American Bee Journal 



DEVOTED EXCLUSIVELY TO BEE CULTURE. ^ 



Vol. X. CEDAR RAPIDS, OCTOBER, 1874. No. 10. 



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Correspondents should write only on one side of 

 the sheet. Their best thoughts and practical ideas are 

 always welcome ; no matter how rough, we will cheer- 

 fully "fix them up." 



Kansas Association. 



Transactions of the Kansas State 

 Bee-Keepers' Association, held at Lea- 

 A'enwortli, Kansas, Wednesday and 

 Thursday evenings, September ijtlt and 

 10th, 1874. ^ 



WEDNESDAY EVEXIXG SESSION. 



The State Bee-Keepers' Association 

 met at 7'.< o'cloclc in the -Mayor's office, 

 Hon. M. A. O'Neil in tlie chair. The 

 Secretary read tlie minutes of tlie last 

 annual meeting wliicli were approved. 

 A committee Avas ai)pointed by the 

 • •hair to select subjects for discussion 

 for Thursday evening'. 



The committee repoi-ted back the 

 following which were adopted, viz: 



1. Is it more protitable to keep bees 

 for honey or to raise stock for sale? 



2. How can the largest amount of 

 surplus honey be obtained? 



3. AVhich is the cheapest and best 

 plan of feeding- bees? 



■1. What is the most successful plan 

 of wintering? 



5. Can bees be wintered without bee- 

 bread ? 



f). Is a single story hive more profit- 

 able than double? 



7. What is the best plan to prevent 

 robbing? 



8. The best plan to introduce unfer- 

 tile queens? 



9. Is it profitable to keep an extract- 

 or ? 



The President then read a paper 

 entitled 27ie JIope.'>; Disappointments 

 and Realizations of Bee-Keeping, 

 which touched on many points of 

 interest. 



He give notice that an election of 

 officers for the ensuing year would be 

 held to-night. 



Adjourned to meet again Thursday 

 evening in the Mayor's office. 



TIIURSDAV EVENING SESSION. 



The President in the chair. The 

 minutes of last meeting read and ap- 

 proved. 



The special order of the evening was 

 the discussion of subjects selected by 

 the committee aiul the election of 

 officers. 



Subject: ••Is it more protitable to 

 keep bees for gathering honey or 

 increase colonies for the purpose of 

 making sales.'' 



Mr. Itiling. — AVith me the greatest 

 profit derived is from the sale of honey, 

 but I am of the opinion that it depends 

 considerably on the locality and sea- 

 sou. 



Mr. Jacot, of l)ouglas County. — My 

 experience is that in my locality th(3 

 profit is in the sale of bees. As the 

 lioney season does not open until the 

 15th 'or 20th of August, by that time 

 the colonies are leduced from swarm- 

 ing, and consequently not in as good 

 condition as they would otherwise 

 have been had the honey season open- 

 ed earlier, before the swaiming im- 

 pulse set in. 



Mr. Ilai-ris — I am unable to discover 

 any ditference. 



Mr. Wolfron. — I am of the opinion 

 that there is more p.roflt in honey, pro- 

 viding we have empty combs to insert 

 in the hive during the honey season. 



(). Badders. — r>y a judicious manage- 

 ment of the extracted and properly 

 constructed hives we coidd obtain 

 more profit from honey; but in my 

 locality the two should be worked to- 

 gether; as the honey season opens 

 early Ave can depend on honey in the 

 spi-ing, and after the loth or 20th of 

 July could divide and make sales, pro- 

 viding Ave have the Italians, as they 

 command a higher figure than the com- 

 mon bee. 



Hon. M. A. O'Neal.— That it Avas 

 rather a difficult problem to solve, as 

 it depended on the locality, demand 

 and price of bees and honey. 



