April 4, 1907 



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[American Hee Journal J 



evil of drunkness. And it has been 

 done by the page— a whole page in bold 

 type at a time. And there are other 

 evils it has fearlessly attacked, too, 

 one of the greatest being the trusts. 

 Let the good work progress. 



Hives In California 



How the hive question crops up ever 

 and anon. And well it may. We have 

 what we call a " Standard " frame in 



Hive No. 1. 



America, but, to my mind, it was a 

 badly chosen one — one that will have 

 to give way to a more common-sense 

 one in years perhaps not so far distant. 

 I believe if it were not for the hive- 



frame thru.st upon us. But we must 

 grin and bear it until the factories 

 come together and give us something 

 better. 



This calls up the factory versus the 

 home-made hive. I've tried both. 'Tis 

 an interesting' occupation to make 

 one's own hive*, and I've done it ; and, 

 unfortunately perhaps, I did not let 

 my hand and fingers come in contact 

 with a buzz-saw. Maybe that's one 

 reason why I never got over the bee- 

 fever during these 40 years and more. 

 If I were asked what I would rather 

 have, a factory hive or one made by 

 myself, I would answer : If you could 

 give me a factory hive without so many 

 parts to it, I would rather have the 

 factory hive. For simplicity, I would 

 rather have a hive made after my own 

 idea — and it would be perfect. 



Perhaps if I were running a planing 

 mill in the East, where wide boards are 

 not so common as they are here, I 

 would be compelled, for economy's 

 sake, to work up a lot of odds and ends, 

 and thereby turn out a hive with as 

 many pieces to it as had Joseph's coat. 

 I like the old-fashioned hive with a sin- 

 gle-piece bottom-board ; ditto for a 

 cover. The latter could be enhanced 

 by having a piece of prepared roofing 

 tacked upon it. Leaky roofs are an 

 abomination. I've had to contend with 

 them, and although they are not so bad 



on the bees here as they are in worse 

 climates, still it is far better to have 

 tight covers. 



Any old box with good rabbets for 

 the frames to rest upon with tight 

 cover, single-piece bottom-board, and 

 uniform frames is all that is needed to 

 build up a successful apiary. Of course, 

 I should have every other " old box" 

 like its brother. There's nothing like 

 interchangeability in the bee-yard. 

 That's one thing to the great credit of 

 the factories — they make all parts 

 alike. 



I herewith furnish 2 photographs pf 

 home-made hives from 2 apiaries in 

 California. In No. 1 we have a hive 

 built pretty much upon lines laid down 

 by Prof. Cook some years ago in his 

 valuable work on bee-culture. D It was 

 somewhat modified, as the user had an 

 extractor that used the size frame it 

 was designed to take. The hive is plain 

 as plain can be, and has given satis- 

 faction for a score of years. The colo- 

 nies in these hives are run for ex- 

 tracted honey. 



In No. 2 is shown a solidly built 

 Langstroth hive, and like the usual 

 California " home of the honey-bee," 

 it is not built for its good looks. The 

 bees seem to appreciate them just the 

 same, for they load them up to the gun- 

 wales when run for either comb or ex- 

 tracted honey. 



onvention 

 Proceedings 



/it. 



Report of the 37th Annual Conven- 

 tion of the National Bee-Keepers' 

 Association, held In San An- 

 tonio, Tex., Nov. 8-10, '06 



Hive No. 2. 



factories, which, for the most part, are 

 not run by practical apiarists, we 

 would not have such an ill-shaped 



The opening session was held Thurs- 

 day, November 8, 1906, at 8 o'clock, p. 

 m., President C. P. Dadant, of Illinois, 

 occupying the chair. Mr. W. Z. Hutch- 

 inson, the Secretary, being unable to 

 attend the convention, Mr. George W. 

 York of Illinois, was elected Acting Sec- 

 retary of the Association. 



Pres. Dadant called the meeting to 

 order, then the following address of 

 welcome was made by Pres. W. O. 

 Victor, of the Texas Bee-Keepers' As- 

 sociation : 



PRES. VICTOR'S ADDRESS 



"Texas is the greatest bee-keepers' 

 State in the Union. It is the greatest 

 in a great many other things. Texas 

 raises more cotton, more rice, more cat- 

 tle, than any other State; has a fine 

 flow of oil, and is rich in mineral de- 

 posits. It has as much to make the 

 people prosperous as any State in the 

 Union. San Antonio is known all over 

 the State as the best residence city in 

 the State. The banks of the City have 

 more money in their vaults than any 



other Te.xas city. It is of great his- 

 torical interest, and we will have more 

 of it to show you before you leave. We 

 welcome you to the best city in the 

 best State in the United States, and 

 invite you to become citizens of it." 



A response was made by Pres. Da- 

 dant, saying the bee-keepers outside of 

 the State of Texas were glad to meet 

 in the South, as but once before in 

 the 35 years' history of the Association 

 had it met so far South, and that meet- 

 ing was held in New Orleans, La., in 

 188s. 



As there was very little business to 

 discuss the first night, the question- 

 box was opened, but before that was 

 done, at the request of N. E. France, 

 Dr. IJohrer, of Kansas, one of the two 

 charter members of the Association 

 present, was called upon to deliver a 

 short address, which was as follows: 



DR. BOHRER'S ADDRESS 



I am a good deal like a gentleman 

 was, that one time went into church, 

 and was somewhat intoxicated. He 

 sat down and went to sleep. At the 

 close of the services the minister de- 

 sired all to stand up that wanted to go 

 to Heaven. All stood up except this 

 man. He woke up about this time ani 



