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entrance, thus pi'oviding adequate spaces 

 for packing. The extra depth of the inner 

 chamber (12 inches) provides a deep space 

 under the combs, and a full-depth upper 

 story holds sufficient packing on top. 



These hives cost but little more than good 

 winter cases, and we have the satisfaction 

 of knowing that every hive is a winter case, 

 and vice versa. To prepare for winter, 

 place eight combs, having the most honey, 

 in the wintering-chamber, which is then 

 placed on the floor inside of a regular hive- 

 body put on the top story, and feed until 

 every comb is solid full of honey and syrup ; 

 then apply the packing in the regular way, 

 and let them alone until they become crowd- 

 ed for room in spring. Eight combs will 

 hold approximately 40 lbs. of honey, which 

 we regard as the minimum limit for best 

 I'esults in northern Ohio, where the weather 

 is so uncertain in spring that it is unsafe 



to depend u]:»()n nectar secretion for a food 

 supply much before June; therefore we 

 find it more economical and practical to 

 provide sufficient stores to last until June 

 than to fuss with feeding in April and 

 May, and our spring work is thereby great- 

 ly facilitated. By this method every brood- 

 comb is handled separately and inspected 

 carefully in spring and in autumn. It means 

 work, but not heavy lifting, and we know 

 the exact condition of every colony. 



The convertible hive is 20x24x91/0 inches 

 outside. Supers and brood-chambers are 

 alike and interchangeable. If more pack- 

 ing is wanted at the ends it can be made 

 longer; but for our location 24 inches is 

 sufficient with our system of extreme con- 

 traction. The inner chamber i.s 1,3 x 19, 12 

 inches deep, made of half-inch sides, and 

 34-inch ends. I have no hives for sale. 



Birmingham, Ohio. 



DELEGATES' SESSION OF THE NATIONAL BEEKEEPERS' ASSOCIATION 



BY F. ERIC MILLEN^ SEC. 



At the forty-sixth annual meeting of the 

 National Beekeepers' Association, held at 

 the Sherman Hotel, Chicago, 111., on Feb- 

 ruary 22, 23, 24, the delegates present made 

 an effort to place the National on a more 

 stable foundation. 



For some reason the National has not 

 made much headway during the past few 

 years, and it seems to have receded some- 

 what from the prominent position it for- 

 merly held. The past is gone, and it would 

 serve no good purpose to dig up differences 

 Avhich we hope are safely buried. All of 

 the officers did their best ; but with a lack 

 of unity progress was impossible. 



There is room and need for a national 

 association of beekeepers, and an immense 

 amount of good work can be done by the 

 National body for the good of beekeepers 

 individually and collectively. Dr. C. C. 

 Miller, America's grand old man in bee- 

 keeping, fittingly expressed the sentiments 

 of those present when he said that it would 

 be a pity to see the National break up. The 

 doctor recalled many profitable conventions 

 in days gone by, and these meetings had 

 been the source of much pleasure in the 

 meeting of brother beekeepers, and the ex- 

 change of greetings one with another. I 

 am sure the doctor's remarks made every 

 one of us feel that the National must live; 

 and now that the doctor has diagnosed, lot 

 us make the prognosis favorable. 



The sentiment was strongly exi)ressed 

 lliat the new officei's should avoid comrner- 



cialism in the form of .selling supplies, etc., 

 and that they should confine themselves to 

 helping the beekeepers along other lines, 

 educational, fraternal, etc., Avhich they 

 thought were just as profitable, and more 

 needed by the beekeeper. 



With the exception of Mr. E. J. Baxter, 

 Nauvoo, 111., a new set of officers was elect- 

 ed as follows : 



President, Professor Francis Jager, Uni- 

 versity Farm, St. Paul, Minn. 



Vice-president, Dr. W. M. Copenhaver, 

 Helena, Mont. 



Secretary-treasurer, F. Eric Millen, East 

 Lansing, Michigan. 



These three officers, together with Mr. E. 

 J. Baxter and Mr. E. S. Miller, Valparaiso, 

 Ind., are to act as directors. 



Mr. E. D. Townsend, editor and owner of 

 the Beekeepers' Review, resigned as direc- 

 tor, so that the new officers would feel free 

 to inaugurate new policies without being- 

 tied in any way. Those who are personally 

 acquainted with Mr. Townsend know that 

 he has the interests of the beekeepers at 

 heart, and that he would sooner remove 

 himself than oppose any measure that seem- 

 ed to be for the good of the cause. 



While the Review is still the official organ 

 of the National, it is now owned by Mr. 

 Townsend, who dictates its policies. 



The National Beekeepei's' A.ssDciation will 

 woi-k under Ihe articles of the constitution 

 as printed in the December number of the 

 .Review for 1915. 



