THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



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G. F. Bine, Troopsville, N. Y. 

 .Tulins liofTinan, Fovt Plaiu, N. Y 

 N. P. Darby, Mc Lane. N. Y. 

 ]). D. Barnes, Orau, N. Y. 

 J. Vanclervort, Lacyville, N. Y. 

 W. A. House, Fayetteville, N. Y. 

 Ira Kinne, Syracuse, N. Y. 

 C. Isbell, Little York, N. Y. 

 A. Heinz, Syracuse, N. Y. 

 G. T. Hoyt, Otisco Center, N. Y. 

 ]{ev. E. Van Slyke, Syracuse, N. Y. 

 Mrs. M. Pinckney, So. Onondaga, N. Y. 

 Mrs. Julia Helmer, Syracuse, N. Y. 

 Mrs. Julia Stetsil, Wampsville, N. Y. 

 Mrs. Geo. Wheeler, Mexico, N. Y. 

 Mrs. T. L. Ilosford, Stafford, N. Y. 

 Mrs. E. B. Ross, Syracuse, N. Y. 



A. Adams, Moravia, N.- Y. 



J. O. Bendei-, Fayetteville, N. Y. 



F. R. Koons, East Boston, N. Y. 



C. U. Goodspeed, Thorn Hill, N. Y. 



J. H. Kennedy, Little York, N. Y. 



Joel. Kinnev, Jamesville, N. Y. 



E. E. Greenleaf, So. Spafford, N. Y. 



Wm. Atwood, Killawog, N. Y. 



H. Segelken, New York City, N. Y. 



W. S.'Peck, Syracuse, N. Y. 



W. S. Ward, Fullers Station, N. Y. 



J. H. Martin, Watervale, N. Y. 



C. J. Wolf, Marcellus Falls, N. Y. 



G. T. Smith, Jonesville, N. Y. 

 G. Nottingham, Syracuse, N. Y. 



J. M. McCaul, New York City, N. Y. 



E. B. Rowley, l)e Witt, N. Y. 

 G. H. Stewart, Amber, N. Y. 



B. C. Ross, Syracuse, N. Y. 



W. T. Collin, Fayetteville, N. Y. 

 O. G. Gridlev, Favetteville, N. Y. 



C. H. King-, be Witt, N. Y. 

 C. S. House, Manlius, N. Y. 

 1). Helmer, Syracuse, N. Y. 



F. M. Smith, "Syracuse, N. Y. 



Ira Barber, Dekalb Junction, N. Y. 



President Root called Vice President 

 Dickinson to tlie chair and then pro- 

 ceeded with the delivery of his address 

 ou 



Maxagement of the Apiary to 

 secuke the most extracted honey. 



By L. C. Root. 



Whatever the system of managing 

 an apiary may be, the degree of success 

 to which one will attain will depend 

 largely upon the condition of the stocks 

 in spring. 



It will therefore be seen that too 

 much attention cannot be given to in- 

 sure successful wintering. While there 

 is yet much room for study and im- 



provement in regard to wintering, I 

 am persuaded that the necessity for 

 real skill in management occurs more 

 especially during the spring mouths, 

 than at any other time. 



Usually, up to the first of March, bees 

 are in most perfect condition. At 

 about this date, they will begin to 

 waste, whatever the management may 

 be. 



During our earlier experience, we 

 thought it desirable to remove them 

 from their winter quarters to their 

 summer stands, as soon after this date 

 as the weather would allow. Expei*- 

 ience has proved, that after such early 

 removal they have diminished in num- 

 bers more rapidly than when left un- 

 disturbed. 



We have experimented in putting 

 them upon their summer stands very 

 early, and after cleaning and thor- 

 ougidy ventilating the wintering room, 

 returning them to their winterquarters. 

 All such experiments have proved un- 

 satisfactory, and with our present ex- 

 perience my advice is that the bees be 

 left entirely undisturbed, until such 

 time as they can begin to gather natural 

 pollen. 



i^fforts to stimulate breeding at an 

 earlier date will, as a rule, prove a 

 failure. If the conditions are what 

 they should be, bees Avill at once com- 

 mence breeding when placed upon their 

 summer stands. Every effort should 

 be made to prevent any interruption to 

 such breeding; on tiie contrar}-, it 

 should be aided in every possible man- 

 ner. 



The size of the brood chamber should 

 be made to correspond to the strength 

 of the stock, the entrance sliouldbe 

 quite small and all ventilation prevent- 

 ed. In fact, all of the best methods 

 should be practised to secure a popu- 

 lous stock at the earliest possible date. 

 During fruit blossoms I would advise 

 the rearing of an adequate number of 

 queens by the most approved methods, 

 which shall be in readiness to supply 

 the places of those which are liable to 

 fail at this season. It requires some 

 skill to know just how to add the 

 combs for brood and honey, as they are 

 needed. Great care must be taken not 

 to add them until the stock becomes 

 sufficiently populous to demand it. 

 H(no rnnny combs are needed dtirinrj 

 the working season? This will depend 

 much on the system of management. 



We find it most profitable toprevent 

 increase of stocks ; our colonies are 

 consequently very populous. We 

 therefore need a larger supply of 



