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42dYEAR. 



CHICAGO. ILL, JULY 31, 1902. 



No, 31. 



^ Editorial. ^ \ 



The Denver I'rograin has been com- 

 pleted, and is as follows: 



FIRST DAT— WEDNESDAY- EVENING SESSION. 



~;30 o'clock. 

 Invocation. 

 Music. 

 Addresses of Welcome by Pres. Harris, Mayor 



'Wright, and Gov. Oruian. 

 Responses by Pres. Hutchinson, Sec. Mason, 

 and Director Miller. 



8:30 o'clock. 



"Bee-Keepinjjfrom the Atlantic to the Pacific, 

 as Seen Throusrh the Camera and Slereopti- 

 con "— E. R. Root, of Ohio. 



SECOND DAY — THruSDAT — MOHNING SESSION. 



9:30 o'clock. 

 Music. 



President's Address — "The Future of Bee- 

 Keeping" — W. Z. Hutchinson. 

 Discussion. 



10 o'clock. 



" Which is the Most Hopeful Field for the 

 National Association J" — Dr. C. C. Miller, 

 of Illinois. 



Response by Rev. E. T. Abbott, of Missouri. 



Discussion. 



U o'clock. 



Question-Bo.x. 



SECOND DAY — THURSDAY — AFTERNOON 

 SESSION. 



1:30 o'clock. 

 Music. 



"Reporting of the Honey Crop: When and 

 How it Should Be Done "— C. A. Hatch, of 

 Wisconsin. 

 Response by Frank Rauchfuss, of Colorado. 

 Discussion. 



2:30 o'clock. 



"Bee-Keeping Lessons that Maybe Learned 

 from the Word ■ Locality ' " — H. C. More- 

 house, of Colorado. 



Response by E. R. Root, of Ohio. 



Discussion. 



3::« o'clock. 



Music. 



Question-Box. 



SECOND DAY — THURSDAY— EVENING SESSION. 



7:30 o'clock. 

 Music. 

 "The Outside and Inside of a Honey-Bee" 



(Illustrated by the Stereopticon) — Prof. C. 



P. Gillette, of Colorado. 



THIRD DAY — FRIDAY — MORNING SESSION. 



9 o'clock. 



Music. 



" Selling Extracted Honey at Wholesale- 

 How to Get the Best Prices"— J. F. Mcln- 

 tyre, of Colorado. 



Response by T. Lylle, of California. 



Discussion. 



10 o'clock. 



" Putting Cp Extracted Honey for the Retail 

 Trade "— R. C. Aikin, of Colorado. 



Response by George W. York, of Illinois. 

 Discussion. 



II o'clock. 

 Question-Box. 



THIRD DAY— FRIDAY— AFTERNOON SESSION. 



1 :30 o'clock. 

 Music. 

 " Managing Out-Apiaries for Comb Honey "— 



W. L. Porter, of Colorado. 

 Response by M. A. Gill, of Colorado. 

 Discussion. 



2:30 o'clock. 

 Question-Box. 



3:30 o'clock. 



Trolley Ride — " Seeing Denver." 



THIRD DAY — FRIDAY — EVENING SESSION. 



9 o'clock. 

 Banquet. A. B. Mason, Sec. 



Sta. B, Toledo, Ohio. 



Untested Queens. — We find that there 

 are quite a number of bee-keepers (beginners, 

 of course) who seem to think that the un- 

 tested queens offered for sale are also unfer- 

 tilized. We are frequently asked by letter 

 whether untested c|ueens are fertilized. It 

 seems such a useless question to ask. What 

 good would be an unfertilized queen 2 No 

 honest ciueen-breeder would send out virgin 

 queens. 



An untested queen is simply one that is fer- 

 tilized, but has not Ijeen kept in a colony or 

 nucleus long enough for her eggs to hatch, so 

 as to see the kind and color of her bees. 



A tested queen is one that has been kept by 

 the queen-ljreeder long enough to see first 

 what kind of bees she produces. 



The Use of Smoke On Opening a 

 Hive is a thing subject to abuse. If a col- 

 ony is deluged with smoke there is an unneces- 

 sary loss of time in the work of the colony, 

 supposing, of course, that the lime is one 

 when the bees are gathering. If too little is 

 used upon across colony, or at a time of day 

 or under any circumstances when the colony 

 may be temporarily cross, a lot of cross bees 

 will be in the air, and in the long run more 

 smoke will be necessary than if the bees had 

 been kept under subjection from the first. 

 Experience is needed to know just what is 

 best. 



The beginner is likely to be confused by the 

 contradictory advice sometimes given. In a 

 late exchange the beginner is told that before 

 opening the hive he must puff smoke into the 

 entrance and wait three or four minutes for 

 the bees to flu themselves with honey. That 

 would be a time-robbing performance in a 

 case where fifty or a hundred hives are to be 

 opened in the course of a day. Suppose we 

 take the medium ground, and say that To 

 hives are to be opened, and that S'a minutes 

 are allowed in each case for the bees to fill 



themselves with honey. Seventy-live limes 

 3'.j minutes make 4 hours and 22 minuten — a 

 length of time that a busy bee-keeper could 

 not well afford. 



Another writer tells him that only in rare 

 cases is it necessary to blow any smoke into 

 the entrance. That may be going to the other 

 extreme. In many cases it would be all right, 

 for in many cases bees are so gentle that no 

 smoke whatever is needed from the time the 

 hive is opened until it is closed, but if smoke 

 is to be used at all during the operation it is 

 well to give at least a preliminary puff at the 

 entrance, so as to give the guards notice that 

 they are not to rush out when they feel the 

 hive jarred by the prying open of the cover. 



The beginner should have in mind that if a 

 queen is to be found, especial care should be 

 used to give no more smoke than is absolutely 

 necessary, for if the bees are set to running it 

 is a very hard thing to find the queen. 



Kanibier's Jouncer was seen in opera- 

 tion by the editor of Gleanings in Bee-Culture 

 while he was in California, and he commends 

 it as a good thing to jar bees out of supers, 

 especially where the modern escape is not 

 used, and can not be used at out-yards. He 

 says : 



It consists of a framework, or four table- 

 legs, as it were, without a top, thoroughly 

 braced together. It stands about two feet 

 high; is just wide enough and long enough 

 to take in a regular hive-super between the 

 four legs. Beneath the super is put a trap of 

 cloth, and this is supported at such a height 

 as will bring the super up flush with the top 

 of the legs. Now, to get the bees out: Lift 

 the super and jouncer off the ground a few 

 inches, and give it a sharp " jounce " down- 

 ward. Repeat these jounces till the bees are 

 all jarred out on the tray, which can be 

 dumped in front of the entrance. 



Quoting the Honey Market has 



another " whirl " this week, as will he seen 

 by referring to page 4S5. Mr. S. A. Niver, of 

 New York, sends us the following: 



Mr. Editor:— I am glad to see you stir up 

 the subject of quoting the honey market, for 

 it needs attention in many ways. It is the 

 most interesting — if not the most valuable — 

 column in the " Old Reliable " to the bee- 

 keeper. That is the first thing I read. But 

 w^at a " tired feeling" comes over me when 1 

 read a finely written and encouraging market 

 quotation, in the July ■24th number, which is 

 dated " March <).'' " It hath an ancient and 

 fish-like smell." S. A. Niver. 



Of course, in one way, we are to blame for 

 not removing from our market column any 

 old quotations. But we have an understand- 

 ing with those who quote, that they will 

 change quotations whenever any changes in 

 prices or conditions in their several cities 

 occur. But some of those who quote don't 

 seem to appreciate the privilege thej have of 



