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effort to protect the product of the or- 

 chard from the ravages of insects of des- 

 truction, have injured the stock of the 

 apiarist quite severely in some sections, 

 this subject was discussed to consider- 

 able length. The dlfiBculty of controling 

 this action of ignorance, malice or " pig- 

 headedness " (as the case might be) of 

 the farmers and fruit-grow^ers, was so 

 thoroughly appreciated by those present 

 that it was decided that if legislation 

 could not be secured against it, the 

 former complaint only could be remedied. 

 We need legislation controlling the time 

 for the performance of this act ! 



' BUILDING UP WEAK COLONIES. 



Put extracting tops on your strongest 

 colonies (now, during fruit-bloom) con- 

 taining combs from your empty hives in 

 which the bees have died, after the combs 

 have been cleaned up and honey ex- 

 tracted. Use no queen-excluder now, 

 and when combs contain brood about to 

 hatch, or hatching, distribute them 

 among the weak colonies in place of 

 those which are empty. This also pro- 

 tects combs from the moths. 



KE-QUEENING COLONIES. 



Do not sacrifice a prolific queen for 

 any or all other good qualities, should 

 be our first axiom. Substitute a good 

 queen or queen-cell for worthless cells 

 in a colony from which a swarm has re- 

 cently issued. Introduce a queen by 

 placing the cage containing her under- 

 neath the quilt in contact with the bees, 

 after the old queen has been removed, 

 of course, until accepted by them. A 

 valuable queen should be placed in a 

 nucleus of young bees and brood, and 

 built up to a colony. 



CANDIED HONEY IN COMBS. 



" If combs containing candied honey 

 be- placed in the hives, will the honey 

 become liquid after the exposure of the 

 season to the summer's heat ?" This was 

 answered in the negative. Such honey 

 should be uncapped first, and extracted 

 so far as possible. The bees will then 

 clean it out. 



CLEANING OLD COMBS. 



How should it be done ? Scrape the 

 frame as much as you can handily, brush 

 the dead bees from the comb, and then 

 place it in, or on, a swarm, and they will 

 do the rest. 



SHIPPING COMB HONEY. 



Paper boxes were decided to be better 

 than glasi for shipping purposes, as the 



breakage of one box does not daub up 

 the rest. 



The convention then adjourned to 

 convene at the picnic, at the call of the 

 committee. C. W. Wilkins, Sec. 



CONYENTIOHr DIRECTORY. 



Time a/nd place of meetlmg. 



1893. 

 Aug 15.— Northern Illinois, at Rockford, 111. 

 B. Kennedy, Sec, New Milford, 111. 



Oct. 11, 12, 13.— North American (Interna- 

 tional), at Chicago, Ills. 

 Frank Benton. Sec, Washington, D. C. 



In order to have this table complete, 

 Secretaries are requested to forward full 

 particulars of the time and the place of 

 each future meeting. — The Bditok. 



North American Bse-Keepers' Assoolatlon 



President— Dr. C. C. Miller Marengo, Ills. 



Vice-Pres.— J. E. Crane Middlebury, Vt. 



Secretary— Frank Benton, Washington, D. C. 

 Treasurer— George W. York... Chicago, Ills. 



National Bee-Keepers' Union. 



President— Hon. R. L. Taylor.. Lapeer, Mich. 

 Gen'l Manager— T. G. Newman, Chicago, 111. 



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