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June 19, 1902. 



also suffered internal injuries which may result in his 

 death. 



Lopasser was rendered unconscious by the explosion, 

 and was picked up and carried into his home, where medi- 

 cal aid was summoned. Physicians who attended the in- 

 jured man pronounced his injuries of a very serious nature, 

 apt to result fatally. Lopasser is yet very nervous from 

 the shock given his physical system, and is suffering in- 

 tense pain. He is known to many people in this city, and 

 has the heartfelt sympathy of many friends. 



We hope that no one else will ever be so foolish as to 

 try to use dynamite to make a swarm of bees settle. About 

 the only thing likely to be " settled " is the bee-keeper him- 

 self, as was Lopasser. Of course, we are all sorry for him, 

 though no one will be able to understand how he could 

 take such a fearful risk. 



Cover Over Super.— " A Reader '" sends the following 

 clipping : 



There is nothing better than enamel cloth over sections 

 when on the hi%'e. The bees do not glue it so tight as they 

 do a board, and if you wish to see how the bees are pro- 

 gressing, just fold back one corner and peep in, keeping 

 the bees back with a little smoke. With a board, one is 

 compelled to open the whole top at once, and the bees rush 

 out all over, and when putting the board on you are apt to 

 kill some of them. 



There is room for division of opinion, and some who 

 have thoroughly tried enamel cloth over sections are em- 

 phatic in their preference for a board cover with an air- 

 space. It is true that with the enamel cloth you can un- 

 cover only a small part of the sections while with the board 

 cover the whole must be uncovered. But does it often hap- 

 pen that one wants only a corner uncovered ? and will not 

 the smoke that keeps the bees back when a corner is opened 

 also keep them back when the cover is entirely removed ? 

 Of course, it will take more smoke for the whole than for a 

 part. 



That when enamel cloth is used " the bees do not glue 

 it so tight as they do a board," is apparent rather than real. 

 As a matter of fact, the cloth is glued down tighter than 

 the board cover, but it is easier to remove, because the peel- 

 ing off of the cloth raises only a small portion at a time. 

 But a good deal more glue will be found in case of the cloth 

 as compared with the board. Wherever the cloth touches 

 the sections the bees will put propolis, and they will push 

 up the cloth to crowd in the propolis, so that the tops of the 

 sections will be much cleaner under the board. 



An occasional thing that is perhaps the worst feature 

 in the case is that the bees sometimes take the black matter 

 that forms the surface of the enamel cloth, and incorporate 

 it in the beautiful white cappings of the sections. But that 

 does not often happen. 



Keeping Honey in a Refrigerator. —A clipping re- 

 ceived contains the excellent advice to keep honey in a hot 

 and dry place, saying : " It should never be put in a cellar 

 or refrigerator, for the honey will absorb moisture, become 

 thin, watery and sour." There could hardly be a worse 

 place to keep honey than in a cellar, unless it should be in 

 a climate where cellars are remarkably dry, but it is not 

 safe to jump to the conclusion that because the air in a re- 

 frigerator is cold the matter of moisture would be the same 

 as in a cellar. The women-folks will tell you that cake and 

 other things put in a refrigerator will dry up. Why not 

 honey ? ^^^^____^ 



Annual Consumption of Honey Per Colony.— Adrian 



Getaz figured this at 200 pounds. Editor Root thinks it 

 would hardly amount to more than 100 pounds in his locality, 

 but admits the possibility of its being ISO or 200 pounds in 

 localities farther south, where bees are active throughout a 

 greater portion of the year. 



Convention Proceedings. 



The Chicago Convention. 



Report of the Semi-Annual Convention of the 



Chicag-o Bee-Keepers' Association, Held 



Dec. 5, 1901. 



BY A SHOKTHAND KEPORTER. 



(Continued from pape 374.) 



BEST RHTAIL PACKAGE FOR HONEY. 



" What is the best retail package for extracted honey to 

 be sold in a grocery trade ?"' 



A Member — Mr. Walker can answer that, as he knows 

 more about this than any one else. 



Pres. York — I suppose what is meant is the material to 

 be used, size, etc. 



Mr. Horstmann — I would consider one-pound jars to be 

 the best. 



Mr. Walker — I wish to take exception to that. In speak- 

 ing of the Chicago market, one-pound jars are altogether 

 too large for ready sale. Three-fourths pound is far better ; 

 there is five times as much handled in J4 -pound jars as in 

 one-pound. The average consumer doesn't want to put 

 more than 15 cents into honey at a time, and a good many 

 only want to put 10 cents in. Though I have used tin a 

 great deal to put up honey, I find that at present there is 

 very little demand for anything put up in tin. I think the 

 10 and IS cent packages cover the ground pretty fully. We 

 have some demand for large packages, but not very much. 



SHIPPING COMB HONEY. 



"What is the best way to ship comb honey long dis- 

 tances?" 



Mr. Riker — By freight, and have it smashed up ; it is 

 pretty well smashed up when it gets to the commission men 

 anyway you ship it. 



Mr. Johansen — I have read that in order to ship honey 

 long distances you would have to put top and bottom start- 

 ers in the section, otherwise the combs will break. If there 

 is any one who has had experience in shipping honey long 

 distances, and there is a way to fix the sections, that is 

 what I want to know. 



Pres. York — That is a good way to begin, to put in top 

 and bottom foundation starters. But I supposed the 

 question had reference to the way it should be packed. 



Mr. Moore — I would like to sum up this question of 

 shipping comb honey ; my experience runs back IS years. 

 I can remember the'first comb honey ever shipped to me, in 

 tight boxes two feet square. I suppose it went end over 

 end, and every time it came down it went smash ; the honey 

 was running out at every corner when it got to me. I think 

 it was about four years ago that I first heard of the very 

 best waj- to ship comb honey. To ship comb honey safely, 

 you want to begin right back to where Mr. Johansen sug- 

 gested, by putting in starters, so that the combs will be 

 built better ; and don't ship any combs except those that 

 are fastened well to the wood. There is just one way to 

 ship comb honey so that it will always get there right, that 

 is, to make a crate to hold six or nine 24-pound ship 

 ping cases, with handles the whole length of the crate, so 

 that two men can take hold, one at each end, and carry it 

 out of the car without dropping it or kicking it around, or 

 dumping it down. I have seen persons handle large 

 amounts and not have a section break. As I understand it, 

 that is the only way to ship comb honey. 



Mr. Johansen — I want to ask about the handles. 



Mr. Moore — They should be at the top of the box. You 

 go down to Mr. Burnett's and ask him to show you what he 

 considers an up-to-date crate for shipping honey ; in a 

 glance you will see the whole thing. The honey that is 

 being shipped that way comes almost invariably safely, 

 and every day honey shipped the other way comes smashed 

 up like pie would be if shipped, and in very bad shape. 



Mr. Dadant — I want to tell you a little story in regard 

 to shipping comb honey with handles on the boxes, that 

 two men can catch hold of and carry. We struck that 

 idea when we first shipped comb honey, 35 years ago. We 



