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the j'ears' consumption of each colony 

 maj' be a hvrge estimate; but I think the 

 ■winter's consumption, will not exceed one- 

 third of the annual amount used. 



Jasper Hazen. 



Woodstock, Vermont, Ma^' 2, 187(5. 



[According to this showing, certainly 

 bee-keeping is a very profitable business. 

 Does friend Heddon know of any invest- 

 ment he can make that will yield better 

 than $4,000 from 100 colonies ? Here are 

 the figures to show that if Otto Halbleib 

 had brimstoned 70 of his hives, and kept 

 the remainder from swarming, he would 

 have averaged 200 lbs. surplus per hive. 



Still it is easy to say what would be. 

 The question is "Who did ever get an an- 

 nual yield of 20,000 lbs. from 100 colon- 

 ies? Those having done so will please 

 rise. Our observation has been that the 

 men who have made the most money on 

 bees, have invariably kept a large num- 

 ber of colonies. — Ed.] 



Maury County, Tenn., Bee-Keepers' 

 Society. 



From the report of proceedings we 

 copy the following : 



The above named society met at the 

 residence of Wm. J. Andrews, on Satur- 

 day, May 6th. Present: 



W. S. Rainey, President; C. C. Vaughan, 

 Vice President; Wm. J. Andrews, Secre- 

 tary and Treasurer ; S. D. McLean, Travis 

 McLean, Geu'l A. Bowen, D. Staples, K. 

 H. Caskey, E. C. Overton, T. T. Martin, W. 

 F. Moore, N. B. Sowell, J. C. McGaw, T. 

 A. Sawell, W. R. Gresham, Isaac M. By- 

 ers, T. A. White, M. G. Grigsby of Giles 

 Co., J. F. Love, and W. W. Oliver, of 

 Marshall County. 



Mr. Love was called on to state what ex- 

 perience he had had in rearing queens by 

 grafting or inoculating. 



J. F.LovE. Had reared some queens 

 in that way. It is done by removing the 

 queen of a black or hybrid stock, and al- 

 lowing them to construct queen cells. 

 When these cells are three or four- days 

 old, remove the grub or larva, and insert 

 a grub or larva of the same age from 

 the worker cell of the queen it is desired 

 to rear one from. He thought it about 

 the best way to Italianize an apiary. 



Mr. Staples. With proper manage- 

 ment, do you regard it a sure process? 



J. F. Love. If proper care was taken 

 it was certain. Eli Coble had succeeded 

 with it. 



M. J. Grigsby. Had transferred quite 

 a number, and had been successful with 

 fully one-half. 



C C. Vaughan. I disapprove of the 



whole arrangement. Thought it would 

 keep stocks queenless too long. It was 

 best to rear and insert queen cells. 



W. J. Andrews. While Mr. Staples, 

 Mr. Vaughan and myself were all partners 

 in queen rearing, we would liave to differ 

 upon this (juestion. He took issue with 

 Mr. Vaughan, and thought in many in- 

 stances a colon^Mnight be suj^plied with 

 a choice queen sooner than by waiting 

 for the rearing and inserting of a cell. 

 Only yesterday he had found a stock 

 queenless, and with cells about four days 

 old. In that case he had cut oti' the cells 

 and inserted eggs from a choice queen. 

 Whereas had he transferred he would 

 have gained four days time. 



Mr. Staples then went through the pro- 

 cess of catching and caging a queen for 

 market, removing and inserting queen 

 cell, and other things pertaining to the 

 business. 



Dinner being announced, all partook 

 of it, after which Mr. Staples went through 

 the process of transferring a stock of bees 

 from a box to a movable frame hive ; at 

 the conclusion of which the Society was 

 called to order. All expressed themselves 

 well pleased with his manipulations, and 

 no one received a sting during the whole 

 day. 



On motion, the Executive Committee 

 were granted until the regular meeting in 

 July to prepare their report. 



President Rainey. Mr. Oliver has 

 been telling me about his crop of honey. 

 I would like to have him make a state- 

 ment of it to the Society. 



W. W. Oliver. Last Spring com- 

 menced with ten full colonies — four dou- 

 ble story and two nuclei; increased to 26 

 during the season : doubled to 20 : extract- 

 ed 2,100 lbs. Lost only one, and that a 

 nucleus. Use the Langstroth frame. Don't 

 know anything about box honey. Waited 

 for and took sealed honey. 



M. G. Grigsby. Thought the experi- 

 ence of others who had not succeeded so 

 well should be given also. (He was then 

 called on to give his.) Had 26 colonies: 

 doubled them, and extracted 1,800 lbs. 



J. F. Love. Had 35 two-story and 38 

 single-story hives: got 4,000 pounds: 

 lost none. 



S. D. McLean. Had 38, mostly de- 

 ficient in comb: yield, 2,000 lbs. 



A. Bowen. Was Italianizing. Ex- 

 tracted from 5 only. Got 25 pounds to 

 the hive. Lost two. Balance of his stock, 

 26 in number, in good condition. 



C. C. Vaughan. Had run for queens 

 and increase. Lost one. 



D. Staples. Had run for bees and 

 honey. Had no record of his crop. 



R. H. Caskey. Had run for bees. Started 

 with 24. Lost 1. 



T. T. Martin. Had 40. Lost 19. His 

 were mostly in log gunis. All he lost 

 were in log gums. 



