. — T. H. C, in the British 

 Bee Journal. 



Mice in Bee-Cellars. 



There is no cause for being alarmed 

 if dead bees accumulate on the floor of 

 the bee-cellar. Such things are to be 

 expected. They are the old bees, and 

 the sooner they are out of the way the 

 better. They will • never be workers 

 again, and the sooner they perish the 

 less- honey they will consume. It will be 

 best to keep a sharp lookout for mice ; 

 they are about the worst thing that can 

 get into the hives in the cellar, and if 

 the bottom-boards are off they will be 

 apt to enter the hives. You will notice 

 the dead bees being eaten, and when 

 you see little pieces of whittlings of 

 comb, look for the mice, and catch them 

 if possible. It is the j^ellow pollen the 

 mice like, but they sometimes destroy a 

 good deal of honey getting at it, and in 

 the bee-hives is not just the proper place 

 for mice anyway. — Exchange. 



Candy for Feeding Bees. 



There may be some who neglected to 

 feed their bees sufficiently in the Fall. 

 The only practical remedy is to give 

 them candy, as it is too cold to feed them 

 sugar syrup. Candy is much cheaper 

 than honey, and is about as good. I 

 prefer to feed them candy before their 

 supply of honey gets too scant, so if by 

 any reason at limes they arc not able to 



eat the candy, they will still have a sup- 

 ply of honey. 



Candy cannot be successfully fed to 

 bees unless we use a chaff cushion above 

 them to confine the warmth, and keep 

 the candy warm and moist. It may be 

 made in thin cakes, and laid on top of 

 the frames, or mold it in a frame and 

 hang it in the hive close up to the clus- 

 ter of bees. Always have the candy in 

 contact with the bees, or they may not 

 be able, on account of cold weather, to 

 get to it. Keep them bundled up warm 

 and dry, and they will do nicely. 



To make the candy, put some granu- 

 lated sugar in a pan, and add a small 

 amount of water. Stir it well, and do 

 not let it get burnt; which is almost 

 sure death to the bees. When done, 

 pour in a shallow pan to cool, and stir 

 lightly until it just begins to "grain," 

 then leave it alone until it cools, when it 

 will be ready for use. — E. S. Mead, in 

 the Orange County Farmer. 



Bee-Convention at the World's Fair. 



D. A. Jones, of Canada, proppses that 

 bee-keepers hold a convention at the 

 World's Fair, lasting one or two weeks. 

 The idea is a grand one ; and let the 

 bee-keepers of all nations be invited to 

 come and bring their hives, whether of 

 wood, straw, earthenware, stone or mud. 

 Tell them to come and be welcome. — 

 Mks. L. Hakrison, in Prairie Farmer. 



4Joii>'eiition IWotices. 



COLORADO.— The Spring- meeting of the 

 Colorado State Bee-Keepers' Association will 

 be held in Golden, Colo., on April 21, 1892. 

 E. B. Porter, Pres. 



H. Knight, Sec. Littleton, Colo. 



COLORADO— The second meeting of the 

 Weld County Bee-Keepers' Association will be 

 held in Greeley. Colo., on March 1, 1892, at 10 

 a.m., ou call of the President. 



Greeley, Colo. H. E. English, Sec. 



TEXAS.— The 14th annual meeting of the 

 Texas State Bee-Keepers' Assot-iation will bo 

 held at Greenville. Hunt Co., Tex., on Wednes- 

 day and Thursday, April i> and 7, 1892. All 

 interested are invited. A. H. Jones, Sec. 



Golden, Wood Co., Tex. 



PENNSYLVANIA.— The tenth semi-annual 

 meeting of the Susquehanna Co. Bee-Keepers' 

 Association will be held at BuUard's Hotel in 

 Brooklyn, Pa., on Thursday, May 5, 1892, at 

 10 a.m. AH are cordially invited. 



Harford, Pa. H. M. Seeley, Sec. 



NEW YORK.— Cortland Union Bee-Keepers' 

 Association will liold their aiiuu:il meeting in 

 tho W. C. T. U. i(n>iiis oviT Chas. Collins' store 

 in Cortland, Tuesday, Fcli. x:;kl, 1892. All in- 

 terested in bees are earnestly requested to be 

 present. J. H. Kennkhy, Pres. 



M. H. Fairbanks, Sec, Homer, N. Y. 



