AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



623 



Report of tlie IWortli American 

 Bee-Keepers' CoiiTention. 



Reported for the '■'■American Bee Journal " 

 BY B. F. HOLTERMANN. 



(Continued from page 596.) 



The question-box was then examined, 

 and the first question propounded was 

 about the 



Size of Hive for Comb Honey. 



It was asked whether a hive with the 

 capacity of an eight or a ten frame 

 Langstroth hive was preferred for comb 

 honey production. 



Allen Pringle — I reduce the capacity 

 of my hive by means of dummies when 

 the time comes for the honey-flow. If a 

 10 frame is a large hive, an 8-frame 

 can hardly be considered a small one, 

 and I reduce to less than 8 frames. 



A lengthy discussion followed upon 

 the question as to what would be the 

 best hive for comb honey, some favoring 

 a size equal to an 8-frame Langstroth, 

 and some a 10-frame. Others preferred 

 designs not generally known, amongst 

 them being B. Taylor. 



R. L. Taylor favored the New Heddon 

 hive. 



The question was then asked whether 

 the 10-frame Langstroth hive is better 

 than a shallower one for comb honey. 

 The majority favored a smaller one. 



Those preferring a 10-frame hive to 

 an 8-frame Langstroth for comb honey, 

 were asked to rise, and 16 responded. 



Those preferring an 8-frame to the 

 10-frame were asked to rise, and 42 

 responded. 



One member had changed from an 8- 

 frame to a 10-frame hive ; and 24 had 

 changed from the 10-frame to the 8- 

 frame hive. 



Twenty-eight members had a hive that 

 would alternate with a capacity of 5, 

 10 or more Langstroth frames. 



J. A. Green thought that the capacity 

 of the average queen was beyond the 

 10-frame Langstroth hive. 



Queen Crowded for Roora. 



Mr. Blanchard asked if a good bee- 

 keeper would allow a queen to be 

 crowded for room when the bees might 

 De useful for honey-gathering. 



R. L. Taylor — The question involved 

 is what she can do in time for the honey- 

 flow. Locality may make a very great 

 difference. This must be considered. In 

 my locality one must be careful not to 

 give too much room for the production 

 of comb honey. If they have not win- 

 tered very well, I should not give the 

 bees more than one Heddon hive-body, 

 which ha^ a capacity equal to 5 Lang- 

 stroth frames ; to this I would add 

 supers. In other words, if they All to 

 the capacity of 5 Langstroth frames by 

 June 1st, I would give another; if not 

 until June 15th, I would not give much 

 additional space. 



J. A. Green — I would sooner restrict 

 20 per cent, of my bees for comb than 

 give 75 to 80 per cent, too much room. 



Dr. Mason — Mr. Taylor is undoubtedly 

 right, that the locality makes very much 

 difference. 



J. M. Hambaugh — I want all the bees 

 I can get for the fall crop, so I want a 

 large brood-chamber. 



At this point in the proceedings a 

 short recess was taken, after which 

 President Miller read in a very enter- 

 taining manner an amusing story about 

 the boy who couldn't tell a lie. 



Hon. Eugene Secor, Allen Pringle, 

 and C. P. Dadaut were then appointed a 

 committee on exhibits ; and Dr. Mason, 

 George W. York and O. L. Hershiser 

 were appointed a committee on resolu- 

 tions. 



Foundation for Comb Honey. 



R. L. Taylor stated that for the pur- 

 pose of making tests of different makes, 

 weights, and ages of section foundation, 

 he had selected eight of these sorts of 

 foundation, partly light, partly heavy, 

 and one sample two or three years of 

 age. After this foundation was fastened 

 in sections, he put them in cases without 

 separators, alternating them so that in 

 each pair of cases each sort appeared 

 seven times. From one case he took 

 one section of honey made from each 

 sort of foundation, and shaved off the 

 honey so as to leave the septum by itself 

 as complete as possible. These septums 

 he had brought with him, and he de- 

 sired the committee, if they saw fit, to 

 examine these septums for the purpose 

 of having them determine the compara- 

 tive thickness of the septum of ea^h 



