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new hive, and the storing of honey went 

 right along ; but whether I lost or 

 gained by this method, I cannot say, or 

 whether I might use two or more combs 

 with as good results I do not know. My 

 hope was, in propounding this question, 

 to get some points touching upon its 

 importance. Will those who have had 

 experience along this line, please give it 

 in the Bee Journal. 



I have just been cutting the drone- 

 comb out of the hives of 49 colonies of 

 bees, and fitting in worker-comb in its 

 place, and I used about 70 combs to do 

 the job. Some hives I found to have as 

 much as 2 to 2% combs of drone-comb. 

 That is the way the money (or honey) 

 has gone. 



Brownville, Iowa, June 23, 1892. 



Cold Water for Moths in Cuts. 



C. H. DIBBERN. 



We are trying many experiments this 

 season, one of which is the cold water 

 cure, for the moth in brood-combs. 

 Heretofore we have generally been 

 obliged to melt up a good many moth- 

 infested combs, to save them during the 

 summer. Now we have a large trough 

 near the honey-house,- that we keep full 

 of water, and when we find combs that 

 show signs of moth, we douse them in, 

 and leave them submerged for two or 

 three hours. We think this is better 

 than sulphur smoke, as it does away 

 with the strong sulphur odor on the 

 combs, and washes out most impuri- 

 ties. We rind that it is not necessary to 

 run the combs through the extractor, as 

 a quick, swinging motion will throw out 

 all the water. The combs should be 

 loosely piled up to dry. We now allow 

 the bees to remove all the honey before 

 subjecting the combs to the water. 



We have exposed honey more freely 

 right in front of the apiary this spring, 

 than ever before. Sometimes we had as 

 many as twenty hives containing honey 

 setting along in a row with the caps off, 

 off, exposing the tops of frames. That 

 seemed to be about the only way we 

 could get the bees to take the honey 

 that we wished to get rid of before the 

 white clover bloom. Years ago we would 

 not have dared to do such a thing, but 

 somehow we have had no trouble from 

 robbers whatever. They seemed very 

 grateful for the honey, and worked on 

 in a very ordinary way, and not at all 

 cross. — Western Plowman. 



Milan, Ills. 



CONVENTION DIRECTORY. 



Time and place of meeting. 



1892. 



July 21.— Carolina, at Charlotte, N. C. 



A. L. Beach, Sec. Steel Creek; N. C. 



Aug. 17. — Wabash Valley, at Vincennes, Ind. 

 Frank Vawter, Sec, Vincennes, Ind. 



Aug-. 27.— Haldimand, at S. Cayuga, Ont. 



E. C. Campbell, Sec, Cayuga, Ont. 



Sept. 7, 8.— Nebraska, at Lincoln, Nebr. 



L. D. Stilson, Sec, York, Nebr. 



Oct. 7.— Utah, at Salt Lake City, Utah. 

 John C. Swaner, Sec, Salt Lake City, Utah. 



1893. 



Jan. 13, 14.— S.W.Wisconsin, at Boscobel.Wis. 

 Benj. E. Rice, Sec, Boscobel, Wis. 



J®"* 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 Editors. 



North American Bee-Keepers' Association 



President— Eugene Secor. ^Forest City, Iowa. 

 Secretary— W. Z. Hutchinson Flint, Mich. 



National Bee-Keepers' Union. 



President — James Heddon . .Dowagiac, Mich. 

 Sec'y and Manager— T. 6. Newman, Chicago. 





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Reports, Prospects, Etc. 



^P~ Do not write anything for publication 

 on the same sheet of paper with business 

 matters, unless it can be torn apart without 

 interfering with either part of the letter. 



Rolling in the Honey. 



My bees are booming ; that is, just 

 rolling in the honey. 



D. A. Cadwallader. 

 Prairie du Rocher, Ills., July 4, 1892. 



Prevention of Honey Granulation. 



I noticed an inquiry on page 11, as to 

 how to prevent granulation of sugar 

 syrup in brood-combs. If the syrup is 

 made iu the usual way, and not stirred 

 after taking from the fire until quite 

 cool, it will not granulate. I wintered 

 a colony on sugar syrap without an 

 ounce of natural stores, and they win- 

 tered as well as any bees I had, and the 

 syrup did not granulate. 



Lawson Hegler. 



McLean, Ohio, July 2, 1892. 



