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see no reason why it is not whole- 

 some.— G. VV. Demaree. 



1. We have so little of this " honey- 

 dew " that I can only say that friends 

 tell me that some samples of it winter 

 bees as well as honey. 2. It might, I 

 should think. I feel sure that a 

 chronic rheumatic neuralgia or neu- 

 resthenia is no uncommon result from 

 years of bee-poisoning.— James Hed- 



DON. 



1. I have had very little experience, 

 but I can hardly believe that honey 

 with so disagreeable a taste as some 

 of it has, can be wholesome for man 

 or bee. Many winter losses have 

 been laid at the door of honey-dew. 

 2. 1 think not. It has some reputa- 

 tion (whether justly or not I am not 

 prepared to say) as a remedy for rheu- 

 matic affections.- C. C. Miller. 

 ^ 1. It is not so considered by the 

 great majority. 2. I am not aware 

 that such is the case ; in fact many 

 claim that the opposite results follow 

 in rheumatism. I cannot conceive 

 how malarial fevers can be cured by 

 inoculation of the poison of the sting 

 of the honey-bee, as it is antiseptic in 

 its nature.- J. E. Pond, Jr. 



1. I do not think it is. 2. No, a 

 bee-sting has only a temporary effect. 

 The poison does not accumulate in 

 the system. I believe, however, that 

 after being stung enough to cause 

 fever, that one should be careful not 

 to get over-heated by working in the 

 hot sun. The use of the common 

 tomato as a food is in my opinion 

 productive of ten fold more injury to 

 the human system than being fre- 

 quently stung by bees.— G.L. Tinker. 



Wintering Bees in Seconii-Stories. 



Query, No. .'J20.— In wintering: bees in 

 a two-story chaff hive, how would it do to 

 put in 3 or ■« brood-frames in the first story 

 for the bees to cluster on, and the same 

 number of frames with sealed honey in the 

 second story, over the brood-frames, for 

 winter stores ; then use two divisiou-boards, 

 letting them e.\tend from the bottom-board 

 ofthehiveto the top of the second story ? 

 Then there will be .3 or 4 inches of dead air 

 space on each side of ihe bees and stores in 

 addition to the double walls packed with 

 chaff. What I want to know is this : 1. Will 

 it do to put winter stores above the brood- 

 nest ? 2. Will the bees cluster on the brood- 

 frames and go up-stairs for food, or will 

 they go up in the second story and stay ? 3. 

 How would it do to place bees and stores all 

 in the upper story and leave the lower story 

 empty (as an air-chamber) except one frame 

 of comb to act as a ladder for the bees to go 

 up and down ou ? The cluster would then 

 be so far from the entrance that the cold 

 air coming in would not affect them so 

 much.— Florida. 



]. Yes. 2. Yes. 3. It will work 

 well in your climate. But in Florida 

 you do not need chaff hives, nor any 

 other fixtures intended for a cold 

 climate.— J. P. H. Brown. 



There is too much room for escape 

 of heat above in such a plan. We do 

 not like it, but it may do for Florida. 

 — Dadant & Son. 



My experience is, that bees will go 

 up-stairs and stay. Have had the 

 best success with eight frames in the 

 body of the hive, and it on the plat- 

 form.— II. D. Cutting. 



1. I think so. 2. As soon as the 

 brood and most of the honey is gone, 

 they will likely move up-siairsto stay. 

 3. I can see no harm from the empty 

 space below, and it might be some 

 benefit.— C. C. Miller. 



The proposed plan might work well 

 here at the North, but for Florida I 

 should think it would be labor thrown 

 away.— G. M. Doo little. 



I think the bees would cluster on 

 the honey and stay. I think the last 

 mentioned plan a good one. — W. Z. 

 Hutchinson. 



1 . The bees, so far as my experience 

 goes, winter in the tops of the hives. 

 I prefer a single story, as I find a 

 frame as shallow as the Langstroth is 

 safer for wintering than a deeper 

 frame. 2. They will go for food till 

 too cold for them to do so. 3. It would 

 be far better than the first proposi- 

 tion, but would give, in my judg- 

 ment, too much space below.— J. E. 

 Pond, Jr. 



I have wintered bees for years in 

 two-story hives ; sometimes they win- 

 ter in the lower and sometimes in the 

 upper story. I have seen little dif- 

 ference whether they winter above or 

 below. When they go above to stay 

 there they sometimes exhaust their 

 stores above, and starve with plenty 

 of stores in the lower story ; for this 

 reason I prefer to have all the stores 

 in one apartment. — G. W. Demaree. 



I should not do it. If they clustered 

 below with little honey, and it came 

 very cold, they would starve. I see 

 no use in their having the double 

 space to warm. Could I secure it 

 easily I should like 2 inches below the 

 brood-frames.— A. J. Cook. 



The bees should, and usually will, 

 cluster where the stores are in cham- 

 bers of the size you mention. They 

 would go into your second story and 

 stay. The idea of empty story under 

 the home would do no harm, if you 

 still have room for thick packing 

 above. Many believe it to be very 

 advantageous.— Jajies Heddon. 



There will be too much trouble and 

 expense about the plan suggested to 

 make it desirable, even if it was a 

 good one. The successful bee-keep- 

 ers of the future will be those who 

 use the cheapest hives and fixtures, 

 and the most expeditious methods 

 capable of fulfilling the purposes re- 

 quired.— G. L. Tinker. 



Nortli American Bee-Keepers' Society, 



FKANK L. DOUGHERTY. 



The North American Bee-Keepers' So- 

 ciety will hold its 17th annual convention 

 Oct. 12, 13 and 14, 1886, at Indianapolis, 

 Ind. The meeting: will be held in 

 Pfofflin's Music Hall, 83 and 84 North 

 Pennsylvania Street, one of the most 

 pleasantly situated halls in the city, 

 liaving good ventilation and plenty of 

 light. The Society head-quarters will be 

 at the Occidental Hotel, corner o( Wash- 

 ington and Illinois Streets. The regular 

 rates of this hotel are 93 per day ; special 

 rates for those in attendance at the con- 

 vention, 11.50 per day. 



The Northwestern Bee-Keepers' Society, 

 the Indiana State Society, the Eastern 

 Indiana, with various county and joint 

 societies will meet in union with the 

 North American, making it one of the 

 most important meetings of bee-keepers 

 ever held in the country. 



Every thine possible will be done to 

 make the meeting pleasant and entertain- 

 ing. An earnest, cordial invitation is ex- 

 tended. Following is the programme : 



FLRST DAT— TUESDAY. 



Forenoon Session, 10 a.m.— Convention 

 called to order. Address of welcome, by 

 Gov. I. P. Gray: "Response " by ttie 

 President, H. D. Cutting; "Welcome to 

 the City," by Mayor Caleb S. Denny: 

 "Thanks," Dr. C. C. Miller, President of 

 the Northwestern Society. Calling the 

 roll of members of last year. Payment of 

 annual dues. Reception of new members 

 and distribution of badges; reports of Sec- 

 retary and Treasurer. Announcements. 



Afternoon Session, 2 p.m.. Special Busi- 

 ness.— Annual address of the President; 

 " Bee-Studies," Prot. A. J. Cook, Agricul- 

 tural College, Mich.; "Apicultural Jour- 

 nalism," Jiihn Asplnwall, Barrytown, N. 

 y.; "Bee-Literature," Thomas G. New- 

 man, Chicago, Ills.; "The Coming Bee— 

 Whiit encouragement have we to work for 

 its advent ?" R. L. Taylor, Lapeer, Mich. 

 Subject for discussion, has " Apis Ameri- 

 cana" been reached ? 



Evening Session, 7:30 p.m. — Announce- 

 ments. Miscellaneous business. Discus- 

 sion of questions that may have accumu- 

 lated during the day. 



SECOND DAY— WEDNESDAY. 



Morning Session, 9 a.m. — Announce- 

 ments. Communication. Call of the 

 Northwestern Society to elect ofBcers. 

 Election of officers ot the Indiana State 

 Society. Call to order. " Rendering Comb 

 into Beeswax," C. P. Dadant, Hamilton, 

 Ills.; "Foul Brood," A. J. King, New 

 York. "North American Bee-Keepers' 

 Soclatv— Past, Present and Future," Rev. 

 W. F. Clarke, Guelph, Ont. Selection of 

 place for holding meeting in 1887. Elec- 

 tion of ofBcers. 



Afternoon Session, 2 p.m.- Announce- 

 ments. Miscellaneous business. "Bee- 

 Keeping and Apiculture," Prof. N.W. Mc- 

 Lain, U. S. Apicultural Station, Aurora, 

 Ills.; "Feeding Bees for Winter," Jas. 

 McNeill, Hudson. N. Y. ; "Wintering 

 Bees," Dr. J. B. Mason, Wagon Works, 

 Ohio; "Solid Truths relative to the Ap- 

 icultural Interests of the east coast of Vo- 

 lusia county, Florida," by John Detwiler, 

 NewSmyrna,Fla. Subjects for discussion, 

 " Is the use of Foundation Necessary in 

 Modern Bee Culture ?" "Are Perforated 

 Honey-Boards a Success ?" Unassigned 

 essays. 



Evening Session, 7:30 p.m. — Announce- 

 ments. Miscellaneous business. Discus- 

 sion of questions in question-box. Social 

 communications. 



THLRD DAY — THURSDAY. 



Morning Session, 9 a.m.— Announce- 

 ments. Miscellaneous business. Com- 

 munications. " The National Bee-Keepers' 

 Union." by Thomas G. Newman, Chicago, 

 Illinois. "A Talk on Hives," by James 

 Heddon, Dowagiae, Mich.; "Reversible 

 Hives and Frames," J. E. Pond, Jr., Fox- 

 boro, Mass.; "Drones and Drone Comb," 

 W. Z. Hutchinson, Rogersville, Mich.; 

 Reports of Vice-Presidents; " Progress of 

 Bee-Keeping in Indiana," .Jonas SchoU, 

 Lyons Station. Ind. " The Future of Bee- 

 Culture," G. W. Demaiee, Christiansburg, 

 Kentucky. 



Afternoon Session, 2 p.m.— Announce- 

 ments. Miscellaneous business. Expla- 

 nation of various articles on exhibition. 



Indianapolis, Ind. 



