May 17, 1906 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



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super. This I repeat every 7 or 8 days. By this method i 

 am able to increase largely the strength of the colonies. 



By the date of the beginning of the honey harvest ill 

 colonies should be filling a 2-story hive, and be ready for a 

 second super. This second super, and all others added from 

 time to time, should be placed right next to the brood-cham- 

 ber. Always keep the oldest honey at the top of the hive — 

 it is the first to be ripened and capped. By the use ot 

 these shallow hives the queen will fill the comb with brood 

 plump up to the top-bar; and practically all honey will then 

 be stored in the supers. 



During a good flow of honey all good colonies will re- 

 quire an empty super added every 4 to 6 days. With these 

 small supers, only holding 35 to 40 pounds, they are filled 

 quickly, evaporated, and capped. The honey is thus more 

 uniform in body, flavor and color. They are not so apt to 

 contain uncapped honey, and honey from two or more sources, 

 as are the large supers. > 



It sometimes happens that there comes a change in the 

 kind of honey; it may be a change from raspberry or clover 

 to sumac or milk-weed and then with the large super contain- 

 ing 8 or 10 Langstroth frames, we are much more liable to 

 get the honey mixed. I believe we should be careful to keep 

 the different kinds of honey separate, especially raspberry. I 

 think raspberry is the very best honey with which to build up 

 a trade. It is a winner to make customers. 



We should never extract a pound of uncapped honey and 

 sell it for table use. For example, we will say that honey 

 must all be capped before extracting in order to be classed 

 as No. 1 honey. This we will rate at 100 percent. Honey 

 extracted when only three-fourths capped we will class at 75 

 percent, or 25 percent below the standard. 



We will now give a more practical test. We will make 

 a canvass and sell, direct to consumers 500 pounds of No. 

 1 honey, classed at 100 percent. In 30 days we will make a 

 second canvass and find almost every individual who bought 

 at the time of the first canvass is ready and anxious for a 

 second pail of honey, and the entire community will have 

 learned of the good quality of the honey and 1,000 pounds 

 will be sold, increasing the sales 100 percent more than 

 those of the first canvass. Had we made the first canvass 

 with the honey classed at 75 percent, the chances are that 

 our sales would have fallen below those of the first can- 

 vass. 



When we know that quality makes the difference be- 

 tween success and failure we should readily see- how impor- 

 tant it is to produce only No. I honey. If you are producing 

 honey of a high standard, you are on the right road to suc- 

 cess; if not, it's high time you were putting forth your best 

 efforts to produce the verv best quality. 



Rapid City, Mich. 



Mass. 



Report of the Worcester County 

 Convention 



(Sext by C. R. Russell, Secretary.) 



The Worcester County Bee-Keepers' Association has 

 become a New England affair, although an attempt to 

 have the name changed to New England Bee-Keepers' 

 Association failed. Some of the members objected to drop- 

 ping the name, "Worcester County," although they are not 

 averse to allowing others outside of the county to join 

 the society, and for that purpose amended Art. 3 of the 

 Constitution, which provided that all members of the Asso- 

 ciation should be residents of Worcester County, now 

 making anybody interested eligible to membership. 



As a result of this act, 16 members were admitted to 

 the Association from Vermont, Rhode Island and Con- 

 necticut. 



The institute meeting and convention of the Wor- 

 cester County Bee-Keepers' Association and Massa- 

 chusetts Agricultural Society, said to be the first of its 

 kind in Massachusetts, was held in Horticultural Hall. 

 The attendance was much larger than anybody expi I, 

 and included prominent apiarists from Boston and differ- 

 ent sections of New England. 



The meeting consisted of two sessions, morning id 

 afternoon, with a banquet between, and an exhib 

 apiarian articles. The lectures were in the library in t he 

 hall, which in the afteWoon proved much too small for 

 the accommodation of t'aose who wished to attend the 

 meeting, and about 50 people were turned away b< 

 there were not seats enough. 



The banquet and exhibits were in the main hall. The 

 exhibits were arranged on tables, and included wax, shown 

 by Charles R. Russell, honey-candy by F. A. Farmer, 

 honey by R. H. Holmes, and bee-appliances by F. H. 

 Drake. 



The morning speaker was Prof. James B. Paige of 

 Amherst College, who talked on "Bee-Diseases." Prof. 

 Paige devoted most of his talk to the new bee-disease 

 which was discovered by a member of the Worcester 

 County Bee-Keepers' Association, James Wood. 



Mr. Paige stated that the disease had been found in 

 bees in Bondville, Enfield, Ware, Greenwich, Hardwick, 

 Prescott, North Dana, New Salem, Belchertown and 

 Amherst. The total area covered by it does not exceed 

 more than 25 or 30 miles in length, and 8 or 10 miles in 

 width. Nothing has appeared in print describing any 

 disease just like it, and it is probably confined to this State. 



Prof. Paige stated that it was supposed to have started 

 in Ludlow, but in the discussion that followed, one of the 

 audience stated that he knew of it in Monson and Brim- 

 field, before it got to Ludlow. It was discovered in the 

 summer of 1901. 



Prof. Paige was asked what Amherst College was 

 doing for the bee-keepers, and stated that a course was 

 opened in apiculture, and for the past two years had been 

 very successful. This course opens the last Wednesday 

 of May and continues two weeks. There are lectures and 

 scientific and practical work. 



Prof. Paige was asked if there are less bee-diseases 

 to-day than there were 25 years ago. "I do not think so," 

 said he, "but if I were to answer jokingly I should say 

 'No,' because there are less bees than there were then, and 

 for the same reason that they say black sheep eat less than 

 the white, because there are fewer of them." 



In the afternoon Arthur C. Miller of Providence gave 

 a general talk on bees, and answered the question put in 

 the question-box. In his talk, Mr. Miller dwelt on what 

 has been called the "Wiley Lie," the report spread among 

 the people of the country regarding the sale of manu- 

 factured comb honey. "The public need never be afraid 

 of getting manufactured comb honey," said Mr. Miller. 



Allen Latham of Connecticut and Pres. O. B. Hadwen 

 also spoke in the afternoon. 



The convention was called to order at 10:30 o'clock, 

 with Pres. Burton N. Gates of the Worcester County Bee- 

 Keepers' Association in the chair. After a few words of 

 welcome Pres. Gates introduced Prof. Paige of Amherst 

 as the morning speaker, and he took up practically all of 

 the morning session, with his lecture and the discussion 

 that followed. 



There was a brief discussion, after which Secretary 

 Charles R. Russell read the constitution of the Associa- 

 tion, and invited those present who were not already mem- 

 bers of the society to join. 



Immediately after this dinner was served. Over 70 

 persons sat down to it. 



Mr. Farmer gave a short talk immediately after dinner, 

 on his honey-comb candy, after which the exhibits were 

 examined. 



Pres. Gates called the afternoon session to order at 

 2:30 o'clock. At this session, many more people came 

 than were expected, and a large number were forced to 

 leave on account of an inability to accommodate them. 



Mr. Gates announced that the president of the Wor- 

 cester County Horticultural Society was present, and at 

 this time expressed the thanks of his Association for the 

 kindness and courtesy shown by the Horticultural Society 

 in entertaining them, and said he thought it was fitting 

 at this time to ask Pres. O. B. Hadwen to say a few words, 

 which he did, giving his experiences with bees, and stating 

 that the Society was always glad to receive such an or- 

 ganization as the bee-keepers. 



On a motion made by Mr. Russell, the bee-keepers 

 gave Mr. Hadwen, as representing the Worcester County 

 Horticultural Society, a vote of thanks for its courtesy 

 and kindness. 



Mr. Gates then introduced Arthur C. Miller, of Prov- 

 idence, as the afternoon speaker. Mr. Miller began by 

 stating that Worcester county had one thing they were to 

 be congratulated on, and that was a county paper, The 

 Telegram, which was willing to yive space to bee-culture 

 and agricultural matters in general, which was a point 

 farther than most papers had reached, and added that 

 thanks should be given the press. 



Referring to comments heard regarding the scientific 

 treatment of the subject, in the morning, Mr. Miller said: 



