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EDITOR. 



VoLXXVIII, Dec, 3. 1891, No, 23, 



Editorial Buzzings. 



Tlie Kirst annual exhibition of the 

 Southwestern Michigan Poultry Asso- 

 ciation will be held at Kalamazoo, Mich., 

 Dec. 16-19, 1891. O. J. Stone is the 

 Secretary. 



Honey was exhibited at the North- 

 western Convention from willow herb 

 {Epilohium) , by George E. Hilton, of 

 Fremont, Mich. It is white, has excel- 

 Jent body, and is very pleasant to the 

 taste. 



Xlie California Bee-Keeper has not 

 been published since June, butMr. Styan 

 writes to us that he expects to revive it 

 again in January. Absenc^ from home 

 prevented his giving attention to it for 

 the latter half of the year.^ It seems to 

 us that California ought to support a 

 bee-periodical, and Mr. Styan made a 

 good paper. Why not give it good sup- 

 port in return ? 



'"W. Z. Hutcliiiisoii says that 

 there is one point that ought not to be 

 neglected in preparing the bees for 

 Winter, whether in-doors or out, and 

 that is the leaving a space below the 

 combs. When wintered out-of-doors, 

 there ought to be a rim two inches high 

 placed under each hive. This allows 

 the dead bees to drop away from the 

 combs to a place where they will dry up 

 instead of molding between the combs. 

 Then if there is an entrance above the 

 rim there will be no possibility of the 

 entrance becoming clogged. This space 

 under the combs seems to be a wonder- 

 ful aid in bringing the bees through in 

 fine condition. . 



Xlie North-western was a con- 

 vention without essays, and it was a 

 charming success. There was no want 

 of subject-matter to discuss, and no lack 

 of enthusiasm. With such a President 

 as Dr. Miller, no essays or programme 

 are ever needed. 



A Frame comes from Will Butler, 

 of Denham, Ind., which he calls an 

 "Anti-Honey-Board Frame." It has a 

 thin flat top-bar, and }£ of an inch below 

 it is nailed a V-shaped strip of wood to 

 which the comb or foundation may be 

 attached. That space above it and 

 below the top-bar is for " Winter pass- 

 ages " for the bees. Mr. Bulter asks : 

 " Would a frame like this do away with 

 burr-combs, and make a good Winter 

 passage ?" While it might help, it 

 would not prove an " anti-honey-board" 

 frame. The principal feature— the 

 break-joint principle — ^is not touched at 

 all. By the division, the top-bar is 

 weakened, and it is less adapted to the 

 needs of the apiarist, both as to strength 

 and also to prevent the breaking of 

 combs. For Winter passages it would 

 work ; but all the advantages it offers 

 in that direction can be obtained by 

 using " Hill's device " without weaken- 

 ing the top-bar, and without making 

 any changes in frames. 



