AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



881 



EVENING SESSION. 



Meeting called to order by President 

 Kimble. 



Essential Quality in Bees. President 

 Kimble looks well after the working 

 quality of his bees ; rears a docile strain. 

 He has had swarms on his place like 

 hornets ; would not rear any stock from 

 such. 



Wintering bees came next in order. 



H. Stewart supersedes all queens that 

 do not do good work. 



WINTEKING. 



J. M. Jacobs puts blocks underneath 

 on the bottom-boards, so as to allow bot- 

 tom ventilation ; winters in the cellar to 

 save honey, if nothing more. 



A. C. Lias did not think it healthy to 

 winter bees under dwelling houses ; 

 would have his cellar off to one side ; 

 has 90 colonies; gives bottom ventilation. 



Manville Tarbox, of Olin, says you 

 cannot freeze bees if you keep them dry; 

 thinks wintering bees in a warm place 

 takes away their hardiness. 



W. E. Coe lost most of his bees when 

 the bottom-boards were closed ; keeps a 

 temperature of 45- ; likes lime in his cel- 

 lar to a,bsorb dampness ; has no trouble. 



Adjourned until Thursday morning. 



MORNING SESSION— FEB. 12. 



The meeting was called to order by 

 the President, and a communication 

 from President Secor, of the State Asso- 

 ciation, was noted, and laid upon the 

 desk until afternoon session. 



The subject of wintering bees was 

 continued. 



Thos. O. Hines, of Anamosa, winters 

 in his cellar with burlap over his frames; 

 450 ; he had to take his bees out the first 

 of last March, because he could not con- 

 trol the temperature ; run too high, 

 though his bees did well. 



H, L. Pangborn, of Maquoketa, win- 

 ters in a dry cellar 6 feet deep ; loses no 

 bees ; he thinks his bees do better in 

 chaff hives, but he does not like them 

 for summer use. 



B. Crevelin tilts his hives well forward; 

 gives top ventilation. 



H. L. Pangborn has no trouble since 

 practicing top ventilation. 



G. Brown winters out-doors ; packs in 

 sawdust ; has no loss. 



Thos. Large winters in the cellar with 

 proper temperature ; no upward venti- 

 lation. 



H. Stewart winters out-doors ; puts 

 his surplus case on top ; :fills it with au- 

 tumn leaves ; has them placed close to- 

 gether, and packs straw around them ; 

 winters his bees successfully ; lets the 



sun shine on the fronts of his hives; he 

 thinks that they rear brood much in early 

 Spring, when treated as above ; con- 

 siders this of importance. 



R. Reeding winters in cellars, with 

 proper temperature ; puts a nail under 

 the honey-board for ventilation. 



D. D. Hammond places on a burlap 

 before carry them down cellar ; would 

 have his bees in a state of hibernation ; 

 does not want bees to rear brood while 

 in the cellar ; likes bottom ventilation. 



E. Petch winters in a dry cellar ; never 

 loses a colony ; no upward ventilation ; 

 proper temperature. 



W. E. Coe's bees get weak in early 

 Spring. Cool, damp weather is hard on 

 them ; thinks we must in some way over- 

 come this. 



PRODUCTION OF COMB. 



H. S. Bowman thinks that honey doc- 

 tors differ ; he uses a lO-frame hive ; 

 wants Langstroth hives. 



VV. E. Coe has 10 and 8-frame hives 

 side by side ; can see no difference as to 

 which produces most honey ; thinks 8- 

 frame handles more readily. 



D. D. Hammond wants good queens, 

 and plenty of heat and food while being 

 reared. 



Dilman Benton wants an 8-frame hive 

 to produce comb-honey. 



H. S. Bowman wanted to know what 

 five-banded bees meant. 



D. D. Hammond replied, " humbug." 



At what price is foundation unprofit- 

 able? 



H. Stewart thought for surplus honey 

 he would pay $5 per pound, rather than 

 do without ; would not use it in brood- 

 frames. 



It was thought foundation in sections 

 was indispensable, even at more than 

 $5 per pound. 



Many present preferred full sheets of 

 foundation in brood-frames, and wired. 



SECTION-CASES. 



W. E. Coe wanted a combined case ; 

 would not re-pack. 



Henry Stewart uses a case to protect 

 his sections on all sides without a bee- 

 space on top or bottom ; has loose end- 

 boards and follower. Remove these 

 boards, and the sections remove easily. 



H. S. Bowman thinks loose end-boards 

 help to remove sections. He would re- 

 pack all his honey for shipment and sort 

 it ; put his brand on it. 



C. Reeding uses Pateson bottom fol- 

 lower board, and thumb-screws to 

 tighten it. 



Dilman Benton wants a case to hold 

 six single tier wide frames, protecting 

 the sections from all sides. 



