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all, biat can tnitlifully say, that as far as I 

 have experimented witli it, it has not failed 

 a single time. 1 believe it will succeed in r 

 majority of cases. I have given it to Afessrs. 

 J. S. Hill and G. W. Zimmerman to be tested, 

 and given them special directions, and if 

 they succeed with it, in a majority of ex- 

 periments, then I expect pay for it, and will 

 leave each one to be guided by conscientious 

 duty. If it fails I do not want anything for 

 it. 



The following is the receipe: "Flavoring 

 Extract of Lemon," "to one gallon of sjTup 

 or honey add one tcaspoonful of the ex- 

 tract" more may be added with safety. Do 

 not add until syrup or honey is cool. It 

 gives a fine flavor. Stir gently. 



BEST METHOD OF SPKIXGIXG BEES. 



Mrs. Tupper— Best way to keep bees 

 through spring is to winter them rigiit. One 

 eays he went through finely on my plan. I 

 take my bees out of the <'ellar in the niglit 

 before I expect tliem to fly, and about the 

 time I want to commence to stimulate, bring 

 them out quietly. If you take them out on 

 a sunny day, they come out and fly too sud- 

 den and manj- are lost, when it is warm 

 enough I begin to feed and as soon as safe 

 I examine them and generally find brood, 

 also feed rye meal as Jong as they will take 

 it and as soon as they have plenty of brood. 

 I open the hive and give an empty couib- 

 p'lace in the nnddle of tlie hive, keep quilts 

 on hives so as to protect the brood. I would 

 rather have bees out tluin in a cellar, if not 

 frost proof. But to keep them out doors, set 

 a store box around your hives and fill in 

 with chaff or manure and leave the entrance 

 cx)en. Bees that are in a cellar must not be 

 (.disturbed at all aud left until time for set- 

 ting out in the spring tor when tliey are dis- 

 turbed they consuijje more honey. 



Mr. Benedict— Bte-; consume but little 

 honey from 1st Dec. to 1st of Feb. but alter 

 that they consxime a good deal, for bruotl 

 icaring requires much more feed. 



Mr. Chapman— I cool my cellar before I 

 go into it to see niy bees and do not disturb 

 them, I carry them out in March to fly, 

 and if the weather gets too cold I can\- 

 them back. 1 feed syrup warm and get 

 water from a brook to make syrup witii. 

 filso feed rye meal. 



Mr. Betsinger— Li't your bees be quiet in 

 their winter quarters. I have had ex])eri- 

 i-nce in feeding ^yru|>, and find comb honey 

 t!ie best to winter on. I winter on summer 

 ^rands, I find a cluster of bces4 inches thick 

 will not freeze. I open a hive on a cold da\- 

 rnul out come the bees quite active to meet 

 me. I put a quilt on the frames first. I put 

 <,Mi a paper^about 1st of April. As soon as 

 warm enough aud brood connuences, I i>ut 



in empty comb in middle of the hive and 

 soon find plenty of brood. I find we must 

 keep them dry. 



Mr. King— Bead a paper on the coming 

 "Frame." 



Mrs. Tupper— I never have any trouble in 

 securing comb when I have plenty of bees, 

 and the weather favorable. Put a frame in the 

 middle of a brood chamber in the night when 

 honey is plenty, sometimes put in 3 in a day. 

 I dont think it pays to build comb, I would 

 not build it for less than S!5.00 per comb, Irix 

 Vi. I am in for a standard frame and that 

 they be 12x13. 



Mr, Benedict— I breed queens for sale and 

 not for honey. I put frames in middle of 

 the hive at night, and have got 3 frames of 

 comb in a day. I attack great importance 

 to a tighti fitting frame and have them fit 

 tight on the sides of the hive. 



Mr. Bush- 1 obtained 4 nice frames of 

 comb by feeding syrup just at the close of 

 the honey season. Feed 10 lbs. of sugar, one 

 of sugal- to one of water, feed in the eve- 

 ning, 



Mrs. Tupper— I tried some 20 times by 

 feeding to get comb and did not succeed but 

 3 times, and then they ^vould soon cease 

 taking the syrup. 



Pres't Clarke— I think square frames 

 good in the north, in the south a sliallow one. 

 In Canada we need a deep frame. I liave 

 no experience with shallow frames. I find 

 extreme difficulties with light fitting frames 

 in the fall of the year, and I cainiot use a 

 Quinby Hive, find it produces a bad temper 

 among the bees, I would give up something 

 else in place of tight fitting frames. 



Queen Committee reconiends each one to 

 conduct private experiments. 



COMMITTEES. 



Committee on Arrangements— G. W. Zim- 

 merman, A. Benedict, J. L. I'arker. 



Publishing- A. J. Pope. \V. ij. Bush, D. 

 L. Brown. 



Centenial— Mrs. Tupper, W. F, Clarke, II, 

 A. King, Seth Hnagland. ,T. "\V. Winder. 



Queen raising— Mrs. Tui>i>er. II. A. King. 

 A. Benedict. 



Adulteration of .Tloney- H. A. King, A. 

 Benedict, Seth Hoagland. W. F. Clarke^ 



What Killed Replogle's Bees? 



In the October number of the Journat,. 

 I see an inquiry from 3Ir. Beplogle of 

 Indiana, wishing to know the cause of 

 "bees dying at tliis time of year," (Aug- 

 ust and September?) I have been watch- 

 ing affected hives closely for three years 

 to ascertain the cause. If Mr. Replogle's 

 bees are affected like mine, and if he has 

 noticed closely he will liave observed that 



