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a healthy condition to regain their 

 wings, if they should alight on the snow. 



MARKETING HONEY. 



" Would it not be better for bee- 

 keepers to be united in demanding a 

 reasonable price for their honey at home, 

 and not send to commission men and 

 overload some markets, thus knocking 

 down prices in all sections, and having 

 to take whatever the conscience of these 

 men will not allow them to keep for 

 their commission, which, by the way, in 

 some instances, isn't much ?" 



The above question received some 

 spirited remarks, especially upon the 

 unlimited resources of " middlemen." 



SECTIONS PARTLY FILLED. 



" What shall we do with the partly 

 filled sections?" was asked. Some had 

 tried feeding a few colonies in the en- 

 deavor to get the sections completed, 

 but with indifferent success. It was 

 thought best to extract those which were 

 not full enough to be profitable to sell 

 as light weights. 



KEEPING COMBS FROM MOTHS. 



This was the last subject discussed. 

 Some preferred hanging them up singly ; 

 others fumigate them ; placing them on 

 hives, and allowing the bees to protect 

 them, had been practiced with success 

 where the colony was large. The only 

 objection to the latter method seemed to 

 be the lowering of the temperature of 

 the brood-nest by the addition of unnec- 

 essary room in early summer. 



The convention then adjourned sub- 

 ject to call of the committee. 



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Report of the Central Bee- 

 Keepers' Convention. 



Written for the American Bee Journal 

 BY J. E. LYON. 



The Arapahoe and Jefferson county 

 bee-keepers met at Methodist Episcopal 

 church in Berkeley, Colo., on Feb. 15, 

 1893, for the purpose of organizing a 

 local bee-keepers' association. 



The meeting was opened by prayer by 

 H. D. Seckner, and then organized 

 themselves into a bee-keepers' associa- 

 tion, to be known as the Central Bee- 

 Keepers' Association, with 22 charter 

 members. 



The following were elected as officers : 



President — W. L. Porter, of Berkeley. 



Vice-President — Mrs. Greer. 



Secretary— J. E. Lyon, of Villa Park. 



Treasurer— V. De Vinney, of Villa 

 Park. 



The regular meetings are to be held 

 the second Wednesday of each month at 

 the M. E. Church in Berkeley, at 10 

 a.m. 



Come one and all, and don't forget to 

 bring your dinner basket, and have a 

 good time. J. E. Lyon, Sec. 



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Stock or Beveridgc Willow and 

 BassAvood for Bee§. 



Written Jar the American Bee Journal 

 BY GEORGE J. FOSTER. 



But few people are aware of the im- 

 mense value of the common Stock or 

 Beveridge willow for bees in the early 

 spring months. 



The very first tree to put forth its 

 flowers in spring is the Beveridge wil- 

 low, and the eagerness with which it is 

 sought after by the bees one can hardly 

 imagine ; they will travel miles to find 

 such pasture, which produces a wonder- 

 ful flow of honey in a very short time. 



Every bee-keeper should see that his 

 apiary is provided with say a half acre 

 or more of these willows, which will pay 

 for themselves the second year after 

 planting. Nothing is more easily grown, 

 and they may be planted in some low or 

 wet land in any out-of-the-way part of 

 the farm considered worthless, and 

 which will in this way become the most 

 valuable part of it. 



The trees should be planted three feet 

 apart in the row, with rows six feet 

 apart. This willow delights in a rich, 

 black, damp soil, and in such a situation 

 will flourish with the least of care. 



Take an ordinary breaking-plow, and 

 turn one deep furrow each way, leaving 

 what is called a " hollow furrow " where 

 the row of trees is to stand ; then place 

 the trees along this furrow at equal dis- 



