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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



The Simplicity hive I like very much, 

 as the frames are nice to handle, and 

 the arrangement is easy to put on. 



Last year I extracted from one colony 

 150 pounds of vi^hite clover honey, and 

 had one swarm beside. The dovetailed 

 hive I do not like as well. I should like 

 the Simplicity frames in the Summer 

 time, and frames 12x12 inches to win- 

 ter bees on. 



I work my apiary for extracted-honey, 

 as I can sell that best. I sell all my 

 honey at home for 15 cents a pound. I 

 obtained 1,800 pounds of white clover 

 honey last year. I secured scarcely any 

 Fall honey. There are about a dozen 

 bee-keepers here, and we all sell honey 

 at the same price, and my customers 

 know, year after year, what they have 

 to pay. 



It is a different thing with the comb- 

 honey here. We can get comb-honey for 

 10, 12 or 15 cents a pound from com- 

 mission houses, shipped from other 

 States here. I am sorry that comb- 

 honey is not worth more. A strange 

 bee-keeper came into this neighborhood, 

 and had a load of honey to sell, but he 

 could not sell it at any price, because 

 the people did not know whether it was 

 honey or not ; but then he spoiled the 

 honey market for me for sometime. 



I have kept bees since I was 12 years 

 of age, except between 1878 and 1882, 

 and now I am 37 years old. The Bee 

 Journal is a welcome visitor. I read 

 it through the same day that it comes. 



St. Paul, Minn., Feb. 15, 1892. 



The Coloralo Slate Conyentlon. 



[Continued from page 256.] 

 AFTERNOON SESSION. 



The question, "Which is the most 

 profltable, comb or extracted-honey ?" 

 by F. O. Blair, was responded to as fol- 

 lows : 



H. L. Rauchfuss — I do not know, but 

 think there is very little difference ; it 

 is impossible to decide without a great 

 deal of experience. 



R. H. Rhodes — Extracted was the 

 most profitable, but at present I do not 

 know. 



W. L. Porter— I have had 15 years' 

 experience, but I do not know ; I can 

 get one-third more extracted than comb- 

 honey. I have about decided that honey 

 in the comb is the most salable. 



Chas. Adams— The price received 

 should determine which we are to pro- 

 duce. 



L. Brock — I prefer to produce comb 

 honey; it is less work, costs 1% cents 

 per pound to produce. 



H. L. Rauchfuss — It does cost some 

 bee-keepers 15 cents per pound to pro- 

 duce comb-honey, but they do not 

 know it. 



Mrs. Hartnian — I do not think that an 

 able bodied man can afford to keep bees, 

 the profits are too small. 



E. B. Porter — I extend an invitation 

 from the Weld County Bee-Keepers' 

 Association. 



T. H. Rhodes — I move that the 

 "Honey Day" committee be increased 

 by four members. Carried. 



J. B. Adams, Chas. Adams, E. B. 

 Porter and R. C. Aiken were appointed 

 as additional members. Resignation of 

 V. Devinney from "Honey Day" com- 

 mittee accepted. 



Dr. Shaw — We are expecting to have 

 an exhibition here in Denver, and the 

 honey show should be held then. 



Wintering Bees in Colorado. 



"Which is the best plan for wintering 

 bees in Colorado ?" 



W. L. Porter — I have decided that it 

 is best to winter them on the summer 

 stands, with chaff above the brood- 

 frames. 



L. Brock — I winter my bees success- 

 fully with a tight board fence to the 

 west of them, and straw packed around 

 the hives. 



Mrs. Booth — In wintering, I give them 

 no protection except a gunny-sack over 

 the tops of the frames. 



J. B. Adams — I used to place my hives 

 over a bin with a roof over, and chaff 

 packed around them ; the chaff got wet 

 and heated, which did harm. I winter 

 bees now on the summer stands, with 

 chaff in the upper story. 



J. M. Clark — I have always wintered 

 bees successfully on the summer stands, 

 with nothing but a gunny-sack over the 

 brood-nest. 



L. Brock — If bees go into winter 

 quarters strong with plenty of honey, 

 but little protection is needed. My aver- 

 age yield per colony of comb-honey has 

 been 60 pounds. My bees that are in 

 hives facing south, winter better than 

 those fronting eastward. 



F. C. Blair — My experience is, that in 

 wintering but little protection is needed. 



R. C. Aiken — A very little packing is 

 necessary through the Winter, Spring is 

 the time when they need protection. I 

 would front the hive eastward, so the 

 bees will take their exercise in the 

 morning. 



