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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



'Vritb Replies tbereto. 



[It is quite uselesi to ask for answers to 

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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 

 ■pace tor them in the Joubnal. If you are 

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

 them to be inserted here.— Kd.] 



ArranEiDE Hives in tlie Cellar. 



Query 497.— How should the hives be 

 arranged in the cellar to prevent the dead bees 

 from clogging the entrances ?— Lewis, Ohio. 



Raise the hives off the bottom- 

 boards.— Dadant & Son. 



Raise the hives 2 inches from the 

 bottom -boards or bench.— G. M. Doo- 



LITTLE. 



I have had no trouble in that direc- 

 tion. Leave a full hive-entrance. — 

 H. D. Cutting. 



Place the hives in rows so that you 

 can pass between them and clear out 

 the dead bees about once a month.— 

 G. L. Tinker. 



If your hives have loose bottom- 

 boards, you can fix them in a minute ; 

 if tight bottoms, bore a hole in the 

 end of the hive 2 or 3 inches above the 

 entrance.— James Heddon. 



Place a rim 13>^ inches wide under 

 each hive, or raise tliem in some man- 

 ner from the bottom-board. — VV. Z. 

 Hutchinson. 



Give plenty of room under the 

 frames, and draw out the dead bees 

 once in a while by means of a large 

 wire bent at right angles atone of its 

 ends.— G. W. Ijemakee. 



Unless you can examine the hives 

 at stated intervals, and rerhove the 

 dead bees from the entrance, you had 

 belter remove the bottom-boards 

 when placed in the cellar. — J. P. H. 

 Bkown. 



Give them good food and a good 

 cellar. If the tempeiature varies too 

 much, it would be well to have the 

 hive raissed a little from the bottom- 

 board. —A. J. Cook. 



I should judge that many ways 

 could be devised, that would be suc- 

 cesslul. Any plan that will keep the 

 entrance Iree, will answer, and it 

 cannot require much ingenuity to 

 devise such plan.— J. E. Pond. 



Clean tliem out once or twice a 

 month, witli a piece of scrap-iron. Or 

 set up the Hist hive in a row at an 

 angle of 45^, and then lean each hive 

 against the preceding one at the 

 same angle, and the entrance will not 

 become clogged.— C. C. Miller. 



Leave the entrances open, and raise 

 the hives above tlie floor, if they have 

 tight bottom- boards ; if loose bottom- 

 boards aie used, you can easily re- 

 move the dead bees at regular inter- 

 vals.— The Editor. 



Winter Coverings oyer the Frames. 



Qnery 498.— When bees are wintered In 

 the cellar, which are best to put over the frames, 

 honey-boards, quilts, enameled or other cloths?— 

 Carl, Ills. 



I prefer quilts.— J. P. H. Bkown. 



A plain board.— W.Z.Hutchinson. 



I use enameled cloth very success- 

 fully.— H. D. Cutting. 



I use quilts in connection with saw- 

 dust cushions.— G. M. Doolittle. 



We use a straw mat. Cloth will do, 

 if not tight-fitting.- Dadant & Son. 



Either are good. I leave on mine 

 the same sheets that they had when 

 out-doors.— C. C. Miller. 



Either will do, if the hives are 

 well ventilated at the entrance. I 

 prefer a thick cloth cover in winter, 

 when wintering bees ou the summer 

 stand.— G. W. Demarbe. 



All of my experimenting up to the 

 present time causes me to believe 

 that the board cover is as good as any- 

 thing else, whether out-doors or not. 

 —James Heddon. 



If the cellar is right, it makes little 

 difference. I used to think that 

 quilts were superior; but upon trial I 

 find that boards are just as good.— A. 

 J. Cook. 



Honey-boards will do, with large 

 lower ventilation ; but quilts are best, 

 or a frame of chaff in cellar wintering, 

 allowing free upward ventilation. In 

 out-door wintering I prefer the tight 

 honey-board (}4 inch thick) over the 

 frames, and no free upward ventila- 

 tion. —G. L. TiNliBR. 



I do not know. The whole secret 

 consists in giving such ventilation as 

 will prevent excess of moisture from 

 gathering in the hive. The best is 

 that which proves successful with the 

 least trouble. —J. E. Pond. 



There is but little choice between 

 the covers for frames mentioned — 

 some prefer one and some another, 

 just as liuraanity does when choosing 

 a mate for life —The Editor. 



Convention Notices. 



Hf" The Ontario Bee-Keepers' Association will 

 hold its annual meeting at Woodstock, Ontaria, on 

 Tuesday and Wednesday, Jan. lU and 1 1, 1888. 



W. Cousjt, Sec. 



|y The next meeting of the Nebraska State 

 Bee-Beepers' AgsociHtion will be held on Jan. u, 

 1888, at Lincoln, Nebr. 



UiNRV Pattirson, See. 



|y The Southeastern Michigan Bee-teepers' 

 Association will hold its annual meeting in the 

 Hupervisor's room in the t ourl House at Adrian, 

 Mich., on Dec. 16, 18^7. A. M. UANi.KU, nee. 



fW The Hardin County Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion will meet at the <'ourt House In EI«iora, Iowa, 

 on the second Saturday in each month, at noon 

 (12 o'clock), until further notice. 



J. W. Bdchakan, See. 



1W The Susquehanna County Bee-Keepers' As- 

 soi'iatloD will meet at New Mill'ord, Pa., on Jan. 

 7,1888. Hublecta lor discussion ; "The Best Way 

 to Prevent Swarming," and "Is it Advisable to 

 Italianize Colonies?" All bee-keepers are cordially 

 Invited. U. M. 8EKLBY, See. 



|y* The next annual meeting of the Michigan 

 Stste Bee-Keepers' /v ssociation will be held at 

 East Saiiinaw. Mich . In the City Council room, on 

 L>ec.7anii8. 18«7. 'I'he head-quarters will be at 

 the Sherman House, where we have secured re- 

 duced rates, at $1.20 per day. 



H. D. CnrriKO, Sec 



Car rjes:p0ttdjettx;e. 



This mark indicates thatthe apiarist 19 

 located near the center ot the State named; 

 6 north of the center; 9 south; Ot east; 

 •O west; and this(< northeast; "o northwest: 

 i>» southeast; and P southwest of the center 

 of the State mentioned. 



ror (be Aiaencan Bee Journal 



SflEEBStions aliont tlie Late Convention. 



MRS. L. HARRISON. 



I was very sick before I reached 

 home, and have been confined to bed 

 ever since, and the fever I had very 

 materially assisted me in re holding 

 the late convention, time and again. 

 I would like to see tliis Society a 

 strong power in the land, and I think 

 it could be, with fore-thought and 

 management. 



The ventilation during the late re- 

 union was an improvement on former 

 like occasions, but it could have beea 

 greater. The windows were weighted, 

 and could have been raised to the top 

 of the casing, at the bottom, and suffi- 

 cient for a draft, but so the sashes 

 would not fit in the middle of the 

 window ; also lower the upper sash a 

 little, not more than half an inch. 

 Then there would have been a little 

 fresh air coming in continually at the 

 middle and top of the window. If all 

 the eight windows had thus been 

 arranged, I think there would have 

 been no complaint from drafts or foul 

 air, if the door had been kept open. 



The men appeared to be much more 

 afraid of drafts than the women, 

 which is probably owing to their un- 

 covered heads. I think that it would 

 be better for them to keep on their 

 hats as they do at " Quaker meet- 

 ings," rather than breathe poisonous 

 air. At one time during the sessions, 

 there was but one window open, and 

 that was let down very low, and the 



door was open. Mr. came in 



and sat down in the draft between 

 the two, and immediately ordered the 

 window closed. There was plenty of 

 room at either side of this draft, 

 where he could have removed his 

 chair. When the veins in my head 

 got so big that I was in danger of 

 being carried out, I anticipated and 

 retired to save disturbance ; as I am 

 pretty weighty I did not want to im- 

 pose upon others' good nature. 



I have been taught a lesson on foul 

 air, that I shall never forget. My 

 oldest sister fell unconscious at a con- 

 cert, and in a very short time passed 

 over "the divide," cut down in the 

 midst of a very useful, active life. 

 Those of us who gathered at her 

 funeral, afterward for days ate of pies^ 

 and bread that her own hands had 

 baked. 



STICK TO THE PROGRAMME. 



Yes, every time. I know a lady 

 who could not attend all the time, but 

 consulted the programme, and came 

 ten miles on a train several times, to- 



