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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



Dec. 21, 1899. 



satisfied with the goods. I have been buy- 

 ing and shipping honey for several years, 

 and in the past I have had trouble to get 

 the producers to put up their goods in 

 marketable condition. They are improv- 

 ing, and I have hopes that the standard 

 will be raised so that every bee-keeper will 

 put up his goods so that the whole case will 

 compare favorably with the row behind 

 the glass, and honesty prevail among pack- 

 ers. N. J. COOLET. 

 Inyo Co., Calif., Nov. 30. 



Rain Means Honey in 1900. 



We have had 15 to 20 inches of rainfall to 

 date this winter. This means honey in 

 1900. We have just placed 5.50 colonies and 

 200 nuclei in winter quarters — all strong 

 and heavy with honey. 



O. P. Hyde & Son. 



Williamson Co.. Tex., Dec. 11. 



A Fair Season. 



The season has been fair here. I took, 

 from 40 colonies, spring count. 1„300 pounds 

 of comb honey and 1,000 pounds of ex- 

 tracted, with an increase of 30, and 200 

 extracting-combs built. 



Jas. R. Conklin. 



Cayuga Co., N. Y., Dec. 7. 



Wintering- Bees in the Cellar. 



I think it will be unnecessary to refer to 

 any particular place for the statement that 

 it will not do at all to winter bees in the 

 cellar with bottom-boards on the hives, un- 

 less there is a wide, deep entrance, for it is 

 repeated in some form or other so often 

 that it seems out of reason for anyone to 

 doubt it. But I wish to say, in as few 

 words as possible, how I winter my bees, 

 which will show that conditions are not the 

 same everywhere. 



My hive-bottoms are all nailed on, and 

 are never taken off. The entrance is one- 

 half inch by the full width of the hive. 

 There is nothing over the bees except a 

 board cover when they are taken into the 

 cellar, and that stuck on tight. 



I have wintered my bees in the house- 

 cellar since 189.3, and have wintered over 

 100 colonies the last three winters without 

 the loss of a single colony in all that time, 

 nor have 1 ever lost a colony in the cellar. 



The combs are never damp or moldy, and 

 the bees keep their hives as clean and 

 sweet as in summer, carrying out all dead 

 bees and dropping them on the cellar bot- 

 tom. I visit them with a light often, with- 



out ill effect, and can tell when they are 

 too warm as soon as I enter the cellar, 

 without referring to the thermometer 

 I keep hanging near. I have no desire to 

 dispute the eStditions as stated by the 

 writers who say it will not do to winter 

 bees in the cellar with bottoms on the hives 

 unless there is a wide, deep entrance, but 

 just want to call their attention to the fact 

 that in some other places other men may 

 do differently, and do right. 



Our bees winter on amber honey, as we 

 have no other here, and X never weighed 

 any that weighed over 12 pounds per gal- 

 lon, and ours granulates about March after 

 it is gathered. I think you will say that it 

 cannot be the extra quality of the honey 

 that makes the difference, but we think our 

 honey quite good. 



If my bees ever die off by the wholesale, 

 I'll promptly let you know. J. B. Dann. 



Gage Co., Nebr.. Nov. 34. 



[With all other conditions at their best, 

 there is no reason why a colony might not 

 winter finely in a cellar with entrance only 

 one half inch deep in any locality. Again, 

 they might not, and it is well to be on the 

 safe side.— C. C. Miller.] 



Convention Notices. 



Michigan.— The annual meeting- of the Mich- 

 if,^aa State Bee-Keepers' Association will be 

 held at Thompsonville, Benzie Co., Jan. 1 and 2, 

 1900. There will be reduced rates on all rail- 

 roads, and a special rate has been secured at all 

 the hotels there at 75 cents per day. There will 

 be an exhibition of the famous willow-herb 

 honey, also of all the leading supplies used in 

 the apiary, and latest improved implements. 

 At least two, and perhaps three, of the .A-.I.Root 

 family will be present, and other noted men. 

 Everything indicates the largest meeting held 

 in years. The subjects discust will be those 

 nearest the heart of the bee-keeper, so come pre- 

 pared to give your views, in exchange for the 

 views of others. It will more than repay you 

 for all the time and expense to attend. 



Fj-emont, Mich. Geo. E. Hilton, Pres. 



N. E. Ohio, N. W. Pa.— The Northeastern Ohio 

 and N. W. Pennsylvania Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion will hold their l'>th annual convention at 

 Andover, Ohio, in Chapman's Hall, Jan. 17 and 

 IS, lOOti. Boarding rates of Sl.OO per day have 

 been secured for those attending the conven- 

 tion. All bee-keepers invited. Send to the Sec- 

 retary for programs. 



Among the subjects to be discust are the 

 following: 



*' Spring and Early Summer Management of 

 Bees," by Mrs. C. J. Cornwell; " Is it Desirable 

 to Prevent Swarming?" by O. O. Belden; "Best 

 and Cheapest Method of Producing Comb 



Honey," by M. E. Mason; "Full Sheets or 

 Starters." by C. H. Coon; " Advantages of Pro- 

 ducing Extracted Honey," by B. W. Peck; "Co- 

 operation to Improve the Market and Increase 

 the Price of Honey," by Geo. Spitler; " Pre- 

 paring Bees for Winter," by R. D. Reynolds; 

 " Bees as Pollenizers of the Blossoms," by Ed. 

 Jollv; and '• Making Our Association More 

 Useful." 

 Franklin. Pa. Ed Jollev, Sec. 



Illinois. — The executive committee of the Illi- 

 nois State Bee-Keepers' Association have 

 changed the date of the ninth annual meeting 

 to Dec. 26 and 27, 1899. It is understood that all 

 the railroads will make half rates during the 

 holidays. The State Horticultural Society and 

 the State Teachers' Institute hold their annual 

 meetings at the same time, and all at the State 

 House, so that it will be a great inducement for 

 a good attendance. We expect to have a fine 

 program for the occasion, and a good time, as 

 bee-keepers always do when they get together. 

 Come, everybody I 



Later. — Since the insertion of the previous 

 notice the railroads, thru the Western Passen- 

 ger Association, have refused to make a single 

 fare rate for the round trip, but made the rate 

 of one fare and a third for the round trip. If 

 any one when purchasing a ticket is refused the 

 one-third rate for the round trip, he must de- 

 mand a certificate showing that he paid full 

 fare coming, and together with the Horticul- 

 tural Society we expect to have much more than 

 100 in attendance, and thereb.v get the above- 

 named rate. 



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