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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



apiarist who reported this, Mr. Inkos, says 

 he has observed this very often. 



November 



Second Day. 



MORNING SESSION.— 9:30 A. M. 

 How Many Bees Shall a Man Keep?— E 

 D. Townsend, Remus, Mich. 



Short Cuts In Bee-Keeping. — M. A. Gill 



THEY INDICATE THE FLOW. 

 Mr. De Layens, by observations taken for 

 two months on 39 colonies, found that the Longmont, Colo, 

 number of ventilating bees corresponds to 

 the amount of honey gathered. The observa- 

 tions were taken in the early morning, that Junction, Colo, 

 being the only time of the day when the Question Box 

 exact number of ventilating bees can be AFTERNOON SESSION.-2 -00 P M 



IT ;. ''r' TT °' ''""'^ ^"'"""'"^ The Control Of increase.-!,. Stacheihausen 

 was ascertamed from a colony on Converse, Texas. 

 scales. The highest number of ventilat- 



Producing Both Comb and Extracted Honej 

 on the Same Colony. — Jas. A. Green, Granc 



ing bees was 70. He considers 20 as the 

 index of a good colony. If from day to 

 day the number of ventilating bees is plated 

 on a chart and on the same chart, the daily 

 Increase of weight from the colony on scales, 

 both curves will correspond. The conclu- 

 sion is that the chief object of ventilation is 

 to evaporate the nectar brought in. — L'Api- 

 culteur. 



SWITZERLAND. 



MORE TOP ENTRANCES. 

 A correspondent tried removing the entrance Mich 



Migratory Bee-Keeping. — R. F. Holterman 

 Brantford, Canada. 

 Question Box. 



EVENING SESSION. — 7:30 P. M. 

 Contagious Diseases Among Bees and Ho^ 

 to Distinguish Them. — Dr. W^m. R. Howard 

 Ft. VPorth, Texas. 



Experimental Apiculture. — Dr. E. E. Phil- 

 ips, Washington, D. C. 



Third Day. 

 MORNING SESSION. — 9:30 A. M. 

 The Honey Producers League. — Can It 

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



above the brood nest with two colonies. One 

 of them did not do very well at first. It 

 was then discovered that the bottom board 

 did not fit well. After this defect was remed- 

 ied, everything went well, the colony filled 

 12 frames of surplus, extracted honey and 

 one frame of American sections. (The size 

 of the frames is not given.) 



The second filled nearly three supers; that 

 is 86 pounds, and a frame of sections. Both 

 gave considerably more than any of the 

 colonies having the entrance below. In 

 that locality, 40 pounds is considered a big 

 yield. — Bulletin de la Suisse Romande. 



The Business End of Bee-Keeping. — N. B, 

 France, Platteville, Wis. 



Successful Experience in Making Honej 

 Vinegar. — H. M. Arnd, Cliicago, 111. 

 Question Box. 



AFTERNOON SESSION.— 2 :00 P. M. 

 In What Way Can Bee-Keepers Secur« 

 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 SESION. — 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. 



Arrangements have been completed for T. Abott, St. Joseph, Mo. 

 holding the meeting in Chicago, at the W. Z. HUTCHINSON, Sec. 



Revere House, corner of Michigan and Clark 



streets, on the 5th, 6th and 7th of Decern- Quotll Lincoln: — "YoU can fool all 



ber, 1905. This hotel can accommodate at of the people SOme of the time and 

 least 300 bee-keepers, and the rates are 75 some Of . the people all Of the time, 

 cents for a room alone, or 50 cents each but you Cannot fool all the people all 



where two occupy the same room. Meals ^^q time." As true to-day as when he 



are extra, or they may be secured at nearby ^aid It 



restaurants. 



First Day. „„ . , , , j. ,i 



EVENING SESSION.-? :30 P. M. ^^''^^'^ '''''' ^^^ ^^^^^^ ^'^""^ ^^'^^ 



PROGRAM FOR THE NATIONAL 

 CON\^ENTION. 



Wax-Rendering Methods and Their Faults. 



seem. Better loolc beneath the sur- 

 face. 



— O. L. Hershiser, Buffalo, N. Y. 



Can the Tariff on Comb Honey be Tinkered 

 With to the Advantage of the U. S. Bee- You will find it first in the Bee- 



Keeper? — Hildreth and Segelken, New York. Keeper. 



