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PAGE WOVEN WIRE FENCE CO.. Adrian, Mich. 

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St. Nicholas Hotel. Corry, Pa., Jan. 30, at 

 1 :30 p.m. The members in attendance were 

 few, hut every one seemed to be iu earnest 

 from first to last. The convention was a 

 succes.s. one member going so far as to say 

 that the discussions were worth .50 cents 

 every hour to him. 



The program consisted of practical topics, 

 and each one seemed determined that the 

 be.st should be brought out. A fuller report 

 may appear in the Bee Journal later. 



The election of officers for the ensuing 

 year resulted as follows: U. A. Dewey, of 

 Columbus. Pa., re-elected President; Ed. 

 JoUey, of Franklin, Pa., Secretary and 

 Treasurer, the old Secretary positively re- 

 fusing to act longer on account of poor 

 health. 



The members present reported the aver- 

 age yield of comb honey the past saeson to 

 have been from 30 pounds in some apiaries 

 to an average of 40 pounds — the highest for 

 a whole apiary. 



The convention adjourned to meet in 

 Corry. Pa , Wednesday and Thur.sday. Jan. 

 13 and 13, 1S98. Geo. Spitler, .sVv. 



Mosiertown, Pa. 



Bees in Good Condition. 



I have 73 colonies of bees, in 8-frame 

 dovetail hives, and they are in flue condi- 

 tion so far this winter. 



F. P. McAnsTER. 



Kearney Co., Kan. Jan. 36. 



Buying Bees Cheap— Transferring. 



On Jan. 33 I drove six or eight miles in 

 the cold — which was cold, for the wind was 

 awfully strong from the northwest— to a 

 public sale, and they sold S colonies of 

 bees; of course. I bought them. too. and 

 for only 35 cents each. Tbey are good bees, 

 too. it was close to the mountains, 

 where there is plenty of blue thistle. The 

 bees are in hives of away back, about 100 

 years, some iu old straw gums or hives, 

 and some in logs about 3}^ or 3 feet long. 

 The straw hives are very comically made. 

 If "ye editor "was close to me, I would give 

 him one to set in front of the Bee Journal 

 office-door. I am going to have a picnic 

 transferring them, which I will do the last 

 of March. My brother and I transferred 35 

 colonies last March very successfully. We 

 did not lose one. I transferred a colony 

 two weeks ago, and kept it in the cellar, 

 which is very dry and warm. I am now 

 busy making my own hives, cutting them 

 out with a Barnes' saw. L. .A. Hammond. 



Washington Co., Md., Jan. 25. 



A Few Iowa Bee-Notes. 



I am in the northwestern part of the 

 State (Iowa), where the season or flow is 

 short, and the winters long. Oct. 35 we 

 had our last day for a cleansing flight. The 

 ground was covered with snow, yet the air 

 roared like midsummer with the hum of 

 the bees. 



I winter my bees in the cellar, and have 

 lost but four colonies in six years. I think 

 each one (if I remember) came from clog- 

 ging the entrance, and molding. I raise 

 the hives from the bottom-board in front, 

 leaving the top sealed. I have had some 

 with loose tops go through with scarcely 

 any loss. 



Our bees were just " swarm crazy." as X 

 hear almost every one say. The heavy 

 honey-How made them act as if possest. 



We have had freaks that we never had 

 before. For instaece. six swarms ab- 

 sconded after filling from two to four 

 cases of :24 pounds each. One swarm on 

 June 13 stored Oli pounds of surplus, and 

 then absconded, leaving nothing but hatch- 

 ing brood. I hived them in another hive, 

 anl they filled it and one more super. 



We had lots of white clover, hearfs-ease. 

 and buckwheat, of which I always sow the 

 Japanese: theu the Alsike. But our alfalfa 

 doesn't have a drop of nectar in it. Maple, 

 willow and dandelion furnish our first pol- 

 len. I am going to plant, or sow. Rocky 

 Mountain bee-plant, rattle-weed (or car- 



GREAT deal of 

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 What purifies the 

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AND THEY ALONE. 



If diseased, however, they cannot, 

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The heavy, dragged out feeling, the 

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1 here is no doubt about this. 

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