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1. The unhealthfulness of glucose, 

 the adulterant and supplanter of honey. 

 2. The proper thickness of comb foun- 

 dation in surplus honey. — P. H. Elwood. 



1. Inaprovements in bee-fixtures. 2. 

 Planting for crops and honey. 3. Best 

 management to secure the crop. 4. Best 

 method of crating and shipping comb 

 honey. — C. H. Dibbern. 



Control of swarming ; methods of win- 

 tering with the relations of food, tem- 

 perature, etc.; and improvement in bees 

 and honey-plants, are some of the things 

 that promise greatest results. — James 

 A. Green. 



1. Testing different races and strains 

 of bees. 2. Methods of wintering. 3. 

 Spring and summer management for 

 comb and for extracted honey. 4. Queen- 

 rearing. 5. Value of different honey- 

 plants. 6. Improvement of bees. — M. 

 Mahin. 



1. The bees. 2. The apiarist. 3. 

 The flora. 4. The hive. As these are 

 the four essentials that it takes to make 

 a bee-keeper, I think they should first 

 be considered. Then take up diseases 

 of bees, and then the general work per- 

 taining to the business. — Mrs. Jennie 

 Atchley. 



1. The forage question, embracing 

 the study of those subtile elements or 

 influences operating to promote or re- 

 tard the honey secretion, and what con- 

 trol, if any, can be had over them. 2. 

 Improvement of the strain of bees. 8. 

 Manipulation and management of ap- 

 pliances, etc. — J. P. H. Brown. 



Oh, my ! there are a lot of them. The 

 number of frames in a hive for comb 

 and for extracted honey, is one that 

 needs extensive experimentation, and 

 each bee-keeper will have one or more 

 specially interesting to himself. If all 

 are suggested, stations can select and 

 attack according to their judgment. — C. 

 C. Miller. 



In the fall, that of wintering safely. 

 In the spring, that of getting and keep- 

 ing colonies in good condition. In the 

 summer, queen-rearing, and endeavor- 

 ing to work out the best plans for the 

 same, and to have such queens purely 

 mated. An "experiment station " should 

 be such in fact, and yet not be run to 

 fanciful extremes on doubtful theories. 

 —J. E. Pond. 



If what I have seen so far, coming 

 from that source, is a fair sample of 

 what we may expect in the future from 

 the same source, no good will come of it 

 except the salary attached. No practi- 

 cal bee-keeper will ever hold a position 



in such a capacity. I used to run my 

 apiary for .experimentation ; it is now 

 carried on for money. It pays well now, 

 but it didn't then. The future hope of 

 the bee-business is in the hands of the 

 practical honey-producers, and we will 

 keep it there. — G. W. Demaree. 



Prove that chilled brood will not de- 

 velop foul brood. Prove what " make " 

 and thickness of foundation cannot be 

 detected when eating comb honey. 

 Prove whether sugar syrup can be profit- 

 ably fed to bees to produce comb sugar- 

 honey at current prices. Prove whether 

 as fine section honey can be produced 

 without separators and only a half-inch 

 starter, as with separators and full 

 sheets of foundation. Find what width 

 of section is most profitable. — Eugene 

 Secor. 



Some of them would be these: Best race 

 of bees. Best way to increase our pas- 

 turage by planting and saving what we 

 already have. Best way of wintering. 

 Best and most economical way of mov- 

 ing bees to better pasturage, hive, 

 wagon and team to be considered. Best 

 honey-packages for shipping both comb 

 and extracted honey. Spring feeding to 

 promote brood-rearing. Best food for 

 wintering — shall it be honey, sugar, or a 

 mixture? Treatment of foul brood. 

 The above will do for a start. — S. I. 

 Freeborn. 



l^onvention IVotices. 



PENNSYLVANIA.— The next meeting of 

 the Susquehanna County Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation will be held at the Jay House, in New 

 Milford, Pa., on Thursday, Oct. 12, 1893, at 

 10 o'clock, a.m. All are cordially invited. 



Harford, Pa, H. M. Seeley, Sec. 



INTERNATIONAL.-The North American 

 Bee-Keepers' Association will hold its 24th 

 annual convention on Oct. 11. 12 and 13, 1893, 

 in Chicas-o, Ills. Not only is every bee-keeper 

 in America, whether a member of the society 

 or not. invited to be present, but a special in- 

 vitation Is extended to friends of apiculture 

 it every forelg-n land, Frank Benton. Sec. 



Washington, D. C. 



MISSOURI.— The 8th semi-annual conven- 

 tion of the Missouri State Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation will be held at Pertle Springs (near 

 Warrensburg) Mo., on Oct. 18. 19 and 20. 

 ] 893. It is desirable that as many as can pos- 

 sibly make arrangements will be present, in 

 order that the prosperity of the Association 

 shall not suffer in these poor seasons, for 

 want of personal support. The Executive 

 Committee will prepare a program that will 

 give all an opportunity of expressing them- 

 selves on the most important subjects now 

 occupying the attention of the bee-keepers of 

 the country. Arrangements have been made 

 with the M. P. Ky. Co., lor IJ-j fare, certificate 

 plan. Accomodations at the Pertle Springs 

 Hotel will be reasonable. Bee-keepers from 

 any State and every State will be cordially 

 welcomed. P. Bat.pwin, Sec. 



Independence, Mo. 



