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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



December 15 



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the shingle first, and the butt for the last 

 layer. This makes a cover that does not 

 leak. The odd pieces cut from the sides 

 and ends of course can be nailed to the 

 cleats on the bottom-board (I use a loose 

 bottom-board), and makes a packing for 

 the bottom. I have wintered my bees thus 

 for two winters with good results. 



F. E. Whitman. 

 Cayuga Co., N, Y., Dec. 3. 



A Beginner. 



I am a beginner in beekeeping, getting 

 my first swarm last spring. I increast to 4 

 colonies, all by natural swarming. 



Ira Lubbers. 



Sheboygan Co., Wis., Des. 5. 



Bees in Good Condition. 



Bees were placed in the cellar for their 

 5 months' winter nap Nov. 22 — about a 

 week later than usual. Most of them were 

 in good condition. 



The best apparatus for liquefying candied 

 honey, in my opinion, is a hot buckwheat 

 cake. John Atkinson. 



Crow Wing Co., Minn., Dec. 5. 



Report tor 1898. 



I wintered 18 colonies in good shape in a 

 cellar. The spring was quite late, so I did 

 not take the bees out until about the mid- 

 dle of April. I commenced feeding soon 

 after taking them out, and fed every day 

 until clover began to bloom. I used the 

 Boardman entrance-feeder. . I like it very 

 well except that sometimes the feed will 

 run right out. no matter how level you get 

 it. I fed 100 pounds of sugar andSO pounds 

 of honey. 



I got 400 pounds of extracted and 200 

 pounds of comb honey. Our honey is all 

 white clover and basswood. there being no 

 fall flow. I increast to 37 colonies, which 

 I put into the cellar Nov. 30. Some were a 

 little light, the ones I extracted from. 



The honey crop here was very poor. 

 There are quite a number of bee-keepers 

 around me. and some of them didn't get a 

 pound of surplus. G. H. Fret. 



Linn Co., Iowa, Dec. 6. 



Convention Notice. 



The 32nd seml-annuaimeetingof the Seneca 

 County Bee. Keepers' Association will be held 

 at K O. T. M. Hall in Romulus. N. Y.. Thurs- 

 day, Dec. 22, 1898, at 10 am. The program 

 is as follows; 



President's Annual Address— Fred S Emens. 



•* How to Preserve Unused Combs"— M.T. 

 Williamson; discussion opened by Henry 

 Manger 



- packages for Boney"— Herbert McAUen: 

 discussion opened by B. D. Scott 



Question-Box, conducted by Harry Howe. 



••How to E.\tinguish Foul Brood from the 

 State"— W, F. Marks: discussion opened by 

 Shuman R Kunes. 



"Maik ting Honey"— Ira Wilson; discussion 

 openea by J C Howard. 



•improved AppllanceB"— C. J. Baldridge; 

 discufsion opened y E N.Van Riper. 



'■ Bees and Clover"— J. W. Spencer, of Cor- 

 nell University 



"Best Meih d of Increase "—George V. Lam- 

 oreaux: discussion opened by Natt Sutton. 

 Fmvd ,■<. Emens. Pres.. Fayetie, N. Y. 



C. H HOWABD. Sec . Romulus, N. Y' 



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