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yet kept in all sorts of ways — logs, bee 

 gums, straw skeps, soap-boxes, and some 

 have even been found in beer-kegs. 



The Coons hive and comb honey was a 

 demonstration made by R. L. and A. N. 

 Coons, of Coudersport. This is a shallow- 

 chamber hive of their own make with which 

 they have been very successful. This year's 

 crop was 28,000 pounds of section honey 

 from 400 colonies. These beekeepers (fath- 

 er and son) are the largest producers in the 

 State. 



Dr. E. F. Phillips, of the University of 

 Philadelphia, who was on his way back 

 from the National convention at St. Loms, 

 and who was the delegate of Pennslyvania 

 to the convention, gave an address on two 

 essentials in honey production. He laid 

 emphasis on having the bees go into winter 

 quarters strong and with plenty of stores so 

 as to have plenty of bees early enough to 

 get the honey-flow when it comes. A large 

 number of us have plenty of bees when the 

 main flow is over and when the bees are not 

 needed. 



F. J. Stritmatter spoke on house apia- 

 ries. This subject aroused considerable in- 

 terest, as it is quite novel to Pennsylvania 

 people. One of his buildings is three-stoi'y, 

 20 X 30 ft. This contains 86 colonies in 

 hives built solid to the floor of the room. 

 His experience tells him that he has solved, 

 to a great extent, the wintering and the 

 swarming problems by means of the house 

 apiary. 



" Soil Fertility and Honey Production " 

 was the subject of the president's annual 

 address. Dr. Surface told the beekeepers 

 to increase the fertility of their soil by 

 sowing the legumes — clover, alfalfa, vetches, 

 etc., and by so doing reap another crop, 

 that of the sweet nectar which these secrete. 



Dr. H. A. Surface, Harrisburg, was re- 

 elected President ; H. C. Klinger, Liverpool, 

 Secretary; Hon. E. A. Weimer, Lebanon, 

 First Vice-president; Mrs. Dr. L. M. Wea- 

 ver, Philadelphia, Second Vice-president; 

 R. L. Coons, Coudersport, Third Vice-pres- 

 ident. 



Liverpool, Pa. 



ENEMIES OF BEES IN CYPRUS ; A CL 



THEM 



BY M. Y. DERVISHIAN 



The principal enemy of the honey-bee in 

 this island is a large red and yellow banded 

 hornet. These hornets 

 increase in August, Sep- 

 tember, and October. 

 They weaken strong 

 colonies of bees to a 

 great extent and extin- 

 guish weak stocks by 

 capturing a large num- 

 ber of bees from the en- 

 trances. They hover 

 about the entrances; 

 and if they do not find 

 guardian bees there they 

 go into the hives and 

 destroy the bees and 

 carry the honey to their 

 nests. To prevent this, 

 about a thousand or two 

 thousand bees guard the 

 entrances and often as- 

 sault and ball the hor- 

 nets. The damage done 

 to the bees, grapes, figs, 

 and other sweet fruits is 

 considerable. Their nests 

 are found in the ground 

 in the fields and in the 

 ci'acks and hollows of 



walls. These hornets prosper in this country 

 because it does not rain from April to Sep- 



A device for 



hornets tliat kill Ijees. 



