No. 4.] BEE KEEPING. 93 



side of a box as in. 1 used to put tlicni in the cellar, where 

 they got disease ; that wouldn't answer. I don't care if the 

 snow drifts over them; just kee]) them warm. I wouldn't 

 have them in a barn; they are filthy things. If you put the 

 hive down low, six inches from the ground, they come in from 

 the lield laden, and they want to strike the hives as soon as 

 they can. Well, there's lot« of things about bees, and a man 

 may work at them all his life and he won't know all about 

 them. 



Mr. St1':WxVK.t. About having them six inches from the 

 ground, that is essential, and what the gentleman says about 

 looking after them is to the ])oint. It isn't always the lack of 

 knowledge; it is applying what you have. In regard to tak- 

 ing some frames out to prevent swarming, that we call divid- 

 ing. We take some frames out and put them in a hive by 

 themselves, and give them a queen cell already capped from 

 some desirable strain. 



Afternoon Session. 



The meeting was called to order at 2 r..>r. by Secretary Ells- 

 worth, who introduced Burton W. Potter, Esq., of Worcester 

 as the presiding officer of the afternoon. 



The Chair. You probably know that I am interested in 

 cows. Our lecturer of the aftern(M)n, Professor Dean, is well 

 known in agricultnral circles in Canada, and especially in the 

 Province of Ontario. He is an authority on all matters 

 relating to the dairy cow, and it gives me great pleasure to 

 introduce him at this time. 



