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honey either comb or extracted, for 

 rearing bees or queens, for ease in 

 manipulation, and safety in wintering 

 on summer stands, or for giving 

 needed ventilation in our sultry August 

 afternoons. In fact, I do not know of 

 any desirable points contained in any 

 hive, that are not found in the 

 "Langstroth," and heartily commend 

 it to the prospective beekeeper as 

 the one for him to choose. 



Foxboro, Mass. 



BEEKEEPERS' REPORT 

 FROM QUEBEC. 



By B. G. Jones. 



As I promised to give you a report 

 of some of the doings of the bee- 

 keepers of this province, I will try and 

 do so now. 



The season has not been as good 

 as was predicted early in the season. 

 Through the efforts of some of the 

 beemen of this county, the agricultu- 

 ral society offered nine prizes on 

 honey and implements. F. W. Jones 

 exhibited some six hundred pounds 

 of honey ; Jones Bros., about the 

 same ; E. E. Spencer, M. P. P., ex- 

 hibited some of the finest comb-honey 

 ever produced in the province. Jones 

 Bros, exhibited supplies on which 

 they received first prize. There were 

 about a dozen exhibitors, but this will 

 not interest your readers, hence I 

 will try to write something more in- 

 teresting to our American cousins. 



There was an informal meeting of 

 beekeepers held at the time of the 

 fair, when it was decided to hold a 

 beekeepers' convention, which was 

 called by the following apiarists : 

 F. W. Jones, E. E. Sj^encer, M. P. P., 

 D. F. Hawley, R. Small, J. Raymond 

 Ball and Jones Bros. 



There was a good attendance at 

 the meeting held at Cowansville on 

 October 20, where it was decided to 



organize an eastern township bee- 

 keepers' association similar to the 

 Ontario Association. The following 

 officers were elected : President, E. 

 E. Spencer, M. P. P., first Vice Pres- 

 ident — ,second Vice President, B. G. 

 Jones, Secretary and Treasurer, R. 

 Small, Executive committee, T. M. 

 Craig, T. W.Jones, J. M. Watt, T. A. 

 Johnson and — . 



A very instructive meeting was 

 held by those attending ; valuable in- 

 formation was brought out on feeding, 

 wintering and managing bees in gen- 

 eral, which I will try to give the 

 readers of the " Apiculturist " if you 

 think best. 



In your editorial on page 252, Vol. 

 Ill, you speak about a new disease. 

 While we have never had it in our 

 apiary, I think I have seen it in other 

 apiaries and I think that it is caused 

 by poor honey and I further think 

 that partially soured honey or cider 

 will also produce it. 



'Will bees make comb of candy 

 made from granulated sugar? [Yes. 

 Ed.] I always thought they would 

 not until last spring. We had three 

 or four colonies out of food in March 

 and we had to feed candy ; when we 

 set them out in the spring the weather 

 was unfavorable for feeding and we 

 left tlie frames of candy in the hives 

 for ten or twelve days ; when we 

 opened the hives to remove the candy 

 we found the latter almost all gone 

 and a piece of comb about 3X5 

 inches in size attached to the top-bar. 

 The frame was almost full of comb 

 when we set the bees out and we are 

 pretty sure that there was no honey 

 in the hive nor any gathered when 

 they were building the comb. 



Which pays the better, extracted 

 honey at 12 J- cents or comb honey 

 at 15 to 18 cents ?i 



B. G. Jones. 



Bedford, Quebec, Ca. 



' If we could sell all our extrncted honey 

 readily at 12^ cents per pound we would much 

 rather run our apiaries for it tlian to run for 

 comb honev at 15 to IS cents.— Ed. 



