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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



"Is it profitable to feed artificial 

 pollen early in the .spring? If so, 

 what kind is best ? " 



S. S. .Sleeper.---" When they cannot 

 obtain natural pollen it will be profit- 

 able. I use i - ve and beans ground 

 fine in the proportion of two parts of 

 rye to one of beans." 



Mr Meatyard.—" Have used wheat 

 rlour with good results." 



'• What is the best way of slopping 

 robbing ? " 



Mr. Eastman.---" I contract the en- 

 trance to one bee space .and smoke the 

 colony that is doing the robbing." 



A. Graves.--" Would anger with a 

 feather those that refuse to guard the 

 hive." 



Chas. Penton, — "I find the colonies 

 that are doing the robbing and gash 

 their frames with honey."' 



"How can we best preserve our sur- 

 plus combs ? " 



S. S. Sleeper.—" Store them in a dry 

 place, putting them about one inch 

 apart, and fumigate them frequently 

 with sulphur." 



" Which are the best bees, the Ital- 

 ians or Blacks ? " 



S. S. Sleeper.—" For gathering hon- 

 ey, the Italians by all odds." 



Elmer O'Dell.— "The Italians are 

 far superior when running for extract- 

 ed honey. For comb builders I pre- 

 fer hybrids." 



" Why does some honey candy while 

 other does not ? " 



Elmer O'Dtli.— " Difference in the 

 honey." 



Springville whs chosen as the place 

 for the next meeting. 



After a vote of thanks to Rev. 

 Vaughl, and' to the people for the use 

 church, and to- Prof. Knott for his tine 

 music, the meeting adjourned. 



Robert E. Meaty ard, Sec'v. 



Ellicott', N. Y. 



Wmfk 



Ed. Am. Bee-Kkkper: We noticed 

 in the June number of the Bee-Keep- 

 j:i: an article by Mr. Robinson, of 

 Richford, N. Y., describing the Kram- 

 er or Carniolan bees We confirm 

 each and every statement made by 

 Mr, Robinson regarding the markings 

 and color of the pure Kramer or Car- 

 niolan bees. 



We have imported more or less 

 queens from Austria, which came 

 from different parties, and we have 

 had queens from certain parties whose 

 progeny would show more or less yel- 

 low on them, but since we have been 

 aide to get the gray Carniolans whose 

 progeny positively show no yellow on 

 them we have discarded the yellow 

 variety for the gray. We have given 

 each variety a thorough trial side by 

 side, and we find that the gray variety 

 has superior qualities over the yellow. 

 We find the grays are more gentle and 

 not so inclined to swarm as the yellow 

 variety. Another difference quite 

 noticeable between the varieties is in 

 the color of the queens. The gray 

 Carniolans always have a queen of a 

 deep copper or bronze color, and all 

 daughters of such queens are dupli- 

 cates of their mothers as to color, etc., 

 while the yellow Carniolan queen- will 

 produce daughters as light as any 

 golden Italians and others as dark as 

 any black queens. This shows that 

 the yellow Carniolans are a cross of 

 the Italians and gray Carniolans. This 

 is a very good reason whv yellow Car- 



