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very pretty apiary of about 40 colonies. 

 Mr. demons always Winters his bees in 

 cellars with success. As the weather is 

 fine yet, his bees are still on the sum- 

 mer stands, but ready to move into Win- 

 ter quarters at a moment's notice. 

 Plattsmouth, Nebr., Dec. 4, 1891. 



SMpBing Bees iy Rail anil Wagon. 



L. C. FINCH. 



As I have had a little experience in 

 shipping bees, I thought a statement of 

 some of it might interest some of the 

 readers of the Bee Journal. 



I purchased 50 colonies of bees last 

 July of Mr. William Crawley, who re- 

 sides at Eedwood Falls, Minn. He 

 selected them from 130 colonies in his 

 apiary, and prepared them for Winter. 

 He also prepared them for shipment. 

 45 of the hives had closed-end frames, 

 and 5 had hanging frames. All the 

 hives were of small size, holding 8 Lang- 

 stroth frames. He tiered them up, fast- 

 ening the top story with cleats, and 

 closing the entrances. The top stories 

 contained empty frames, so as to give 

 plenty of ventilation. 



They were hauled in wagons half a 

 mile, and loaded into a box-car. They 

 were tiered up two tiers high, and 

 fastened solidly by nailing pieces of 2x6 

 across the car — the hives filling the 

 space thus partitioned off. The car also 

 contained two cows and some household 

 goods. They were shipped on Nov. 17, 

 1891, and I received them the 18th, all 

 in good condition, having come by rail 

 120 miles. 



We loaded them on spring wagons, 

 and hauled them five miles to our apiary 

 with teams. The roads were smooth, 

 but it was very cold — near zero — at the 

 time. We got them in the cellar by 

 noon of the next day. It took us some 

 time to get them in, as we had to take 

 off the top stories, and use some smoke 

 to get the bees into the brood-chamber. 

 We had to reverse the bottom-boards. 

 We use the same kind of bottom-boards 

 that Dr. C. C. Miller uses, and we like 

 them for cellar wintering. 



Only 2 colonies had a comb broken 

 down, and they had closed-end frames. I 

 shall use the eight-frame Langstroth 

 hive, as I have them with the hanging 

 frames. 



I now have 56 colonies in the cellar, 

 and ventilate through the hatchway 

 doors, using a small pipe and a damper. 



I hived a colony of bees in the woods, 



on Oct. 25. They were clustered on a 

 small tree near the place where we had 

 cut a bee-tree, and taken the honey. It 

 •was a large colony of nice three-banded 

 Italians. I could not think of letting 

 them starve without trying to save them. 

 I hived them by bending the tree over 

 the inverted hive, and shaking them into 

 it. Then I turned the hive over, placing 

 it on the bottom-board. By using a little 

 smoke, I soon had them in the hive. 



I tied the bottom and cover on, using 

 the hitching-strap. Then I carried them 

 half a mile in my arms to the buggy, 

 and took them home in it. I gave them 

 frames, with drawn-comb, and fed them 

 25 pounds of granulated sugar syrup, 

 mixed with a little honey. They stored 

 it all, and capped most of it, as it was 

 ni-ce, warm weather, and continued so 

 for several days. They are my pets, and 

 I shall try hard to save them. 



This is a good locality for bees, but in 

 the past season they did not gather over 

 half a crop, as the season was very dry, 

 but we live in hopes of a bountiful har- 

 vest next year. 



Clinton Falls, Minn. 



Convention at Greeley, Colorado. 



H. E. ENGLISH. 



In response to a call issued by Messrs. 

 Adams and English, about 40 bee- 

 keepers, of Weld County, met at the 

 Court House on Nov. 28, 1891. The 

 meeting was called to order by C. Adams, 

 and a temporary organization was per- 

 fected by electing D. S. Beall, of Evans, 

 President, and T. V. Jessup, Secretary. 



A motion was made that we organize 

 a Weld County Bee-Keepers' Association. 

 Carried. 



A permanent organization was per- 

 fected by electing D. S. Beall, President; 

 C. Adams, Treasurer, and H. E. Eng- 

 lish, Secretary. 



On motion it was decided to make the 

 membership fee 50 cents, when twenty- 

 four members paid the fee, and had 

 their names entered on the roll. 



After the appointment of the neces- 

 sary committees, the Convention listened 

 to some well-chosen remarks by A. I. 

 Root, of Medina, Ohio, who favored us 

 with his presence, and interested us with 

 information on foul-brood, which has 

 already made its appearance in this State. 



About 2,000 colonies of bees were 

 represented at the Convention. 



The Convention adjourned to meet 

 sometime in February, 1892, at which 



