The Canadian Horticulturist. 437 



Under these circumstances, bee-keepers would expect to find that in 

 Canada at least, a fair proportion of the public money would be spent in the 

 advancement of apiculture, experimentally and otherwise. But the contrary is 

 the condition ; not only is the proportion not greater, but absolutely not one 

 dollar has been spent in experimental work. Prof. Cook very ably suggests that 

 bee-keepers insist on their rights. It is a trifle to the country as far as expendi- 

 ture is concerned, and means much to the individual bee-keeper, and much 

 directly and indirectly to the development of the country. 



The North American then placed itself on record as follows : " That we 

 recognize the value of experiments and experiment stations, and firmly believe 

 that bee keeping would be greatly aided in each State and province where bee. 

 keeping is a leading or important industry, if the experiment stations in each 

 State and province should secure an able apiarist to give his full time and 

 energies to the work of experimentation, and if these apiarists should work 

 together to advance the general apiarian interests." 



The resolution closed urging bee-keepers to act in this direction. 



The question "What experience has taught us in the past few years," then 

 received attention. Mrs. L. C. Axcell, who opened the discussion, found that 

 bees were more liable to swarm with a small brood chamber. The tone of the 

 communication was in the direction of attempting to keep bees without care and 

 attention. In the discussion which followed, this idea was condemned ; one 

 member going so far as to say if the experience of the past five or ten years had 

 taught us anything, it had taught us that bee-keeping could not be entered into 

 without proper care and attention, and to fully succeed in it experience was 

 required. The opinion was also expressed that whilst a large brood chamber 

 might answer for extracted honey, for comb honey its capacity should be no 

 greater than what a good average queen could fill. Another ably expressed 

 himself thus : " The question is not what system will allow us to give the least 

 attention, but what hive and system will give us the best results." 



Upon a vote being taken sixteen favored the ten frame Langstroth hive. 

 Forty- two the eight frame. Only one had changed from the eight to ten frame; 

 twenty-four had changed from the ten to the eight frame hive. 



The rule advised was to crowd a few queens in the brood chamber rather 

 than give a good many queens too much room. Next, to avoid giving the queen 

 much space at a time when the young bees produced are likely to be of no use 



for the honey flow. 



{To be continued.) 

 Brantford, Ont. R. J. Holterman. 



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