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THE AMERICAJSf BEE JOURNAL. 



required, can either be extracted, or 

 the filled combs may be kept for 

 future use, as it is desirable to have 

 some such combs on hand to save 

 feeding colonies that are run more 

 exclusively for honey. I believe that 

 all such apiaries should be managed 

 for both honey and increase, unless 

 the sale of bees is almost impossible 

 at a very low figure, in which case 

 increase is a thing not so much to be 

 desired. D. A. Jones. 



The committee on exhibits reported 

 that the following articles were on 

 exhibition : 



Honey cans and labels, and malleable-iron 

 honeynates for honey-extractors, exhibited 

 by B. L. Goold & Co., Brantford, Ont. 



Samples of linden honey and clover honey 

 — R. F. Holtermann, Brantford, Ont. 



Reversible hive and section-case : and a 

 machine for making T-tins— E.S. Armstrong, 

 Jersey ville. Ills. 



Adjustable division-board fixture for ship- 

 piDjr bees, and a device for feeding and 

 packing bees— J. B. Hains, Bedford. O. 



Comb honey— Edwin Hubbard, Oil City, 

 Wis. 



Comb honey and extra funnel for bee- 

 smoker- T. S. Bull, Valparaiso, Ind. 



Samples of bee-supplies- Berlin Fruit-Box 

 Company, Berlin Heights. O. 



Machine for folding sections— Wakeman & 

 Crocker, Lockport, N. Y. 



Melissa honey-plant— A. C. Tyrrel, Madi- 

 son, Nebr. 



Super for surplus honey— H. W. Funk, 

 Bloomington, Ills. 



Crate of comb honey In patent paper 

 boxes ; samples of the patent paper boxes, 

 and samples of sections with foundation — 

 N. N. Betsinger, Marcellus, N. Y. 



Samples of honey and honey-plants, and a 

 photograph of the honey exhibit at the Tri- 

 State Fair at Toledo, O.— Dr. A. B. Mason, 

 Auburndale, O. 



Seed of the Chapman honey-plant, and a 

 sample of honey from the same plant— H. 

 Chapman, Versailles. N. Y. 



Reversible hive— James Heddon, Dow- 

 agiac, Mich. 



Samples of comb and extracted honey.and 

 an Improved section-case- Joshua Bull, 

 Seymour, Wis. 



On motion of Dr. A. B. Mason, it 

 was voted that the thanks of this 

 Society are due, and are hereby ten- 

 dered to the Commissioner of Agricul- 

 ture for his efforts in behalf of the 

 bee-keeping industry, and for estab- 

 lishing an Apicultural Station near 

 this city for experimental work. 



The convention then adjourned to 

 meet at Toledo, O., at the call of the 

 executive committee next year. 



W. Z. Hutchinson, Sec. 



For the American Bee Journal. 



Apicnltural Reports, Imi Bees, etc. 



E. J. CRONKLETON, 



miles to a basswood forest, and I left 

 6 colonies at home in town. At that 

 time I do not think that there was any 

 colony that had 2 pounds of honey. 

 I only expected to get the brood- 

 chambers well- tilled for winter, but 

 in a few days that was realized, and I 

 put on the section-cases. The flow 

 lasted about 12 days, and I took in 

 1,600 one-pound sections of as nice 

 honey as 1 ever expect to see. The 

 fall honey flow did not result in any 

 surplus honey. 



That none may be deceived in the 

 matter of moving bees, let me say 

 that the 6 colonies that I left at home, 

 were left for the reason that I did not 

 want to make the third trip or load. 

 I presume they were about average 

 colonies. They all gathered more per 

 colony than any in the grove. One of 

 the 6 colonies gathered 106 pounds of 

 comb honey. One colony cast a 

 swarm on the day that I moved them 

 to the CTOve ; it gathered 76 pounds 

 of comb honey, and I carried it 3 

 miles from the same grove. This 

 solves the "long and short haul." I 

 never will move bees again. 



I finally came out of the past re- 

 markably poor season with a short 

 crop, and lots of robbing and disaster, 

 generally (that usually does not be- 

 long to the business).and with 42 colo- 

 nies, which I put into the cellar on 

 Nov. 18, all in fine condition, I am 

 usually very successful in wintering 

 bees, and last spring they came out 

 strong, clean and nice, with no spring 

 dwindling. 



My crop of honey is all sold for cash 

 at 20 cents per pound. I hope that 

 the bees will pass through the coming 

 winter safely, and that 1888 has some- 

 ing good in store for us all. 



Dunlap,-HD Iowa, Nov. 26, 1887. 



I consider yearly reports of those 

 engaged in the production of honey 

 and the management of bees, both in- 

 teresting and useful to all concerned, 

 so I will report the results of my 

 work for 1887 : 



Last spring I commenced work with 

 32 strong colonies. Every thing 

 looked promising, and the bees bred 

 up well during April and May ; but 

 in May we lacked our usual rain. 

 June came, and the drouth began on 

 June 10, but white clover yielded 

 scarcely enough to keep up breeding 

 to June 25. With the increase I have 

 45 colonies. I moved 39 colonies 3 



For the American Bee Joom&i. 



Legislation for Bee-Keepers. 



DR, C. C. MILLER. 



And now it's the good old Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal that misinterprets 

 my legislation views. AVell, I'm used 

 to it. I know there's no malice in it, 

 so I don't lose any flesh over it, but; 

 it's funny how every one who tackles 

 the legislation business gets some- 

 thing about it askew. 



Now here's the " old reliable," page 

 755, talking about my advocating 

 legislation for ^ specialists " " by pay- 

 ment of a license fee." Now did I 

 ever ask anything for " specialists " 

 as against others V Did I ever advo- 

 cate a " license fee V" Didn't I rather 

 leave the whole subject open as to 

 particular kind of legislation ? Didn't 

 1 always compare bee-keepers with 

 farmers, and isn't the farmer pro- 

 tected in his territory whether he has 

 one acre or a thousand ? 



You see I only put these things in 

 question form," for I am getting so 

 mixed up by the various things lam 

 said to have said, that if any one 

 should say I had tried to bribe the 

 legislature to pass a special law giving 

 me exclusive control to raise, sell, and 

 eat all the honey between Marengo 



and the middle of Lake Michigan, I 

 would hardly feel safe to say any- 

 thing more than to ask, " Did I V" 



In spite of the Waterloo defeat, just 

 let me whisper in your ear, Bro. New- 

 man, that legislation is desirable, and 

 sometime it may be feasible. There 

 were more who favored it at Chicago 

 than a year before, at least there were 

 some who had changed their views 

 from opposing to favoring, and Prof, 

 Cook, although not "on speaking' 

 terms " with me regarding legislation, 

 threw out one straw for me to grasp^ 

 before drowning, by saying (and not 

 one opposed his view) that the man 

 who owns a piece of land doesn't own 

 the nectar secreted on it. 



I commend to those locating con- 

 ventions hereafter, the plan (thanks 

 to the forethought of Mr. Newman)- 

 which was adopted in the late conven- 

 tion at Chicago, of holding the ses- 

 sions in the hotel which was head- 

 quarters for bee-keepers. It was ex- 

 ceedingly pleasant and convenient. 



P. S.— Bro. Newman, may be you'll 

 say I'm not fair to say anything^ 

 about legislation after promising to- 

 keep quiet, but all I have to say is, 

 " You begun it." 



Marengo, 5 111- 



[Well, well ; that fairly takes our 

 breath, Bro. Miller, If we did not 

 fairly state the matter it was because 

 we did not grasp the true idea. Cer- 

 tainly we thought we did do so, but 

 we accept the Doctor's statement of 

 the case, for if he cannot give the 

 intent of the discussion, no other living 

 being can do so. 



When we made this statement : 

 "Dr. Miller is evidently far in ad- 

 vance of the times, and will have to 

 wait until public opinion catches up^ 

 with him on that subject," we cer- 

 tainly did not intend to say that it 

 was not desirable, for we are inclined 

 to the opposite— only we do not yet 

 see how it can be successfully accom- 

 plished. We are waiting for " further 

 light" on the modus operandi — when 

 that difficulty is surmounted, count 

 on us for generous support of the 

 theory.— Ed.] 



For the American Bee JoumaL 



Experience w itli Bees, FeediDi, etc, 



J. B. DUNLAP. 



I bought a colony of bees in De- 

 cember, 1886, and one last March, and 

 I now have 7. and one swarm went to 

 the woods. I got 100 pounds of comb 

 honey ; the first swarm issued on June 

 4, the last one on Sept. 2 ; of course 

 the latter is light. I gave it two 

 frames of brood and honey to start 

 on, and it has done quite well for 

 being so late. My next latest swarm 

 issued on Aug. 22, and it filled the 

 hive nicely. They are Italian-hybrids 

 in movable-frame hives, eight frames- 

 to the hive. 



