THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



96 



1,000 lbs. of extracted, about one-half 

 clover honey, and the rest was fall 

 honey ; sold the extracted for 20 cts. 

 and the comb honey for 22 cts. per lb. 



Voted that Mrs. Jennie Gulp had 

 produced the most honey, for the 

 number of colonies she had, of any 

 member of the Society. 



A vote of thanks was tendered the 

 Ohio State Journal Co., for the use of 

 their parlors, in which the Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Convention was held. 



Voted to adjourn to meet at the call 

 of the secretary, at some place in 

 Columbus. Daniel Speak, Sec. 



Report of the committee appointed 

 by the O. S. B. K. Association, to pe- 

 tition the Ohio State Board of Agri- 

 culture for a building, in which to ex- 

 hibit bees and apiarian productions : 

 Columbus, O., Jan. 11, 1883. 

 To the Honorable Directors of the Ohio 

 State Board of Agriculture : 



Gentlehen — We, the committee 

 appointed by the Ohio State Bee- 

 Keepers' Association, in convention 

 assembled in Columbus, O., on Jan. 9 

 and 10, 1883, to represent to your hon- 

 orable body the interest in apiculture 

 and the demand for our productions, 

 and urgently request that you erect, 

 upon the Oliio State Fair grounds, a 

 suitable building, with about one- 

 fourth acre enclosed ground attached, 

 in which to exhibit bees and apiarian 

 productions. 



Plan and approximate specifications 

 herewith attached for Apiarian Hall. 



We believe the size of this hall, 

 25x50 feet, to be sufficient for our pres- 

 ent use, with space left at one end for 

 extension of hall, if our interest in 

 the future should require it. 

 Samuel L). Riegle, 

 Daniel Spear, 



C<ymmittee. 



For the American Bee JoumaL 



Whitford's Surplus Case, etc. 



JAMES HEDDON. 



I was much interested in Mr. Leroy 

 Whitford's description of his surplus 

 case. The more so because I have 

 have been over the ground. I have 

 made and tested theT shaped tin sup- 

 porters mentioned. 



All are aware that I use a 4:}4 in- 

 high division piece of wood, nailed to 

 the super. Well, on trying the tin 

 rests, 1 returned to the old wood divi- 

 sions, for the following reasons : 



The tin rest does not, like the wood 

 divisions, strengthen the case. They 

 somewhat hold the sections apart at 

 the bottom, with no corresponding 

 wedge to stop up the corresponding 

 opening at their tops. This means 

 bee-glue. They are very likely to get 

 knocked and bent out of shape by the 

 least touch. It requires much more 

 care to insert the sections in their 

 proper place, than with the wood di- 

 visions. They are but little cheaper. 

 You must use a case not the proper 

 length to lit the regular Langstroth 

 hive, or use sections not of such sizes 

 as are commonly used by those using 

 broad frames. "I see no good in the 



movable divisions, except in case of 

 where a bee-keeper wishes to alter his 

 cases to suit a total change in size 

 of sections. Then the same cliangs 

 can be made (with a little more trou- 

 ble) with the case, using the permanent 

 divisions. 



I see no use in using three cases, each 

 holding one-third of half-pound sec- 

 tions, and two-thirds of one-pound, 

 when you can just as well devote two 

 cases to the one-pound and the third 

 to the half-pounds throughout ; but I 

 do see many reasons for having the 

 shipping crates hold all sorts, and ours 

 does ; each crate holds, as follows : 



12 4I4X4I4X2 (or 6 to the foot). 



14 414x414x1?^ (or 7 to the foot). 



21 414x2 IS-iexl-?^ (or 7 to the foot). 



24 414x2 13-16xi;^ (or 8 to the foot). 



In each instance, the thickest of the 

 one-pound and half-pound sections are 

 used with separators, while the thinner 

 ones are not. I consider an assorted 

 crate an advantage on the market, but 

 an assorted case is a disadvantage on 

 the hives. 



I used my T rests at the extreme 

 bottom of the case, but I think I un- 

 derstand that Mr. Whitford (page 56) 

 must place his so that the bottoms of 

 the sections rest above the bottom of 

 the case. Now, if the case rests on 

 tlie top of the hive (as all cases should) 

 and the hive has a bee space above the 

 top bars of the frames (as all hives 

 should), how about your proper bee 

 space between the bottoms of the sec- 

 tions, and the top of the frames, where 

 no honey board is used 'i 



There is hardly any system of sur- 

 plusage, that is so " awfully awful," 

 that it does not possess some advanta- 

 geous features over all others, and I 

 think if I could be persuaded to use 

 separators at all, I should use them in 

 connection with broad frames, but not 

 such broad frames as I used before, or 

 any now in general use exactly, but 

 such as I am now making for the com- 

 ing season, and " the box of tin " 

 experiments. 



Those who advocate wood separa- 

 tors, 1-16 and i-e thick, do not tell us 

 how long it takes the bees to glue up 

 the less than bee spaces that the sepa- 

 rators cause between the end pieces of 

 the frames, at the top and bottom, 

 where the narrower separators fail to 

 fill it up. How long will so many bee- 

 keepers violate the scientific principles 

 laid down by Langstroth ? 



I think that there is now extant all 

 the conservatism needed, regarding 

 the half-pound sections. The idea 

 that their littleness, or tare, will con- 

 demn them, I think will be found to 

 be an error. I shall use 20,000 next 

 season, and fully expect to increase 

 the number the following season. In 

 one apiary (of over 100 colonies, spring 

 count) I shall use nothing else. As 1 

 said in a recent communication, I be- 

 lieve, when once on the markets gen- 

 erally, more thousands of these half- 

 pound sections, will be used than of 

 any other size. The present markets 

 may not, as Messrs. Crocker & Blake 

 say, demand very many half-pound 

 sections, but lliese little cards of honey 

 will, I think, not only fill a certain de- 

 mand already existing, but increase 

 that many fold. Let us see. 



This year's numbers of the " Old 

 Reliable," Bee Journal are full of 

 progressive articles. I sometimes get 

 '' too full for utterance," when read- 

 ing them. 1 begin to think that after 

 I am so old that my hair is white, 

 (that is, the little row, just around 

 above the ears), teeth all out, nose and 

 chin nearly caressing, eyes retired a 

 half inch, etc., that I shall try to tell 

 the boys " how we used tu du," and 

 where they will go tu, if they don't 

 stop using so many new-fangled dx- 

 ins." But I expect to stop when death 

 gets me in his swath. I can not afford 

 to "forever write," like Mr. Robinson. 



But I would like to tell Dr. Tinker 

 and G. M. Doolittle, why I believe 

 their ventilation theories will be found 

 to have little to do with successful 

 wintering, when we get this branch 

 of bee-keeping under our thumb, 

 which I earnestly believe we shall soon 

 do; and to tell William Roberts to 

 put a little salycilic acid into the paste, 

 the formula of which was given on 

 page 2.5 ; also to tell S. F. Newman 

 (page 26) why one of his apiaries ha^ 

 dysentery, while the other three have 

 not, all being " prepared for winter in 

 the same manner." Also to give R. 

 Dart what I think to be much more 

 efficient and easier manipulations 

 for prevention of after-swarms than 

 his, as given on page 39. I hope to 

 get at an article on this subject before 

 the season for practice begins. 



I wish Mr. Isham (page 53) would 

 send me a sample of his wood separa- 

 tor, and tell us through the Bee 

 Journal how he puts up with, or 

 avoids the glue difficulty, spoken of 

 above. 



I want to say to D. Videto that since 

 I wrote the " Cell by Cell " article, I 

 have used the " brass clock wheel," 

 and wooden wheels, but found still 

 better, Mr. Root's button hook process- 

 or fastening wires to foundation. 



I think we owe S. Cornell (page 69) 

 a large debt of gratitude for his val- 

 uable article on " The Carbonic Acid 

 Gas Question ; " it contains just the 

 information (seemingly beyond all 

 successful controversion) that I most. 

 wish to know. For the sake of our 

 own health, not that of the bees, for I 

 feel that neither carbonic acid gas nor 

 dampness, are, either or both, causes- 

 of dysentery, which I will try to show 

 in an article on that subject which I 

 will write as soon as this winter's ex- 

 periments are over. 



I am not a little surprised at Dr. 

 Tinker's advice to set the sections 

 down on the brood frames. We have 

 been through that mill, graduated, 

 and received our papers, and I there- 

 fore take the liberty to warn all be- 

 ginners against violating the instincts 

 of the bees, by doing any such thing. , 

 If they do, the bees will, with their 

 glue and stings, punish them for it. 



Before closing, I must say to Dr. 

 Baker, whose lively literature is a 

 pleasure to read, that, according to my 

 experience, crosses between the brown 

 Germans and dark Italians, are ex- 

 celled by no bees known for their good 

 behavior, and should not be called 

 " irascible insects," while the term. 

 " business neighbors " is very applica- 

 ble to them. I too enjoy the beauti- 



