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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



on five or six combs, with the aid of a 

 division-board, removing the combs that 

 contain the least stores. If you have an 

 extractor, you can extract the honey 

 from tliese, and feed it back to the col- 

 ony ; but if you have no extractor, take 

 good care of the surphis combs and 

 honey, for next season's use, and feed 

 the colony syrup. 



Some recommend cutting holes in the 

 combs to allow the bees to pass readily 

 from one comb to another. I much pre- 

 fer two or three sticks laid across the 

 top of the frames, to hold the cushion 

 up, which will have the desired effect. 



Spread a piece of burlap over the 

 frames, and fill the upper story and the 

 space at the side of the division-board, 

 with chaff or cut straw. 



Do not, by any means, attempt to feed 

 your bees in the open air. It will attract 

 all the bees in the neighborhood, and 

 break up in a general "scrap " amongst 

 the bees. 



Do not allow one drop of honey to be 

 exposed to the bees, if you want to pre- 

 vent robbing ; keep a basin of water and 

 a towel in the yard. Contract the en- 

 trance to about one inch now, but during 

 the Winter months remove the entrance 

 blocks entirely, for it is a well-established 

 fact, amongst our most successful api- 

 arists, that the combs keep drier, and the 

 bees winter better with the entrance 

 wide open. — Walter S. Ponder, in the 

 Indlajia Fanner. 



Bees as Protectors. 



In a fight they come out best every 



and flotillas have 

 these little foes. 



book agents leave 

 when they treat 



time. Whole armies 

 been vanquished by 

 Peddlers, tramps and 

 on the double-quick 

 bees uncivilly. 



Our peach trees bore sparingly this 

 season, as the frost on the fith of May 

 thinned them ; what fruit there was being 

 very large and fine. Thievish boys 

 looked at them longingly, but there were 

 those terrible bees underneath, and the 

 peaches were left undisturbed. 



Luscious Catawba grapes hung tempt- 

 ingly before the eye, but there was no 

 one brave enough to face the music of 

 humming bees. 



Our Southern friends who raise water- 

 melons, which are such a temptation to 

 plantation negroes, should take the hint 

 and place hives of bees among their 

 melon vines. None of the woolly heads 

 would venture there, no matter how 

 thirsty they might be.— Mrs. L.Harrison 

 in the Prairie Farmer. 



The Standing- Frame. 



Captain Hetherington has from 3,000 

 to 4,000 colonies of bees, while P. H. 

 El wood, also of Otsego county, N. Y., 

 and formerly his partner, has 1,300. 

 They use the Quinby hive with the closed 

 end standing frame. Many others in 

 New York State, having from 400 to 500 

 colonies, use either this frame or the 

 Hoffman partly closed end hanging 

 frame. — Farm and Home. 



Extracteci=Honey is said to be 

 gaining in favor in England. In our opin- 

 ion it is only a question of time when the 

 demand for comb-honey in this country 

 will be less than at present. The buj'er not 

 only gets more honey when purchasing 

 extracted-honey, even were the price the 

 same, but avoids eating the wax, which is 

 quite an annoyance to some. — Exchange, 



I Expect to Pass through this world 

 but once. If, therefore, there be any 

 kindness I can show to any fellow-being, 

 let me not defer or neglect it, for I will 

 not pass this way again. — Quaker Sayinu. 



(JonTcittion I^olices. 



ItF" The Annual Meeting of the Ontario Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association, will be held in the city of St. Cath- 

 arines, oa the 7th and Hth of January. All interested 

 in bee-keeping are cordially invited to attend. 



W. COUSE, Sec, Streetsville, Ont. 



11^^ The Annual Meeting of the Indiana State 

 Bee-Keepers' Association, will be held in the Agri- 

 cultural Rooms. State House, Indianapolis, Jan. 16, 

 17, 1891. Geo. C. Thompson, Sec, Southport, Ind. 



SEP" The Annual Meeting of the Colorado State 

 Bee-Keepers' Association, will be held Jan. 19, 20, on 

 the Cor. 14th and Larramee Sts., Denver. The tlrst 

 session will begin promptly at in o'clock on the 

 morning of the lyth. All interested in bee-keeping, 

 especially strangers, are cordially invited to be 

 present, and assist in the exercises. 



E. MiLLESON, Pres., Box 2522, Denver, Colo. 



B^^The 22d Annual Meeting of the New York 

 State Bee-Keepers' Association, will be held in 

 Agricultural Hall. Albany. N. Y., on Jan. 22-24. 1891. 

 Reduced Railroad Rates. Pay full fare to Albany, 

 and we will give you return certificates over any 

 road coming into Albany (except the Boston & 

 Albany) at one-third of the regular fare. A cordial 

 invitation is extended to all. Come and bring your 

 friends with you. A complete programme will be 

 published as soon as completed. 

 Geo. H. KnickerboCKEK, Sec, Pine Plains, N. Y. 



JC^" The Annual Meeting of the Ohio State Bee- 

 Keepers' Association, will be held in Toledo, O., f>n 

 Tuesday and Wednesday. Feb. lo and II. 18.<1. Full 

 particulars as to railroad and hotel rates, and place 

 of meeting, will be given later. Let all interested 

 in bee-keeping make an extra efifort to be present 

 on this occasion. 



Miss Dema Bennett, Sec, Bedford, O. 



DB. A. B. Mason, Pres. . 



ZW The Convention of the Eastern Iowa Bee- 

 Keepers, will be held in the Dobson Town Clock 

 Building, at Maquoketa, Iowa. Feb. 1 1, 12. 



Frank Coverdale, Sec, Welton, Iowa. 



SW° The 8th semi-annual meeting of the Susque- 

 hanna County Bee-Keepers' Association will be held 

 at Montrose, Pa., on Thursday, May 7. 1891. 



H. M. Seeley, Sec, Harford, Pa. 



