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colunns with a square base and two ba;=| s 

 on the top are beeswax. The remainder of 

 the wax is in fancy balls, bells, hearts, etc., 

 and may be seen on top of the sections, 

 glass and jars of honey. Mr. Ochsner's 

 letters do not show very well in the picture. 

 They were in the front end of the show- 

 case under one of the large arches. 



The Wisconsin exhibit was entered as a 

 State exhibit, and of course individual ex- 

 hibitors were unknown to the judges, con- 

 sequently the award was to the State as a 

 whole. 



As in the case of the Michigan exhibit, 

 the success of the Wisconsin display was 

 mainly due to the untiring efforts and wis- 

 dom of one man — in the former to Bro. 

 Cutting, and in the latter to Bro. Wilcox, 

 whose picture is shown on another page. 

 Both of these good men worked faithfully 

 and hard in securing and placing their re- 

 spective exhibits, and of course each won 

 worthy and lasting honor, if not financial 

 reward. We trust that neither Wisconsin 

 nor Michigan bee-keepers will soon forget 

 the two men who did so much to win new 

 laurels to these already much-crowned 

 States. 



'I'lie Vermont Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion will meet in the Van Ness House at 

 Burlington, Vt., on Jan. 24 and 25, 1894. 

 Among the topics to receive attention are 

 these : 



President W. G. Larrabee's address, in- 

 cluding a report of the North American 

 Bee-Keepers" Association meeting in Chi- 

 cago. 



Experimental work : What has been done 

 at the State Farm— O. J. Lowrey and T. H. 

 Wheatley. 



Upward and entrance ventilation : How 

 much for winter ? — H. P. Langdon. 



Is spring protection necessary after bees 

 are put out of the cellar ? — M. F. Cram. 



Discussion: Advantages and disadvan- 

 tages of shallow frames. 



Why is honey so much better flavored in 

 some years than in others ? — R. H. Holmes. 



How shall we manage our bees so as to 

 secure the most honey ? — E. J. Smith. 



In the Secretary's announcement we find 

 the following paragraphs : 



The Van Ness House kindly donates the 

 use of a hall for the convention, and re- 

 duces their rates to .S2.00 per day, to those 

 attending the convention. 



If you have any new or useful invention 

 or article, please bring the same to the 

 convention. 



If you live within reach of Burlington, 



don't fail to attend the meeting, and bring 

 your lady friends with you. All interested 

 in apiculture are expected to come without 

 further invitation. Bring your badges. 



The C. V. R. R. Co. have reduced their 

 rates as follows: Return tickets — From 

 stations within 33 miles of Burlington, 3 

 cents per mile each way, with minimum 

 rate of 25 cents, and maximum rate of 

 ^1.00; 34 miles and over, fare one way. 

 Tickets are good going Jan. 23rd, 24th, and 

 25th, and good returning the 25th and 26th, 

 between the following named places to 

 Burlington: Malone and Ticonderoga, N. 

 Y., Richford. Cambridge Junction, Rut- 

 land, and White River Junction. 



H. W. Scott, Sec. & Trcas. 



Barre, Vt. 



answered by 

 Marengo. III. 



In this department will be answered those 

 questions needing- immkdiate attention, and 

 such as are not of sufficient special interest to 

 rf^quire rep ies from t he 'JO or more apiarists 

 who help to make "Queries and Replies "so 

 interesting on another page. In the main, it 

 will contain questions and answers upon mat- 

 ters that particularly interest beginners.— Ed. 



Contraction — Improvement in Bees. 



I tried contracting the brood-chambpr 

 of four colonies durit)g basswood honey- 

 flow, and three of them would persist in 

 building comb on the vacant side of the 

 dummy. One even got so far as to have 

 quite a comb there, (mostly drone-comb) 

 with the queen laying in that side. 



The combs in the brood-chamber were 

 very nearly all worker, and instead of 

 the queen using them, and the bees stor- 

 ing above, they capped them over half 

 full of honey. They worked in the 

 super some, but not like bees ought to 

 when there is a good honey-flow. They 

 had, I think, five Laugstroth frames, 

 maybe six. 



I fitted a thin piece of board over the 

 vacant part of the brood-chamber. One 

 of the four stayed "contracted" all 

 right. It bad six frames. This one was 

 a new swarm, and worked all right in 

 the super, but re-swarmed in August. 

 1. I would like advice on contracting, 



