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Repeat, if necessary, till they promise to 

 be good. 



English bee-keepers report great suc- 

 cess in the use of flour for uniting. 

 Sprinkle well with flour each colony of 

 bees to be united, and they say that by 

 the time they get the floor cleaned off 

 they will not know which lot they 

 belong to. 



Of course, if you live in a place where 

 bees gather much surplus from Fall 

 flowers, there is not the same need for 

 haste in uniting weak colonies. It is 

 well to see that the hives are well 

 stocked for Winter. It is much better 

 to do any necessary feeding early. There 

 will be less danger from robbing, and 

 the bees have time to get it in better 

 shape. 



Good honey is probably as good Winter 

 food as you can get. It is a good plan 

 to have some extra combs on hand to 

 give to the needy. Remember that a 

 little too much is just right. I had some 

 bees starve last Winter that I had sup- 

 posed sufficiently provisioned. Bees are 

 very uneven about the amount they 

 consume. One colony may consume 

 twice as much as another of equal 

 strength standing by its side. Bees 

 seem to be more contented if there is no 

 danger of famine. Besides it is quite 

 possible that a colony is warmer if the 

 combs are well filled. At any rate they 

 will not waste it if they have more food 

 than they need. — National Stockman. 



Marengo, Ills. 



Bees anil Honey at Mmh State Fair. 



L. D. STILSON. 



Enclosed I send you list of premiums 

 awarded at our State Fair, at Lincoln, 

 Nebr., Sept. 4 to 11. The exhibit in 

 our bee and honey hall was the finest 

 ever had in our State, and the officers 

 of our State Bee-Keepers' Association 

 are greatly encouraged at the increased 

 interest taken by bee-keepers through- 

 out the State. 



On Wednesday evening, Sept. 9, the 

 annual meeting of the association was 

 held, which consisted in reports of 

 officers and routine work, after which 

 the subject of preparation for wintering 

 was freely discussed. On Thursday 

 evening occurred the election of officers 

 for the ensuing year : 



E. Whitcomb, of Friend, was elected 

 President ; Mrs. J. N. Heater, of Colum- 

 bus, Vice-President ; L. D. Stilson, of 

 York, Secretary ; and J. N. Heater, of 

 Columbus, Treasurer. 



Plans were discussed for bringing our 

 apiarian products into market in the best 

 condition, and also how to show our 

 products to the best advantage. 



In making arrangements for the State 

 Fair next year, it was thought best to 

 ask to have competitive premiums for 

 county collective exhibits of bees, honey 

 and fixtures, in addition to the present 

 system' of separate entries. 



PEEMIUMS AWARDED. 



Best 25 pounds of comb-honey, bass- 

 wood or white clover — first premium, 

 August E. Davidson,' Omaha, $8.00 ; 

 second, A. G. Porter, Lincoln, $4.00. 



Twenty-five pounds of Fall comb- 

 honey — first premium, Mrs. J. N. 

 Heater, Columbus, $8.00; second, Amos 

 Greenmyer, Cheeney, $4.00. 



Gallon extracted white clover or bass- 

 wood honey — August E. Davidson, 

 Omaha, $8.00. 



Gallon extracted Fall honey — first 

 premium, E. Whitcomb, Friend, $4.00; 

 second, Mrs. J. N. Heater, Columbus, 

 $2.40. 



The above was limited to competitors 

 producing their own honey in Nebraska 

 during the year 1891. 



Best 20 pounds of granulated honey — 

 first premium, A. E. Davidson, $4.00; 

 second, Mrs. J. N. Heater, $2.40. 



Largest display of any one including 

 bees, extracted and comb-honey, and 

 apiarian supplies — first premium, E. 

 Kretchmer, Red Oak, Iowa, $12.00; 

 second, Mrs. J. N. Heater, Columbus, 

 Nebr., $8.00. 



Exhibit of brood-chamber and surplus 

 comb-foundation, full to partly-drawn 

 out — first premium, E. Kretchmer, 

 $8.00 ; second, Mrs. J. N. Heater, $4. 



Exhibit of apiarian supplies and im- 

 plements — first premium, E. Kretchmer, 

 $12.00 ; second, Levering Bros., Wyota, 

 Iowa, $8.00. 



Display of honey in marketable shape 

 — first premium — Mrs. Heater, $8.00; 

 second, August E. Davidson, $4.00. 



Display of honey candy, honey sugar, 

 and sweets, by any one, in which honey 

 is made to fill the place of sugar — first 

 premium, E. Kretchmer, $4.00 ; second, 

 Thos. Dobson, Germantown, $2.40. 



Honey vinegar — first premium, E. 

 Kretchmer, $2.40; second, Hanna 

 Whitcomb, $1.60. 



Best display of bees and queens in 

 observatory hives — first premium, Chas. 

 White, Farmers' Valley, $8.00 ; second, 

 E. Kretchmer, 84.00. 



Exhibition of extracting honey on the 

 grounds — first premium, E. Kretchmer, 

 $8.00 ; second, Mrs. Heater, S4.0<J. . 



