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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Sept. 26, 



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The Northern Illinois Convention. 



The annual convention of the Northern 

 Illinois Bee-Keepers' Association was called 

 to order at the residence of Mr O. Taylor, 

 in Harlem, by Pres. Leroy Highbarger, 

 Aug. 20. 1895. There was a fair attendance 

 considering the season, there being about 

 45 at the picnic dinner. All reported a 

 very poor year tor honey, the average yield 

 being about 14 pounds per colony. 



Mr. Highbarger reported no surplus and 

 no honey in the hives to winter on. and is 

 in doubt whether it will pay hint to feed 

 sugar syrup, as he considers the prospects 

 poor for another year on account of the 

 dry weather. There is no white clover 

 starting to grow for another year's bloom. 



Question: Has any one had any experi- 

 ence with alfalfa clover ? Two members 

 had a small piece; it stood the winter well, 

 but they never saw a bee working on it. 



Would you advocate feeding sugar syrup 

 for honey ? ^Vo .' 



Will a colony of bees fed on sugar syrup, 

 and no honey in the hive, and no way to 

 get it. make comb ? Some thought they 

 would, while others thought they would 

 not. 



The following officers were elected for the 

 next year: 



President. Leroy Highbarger; Vice-Presi- 

 dent. Otto Swezey ; Secretary, B. Kennedy ; 

 and Treasurer. O. J. Cummings. 



New Milford, 111. B. Kennedy, Sec. 



Packing Bees for 'Winter. 



The article on " Wintering." on page 

 488. by C. E. Mead. I like very much so far 

 as I understand it. and that is up to where 

 he says, "Place the prepared second," etc. ; 

 and 'cover the center space." Surely, he 

 does not mean a covering between the five 

 light frames below, and the five heavy 

 frames above, for that would sej^arate the 

 bees ! 



Again, if I must raise the covers V inch 

 to remain thus all through the winter and 

 spring, how should they be made to resist 

 the snow and rain ? 



Walking half a mile, and then shoveling 

 my share of a western New York blizzard 

 from about beehives, isn't my idea of the 

 heavenly. How can I best build a shed 

 over the hives, to protect them from snow 

 and rain — without watching >. Will Mr. 

 Mead kindly explain '. 



Not an oilnce of surplus honey this year — 

 only seven colonies left from last winter's 

 loss; so that seven is the number for which 

 I wish to build. Mrs. E. R. B. 



Nunda, N. Y., Aug. 18. 



[Mrs. B., you will find Mr. Mead's reply 

 to your query on page 616. — Euitok.] 



Hive Bottom-Boards, Etc. 



In answer to A. A. D.'s and Dr. Miller's 

 question, on page .5'22. I would say: I set 

 the hive level on four stakes driven into the 

 ground to within about six inches, so the 

 hive will be about that high from the 

 ground. The stakes are 15 inches apart, so 

 the hive will have a half-inch margin over 

 the stakes. The entrance to the hive is cut 

 out in the bottom-board ^^ deep. 10 inches 

 wide, and back far enough so there will be 

 about one inch inside the hive. No water 

 will go in the hive farther than the cut; and 

 I cut it so there will be a little incline in 

 the cut. I use both tight and loose bot- 

 toms, so cut. (See Gleanings, June 15, 

 ISyS, page 47, for description of the hive I 



