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TluMV WHS only OIK* liidy. Mrs. Delia Coop. 

 pn>S(<iit at this covcntioii, iinii sill' had romc to 

 seek litrht on a I'i'i'taiii iiccwliar malatiy which 

 she had found in her a|)iaiy. She was not sure 

 wild hi'i" or not it was loiil iirood. The hi'ood in 

 the iinajro state <li('d hcforc in)nnn}i to niatniity. 

 'riuM'i' was no foul odor: and the |iecnliarity of 

 the w hole rase wiis. that the iniinatnre bees, 

 instead of haviiiij heads turned tow ard the cap- 

 pings, were reversed, with their heads toward 

 the midrib of the comb. The troul)le seemed 

 to lie coniafrious and constitutional. Tiie dis- 

 ease or malady had existed in her apiary for a 

 couple of years, but was not present in any 

 olhor yards in the same vicinity. Toison was 

 sntrarested as a possible cause: that the larva\ 

 weai<i'ned thereby, were nnaliie. just before en- 

 tering upon the imago state, to leverse tlndr 

 heads for the last time, and in their unnatural 

 condition died, lint the lady explained that 

 the iiees had had no access to poison, as it was 

 past si)raying-time. or when other poisons were 

 used. We were unable at the convention to 

 suggest any tiling else tlian Xho ])oison theory: 

 but as this will a|)|)ear befor*^ thousands of 

 readers, there may be others who have seen 

 similar cases, and have ascertained its cause. 

 If they are able to give us any light on this 

 point, we shall be glad to have them do so. 



THK rSE AND AHU.SK.S OF FOUXDATIOX. 



Mr. M. H. Hunt, of Hell Hranch, read an 

 essay on this subject. The intelligent use of 

 foundation, he said, had added to the profit and 

 pleasure of bee-keeping. Attempts had been 

 made to make combs the full depth of cells, and 

 all had led to failuri*. Even if successful, such 

 combs would t)e of no practical value to the 

 bee-keeper, their bulk being so great that 

 freight-rates would forbid their use. He rec- 

 ommended full sheets of light brood foundation, 

 wired on the perpendicular plan — the sheets to 

 be cut to the exact full inside measurement of 

 the frames. By the us(> of starters in brood- 

 frames. i)erhaps bees will enti-r sections sooner, 

 but tliat is not the only thing desired. Drone 

 comb would be apt to be the result unless great 

 precautions were taken, such as young queens 

 and tirst swarms. The abuse of foundation was 

 the manner of putting it in. As his sheets were 

 cut to the full siz(" of the frame, he fastens the 

 edge^' by pouring melted wax from a spoon 

 around the edges, the point of the spoon being 

 narrowed to make a fine stream. 



The election of officers resulted as follows: 

 President, R. L. Taylor: Vice-president. J. H. 

 Larriiboe: Treasurer. M. H. Hunt: Secretary. 

 G. K. Hilton. The next place of meeting is 

 Lansing. 



THE VISIT OF MR. C. P. DADANT AND 

 J. M. HAMBAUGH. 



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 I'OTJTKS .\xn BKE-KKKP1X(;. 



By Ernest R. Root. 



The Dadants have been perfectly free in giving 

 us some of the kinks of the trade in foundation- 

 making, and I have long desired to reciprocate. 

 In response to my repeated invitations to visit 

 Medina. Mr. Dadant finally told me. at the Al- 

 bany convention, that he had decided to go 

 home with me.'. taking with him his fi-iend, the 

 Hon. .1. M. Hambaugli. Tliis was indeed a 

 double pleasure. 



I have sufficiently introduced the representa- 

 tive of the largest foundation establishment in 

 tlie world, so that our readers are quite well 



ac(|uainted with him: but with .Mi. Ilain- 

 iiaiigh t here may not be the same acquaintance, 

 and I am very glad of this opportunity of in- 

 troducing him iiioic fully. 



Hon. .I.M. Hainbaugh is not only a promi- 

 nent and successful bee-keeper of Illinois, but 

 one of their leirislatois. He was elected as a 

 member of the House of ileliresent a t i ves. and 

 was oneof the famous 101 l)eim)ci'ats w ho liiial- 

 ly succeeded in electing .1. M. Palmer to tiie 

 V . S. Senate. Those who are familiar with the 

 facts will r(>membei' that, in the Ilniise of Rep- 

 resentatives of the. State of Illinois, there wen; 

 101 Democrats and KK) Republicans. I'.esides 

 these there were three Farmers" .\lliaiice men. 

 In order to elect their senator, the Republicans 

 would have to win over to them the three Alli- 

 ance! men, or the Demot'iats two of them. Aft- 

 er voting and ad.jonining day aftei' day. with 

 no result, the Democrats linally elecK-d their 

 candidate by secui-ing two of the Alliance men. 

 Mr. Hambaugh. besides being one of this fa- 

 mous 101, w ill !)(• remembered as the one who 

 introduced the bill, which passed tioth houses, 

 securing to the Stati' Hee-kee|jei-s" Association 

 an appropriation of .*."■>( K) annually. He also in- 

 troduced another bill, which nearly passed, 

 regulating the matter of spraying fruit-trees in 

 such a way as not to be detrimental to bee- 

 keepers. This bill would have passed, but it 

 was near the close of the session, and was sim- 

 ply held over. 



At the close of the last day of tin; Albany 

 convention, Mr. Dadant and Mr. Hambaugh, 

 together with your humble servant, boarded 

 the train for Medina. And then we talked as 

 only three bee-keepers can. We covered tlie 

 whole round of bee-keeping: but as we had an 

 " honorable gentleman " in our crowd, w'e drift- 

 ed more or less into politics. Messrs. Dadant 

 and Hambaugh would continually fall into ar- 

 gument, while the third member of the trio 

 listened. I do not know how the other two felt 

 after they arrived at Medina: but it is sufficient 

 to say that my sides w-ere sore from laughing 

 over tlie good-natured sparring that passed 

 back and forth between the two Illinois men. 



We arrived at Medina on Saturday morning, 

 and the visitors were then escorted about the 

 Root establishment by our business manager, 

 Mr. Calvert, while your humble servant looked 

 after the matters that had been left until his 

 return. In the afternoon, as they were obliged 

 to take the evening train I went w ith them 

 through some of tlie other departments. We 

 tarried some little time in our foundation-room. 

 I noticed Mr. I), watching one of the girls rcll 

 off foundation. A smile began to play over his 

 face. 



■■ What now ?" said I. 



" I guess." said he. " theise is one of the kinks 

 that you people haven't learned yet."" 



Mr. Dadant observ(!d that the foundation had 

 a fashion of sticking to both rolls asitcam(; 

 out. tearing the wax, and making it difficult 

 to secure the end free from both rolls. He 

 stepped foiward and dipijed his hand into some 

 cold water, and allowed the water to drip on 

 the uiipei' lol I. and. presto I as if by magic the 

 foundation stuck tli(> next time to th<' upper 

 roll, and pulled oft' easily. This was something 

 that we hadn't yet got hold of, and we are glad 

 to give it to the bee-piihlic for what it is woi'th. 

 Mr. Dailant explained that tlie reason the foun- 

 dation stuck to both lolls was because tliey 

 were of the same temperature: that you could 

 make th(! wax stick to the upp(>r roll by cooling 

 it slightly. 



After looking over things inside of the build- 

 ings, we rambled over to the "' yellow house,"' 

 as we call it, where we keep all sorts of imple- 

 ments that are sent in for our approval or crit- 



