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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



Feb. 15, 1906 



How to make out of a Terrier a Bull-Dog.— German Bee-Paper. 



door6, as the weather then made a change and 

 turned too cold, and all indications were that 

 it would stay cold, which it has done. How- 

 ever, there is quite a difference between last 

 year at this time and to-day. It then was 

 pretty cold, a little above or below zero, and 

 lots of snow, and snow-drifts blocked the 

 roads; while to-day (Dec. 29) the thermom- 

 eter shows 34 degrees above zero in the shade, 

 with about 2 inches of snow on the ground. 

 So it seems that this winter will not be so 

 severe on bees as the two preceding winters 

 were. 



Bees in the cellar seem all right, as they are 

 quiet, and their merry hum is heard. I am 

 looking forward to a good season next sum- 

 mer. On page 780 (1905), John Cochems.of 

 Manitowoc Co., Wis., says he expects a heavy 

 winter loss. He says we have had a bad fall 

 here for bees. I think the fall, as far as 

 weather goes, was fine, although there was 

 not much honey for bees to gather and fill up 

 their hives for winter. If stores were lacking, 

 the bees should have been supplied with them. 

 I see no reason for such fears. Please, Mr. C, 

 tell us why you expect such heavy loss before 

 spring comes again. I have been feeding 

 mine 150 pounds of honey, so now I will be 

 easy about it until spring comes. 



Last summer I filled two Mason jars with 

 honey and set them out in the sun as an ex- 

 periment, to see how long it would keep liquid 

 when cold weather came. But I have no data 

 as to how long each one was left out in the 

 sun, as I took them in the honey-house in the 

 evening and set them out again when the 

 weather was fine in the mornings. One was 

 out longer than the other; and the one that 

 was out the longer is perfectly clear as water 

 to-day, and the other shows signs of starting 

 to candy. I will try the experiment again 

 next summer, and then will take data as to 

 how long it is kept in the sun. 



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Northeastern Wisconsin Convention. 



On Oct. 11, 1905, the Northeastern Wisconsin 

 Bee-Keepers' Association held its annual con- 

 vention at Mishicott. It was not very largely 

 attended, but those present took an active part 

 in the discussions and helped to make the 

 meeting quite interesting. 



After the call to order by the President, the 

 annual dues were collected. Then followed 

 the President's address upon marketing honey ; 

 then questions came. The first was, " How 

 can we increase the sale of honey?" and it 

 was thought by producing and putting upon 

 the market an article of the very best quality. 



Next a paper was read by Mr. Fred Trapp, 

 on " Preparing bees for winter," showing 

 the difference between cellar and out-of-door 

 wintering. He said that in out-of-door win- 

 tering the bees should have sufficient packing 

 to keep them warm and dry, and in 6ome way 

 be cared for so as to carry the dampness away 

 from the cluster. Cellared bees should be 

 prepared so as to carry off the moisture from 

 the cluster, as well as those out-of-doors. 

 Otherwise, it would condense in the hive and 

 mold the combs, which would not be good for 

 the bees. 



Mr. N. E. France was with us, and gave a 

 paper on "The Business End of BeeKeeping," 

 which was right up to the point, showing how 

 much bee-keepers were lacking in business 

 methods, and how best to manage so as always 

 to be up and ahead of the times, and have 

 everything ready for a good crop of honey 

 when it comes. 



All the old officers were re-elected : Presi- 

 dent, C. H. Voigt, of Ti6Ch Mills; First Vice- 

 President, Fred Trapp ; Second Vice-President, 



J. Sedlacik; Secretary, Dr. J. B. Rick, of 

 Mishicott; and Treasurer, John Cochems. 



After this some other business was taken 

 up, among which was the report of members 

 as to bees and honey for 1905. Those present 

 showed 283 colonies of bees, spring count, and 

 9725 pounds of honey ; 1025 pounds comb, and 

 the balance extracted. 



With this closed another good meeting of 

 bee-keepers which, I think, had lots of value 

 for those that were present. The convention 

 adjourned to meet at the call of the committee 

 in 1906. C. H. Voigt. 



Tisch Mills, Wis. 



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