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time, all having the same care and 

 attention to make them ready for the 

 honey harvest. If he can get just one 

 such report from any experienced, re- 

 putable apiarist, I will engage to furnish 

 him with 6 tested Italian queens, free 

 of cost, that will give him 6 colonies of 

 Italian bees which will beat his 6 colo- 

 nies of blacks with his 35 colonies of 

 Italians and hybrids "thrown in," tak- 

 ing his report as a basis. 



I am by no means talking at random 

 about these things; I have tried nearly 

 all the races and types of bees, and 

 there is not nearly as much difference in 

 their working qualities as many people 

 imagine, but the Italian type of bees 

 stands at the head of the list, all things 

 considered. 



Christiansburg, Ky. 



Mmti State Conyention, 



J. ]Sr. HEATER, SEC. 



The thirteenth annual meeting of the 

 Nebraska State Bee-Keepers' Association 

 was called to order in Bee and Honey 

 Hall, State Fair Grounds, on Wednesday, 

 Sept. 9, 1891, at 7:30 p.m., Vice- 

 President E. Whitcomb in the chair. 



Minutes of previous meeting read and 

 approved. 



Reports of the Secretary and Treas- 

 urer were read and approved, and a 

 warrant ordered drawn on the Treasurer 

 in favor of J. N. Heater, for $6.30, to 

 pay a bill of printing call circulars, and 

 for envelopes and postage. 



Election of officers deferred until 7:30 

 p.m., Thursday. 



J. N. Heater, on behalf of committee 

 on World's Columbian Exhibition, re- 

 ported progress, and asked that E. 

 Whitcomb and L. D. Stilson be added to 

 the committee. 



Wintering, and unhealthful food for 

 bees during Winter confinement, was 

 discussed at length. 



Adjourned to meet at 7:30 p.m., Sept. 

 10, 1891. 



THUBSDAY EVENING. 



Meeting called to order at 7:30 p.m., 

 the Vice-President in the chair, and as 

 per order proceeded to elect officers for 

 coming two years, which resulted as 

 follows : 



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. 



E. Whitcomb and L. D. Stilson were 



added to World's Columbian Fair com- 

 mittee. 



The Nebraska Bee-Keeper, of York, 

 Nebr., was made the association's oflScial 

 organ. 



The subjects of Wintering, feeding. 

 Spring dwindling, and producing honey 

 were discussed at length. 



Mr. E. Whitcomb, committee on re- 

 vising premiums, made a report, which 

 was accepted and ordered placed on file. 



Resolutions were passed thanking the 

 Nebraska State Fair Association ; the 

 retiring officers of the Nebraska State 

 Bee-Keepers' Association, and to Mr. E. 

 Whitcomb, Superintendent of the bee 

 and honey exhibit. State Fair ; and that 

 the Secretary is instructed to communi- 

 cate this resolution to the State Fair 

 Board, and request the appointment of 

 Mr. Whitcomb as Superintendent of this 

 department for the year 1892. 



Adjourned to meet in Bee and Honey 

 Hall on Wednesday and Thursday, after- 

 noons and evenings, of State Fair week, 

 1892. 



Columbus, Nebr. 



Moving Bees to New Pastnres. 



A. N. DRAPER. 



As it is nearly time to move bees back 

 to the home yards, perhaps a little 

 actual experience will not be unaccepta- 

 ble to bee-keepers who are seeking after 

 the best ways. I moved 11 wagon loads 

 of bees and supplies to the lake, or to 

 the bottoms, for the Spanish-needle crop. 

 But, on account of dry weather, I think 

 the crop of Spanish-needle honey has 

 failed to materialize, and there is 

 scarcely enough honey to Winter the 

 bees on. 



The bees are very cross. They are 

 what might be properly called infuriated 

 insects. There is nothing that improves 

 the propensity to sting so much as mov- 

 ing bees in the Summer time. Mr. 

 Hambaugh.told me, before I moved any 

 bees to the Spanish-needles, that, "for 

 obvious reasons, the supers should be 

 left on the hives while moving." When 

 moving to the bottom. I always man- 

 aged to get the bees off of the wagons 

 before daylight. 



Last year, when I moved, the Spanish- 

 needles had already begun to yield honey. 

 This year I calculated to have all my 

 bees on the ground early enough to get 

 all of the crop, so I began in time. The 

 first trip I made with two teams from 

 an out-apiary, with 51 hives loaded on 



