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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



tritb Replies tbereto. 



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 than one month. They have to wait their 

 turn, be put in type, and sent In about a 

 dozen at a time to each of those who answer 

 them ; get them returned, and then find 

 space for them in the Joubnai,. If you are 

 In a "hurry" for replies, do not ask for 

 them to be Inserted here.— Ed.] 



Space alioTC the Frames in Winter. 



Query 493.— How much space aboye the 



frames does " Hill's device " allow for the cluster? 

 — C, Iowa. 



Something over an inch. — Dadant 



&SON. 



From one to two inches.— J. P. H. 

 Brown. 



Entirely too much for out-door 

 wintering.— G. L. Tinker. 



Perhaps an inch in depth in the 

 centre.— W. Z. Hutchinson. 



I use three sticks just J^ inch square 

 on top of the frames.- H.D.Cutting. 



All that is needed. I am not satis- 

 fled that they are of any benefit.- G. 



M. DOOLITTLE. 



Not any. as I understand it ; only 

 space for bees to pass over from one 

 space to another.— A. J. Cook. ■ 



About an inch in the centre, taper- 

 ing down to practically nothing at 

 each end ; the device being placed 

 lengthwise with the tops of the 

 frames.— J. E. Pond. 



The device introduced by Hill varies 

 in " roominess," so far as I have no- 

 ticed them. Perhaps the fourth part 

 of an average colony might cluster 

 between the top-bars of the frames. 

 and the little circular arch formed by 

 the Hill device. Some split corn- 

 stalks in pieces a foot long, laid on 

 top of the frames under the quilt, is 

 as good a " device " as I care to have 

 as a passage-way over the frames.— 

 G. W. Demaree. 



Long before Mr. Hill's device came 

 before the public, I used a bow which 

 I think I should now prefer to Hill's 

 device. My hives are 113^ inches wide, 

 inside measurement. The bow con- 

 sists of a piece of straight- grained 

 basswood, 3 16xjg inches by 12 inches 

 long ; this I soaked, and then pushed 

 into empty hives where they dried in 

 a bowed shape. They are cheaper 

 than Hill's device, and as their ends 

 are within the sides of the hives, no 

 amount of pressure, when packing on 

 top, will break or flatten them down. 

 They make a splendid passage for the 

 bees, and are theoretically " just the 

 thing;" but many large aud compre- 

 hensive experiments have failed to 

 prove that this passage is of any use 

 whatever.— Jajies Heddon. 



" Hill's device " allows about an 

 inch of space in the centre for the 

 bees to pass from one frame to 

 another. It is a " bow," aud of 

 course at the ends the space decreases 

 until it is of no quantity whatever.— 

 The Editor. 



Hive Bottom-Boards in Winter. 



Query 494 — Will it answer Just as well, 

 or better, to leave the bottom-board off entirely 

 when the bees are put into the cellar for winter ? 

 One having successful experience informs me that 

 he always leaves it off ; that it prevents moisture 

 gathering in the hive : and his bees never trouble 

 by leaving the hive.— Independence, Iowa. 



Yes, your authority is good.— 

 Dadant & Son. 



Yes, but the bees will winter fully 

 as well with free upward ventilation. 

 — G. L. Tinker. 



It will answer very well if mice can 

 be excluded.— J. P. H. Brown. 



I am told that it is done, but I keep 

 the bottom-board on just as the bees 

 fasten it, and give full entrance.— H. 

 D. Cutting. 



I know nothing experimentally of 

 cellar wintering, as I have always 

 wintered bees successfully on the 

 summer stands.— J. E. Pond. 



If your hive bottom-boards are 

 loose, it may be well to have them 

 off ; at least give plenty of space un- 

 der the frames.- C. C. Miller. 



I never use a bottom-board on my 

 hives in the cellar, but on the con- 

 trary, I raise the hives up 2 inches 

 from the bench and tops of other 

 hives.— G. M. Doolittle. 



Our fathers did not use bottom- 

 boards at all, and their bees wintered 

 well as far as I know, and I do not 

 see why your plan will not succeed. — 

 G. W. Demaree. 



It will answer just as well if the 

 temperature is 4.5°, or thereabouts. If 

 the hive is raised up, and a rim IJ^ 

 inches in depth placed between the 

 hive and the bottom-board, it will 

 answer very well.— "W. Z. Hutchin- 

 son. 



I have not tried it, but in a proper 

 cellar I believe it would be just the 

 thing. I wish I could easily raise my 

 tiives 4 inches from the bottom- 

 boards in winter in the cellar. Then 

 with the entrance wide open, the bees 

 would be very secure. — A. J. Cook. 



I presume it is full as well to have 

 bees in winter quarters without hot 

 tom-boards to the hives, but I prefer 

 to be excused from handling the hives 

 in and out of the repository in that 

 way.— James Heddon. 



Yes; if the lotlum-boards are 

 loose, it will be as well to leave them 

 off. if protection against mice is af- 

 forded. — The Editor. 



tV The Marsliall County Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion will meet in the Court House at Marshall- 

 town, Iowa, on Saturday, Nov. 19. \ks7, at in:3u a 

 ni. and I p m. Subjects for discussion: "Winter 

 Care of an Apiarv." and " How to Improve our So 

 ciety." A cortlial invitation is extenited to every 

 bee-keeper in this aud adjoining counties. 



J. W. Sanders, Sec. 



Convention Notices. 



Union Convention at Clilcago.— The 



North American Bee-Keepers' Society and 

 the Northwestern Bee-Keepers' Society will 

 meet in joint convention at the Commercial 

 Hotel, cor. Lake and Dearborn Streets, In 

 Chicago, Ills., on Wednesday, Thursday and 

 Friday, Nov. 16, 17 and 18, 1887. Arransre- 

 ments have been made with the Hotel, for 

 back room, one bed, two persons, 11.75 per 

 day, each ; front room. $2,00 per day each 

 person. This date occurs during the second 

 week of the Fat Stock Show, when excursion 

 rates will be very low. 



PROG-RAMME. 



THE! I^II^ST I3A."5r. 

 Wednesday Forenoon, 10 O'clock. 



Convention Called to Order. Reports of 

 Secretary and Treasurer. Payment of the 

 Annual Dues, Reception of New Members, 

 and Distribution of Badges. 



Production of Comb and Extracted Honey 

 in the Same Apiary— J. A. Green, Dayton,IlI. 



Announcements. 



Afternoon Sesislon, 2 O'clock. 



Legislation for Bee-Keepers— Dr. C. C. 

 Miller, Marengo, Ills. 



Objects and Methods of a thorough Or- 

 ganization of the Bee-Keepers of America- 

 Thomas G. Newman, Chicago, Ills. 



Foul Brood, How Shall we Treat It 7— A. 1. 

 Root, Medina, Ohio. 



Evening Session, 7:30 O'clock. 



Legs of the Bee— Prof. A. J. Cook, Agri- 

 cultural College, Mich. 



THE) SEzcoisrrj jd^a-tt. 



Thursday ITIornIng, 9 O'clock. 



Production of Extracted Honey for Table 

 Use— T. F. Bingham, Abronla, Mich. 



The Production of Comb Honey— W. Z. 

 Hutchinson, Flint, Mich. 



What is the Best Name for Extracted 

 Honey ?— Thomas G. Newman, Chicago, Ills. 



Al'tcrnoon Session, 2 O'clock. 



Cost of the Production of Honey- J. H. 

 Martin, Hartford, N. Y. 



Controlling the Price of Honey— M. M. 

 Baldridge, St. Charles, Ills. 



Getting tho Best Price for Honey— E. J. 

 Oatman, Dundee, Ills. 



Evening Session, 7:30 O'clock. 



Commission Men and the Honey Market— 

 R. a. Burnett, Chicago, Ills. 



Friday Mornins;, 9 O'clock. 



Bee-Hives, and Fixtures— James Heddon, 

 Dowagiac, Mich. 



Bee-Keeping alone, or with Other Pur- 

 suite; if the latter, in connection with what ? 

 —Eugene Secor, Forest City, Iowa. 



Out Apiaries— D. A. Jones, Beeton, Ont. 

 Afternoon Session, 2 O'clock. 



Selection of Place for Holding the Next 

 Couvcution, and Election of OfHcers. 



Wintorliig Bees in the Northern States— R. 

 L. Taylor, Lapeer, Mich. 



Comb Foundation, its Manufacture and 

 Use— C. P. Dadant, Hamilton, Ills. 



Adjournment. 



W. Z. HnrcHiNSOK, See. 



W" The Western Bee-Keepers' Society will hold 

 a meetins on Wednesday, Nov. 1«, 1887, at the reB- 

 idence of Mr. Peter Otto, corner of Parle and 25th 

 .*treet8, Kansas City. Mo. Take the IHth Street 

 horse-curs at 9tli .& Mitm Sts. for 18th & Brooklyn 

 Sts., thence walk south to I'Sth St.. and thence east 

 one block to the bouse. We are sure of a cordial 

 welcome from Mr, and Mrs. Otto, and expect a 

 good meeting. J as. A. Nelson, Sec. 



