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quilt or piece of flannel, to hold warmth. 



Having found a full eolony in an 8- 

 frame dovetail hive, })lare your egg case 

 on top. The warmth of the hive will 

 ascend through the wire-cloth (fly-screen 

 wire-netting would answer), and the eggs 

 be free from bees. Of course, should the 

 eggs hatch, another thin wire frame 

 would have to be introduced between the 

 egg case and the hive, to prevent sting- 

 ing ; or, when the eggs were about to 

 'hatch, they could be removed to a warm 

 place, or be put under hens, as the pip- 

 ping chicks would require more air. ' 



A greater amount of warmth would 

 be had from a colony already at work 

 on sections in a surplus or half-body case, 

 but the egg-frame would then have to be 

 made a little different, and instead of 

 having the end-pieces of the egg-case an 

 inch or % thick, they should be V2 inch 

 thick. 



Now, nail in each end of the case or 

 frame, a cross piece. Between this cross 

 piece and the end-piece would be left a 

 quarter of an inch space, allowing the 

 bees below to ascend to the sections 

 above. This case or frame, of course, 

 must have a wire-cloth cover and a bee- 

 space above, so that the bees could crawl 

 over it and up into the sections. 



As stated above, I doubt if the needed 

 heat can be found in a bee-hive, yet the 

 question might be worth testing, as the 

 outlay would be next to nothing. There 

 would be enough air and moisture, and 

 the eggs could be turned if required. 



Washington. D. C, March 22, 1891. 



Brnce Bee-Keeuers' Convention. 



A. TOLTON. 



The Bruce Bee-Keepers' Association 

 met at' Eden Grove, Ont., January 80, 

 1891, with a good attendance and in- 

 terest, and several new members were 

 gained. 



The meeting was opened with an essay 

 by Abram Rowand, entitled "The Bee at 

 Home." 



"Which is the best way to feed bees in 

 Winter, to keep from starving till safe to 

 open?" Feeding candy on top of frames 

 was considered best. 



"Full sheets of foundation or starters, 

 which is most profitable?" The majority 

 favored full sheets. They got too much 

 drone-comb by using starters. 



"Cellar or clamp wintering, which is 

 considered best?" Cellar wintering, 

 where practicable, was considered 1)est; 



should have some protection in Spring 

 after taking out of the cellar. 



"Do bees work on potato vines, and 

 get poisoned by so doing?" None present 

 had se(ui bees on potato vines. 



Controlling Increase. — John Harkley 

 practices the following plan: When a 

 colony swarms, place swarm on old stand; 

 turn the old hive, facing opposite, four 

 feet at the back of swarm, so as to allow 

 the field bees to go in with new swarm, 

 then turn and replace beside new swarm 

 to allow young bees to go into new 

 swarm; then put the frames with brood 

 wherever there is room for them. By so 

 doing, you let your bees swarm, and still 

 have nolncrease. 



Some others were in favor of contract- 

 ing the brood-chamber, and giving room 

 above. 



Apiciiltnral Notes from MmU. 



J. M. YOUN^G. 



All hives containing bees should be 

 painted, and kept so. I have tried nearly 

 all kinds and colors, and find that white 

 paint stands at the head of the list. 



I have used 2-pound cans to a consid- 

 erable extent in putting up extracted- 

 honey, and believe that the time will 

 come when tin cans will be considered 

 far ahead of any other receptacle now 

 used for extracted-honey. 



My bees never did work on red clover, 

 and they are as long-tongued bees as 

 anyone ever saw. I never saw a single 

 bee on a head of red clover during my 

 entire experience, and plenty of it has 

 always been in their reach, and quite 

 near the apiary. 



Wooden kegs will leak more or less, 

 thereby causing the hoops to get loose 

 and slip off, and a keg all smeared over 

 with honey is a very disagreeable thing 

 to handle. 



The • Nebraska Bee-Keeper, for March, 

 makes the statement that " we have no 

 bass wood forest in Nebraska." Now, 

 look here, friend Stilson, you surely have 

 not been along the borders of the Mis- 

 souri River, known as the "Big Muddy," 

 or you would have seen plenty of it. 

 There is any amount of it within one 

 mile of my apiary. I have been all 

 along the' river, for many miles above 

 and below here, and have always found 

 it growing plentifully along the tribu- 

 taries. But unless the woodman's ax 

 spares the basswood, we are afraid that 



