254 THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. [November, 



REPORT OF THE COLORADO STATE BEE-KEEPERS' 

 CONV^ENTION, 



CONTINUED FROM LAST MONTH. 



Mr. Collins: Motion: All of those 

 who are willing to assist in this mat- 

 ing yard and to aid the government, 

 to rise. 



Motion carried unanimously. 



Those who stood, were: Fred 

 Wich, Broomfield, Colorado; H. 

 Rauchfuss, Montclair, Colorado; D. C. 

 Polhemus, Lamar,' Colorado; J. A. 

 Everet, Denver, Colorado; O. Foster, 

 Boulder, Colorado; Chas. Adams, 

 Greeley, Colorado; F. Rauchfuss, Den- 

 ver, Colorado; M. A. Gill, Longmont, 

 Colorado; R. H. Rhodes, Platteville, 

 Colorado; McKinstry, Longmont, Col- 

 orado. C. Noel, 40 Str. Sta. Denver, 

 Colorado; V. Devinney, Edgewater, 

 Colorado; W. L. Porter, Denver, Col- 

 orado; H. Crawford, Broomfield, Col- 

 orado; W. P. Collins, Boulder, Col- 

 orado; Wilson, Longmont, Colorado; 

 S. Francis, Erie, Colorado; A. F. Fos- 

 ter, Boulder, Colorado. 



Second Day: Second Session: 



Report of Committee, cutting foun- 

 dation for section contest. 



Francis: Cutting foundation 3 1-2 

 minutes. 



Gill: Cutting foundation 2 minutes. 



Collins: Cutting foundation 2 1-3 

 minutes. 



Tomlin: Cutting foundation 3 1-4 

 minutes. 



Putting up sections: Mr. Francis: 

 ist. super 7 3-4 minutes; 2nd. super 6 

 minutes; 3rd. super 7 minutes; 4th su- 

 per 5 3-4 minutes; Total 26 1-2 min- 

 utes. Two pieces foundation down. 



Mrs. Gill: ist super 6 1-2 minutes; 

 2nd super 6 1-4 minutes; 3rd super 7 

 minutes; 4th super 6 1-2 minutes; To- 

 tal 26 1-2 minutes. Eight pieces of 

 foundation down. 



Mr. Collins: ist super 6 1-2 mm- 

 utes; 2nd super 9 minutes; 3rd super 

 S 1-2 minutes; 4th super 10 minutes; 

 Total 31 minutes. One crooked foun- 

 dation fastened in, one section of im- 

 perfect, and one top starter down, 

 broke ten sections. 



Mr. Adams: Four supers, sections 

 folded II minutes. 



Mr. Tomlin: Four supers, founda- 

 tion fastened, 25 1-2 minutes. 



Mr. Gill: In moving our supers I 

 generally take from 80 to 100, pile 

 them up ten high using a 12x16 wagon 

 sheet and a 2x4 standing up edge- 

 ways under it so air can pass through. 



Mr. Francis: I never had air space 

 and never had trouble in melting down 

 foundation. 



Mr. Rhodes: As a member of the 

 section contest committee, I came 

 across the fact that the foundation had 

 cooled too quick. 



Mr. Porter: I would say that if 

 contestants had their own machine 

 they could do a great deal better. 

 There is no such time as that made 

 here in putting up sections, if there 

 is any more contests, let contestants 

 have their own machine and have 

 everything just as at home. 



Mr. Gill: No, that did not cool 

 too quick, the plate was too hot, that 

 was a new lamp with a No. 2 burner, 

 the wax is a little bit too wide and all 

 together it has not amounted to much, 

 it has been very unsatisfactory. 



Mr. H. Rauchfuss: The hotter the 

 plate, the faster the movement the 

 better work. 



Mr. Adams and Mr. Tomlin: One 

 defective section, seven loose founda- 

 tions. Total 36 1-2 minutes. 



Mr. S. Francis is the best and re- 

 ceives the two dollar prize, Mrs. Gill, 

 second best and receives the one dol- 

 lar prize. 



Motion made to receive the report 

 and discharge the committee. 



Mr. A. F. Foster: What is the ex- 

 treme width of bottom starter, I think 

 not quite 1-2 inch wide. 



Mr. Porter: If the bottom starter 

 is cut too wide it will topple over. 



Mr. H. Rauchfuss: My miter box 

 has been used last summer and the 

 foundation has never leaned over, the 

 width of foundation was 1-2 inch bot- 

 tom starters. 



Mr. Gill: I cut mine 5-8 inch and 

 when they are melted, over a 1-16 to 

 a 1-8 they are about 1-2 inch. We 

 don't have any difficulty with them, 

 and in moving them out in the heat 

 of summer they drop over if any 

 wider. 



Mr. H. Rauchfuss: Mr. Gill speaks 



