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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



October, 



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beyond the part of the combs where it is 

 already consumed. — L'Apicoltore. 



SEPARATING SWARMS. 

 Dr. Metteli has had ten to twenty swarms 

 a day in his apiary. Very often several 

 unite. If left alone until evening, the united 

 swarms separate into lobes, each contain- 

 ing a queen. — L'Apicoltore. 



HONEY SHOE BLACKING. 

 Mr. Jozzelli gives the following recipe for 

 shoe blacking: Add as much lampblack or 

 better refined bone black to extracted honey, 

 as will admit of stirring the mixture with a 

 stick, when cold: then warm until softened 

 and put in boxes. Shoes should be thorough- 

 ly dried before applying. This blacking 

 preserves its gloss for a long time, prevents 

 cracking, and preserves and softens the leath- 

 er. — L'Apicoltore. 



COLOR OF WAX. 

 Dr. Dubini is quoted as having said that 

 the yellow color of wax is due to pollen. 

 He used to break up the old combs into 

 small bits that were soaked in water. Af- 

 ter one or two days the pollen could be 

 squeezed out with the fingers. It is gen- 

 erally yellow and swollen by the water. The 

 mashed comb was then dried In the shade, 

 then melted in a sun extractor and never 

 failed to yield a wax nearly as white as If 

 It had been bleached. — L'Apicoltore. 



MIXES HIS BEES. 

 A correspondent claims that bees from 

 different queens mixed together work much 

 better. He therefore swaps combs from one 

 hive to another. — L'Apicoltore. 



PBOGRAIH FOR THE NATIONAI. CON- 

 VENTION. 



First Day. 



EVENING SESSION.— 7:30 P. M. 

 Wax-Rendering Methods and Their Faults. 

 — O. L. Hershiser, Buffalo, N. Y. 



Can the Tariff on Comb Honey be Tinkered 

 With to the Advantage of the U. S. Bee- 

 Keeper? — Hildreth and Segelken, New York. 

 Second Day. 

 MORNING SESSION.— 9:30 A. M. 

 How Many Bees Shall a Man Keep? — B. 

 D. Townsend, Remus, Mich. 



Shert Cuts in Bee-Keeping. — M. A. Gill, 

 Longmont, Colo. 

 Question Box. 



AFTERNOON SESSION. — 2:00 P. M. 

 The Control of Increase — L. Stachelhaus- 

 en. Converse, Texas. 



Migratory Bee-Keeping. — R. F. Holter 

 man, Brantford, Canada. 

 Question Box. 



EVENING SESSION.— 7:30 P. M. 

 Contagious Diseases Among Bees and How 

 to Distinguish Them. — Dr. Wm. R.Howard, 

 Ft. Worth, Texas. 



Experimental Apiculture. — Dr. E. F. 

 Philips, Washington, D. C. 

 Third Day. 

 MORNING SESSION.— 9:30 A. M. 

 The Honey Producers' League. — Can It 

 Help Bee-Keepers? — R. L. Taylor, Lapeer, 

 Mich. 



The Business End of Bee-Keeping. — N. E. 

 France, Platteville, Wis. 

 Question Box. 



AFTERNOON SESSION.- 2:00 P. M. 

 In What Way Can Bee-Keepers Secure 

 Their Supplies at Lower Prices? — W. H. 

 Putnam, River Falls, Wis. 



How the Producer and Dealer May Ad- 

 vance their Mutual Interests. — Fred W. Muth, 

 Cincinnati, Ohio. 

 Question Box. 



EVENING SESSION.— 7:30 P. M. 

 What Have We to Hope for from the Non- 

 Swarming Hive? — L. A. Aspinwall, Jackson, 

 Mich. 



Poultry Keeping for the Bee-Keeper. — ^E. 

 T. Abbott, St. Joseph, Mo. 



W. Z. HUTCHINSON, Sec. 



SPRING INSPECTION. 



An early spring Inspection Is considered 

 by Dr. Metteli a waste of time, as a rule, 

 and that the brood nests are in this way 

 needlessly chilled. If the colonies had win- 

 tered well, and had sufficient honey for win- 

 ter and early brood rearing. The most of the 

 colony, especially the pollen carried in, furn- 

 ishes enough indication as to the state of 

 the colony. 



Later, he adds empty combs at the sides 



of the brood nest, but does not spread the Youngsville, Pa., Aug., 12, I905. 



brood. During the summer, he does not „ ,. t, * Keener- 



open the brood nests, unless a diminishing ^%]^J ^^^i.^( .'rh;^^ InnnPv I'li the 

 population Shows that something is wrong. The crop of ^^'t^^^^^^^ 1" J^^ 



He uses hives (brood nests rather) large North IS _ SlXial, OWing tO exceSSlve 



enough to contain enough honey to go rams during clover bloom and the 



through the winter and satisfy all the de- basswood failed to bloom to any ex- 



mands of heavy brood rearing in the spring, tent. Becs have started m nicely on 



even if the weather happens to be unfavor- buckwheat, but the wet weather still 



able, an inspection to this end is made in continues. I have hived seventy-three 



the fall and feeding resorted to If neces- swarms in my homc yard, besides a 



sary. —L'Apicoltore. number retwrned. W. J. Davis, ist. 



