THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



625 



it was soon put into place again by 

 the bees. There was a loss sometimes 

 in extracting, as the bees were dis- 

 turbed, so that they did not go to the 

 fields for the remainder of the day, 

 while other colonies standing on the 

 scales were gaining 4 or 5 lbs. per 

 hour. • 



The President said that his daughter 

 who managed his apiary, had devel- 

 oped a method of introducing queens 

 which was very satisfactory. She lifts 

 a frame of brood out of the hive and 

 puts the queen on it— puts it into a 

 nucleus box for a couple of days. She 

 then returns it to the rear of the hive 

 (whicli is a Simplicity) with the combs 

 running crosswise, and puts it behind 

 a division board which does not reach 

 quite to the bottom. 



The Secretary said that he had only 

 alluded in his paper to introducing 

 queens. His method was this : At 

 twilight, after the bees had stopped 

 flying, he put the ([ueen on the alight- 

 ing board of the hive, and let her run 

 in ; at the same time smoking the 

 bees briskly. He had even introduced 

 virgin queens to full colonies, and 

 queens to colonies with fertile work- 

 ers, and he always put them in. with 

 perfect faith that they would be all 

 right, and had never lost one by that 

 method. He used to be enthusiastic 

 over the Betsinger cage, but the 

 " twilight " plan was much superior. 



Mr. Root said he would be afraid to 

 risk it. 



Mrs. Thomas asked if any one knew 

 of a successful method of out-door 

 wintering without chaff hives. This 

 fall she had boxes made to put over 

 her hives, and had packed them with 

 leaves, and she wished to have the 

 opinion of the Convention as to its 

 safety. She had got the idea from a 

 florist, who advised a similar method 

 for covering lialf-hardy plants. She 

 always laid over tlie frames of every 

 colony a stick of rock candy. She con- 

 sidered it of the greatest importr 

 ance. 



President Thompson said that was 

 the method he always used for winter- 

 ing. He had permanent boxes around 

 each hive,which were packed with chaff 

 or a similar non-conductor, and then 

 covered by a single pitch roof. Tliere 

 was no cover to his hives. He found 

 the packing as useful in summer as in 

 winter. 



The President then announced the 

 special committee to confer with the 

 managers of Fairs. Mr. J. II. M. 

 Cook, Mr. Hutchinson and Prof. Ilas- 

 brouck, to which was subsequently 

 added, by resolution, the President 

 himself. 



The Treasurer was then directed, 

 by resolution, to have 120 postal cards 

 printed with the notice of the next 

 meeting, one to be sent by the Secre- 

 retary to each member. 



It was resolved that the executive 

 committee prepare a programme of 

 the next meeting, at least a month 

 previous, and that this lie publisiied 

 with notices of the meeting. 



A vote of thanks was extended to 

 the visiting delegates from the Phila- 

 delpliia Bee-Keepers' Association for 

 their attendance and participation in 

 this meeting, also to .Mr. L. C. Root 



for valuable assistance in the discus- 

 sion. , ,, , 

 It was then moved and adopted that 

 the Society hold its next meeting for 

 two days, on the second Wednesday 

 and Thursday of March next, to which 

 time the meeting was adjourned. 



J. IlASBROUCK, Sec. 



For tbe American Bee Journal. 



I'll Never Mind what they Say, 



J. M, HICKS. 



I shall not worry or fret, 



About what people think 

 Of my ways or my means— 



of my food or my drink. 

 If I linow I am doinK 



My best every day— 

 With the rlKht on my side, 



I'll never mind what they say. 



I'll lay out in the morning 



Mv rttans for each hour. 

 And I'll never forget 



That I )ld Tin)? is ii power. 

 This will I also remember, 



AmonK truths old and new. 

 The w'orld is too busy 



To think of me and of you. 



Then I'il jrarner the minutes, 



That make u|) the hours, 

 And in my piltrimaRe 



ril plUL'k in tlie flowers; 

 Should Krumbiers assure me, 



Mv course will not pay— 

 With my conscience at rest 



I'll not mind what they say. 



■rhen let me forpet, as I should, 



The insensate throng, 

 'rhat jostles me daily 



AVhile I'm marchinff alonK: 

 I'll press onward and upward, 



I'll make no delay. 

 And though the people talk 



I'll not mind what they say. 



I shall tru!-t in His cause, 



.And hope for tlie best, 

 Knowing, as 1 well do. 



God is holy and just; 

 He gave us good laws 



Which, if we understand, 

 We shall gather the sweets 



He placed at our command. 



Then we will guard and protect. 



The good honey bee. 

 He so bountifully provided 



For you and for me. 

 With the right on my side, 



I'll n"t mind what they say. 

 But pluck in the flowers, 



Ano make no delay. 

 Battle Ground, Ind. 



For the American Bee Journal. 



My Experience with Bees. 



WM. H. WESTOK. 



Last year, in my ignorance, I 

 bought what I supposed was a colony 

 of bees, but what I would now call a 

 two-frame nucleus. Of course they 

 did not live through the winter, al- 

 though I fed them plenty, I having 

 bought them late in the summer, and 

 being put into my hive, thej; had 

 nothing to start on ; so, last spring, I 

 had the hive with some empty comb 

 with which to start the year. 



As we had such a late spring, I did 

 not buy any until May. I then bought 

 a colony of common bees in an old 

 hive, and transferred them on the 24th 

 into the hive I prefer, and which, I 

 think, is the best for this climate : I 

 refer to the D. A. Jones hive. We 

 then had cold, wet weather until the 

 latter part of June ; the bees gather- 

 ing but very little, only enough to 

 keep up breeding. Aboiit June 20, I 

 divided and introduced an Italian 

 queen to one of them. Shortly after 

 that we l:ad sjilendid weather for 



gathering honey, and the bees ap- 

 peared to realize the fact, by working 

 to their fullest extent, and it being 

 my first year, I had not enough ex- 

 perience to know how much honey a 

 colony could gather, so I was not pre- 

 pared for such a flow. They filled the 

 hives full, and as I had not an ex- 

 tractor, I had to put in empty frames 

 to keep them going until I could hire 

 one. I had previously bought some 

 comb foundation with whicli I filled 

 the frames that I replaced the full 

 ones with ; so, of course, I was not so 

 badly off, after all. 



About the latter part of July, one 

 of the colonies swarmed while I was 

 away from home. As soon as I ar- 

 rived, my wife informed me of the 

 fact, and'as it was my first attempt at 

 hiving a swarm, I have no doubt I 

 was very awkward about it, but I suc- 

 ceeded 'v^ery well, although I had never 

 seen any person do it. They had 

 swarmed on the trunk of a small shade 

 tree. At last I got them hived, but 

 not knowing whether I had secured 

 tlie queen, and wanting to be sure 

 about it, I gave them a frame or two 

 of brood from my Italian colony. In 

 a day or two I found out that the 

 queen was in the new hive all right, 

 and was laying first rate. So I will 

 winter H colonies. I think, as they are 

 ail strong and have plenty of stores to 

 winter them. I have taken out all the 

 frames, leaving five for each hive, 

 which will crowd them up pretty well. 

 I have packed the hive on the inside. 



I secured from the one colony and its 

 increase over 100 lbs. of honey^ besides 

 some that we used in the house. The 

 most of it was extracted ; part in one- 

 pound sections, and the balance in 

 frames, which I will feed to tliem in 

 tlie spring. I think I have not done 

 so badlv, for my first vear, with the 

 small amount of time 1 had to spare. 



London, Ont., Nov. 19, 1883. 



Ohio State Convention. 



The Ohio bee-keepers will hold 

 their annual convention in Columbus, 

 O., Jan. 14, 15 and 16, 1884. All in- 

 terested in bee-culture are invited. 

 The following subjects will be dis- 

 cussed ; " How to winter bees suc- 

 cessfully." "Are the new races of 

 bees a success y" " What can we do 

 to prevent adulteration of honey ?" 

 " How to create a home market for 

 honey." " How many colonies can be 

 kept in one locality V" " Can we do 

 without separators V" " Which are 

 best, deep or shallow frames V "What 

 shall we do with second swarms ?" 

 " How many brood frames are neces- 

 sary in a hive y" "Which is the most 

 salable section, one-half, one or two 

 pounds y" " Is it advisable for all 

 bee-keepers to adopt a standard size 

 of frame y" " What is the most de- 

 sirable width of sections y" 



The above questions will be dis- 

 cussed by eminent men, such as Rev. 

 L. L. Langstioth, Dr. Besse, S. D. 

 Riegel and others, and in addition to 

 the above. Prof. Lizenby, of the Ohio 

 University, will deliver a lecture on 

 " Honey-producing plants :"also Mrs. 

 Jennie Culp will read an essay. 



C. M. KiNGSBUKY, Sec. 



