1898 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAl.. 



119 



Mr. Black — It is no profit to themselves and an Injury to 

 bee-keepers. 



On motion of the Secretary, Messrs. Black, Smith, and 

 Poindexter were appointed a committee to interview the Gov- 

 ernor and present the following petition : 



Whereas, The Northwestern Bee-Keepers' Association, 

 at their annual meeting held in Chicago, Nov. 10 and 11, 

 askt that the Illinois State Bee-Keepers' Association at its 

 next (this) session take proper steps to secure help from the 

 State, to m^ke a creditable exhibit of honey, beeswax, etc., 

 at the Trans-Mississippi International Exposition; therefore, 

 the Illinois State Bee-Keepers' Association in session have 

 appointed a committee consisting of S. N. Black, J. Q. Smith, 

 and Geo. Poindexter, to wait on the Governor, as to his pleas- 

 ure, and ask, if it be -consistent with his will, and for the 

 good of the State of Illinois, that one of the commissioners to 

 have the care of the appropriation from this State to the 

 above-named Exposition, be a bee-keeper, or a man who will 

 favor a good display of the apiarian products of the State of 

 Illinois at the Omaha Exposition ; and, also, ask his Excel- 

 lency, the Governor, to favor our request If he consider the 

 same proper. 



COMB OR EXTRACTED HONEY — WHICH ? 



" What are the best results for which to work — comb or 

 extracted honey, or both? 



Mr. Black — I think there is more money In extracted, 

 take it year after year. I don't like to use sections the second 

 time. In producing extracted honey we do not have to use so 

 many fixtures, tho I favor working for both. Extracted is 

 always ready for the market, while comb has to be " just so " 

 or there Is no sale for it. I think comb honey is the healthier. 



Mr. Poindexter would work for half of each. We ought 

 to have some comb honey always on hand. 



Mr. Smith — It pays to work for both. I expect to do so 

 in the future, and sell both at the same price — VI]4 cents. I 

 put my extracted into stone jars, and tie it up with muslin 

 cloth. 



Mr. Black would heat the extracted honey while extract- 

 ing in wet seasons. 



DRONES FROM LAYING WORKERS. 



" Are drones from laying workers potent to fertilize 

 queens ?" 



Mr. Black — I have never seen anything that would settle 

 this question in my mind. 



All had something to say on this question, but no one 

 could give any light on it. 



The Secretary announced that arrangements had been 

 made with the American Bee Journal, the same as last year — 

 one dollar for membership in the Association also giving 

 credit for one year for the American Bee Journal, from any 

 date desired. 



The election of officers for the ensuing year resulted as 

 follows : 



President, J. Q. Smith, of Lincoln ; Vice-Presidents— 1st, 

 C. P. Dadant; 2nd, A. N. Draper; 3rd, S. N. Black; 4th, 

 Geo. Poindexter ; and 5th. George W. York. Treasurer, 

 Chas. Becker; Secretary, Jas. A. Stone, of Bradfordton. 



INCREASING THE DEMAND FOR HONEY. 



"How can bee-keepers increase the demand for honey ?" 



Mr. Black — If you can't sell it, give it away. Keep your 

 trade by buying, to sell them (your customers) when you have 

 none of your own production. 



Mr. Smith — Leave a case and tell them you will call again 

 for it if they find they do not want it after investigation 

 Don't come down on the price In order to sell it. 



Sec. Stone — Let people know you have honey, by giving 

 them a chance in some way to see it. I never have any trouble 

 in selling all the honey I can produce, and a good deal more. 



SWARMING AND WINTERING. 



"Will bees swarm sooner when wintered in the cellar 

 than on the summer stands?" 



Mr. Black — It depends upon the winter. 



Sec. Stone — If the winter is severe and the spring late, I 

 believe the bees kept in the cellar will come out away ahead 

 in their brood, and It follows they will first be ready for work, 

 and consequently swarm earlier. 



Other questions were handed in that for lack of time 

 were not answered, and we will send them to Editor York to 

 be put to his question answerer, in the American Bee Journal, 

 for the querists to watch for. Jas. A. Stone, Sec. 



ty See " Bee-Keeper's Guide" offer on page 125. 



Plain Sections. — "The past season I used the no-bee-way 

 sections with barred separators, and learned that better comb 

 honey, and more of it, can be produced with them, and It can 

 be cleaned of propolis and packt In half the time that slotted 

 sections can. — E. A. Morgan, in Southland Queen. 



A Lubricant for foundation machines given by Alois Al- 

 fonsus, in Blenen-Vater, is nine parts skim-milk and one part 

 alcohol, fle says it works well, and it has nothing objectiona- 

 ble in it. Another writer in Rhein-Bztg, says one part alcohol 

 and three parts of the watery portion left when cheese is made 

 of skim-milk. 



Chilled Bees. — Gravenhorst says in Deutsche Illustrierte 

 Bztg. that chilled bees fouud on the hives or bee-house after a 

 cleansing flight, may be warmed and returned to other colo- 

 nies as they have become chilled, because some change in ap- 

 pearance has hindered their prompt return to their own hives; 

 but those found on the ground in front of the hives are not 

 worth miniing, for altho they may be revived they are death- 

 candidates, and will not last long. 



Tall Sections 14 Years Ago. — The editor of Busy Bee 

 says, when he went to Missouri, 14 years ago, the Crown hive 

 was the principal one in use, with which tall sections were 

 used, having no bee-space In them, the bee-space being in the 

 separator. The arrangement was good, the sections when 

 filled very attractive, and not hard to clean. But the hive was 

 too expensive, and so went out of use. But he thinks, for the 

 average bee-keeper, the ordinary 4J-4 section is best. 



A Dishonest Lot, Is what Aaron Snyder considers bee- 

 keepers who produce comb honey and crate and market the 

 same. If there are any exceptions he does'nt take the trouble 

 to mention it. The special charge is "facing" a shipping-case 

 with nice sections, and the middle of the case filled up with 

 inferior quality. The editor of Gleanings thinks Mr. Snyder 

 seems a little severe in his arraignment. But, really, ought a 

 man to call all comb-honey men snide when he himself is 

 Snyder ? 



Carbonyle has been recommended In foreign journals as a 

 preservative of hives, for some time. In L'Apiculteur, A. 

 Bassaler reports that in March he put under part of his hives 

 floor-boards painted, five or six months previously, with car- 

 bonyle. April 20, on examination, he was stupefied to find 60 

 out of his 89 colonies gone up. Plenty honey left, but not a 

 bee live or dead. And the 6U colonies were just the ones that 

 had been placed over the carbonyle, the remaining 29 having 

 their old floors. 



Creolin for Foul Brood. — Henry Otto, having seen creolin 

 recommended in a German paper as a remedy for foul brood, 

 gave it a trial. He sprayed the bees at the entrance of the 

 hive, commencing the last of October, taking the warmest 

 time of the day, repeating the spraying five or six times for 

 two or three days. Also used an atomizer to spray the frames 

 and inside of hive. The next spring the bees were healthy, 

 and he has had little trouble ever since by applying the remedy 

 on each appearance of the disease. — Pacific Bee Journal. 



Handling Plain Sections has been mentioned as a rather 

 ticklish afldir on account of the danger of sticking the fingers 

 into comb so near the edge of the wood. In Review, J. E. 

 Crane says his experience has been that they require more 

 careful handling than others, or they will be marred and set 

 to leaking, especially when put in paper cartons. T. P. Bing- 

 ham says, "The very thought of such a section is a thought of 

 danger," but from what he says it appears to be with him only 

 a matter of thought without experience, while Mr. Crane 

 speaks from actual experience. Editor Hutchinson, speaking 

 also from experience, thinks the danger has been overdrawn. 

 He had three cases of such sections filled with honey, and at 

 five fairs they were opened, the sections taken out, pulled 

 about and handled and exhibited and then put back, and not 

 a scratch made on the combs. 



