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this matter. It is not in our province 

 to say that they were not honest in it. 

 We leave that to their own consciences. 

 Time will tell. 



8. The planting or sowing of Alsyke 

 clover, sweet clover, borage, and Cen- 

 tauria, as honey producers, was 

 strongly advised. 



9. It was decided that building up 

 good home markets and grading our 

 honey carefully would increase the 

 demand and do away with the cry of 

 " low rates." 



10. Messrs. A. J. King and J. Hutch- 

 inson, committee on questions, re- 

 ported as follows : 



1. Do young bees winter as well as 

 old ones ? Very much better. 



2. Is it certain that bees know each 

 other by the scent? Yes, their scent 

 or some other cause. 



3. Is it advantageous to glass honey ? 

 Yes. 



4. Will a colony, which has just 

 swarmed, as readily accept a queen be- 

 fore cutting out cells as after? No. 



5. Should the publishers of our bee 

 journals deal in supplies? Yes.' 



6. Is there any egg-keeping com- 

 pound that will keep queens' eggs over 

 winter, to hatch in spring? Yes, 

 queens' ovaries. 



7. Will the discussion of the subject 

 of the adulteration of our honey inure 

 to the benetlt of honey producers? 

 Yes, if discussed properly. 



8. Are worms found in combs where 

 no pollen is present? Committee disa- 

 greed. 



9. Was Langstroth the originator 

 of the movable frame hive? No. 



10. Are the Italians, all things con- 

 sidered, the best bees yet produced or 

 discovered? Yes, as far as we know 

 at this date. 



11. If there is a death in a beekeep- 

 er's family do the bees notice the fact, 

 as has been stated? No, they do not. 

 It is the varnish on the coffin attracts 

 the bees and not sympathy for the 

 family. 



12. How small a colony can a begin- 

 ner commence with? Best to com- 

 mence with a full colony. 



13. Is not the tarifi" detrimental to 

 the production and sale of honey? 

 No, but beneficial, as honey produced 

 in Cuba would destroy the sale of 



1 Please notice who uuswers this question. 

 Ed.] 



honey here, were it not for the fact of 

 a duty on it of thirty cents per gallon. 



After this the convention adjourned 

 to meet in the fall in New York City 

 subject to the arrangements of the 

 executive committee. 



QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. 



QUESTIONS BY THE EDITOR. 



1. What is your method of building 

 up your colonies and preparing them 

 for the honey harvest, commencing at 

 the time when they are first taken from 

 the cellars, or, if on summer stands, 

 when you lirst examine them? 



2. Will colonies build up more rap- 

 idly with the long shallow Langstroth 

 f rame, or with one about lOi X 16? and 

 why? 



3. Howmay we be able to judge just 

 when the colony is in a proper condition 

 to commence work in the sections, aud 

 how shall we proceed when they are in 

 that condition? 



4. Is it well with colonies that are 

 to be run for section honey, to remove 

 the old queens, replacing them with 

 young ones in order to control the 

 swarming fever? If so, at what time is 

 it best to do this? 



5. When is it best to remove the 

 chaff packing from around the hives, 

 aud what is the eflect of keeping the 

 chaff packing around them in the sum- 

 mer? 



QUESTIONS BY WM. STEPHAN. 



6. Which is the best way to have the 

 frames in the hive, i. e., parallel to the 

 fly hole or in a right-angle direction to 

 the same, and what is the reason for the 

 one or the other way? 



7. What is the reason why wire net- 

 ting canuot be or is not used for sepa- 

 rators? We used it last year in six 

 hives and found it a success; it is cheap- 

 er than perforated metal and does not 

 warp like the wooden ones. 



8. How can it be explained why the 

 extracted honey gathered the same time 

 as the comb honey, being out of the 

 same hive and kept in the same room, 

 in waxed kegs 200 lb. cap, has lost about 



