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to ten, and ho liad taken SO") lbs. of honey. 

 He took a bee boi)k and attended his own 

 bees. 



Mr. Rydalch, of Tooele Co., said that 

 the disease called foul brood had been in 

 one of his hives last spring, and in divid- 

 ing and swarming, liad sjjread it into 

 other hives. His bees had not done well. 



j\lr. 1. IJulloek, of Provo, gave his ex- 

 perience with foul brood. 



Doctor Crockwell recommended a solu- 

 tation of one ounce of carbolic acid to a 

 gallon of water as a disinfectant for hives 

 that had contained foul brood. 



Mv. L. Root, of Iron Co., stated thathis 

 bees had done well. He had taken 1.")0 

 lbs. of honey, and had doubled his stock. 



Motioned that Chas. Monk be added to 

 the publishing committee. Carried. 



Motioned tliat Messrs. I. Bullock, J. 

 Morgan, C. Minik, and G. Bailey prepare 

 an article, on foul brood, for publication. 

 Carried. 



Prest. A. M. Musser stated tliat in the 

 southern settlements they accused the 

 honey bee of sucking the juice from the 

 grape, but it was proved that the wasp or 

 yellow jacket punctured and broke the 

 skin of the grape, and the bees Avorked 

 upon the broken fruit, but not upon the 

 sound. He said that Mr. J. E. Johnson, 

 of St. George, had done remarkably well 

 with his bees in increasing of them. He 

 urged it upon the members to be diligent, 

 to learn all they could, and to make bee 

 culture a successful branch of home in- 

 dustry. 



Dismissed by J. S. Tanner. Adjourned 

 sine die. 



Geo. B. Bailey, Sec. j^ro tern. 



Voices From Among the Hives. 



Henky Bosshaud, Highland, 111., 

 writes : — "This year, all around, the har- 

 vest in honey very rich. Spring and 

 autumn good for our bees. Honey @ 35 

 cents ^ lt> easy to sell." 



Davip Brokaw, Maple Work, Wis., 

 writes : — "I am going into the bee busi- 

 nees quite extensively, raising queens etc. 

 I expect the coming winter to get some 

 new subscribers for the Jouknal. We 

 have mostly black bees all in old box 

 hives, and am urged to bring a better 

 liive and bees into this county ; which I 

 can do without patent rights. My report 

 for this year, in short, is this : I com- 

 menced with 13 stocks last spring. In- 

 creased them to 4(>, now in good condi- 

 tion for wintering. In box honej', about 

 800 lbs., Avliich has paid me about 500 

 per cent. I expect to transport some 20 

 stocks of my best Italians to my new 

 home. My family is now there and I am 



here at Oconomowoc, Oct. 2G, 1874, pre- 

 paring my bees for shipping. Success to 

 you in keeping up a good Bee Journal, 

 filled with facts and not theories merely." 



S. II. Black, Sciota, 111., writes: — 

 "Bees have not done well here this .sevi- 

 son. From 4() colonies I had 7 natural 

 swarms ; the season being too poor to 

 divide them. The white clover failed, 

 but bees filled up from heartsease, this 

 fall, and stored some in boxes. My bees 

 are Italians. Black bees nearly all starv- 

 ed here last winter. I am well pleased to 

 know that two of our Bee Journals have 

 been consolidated. W.ill try to send you 

 more subscribers." 



E. Otis, Batavia, 111., writes :—" One 

 year ago I put 50 colonies of bees in win- 

 ter quarters. They all wintered well. The 

 spring was very cold. Host ten, and the 

 rest were very weak. I increased them 

 to 97, and took 2,600 lbs. of extracted 

 honey. My bees are Italians ; they are 

 the bees. My hives were full combed." 



N. D. West, Breakabeen, N. Y., writes: 

 " Bees done well in this vicinity this sea- 

 son. I use a hive which contains 1,740 

 cubic inches, inside of the ^frames, and 

 like it well. I think it large enough. Is 

 it not more profitable to use two hives 

 this size than to use a hive twice as^large, 

 when with the small hive it gives^ije the 

 most honey and swarms, and are much 

 more convenient to handle. I winter 

 with success in the cellar." 



Tnos. Pierce, Gansevoort, N. Y., 

 writes : — " JVIy bees have done better the 

 past season than for five seasons before. 

 I started with IG colonies. I have had 

 over 30 natural swrrms ; have over 500 

 lbs. of box honey. I shall start this win- 

 ter with 30 swarms and if they live 

 through the w inter, I hope to have a good 

 time next season. This has been a very 

 cool season, and very backward ; but the 

 fall has been very favorable, and my bees 

 made over 100 lbs. of white honey. My 

 bees are all black ; I have tried Italians, 

 without success. Success to the AifbRi- 

 CAN Bee Journal." 



Wm. Reynolds, Lexington, 111., writes: 

 — " I have had from 40 to 80 colonies 

 every season since 1868, and have lost 

 none, except a few that were queeuless in 

 the winter of '71 and '72. Honey season 

 in '74 very short, in consequence of the 

 drouth, yet I obtained 953 lbs. extracted, 

 and 250 lbs. box honey from 45 colonies, 

 last spring, (sold 15 in May) and now 

 have 47 in good condition to winter. I 

 do not anticii)ate any loss from wintering 

 or springing (unless queenless) at any fu- 

 ture time, as my success, for six years 

 past, is fully demonstrated. I do' not 



