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boy's slate. The band serves the pur- 

 pose of keeping the edges of the sec- 

 tions just bee-space from the body of 

 the sejsarator, thus allowing the bees 

 free access to all parts of the chamber 

 in the same manner as, though with 

 better result than, by the use of four- 

 open-side sections. 



The development of "The Ideal" 

 hive is the result of laborious thought 

 and investigation, added to persistent 

 and careful practical experiment dur- 

 ing many j-ears, and apiarists who have 

 enjoyed the pi-ivilege of using it, are 

 delighted with the result, and are 

 pleased to speak of it as " the laugh- 

 ing success" of the Nineteenth Cen- 

 tury, in the matter of apiculture. 



MOVING- BEES. 



How to 



Prepare tlie 

 Do it Safely. 



Hives to 



Written for the Fai-ni, Stock and Home 



BY r. C. ERKEL. 



experience 

 bees, and I 

 great deal 



and put a wire screen over the whole 

 of the top ; but, as a general thing, I 

 pull back the enamel cloth two, three 

 or four inches from the end and fasten 

 wire screen over this opening. Do not 

 nail np the entrance, but put wire-cloth 

 over that too, which will give circula- 

 tion through the hive. 



If you move your bees by wagon, 

 put a wood-rack on a lumber wagon, 

 nail boards inside the stakes, and fill 

 U]3 the space about two feet with hay. 

 and then place the hives on the hay 

 with the frames crossing the road-bed. 

 I consider the hay better than springs. 



By following these instructions bees 

 can be safely sent several hundred 

 miles by express or freight ; if to be 

 sent by freight, however, I should 

 place several thicknesses of old cloths 

 wrung out in water, over a part of the 

 wire-cloth. If they have young brood, 

 they need water anywaj'. 



Le Suenr Co.. Minn. 



Best Season for Years. — Mr. L. 



Chandler, New London, Minn., ^on July 

 13, 1889, writes : 



This is the best season, so far, for 

 honey that we have had for se\eral 

 years. Nearly every colony of bees in 

 this vicinity has swai-med, and the 

 hives are filled with brood and honey. 

 A pai't of mine have stored some in 

 the sections from honey-dew. The 

 basswood began to open yesterday. 

 There are insects destroying the bloom 

 here. At present the prospect is very 

 promisingfor a good crop. The golden- 

 rod is growing finely, and has no in- 

 sects on it yet. I think that it is going 

 to bloom earlier than common. It is 

 my choice for the National flower. 



CONVENTIOIS DIRECTORY. 



I have had considerable 

 in hauling and shipping- 

 find that they will stand a 

 more moving than most people think. 

 One time I moved 35 colonies 13 miles 

 by wagon over the roughest roads 1 

 ever traveled ; there were a number of 

 log bridges we had to cross, and out of 

 the 350 combs in those 35 hives only 3 

 were found broken, the greater part of 

 those were only one year old, and I 

 do not think more than 15 or 20 had 

 wire in the frames. 



To successfully move bees, the bot- 

 tom as well as tlie top of the frames 

 should be securely fastened, so they 

 will not shuck together and kill the 

 bees. To fasten the bottom of the 

 frames, cut ten notches in a stick one 

 inch wide, or just wide enough to cor 

 respond to the ten frames ; or you 

 might drive small nails through a thin 

 .strip in such a way that a nail will 

 come between every two frames. Now, 

 with smoker in hand, pry up the hive 

 from the bottom-board, and give them 

 a puif or two of smoke to drive them 

 out of the way ; then, before they get 

 time to come down, slip the projection 

 on the notched stick, or the nails be- 

 tween the frames, using one, or better, 

 two of these sticks ; let down the hive, 

 and the frames cannot get out of place. 

 I generally fasten the top of the frames 

 by placing a thin strip of enamel cloth 

 on top of them, and carefully shove, 

 not pound, Jl-inch wire brads through 

 the strip and down into the frames. 

 • If it is warm weather, and the bees 

 are to be on the road for sometime, 

 they must have plenty of ventilation. 

 This must be regulated according to 

 the weather. Sometimes it would be 

 advisable to remove the enamel cloth 



1889. Time and Place of Meeting. 



Aug. 3.— Darke Countv Union, at GreenTille. Ohio. 'I 

 J. A. Boe. Sec, Union City, Intl. 



Aug. 20.— Northern UlinoiB. at Guilford, Ula. 



D. A. Fuller, Sec, Cherry Valley, Ills. 



Auk. 31.— Haldimand. at Fisherville, Ont. 



K. C. Campbell, Sec, Cayuga, Ont. 



Sept. ■ 



-.—Maine, at LiTermore Falls, Me. 



J. F. Fuller, Sec, Oxford, Me. 



Sept. 5.— Erie County, at Buffalo, N. Y. 

 O. L. Hershiser, Cor. Sec, Big Tree Corner, N. Y. 



Dec. 4, 6.— International. atBrantford, Ont.. Canada. 

 K. F. Holtermann, Sec, Brantford. Ont. 



B^" In order to have this table complete. Secre- 

 taries are requested to forward full particulars of 

 time and place of future meetings.— Bd. 



Honey Crop Yet to Come.— H. 



H. Knapp, Danbury, Conn., on July 



11, 1889, writes : 



I started with 16 colonies of bees the 

 past spring, and increased them to 25. 

 I had more swarms, but I put them 

 back again wliere they came from. 

 White clover has been very abundant 

 in Western Connecticut, but no lioney, 

 as it has been too wet for tlie secretion 

 of any nectar. I do not believe that 

 they stored five pounds of surplus dur- 

 ing the white clover season. Breeding 

 has gone ahead with a rush, and bees 

 are working on sumac now, and have 

 been putting in honej-forthe last three 

 days. Our crop, if any, is yet to come. 





Satisfactory Yield — E. W. Grin- 

 nell, Casey, Iowa, on July 10, says : 



The white clover yield has been 

 very satisfactoi-y here. At the com- 

 mencement of the flow, the combs were 

 entirely empty of honey ; now combs 

 and supers are well filled. White 

 clover has come up thicker than before 

 the drouth. The bee-keeper smileth, 

 and is made glad by the change. Bass- 

 wood will be a short crop. 



The Union — L.ucky Streaii. — 



D. Y. Kennady, Batavia, Iowa, on 



July 11, 1889, says : 



I send 11.00 to pay my dues as a 

 member of the Bee-Keepers' Union. I 

 have thought for a long time that I 

 and all other bee-keepers should be- 

 long to it. Mj' bees, .as well as myself, 

 arein luck tliis season ; if the honey- 

 flow remains as good as to-ilay, for 

 one week longer, I will have at least 

 5,000 pounds of fine honey. 



Bees Have Done '»Vell — E. J. 



Hiatt, Chester Hill, O., on July 12, 

 1889, says : 



Bees are doing verj' well here this 

 season. White clover is abundant, 

 but it is beginning to fail some. The 

 best of the honey season is about over. 

 I have 22 colonies in Simplicity hives, 

 and winter them packed in chaff on 

 the summer stands. 



Sell "the Honey at Home — Geo. 

 E. Hilton, Fremont, Mich., on July 18, 



1889, writes : 



Where is the surplus honey crop ? 

 Echo answers, "Where?" While a 

 few reports are coming in, of a fair 

 yield, it is very evident that the crop 

 of white honey is going to fall far 

 short of the average ; but there is still 

 a silver lining to this dark cloud, if 

 properly manipulated. The large mar- 

 kets are entirely b.are, prices are rang- 

 ing high, and if we do not rush our 

 honey (what we have) upon the mar- 

 ket too early, we may realize a good 

 price for it. Clover is practically gone. 



