THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



^^^ ^"^"^ /^Aii^KiUAN BEE-KEEPER. [November, 



Motion made and seconded that we 

 have a three-day session instead of 

 two, next year. 



Motion made that bill of secretary 

 be accepted and order drawn on the 

 treasurer. 



Report of committee on resolutions: 



The following resolutions are here- 

 by respectfully submitted by the com- 

 mittee on resolutions. 



1st. Resolved; That we, the Colo- 

 rado State Bee-Keepers' Association 

 in 27th annual convention assembled, 

 extend our sincere thanks to the 

 Chamber of Commerce for their cour- 

 tesy, in furnishing us the use of their 

 assembly hall for our sessions. 



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bers of the Association. ^^^ J^^* '""a-W^'^'I^v^TI '^? 



-jrri Tr^ +v,^ ^;<. r T-w colony does a diilerent kmd of work. 



for the ShIv r..5.^f °^ ^^•"^^'* You get a different kind of section all 

 ^th Tn ^^J^P°'J'-°^ our sessions, through. If you grade your honey, 



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 „^^_ V1V.I.O uuiijjg luc pdsi Qut j^a^se of one super, you have one 



honey than if you .use clean sections. 

 You take an old case and put honey 

 in it, it will never look as nice as if 

 in a new case. Use new cases, and 

 have them uniform. Don't leave your 

 sections on longer than necessary so 

 they get travel stained. Take a sharp 

 knife, rather smooth edge, so it does 

 not make any edges on the section, be 

 very careful in taking them out of 

 supers. Never take them out at the 

 notched end. Face the front of case 

 uniform in color. Do not pack them 

 right away but keep them sorted. 

 The less you handle your honey the 

 better. 



Mr. Steele: I don't like the idea of 



year. 



Respectfully submitted, 

 S. Francis, 

 Levi Booth, 

 Oliver Foster. 



Question: What is the best method 

 for cleaning and casing honey? 



Mr. Collins: I am interested in this 

 subject as I have the misfortune of 

 heing color blind. 



H. Rauchfuss: I can only state 

 that we have three cases No. i. No. knives 

 2 and No. 3, and then we bring in our H. Rauchfuss: 

 supers. We have a section of No. i 

 and No. 2 and No. 3 sitting before 

 us, and we go by that. It is important 

 to have these sections to go by. Soon 

 you get so that you will not have to 



kind of honey. It makes a better 

 showing and the party that buys the 

 honey gets all the one kind of honey. 



Mr. Dudley: I tell you while we 

 are speaking of it, to clean edges of 

 sections we have a little plane we 

 plane it right ofif. We have tried the 

 usual way of cleaning sections, and 

 have had complaints but never had a 

 complaint by using this method, and 

 it does nice work. 



Mr. Collins: We use shoemakers' 



We use canvas or 

 oilcloth to cover over sections. Now 

 to avoid stains, if you provide a bee- 

 space or a space on top you have not 

 that to contend with. I went out 

 East to load a car of honey, sections 



compare but it is necessary that you were all upside down. Do not turn 



have them there to compare, for sections upside down, place them in 



towards the end of the season you case as you take them out of super, 



get No. 2 that you want to keep put- Question: Does the man who is so 



ting in as No. i, that honey does not particular about scraping his sections 



compare with the honey at all, with get any more for his honey than the 



what you put up at the first of the 'nan who does not? 



season._ There is another thing to be 

 taken into consideration, don't think 

 you will get more money if you smug- 

 gle some No. 2 in with the No. i; 

 keep your No. i separate, for if you 

 mix it that way you will have poor 

 No. I and poor No. 2, while the 

 other way you will have fancy No. i 

 and not No. 2. 



_ Cleaning sections: The most essen- 

 tial part is, don't get them dirty. Use 

 as few old sections as possible. You 



H. Rauchfuss: Most assuredly. 



S. Francis: I know a party that did 

 not scrape his sections, received $3.00 

 per case which is more than I got for 

 my No. I. 



Mr. Polhemus: I went out to sell 

 some honey, the dealer that handled 

 it wanted a good No. i, and got a 

 better price for it, what some people 

 call No. I is not No. i. 



H. Rauchfuss: A good many years 

 back I was going down Market street. 



get a few cents a case less for that I met a party who was trying to sell 



