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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Bees in an Attic.— One of our 

 correspondents sends in the following 

 question, presumably for the "Query 

 Department," but as it would be a month 

 or two before its turn would come, and 

 as one reply will likely be as satisfactory 

 as a dozen or more in this case, we re- 

 ferred the question to Mr Green, whose 

 answer follows immediately after the 

 query, which is this: 



Would you advise me to winter bees, 

 which I have shut up in the hive by 

 closing the entrance with wire-netting, 

 in an attic where the temperature is 

 from 50° to 60° ? Buzzer. 



Bees should never be confined to the 

 hive in winter. Even at times when 

 they would not fly, the restraint seems 

 to excite and annoy them, and they 

 never winter well under such circum- 

 stances. 



Bees can seldom be wintered success- 

 fully in a building above ground. The 

 temperature named is too high, though 

 it might do provided it would b« per- 

 fectly uniform. The trouble is that in 

 your attic the temperature would prob- 

 ably range from 80° down to zero, or 

 lower. J. A. Green. 



The Illinois State Con?en- 



tion. — We have received the program 

 of the fourth semi-annual meeting of 

 the Illinois State Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion, to be held in the Senate Judiciary 

 Room of the State House, at Springfield, 

 Ills., on Dec. 14th and 15th, 1892. 



Among the addresses, and subjects to 

 be discussed, are the following : 



"How to Advance the Interests of 

 Bee-Culture." 



Address of Welcome — Col. Charles F. 

 Mills, Springfield. 



President's Annual Address — by Hon. 

 J. M. Hambaugh, Spring. 



Essay (Subject of his own selection) — 

 by P. J. England, Fancy Prairie. 



" Do Bee-Keepers Need an Experi- 

 ment Station ?"— by Dr. C. C. Miller, 

 Marengo. 



Subject of his own selection — Chas. 

 Becker, Pleasant Plains. 



"Why Farmers and Horticulturists 

 Should be Bee-Keepers "— by C. P. Da- 

 dant, Hamilton. 



Subject of his own selection — by A. N g ' 

 Draper, Upper Alton. 



Remarks on " How to Improve Our 

 Next Report." 



It is earnestly hoped that there may 

 be a good attendance of the bee-keepers 

 of the State. 



The following associations will be in 

 session at the same time and place : 

 Illinois Short-Horn Breeders' Associa- 

 tion; Illinois Swine Breeders' Associa- 

 tion; Illinois Sheep Breeders' Associa- 

 tion ; and the Illinois State Grange. 



A rate of $2.00 per day has been 

 secured at the St. Nicholas Hotel. Dele- 

 gates to the convention are requested to 

 write to the proprietor of the hotel for 

 accommodations, as long before the 

 opening of the convention as possible. 



The usual excursion rates on the 

 principal reads are promised on the 

 certificate plan. viz. : To return mem- 

 bers at one-third rate, who have paid 

 full fare en route to the convention. 



If those who cannot attend the meet- 

 ing will remit one dollar to the Secretary 

 — James A. Stone, Bradfordton, Ills. — 

 they will thereby become a member for 

 one year, and be entitled to the report 

 when printed — also to the report of 

 1892. 



The North American Bee- 

 Keepers' Convention at Washington, D. 

 C, on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs- 

 day, the 27th, 28th and 29th of this 

 month, should be well attended. Many 

 subjects of great importance to the in- 

 dustry of bee-keeping will come up for 

 consideration, and will demand the most 

 earnest thought of the best heads in the 

 land. Will you be there? 



Next week we will doubtless be able 

 to publish the programme, which is to 

 be a grand one. Look out for it. 



" Complete Guide for Caponiz- 

 ing," is the title of a pamphlet published 

 by Geo. P. Pilling & Son, of 115 S. 11th 

 St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



" Bees and Money "—page 749 



