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fectly. A screen box was set in front 

 of each. 



A committee was appointed to draft 

 resolutions — Messrs. 'Benton, Hines and 

 Bryan, after which the programme was 

 again taken up. 



ARRANGEMENT OF HIVES. 



"Which way should hives face, how 

 high from the ground should they be 

 placed, and how many in a group ?" 



Mr. Hines — I find it is well to have 

 hives well up from the ground. This 

 malies it easy for my back, and weeds 

 can be cut handier around them. 



Mr. Benton — I think that when tier- 

 ing up, one can do better with a hive 

 within 4 inches of the ground. 



Mr. Coverdale — I practice clipping the 

 queens' wings, and must have the hives 

 close to the ground ; and during the 

 clover harvest, with five section crates 

 on top, that's high enough. 



Mr. Hines — Facing hives when carried 

 from the cellar is of vital importance. I 

 would like to have them in groups of 

 four, but when I so treated the bees in 

 those facing south, they spring dwindled 

 very badly. 



Mr. Merritt — I like mine to face the 

 south. 



Mr. Coverdale — Much depends when 

 they are taken from the cellar. If early, 

 south facing will work more harm. It 

 is the chilly breezes that chill them after 

 the sun has tempted them out. I much 

 prefer north facing of hives. 



Among the things on exhibition was a 

 bee-hive made from plaster of Paris. 

 Mr. Bryan, the exhibitor, claimed that 

 bees did well in them, and that 50 cents 

 was the cost of molding one. 



The following resolutions were adopted 

 unanimously : 



Resolved, That the Eastern Iowa Bee- 

 Keepers' Association tender our thanks 

 to the Mayor and people of Delmar for 

 the use of their city hall, and for all 

 favors received during the meeting. 



Resolved, That we also tender our 

 most heartfelt thanks to Mr. Frank 

 Coverdale, our Secretary, for reporting 

 our past meetings so faithfully, and for 

 all the many favors he has rendered 

 during the various terms that he has 

 been Secretary of the association. 



Resolved, That we thank those who 

 displayed supplies and fixtures for the 

 benefit and instruction of all persons 

 present at this meeting. 



W. E. Bryan, l 

 Thomas O. Hines, [■ Com. 

 DiLLMAN Benton, j 



The convention then adjourned. 



Frank Coverdale, Sec. 



tW Do not write anything- for publication 

 on the same sheet of paper witn business 

 matters, unless it can be torn apart without 

 interfering with either part of the letter. 



Turpentine for Bee-Stings. 



For bee-stings, extract the sting and 

 apply one drop of spirits of turpentine, and 

 no swelling and no pain will be felt in one 

 minute. Mark Tovell. 



Guelph, Ont. 



Large Crop of Honey Expected. 



We have had glorious rains, which 

 prophesy a larger crop of honey than last 

 year in tliis section of Southern California. 



H. SONTAG. 



Cucamonga, Calif., Dec. 28, 1893. 



Bees and Berries. 



We are having fine weather for bees to 

 winter. Mine are on the summer stands in 

 chaff hives. They had a nice flight on 

 Christmas. I am new in the business, with 

 9 colonies, spring count. I increased them 

 to 17, and took off 503 pounds of surplus 

 comb honey, which I sold for 15 cents per 

 pound, by the aid of the American Bee 

 Journal. I want to increase them to 100 

 colonies. My wife says I have got the bee- 

 fever. I hope so. I have four acres of 

 berries, and peddle berries and honey. The 

 bees help the berries, and berries help the 

 bees. H. L. Goodrich. 



Stockbridge, N. Y. 



Glucose With a Little Honey in It. 



If the editor will allow me, I will try to 

 explain J. H. Martin's protest, on page 819, 

 to part of Mr. Newman's reply to my arti- 

 cle on page 698— "But in California he 

 seems to be making it almost pure glucose." 

 This has reference to P. H. Hunt, of Red- 

 lands, Calif. When I wrote the article, I 

 told all I knew about it at the time, and of 

 course left wrong impressions with the 

 readers of the Bee Jouhnal. Since then I 

 have found the man who used his little 

 steam boiler, and helped mix the honey 

 with the glucose, right here in St. Paul. 



I am sorry wrong impressions got out, 

 but I could not help it, and beg the pardon 

 of Mr. Martin, and all the other producers 

 and sellers of pure honey in California. 



St. Paul, Minn. J. A. Holmberg. 



