are going to deteriorate our bees by allowing 

 them to mix. 



The best fall preparation for winter, and 

 the best -way to iv inter, in-door s or out. 



D. D. Palmer. I take but little pains as to 

 how I winter, have had good success with 

 any way. If the cellar is damp, give more 

 attention to ventilation ; do not fasten the 

 bees into their hives, and have strips of tin 

 nailed over the entrance to prevent mice 

 gnawing in. 



C. 0. Perrine. The age of bees has much 

 to do with successful wintering ; it is very 

 essential that we have young bees for win- 

 ter. 



L. H. Scudder. I think we can have too 

 much honey in the hive ; I prefer to have 

 one or two empty combs in the center at 

 this time of year for the queen's use. I 

 prefer a house for wintering bees. 



T. G. McGaw. There are three requisites 

 for successful wintering, plenty ot young 

 bees, which is the fall work towards winter- 

 ing, plenty of honey, and keep dry. I use 

 a dry cellar, aud i very seldom lose any. 



Dr. I. P. Wilson. I think it a very impor- 

 tant item to cut holes through the combs to 

 allow the bees to pass through instead of 

 over. 



T. G. McGaw. I never take my bees out 

 for a fly during the winter. Think a hole in 

 front of the hive above the entrance a valu- 

 able thing. 



D. D. Palmer. I have four windows to 

 my cellar, two north, two south, can open at 

 will, have screens outside, space packed 

 with straw. If a warm day comes, at night 

 open the windows, and close in the morning. 

 L. C. Meadows. I winter out-doors, put a 

 large box over each hive to shut out light. 

 If a warnl day comes, then I take the boxes 

 off and let the bees fly and replace when it 

 becomes cool again. It works well. 



Will -it pay to use comb-foundation in the 

 brood-chamber; also, will it pay, or in- 

 jure the sale of comb honey to use comb- 

 foundation in the surplus boxes ? 



C. O. Perrine. I had better success when 

 I used comb-foundation than any other way. 

 The shallow frame seemed to do the best 

 with foundation. I agree with the praises 

 of it in the Bee Journal. Would suggest 

 the use of narrow strips as guides. I can 

 use it best in weak colonies. Its full aver- 

 age weight should be about o}4 to 3% sheets 

 per pound. There is a great difference in 

 beeswax. Want to get it as light colored as 

 possible, and the harder, more flinty we get 

 it the better the foundation. Would not put 

 much in the sections ; not over % to % 

 inch as starters. 1 think a " climber " or a 

 strip of narrow foundation from top to bot- 

 tom of a few sections in each case, is a good 

 thing. Would advise the use of drone comb- 

 foundation as starters in sections. 



Geo. Bischoff. I think it does pay ; I like 

 it verv much. 



C. P. Dadant. 1 differ with Mr. Perrine a 

 little, would prefer -i}4 to 5 feet to the pound. 

 Wax not well cleaned, is more apt to sag. 

 Advise about G inches deep for the brood 

 frames. 



C. O. Perrine. I would advise all to save 

 their partly-filled sections to put in the cen- 



ter, one or two will cause the bees to begin 

 work in the sections very much quicker. 



D. D. Palmer. I find my bees take to 

 foundation more readily than to natural 

 comb. Mr. Iloge says, fill sections full of 

 foundation. 



C. O. Perrine. There is a fish bone in 

 honey built on full sections of foundation. 

 I find it so in all 1 have handled, and would 

 not use full sheets of it in the sections. 



EVENING SESSION. 



This evening was to have been devoted to 

 a lecture on "Honey" by Mr. O. Clute, 

 of Iowa City, Iowa, but a telegram was 

 received from him saying it was impossible 

 for him to get here. 



What is the best method for shipping bees 

 to ensure safety ? 



T. G. McGaw. If it is warm weather, 

 extract nearlv all the honey ; put wire cloth 

 over the entrance, tack a strip of wood 

 across the top of the frames ; take off the 

 carpet or honey board ; fasten the cap down; 

 bore at least a dozen holes in cap, and cover 

 with wire-cloth ; the bees will leave the 

 combs and cluster in the cap, and if the 

 comb breaks down the bees are safe. If in 

 the winter, and old combs, leave 15 to 20 

 lbs. of honey ; such generally go through 

 safely. 



What are the most convenient dishes for 

 honey on the table ? 



D. D. Palmer. Would use the common 

 glass pitcher for extracted honey. For 

 comb, a low, closed glass dish. For winter 

 when there are no Hies, almost any dish is 

 suitable. 



The use of honey in preserving fruit, 

 making jelly, etc., intheplaceof sugar. 



L. H. Scudder. Wife made peach pre- 

 serves put up in honey, persons ate of it 

 and could not detect its being made with 

 honey. 



Jesse Bogart. Our family use it exten- 

 sively, and like it very much. 



Mrs. Jas. A. Simpson. For some things I 

 like honey as well as sugar. 1 don't like 

 buckwheat honey, and some other kinds. 



Are not bees more liable to deposit pollen 

 in worker comb in boxes, than in drone 

 comb ? 



H. F. Putnam. I have never seen it in 

 drone comb, but they are very apt to do it 

 in worker comb. 



C. P. Dadant. I never saw pollen in 

 drone comb. 



How shall we prevent the melting down of 

 combs in hot weather ? 



Will. M. Kellogg. Paint all your hives as 

 ■white as you can get them, ventilate the cap 

 well, give a good wide entrance aud the 

 combs will stand a great amount of heat and 

 not melt down. 



E. D. Godfrey. I used to think I must 

 have hives of different colors, till my dark 

 colored ones melted down. Nothing but 

 white for me hereafter. 



C. P. Dadant. Were the hives in the sun ? 



E. D. Godfrey. Entirely so. 



