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sit be jarred or knocked against some- 

 thing, the bees would rush out, and tlie 

 person carrying them drop the hive, 

 when the consequences would be very 

 serious. 



Should a cold daj- or a warm one be 

 chosen for moving bees to the cellar ? 

 The night previous to moving them, I 

 would leave the cellar open, so that 

 the temperature would be nearly like 

 that out-doors — a temperature of 35-" 

 would do very well. The temperature 

 ■being the same, would help to keep 

 the bees quiet. On a cold day, combs 

 break easilj', and on a Avarm day bees 

 would be restless and want to fly. 



When hives are covered with ice 

 and snow, it is a poor time to hapdle 

 them — unpleasant for both the bees 

 and operator. When the bees are all 

 carried in, leave the cellar open and 

 the hive-entrance.s shut until the next 

 morning, when they can be opened, as 

 the bees will then be quiet, and the 

 cellar closed and darkened. 



Some bee-keepers claim that light in 

 a cellar does no harm, but I prefer it 

 to be dark ; darkness has a quieting 

 eftect on all animated nature, and bees 

 are no exception. It is true that no 

 one has ever found them sleeping very 

 soundly, but they do not leave their 

 hive so much in darkness as in light. 



Advantages of Cellar- If^intering. 



One big item is the saving of stores. 

 It is also a saving of hives, as they ai'e 

 protected from the elements for 5 or 6 

 months of the year, but the greatest 

 good is in keeping the inmates in good 

 health. The last 5 j-ears we have win- 

 tered half of our bees in the cellar, 

 and would put in more if there was 

 room. 



One winter there were as many col- 

 onies in number lost in the cellar as 

 there were out-of-doors, but this was 

 in their favor. Parties who came to 

 purchase colonies in tlie spring, inva- 

 riably chose those that had passed the 

 winter in the cellar, as they could see 

 at a glance that they were the most 

 populous. 



There has been a great deal said by 

 bee-keepers about lugging hives in and 

 out of the cellar, in comparison with 

 chafl' hives, and leaving them upon the 

 summer stands. Two laboring men 

 will carry 50 colonies into our cellar 

 in less than half a day ; it has no out^ 

 side door, but they are taken through 

 a window. 



Peoria, Ills. 



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Al-trays Mention your Post-Offlee, 

 County and State when writing to this 

 office. No matter where you may happen 

 to be for the hour wlien actually wi-iting— 

 never mention anything but your perma- 

 nent address. To do otherwise leads to 

 confusion, unless you desire your address 

 changed. In that case state tlie old as well 

 as the new address. 



Written for the JEtna 



BY ,J. K. LUDLUM. 



I stand at the eate in the garden 

 And gaze o'er the level Held, 



Yellow and ripe in the sunlight. 

 That perfect harvest will yield. 



Down from the broad maple branches 

 The leaves are fluttering slow. 



Touched by the brilliant tipt brushes 

 Of elves that set them aglow. 



A perfumed south wind comes stealing 

 And whispers among the leaves, 



Then like a mischievous truant 

 Slips on to the ripe wheat sheaves. 



The asters are royal purple, 



And stand in kingly array, 

 Gallant and tall at the roadside. 



Like guards of the autumn day. 



They challenge the wind in passing, 

 But soft, he whispers a word 



And all the guards bow before him 

 As soon as the word they heard. 



And I 'nealh the maple shadows 

 Behind the old garden gate — 



I heard the message delivered, 

 And hold it inviolate. 



And lo, my heart is a-kindle 

 With strong, and burning desire ; 



I glance at the branches oVr me 

 A-gleam with the magic tire. 



Next day to the gate in the garden 



Over the trost-spreut sod 

 1 pass as a li>yal subject 



To welcome queen yoldcn-rod. 



COIWEXTIOX DIRECTORY. 



I88g. 



Time and Place of Meetljig, 



Dec. n-13.-New York State, at Syracuse. N. Y. 



G. H. Kniclierbocker, Sec, rine Plains. iN. Y. 



Dec. 12, 13.-MichTcan State, at Jarkson. Mich. 



H. D. ('uttiDK. Sec. Clinton, Mich. 

 1889. 

 Jan. 8, 9.-0ntario, at Owen Sounrl. Ont. 



W. Couse, Sec. StreetsTille. Ont. 



Jan. 9-11.— Nebraska State, at Lincoln. Nebr. 



J. N. Heater. Sec. Columbus, Nebr. 



May 4.— Susquehanna County, at Montrose, Pa. 



U. M. Seeley, Sec, Harford, Pa. 



53^ In order to have this table complete, Secre- 

 taries are requested to forward full particulars ol 

 time and place of future meetioKS.— Bd. 



Uniting: t'olonics, etc. — D. E. Rob- 

 bins, Payson, Ills., on Nov. 19, 1888, writes : 



In the report of the Union Bee-Keepers' 

 Convention on page 747, I am said to use 

 for uniting colonies a method that is hardly 

 what I intended, through some misunder- 

 standing. We were discussing the preven- 

 tion of increase, and after several plans 

 had been given, I remarked that the method 

 of preventing increase by uniting colonies 

 had not been touched. Having last sum- 

 mer a number of colonies with mismated 

 queens, and not wishing so many colonies, I 

 removed the poor queens, and in one, two, 

 or three days thereafter, I united the queen- 

 less colonies with the weaker of those hav- 



ing pure queens, in some instances by alter- 

 nating the combs of the colonies, and in 

 other cases by placing the hive containing 

 no queen, on top of the other. (I use the 

 Simplicity hive.) This I did at any time of 

 the day when most convenient ; but it was 

 during a good honey-flow, and in every in- 

 stance proved a perfect success. Some dis- 

 cussion followed as to the danger to the 

 queen, and some advised always caging the 

 queen ; then I remarked that I paid no at- 

 teution to that. This proved profitable un- 

 der the circumstances, as the two weak ones 

 united made a tirst-class colony, and gave 

 much more surplus than both would if kept 

 separate. The best united colony gave 170 

 pounds of extracted honey ; the best yield 

 from a single queen was 150 pounds, which 

 weighed over 12 pounds per gallon. 



Bees did Fairly ^Vell Wm. Shlec, 



Marlette, Mich., on Nov. 23, 1888, says : 



I commenced last spring with 15 colonies 

 in a rather indillereut condition. I lost half 

 of my bees in wintering, consequently the 

 surviving ones were quite weak. However 

 they did fairly well, having increased to 31 

 good colonies, and produced 1,100 pounds of 

 tine comb honey in one-pound sections. 1 

 winter my bees on the summer stands, in 

 chaff hives. 



^Vcll Supplied witii YVinter 

 Stores.— J. M. Young, Rock Bluffs, Nebr., 

 on Nov. 33, 1888, writes : 



Bees throughout this section of the coun- 

 try are well supplied with stores sufficient 

 to last them until honey comes again in the 

 spring. My apiary ot CO colonies has been 

 in charge of other parties a portion of the 

 past summer. My attention being called 

 away on other business the most ot the 

 time, hence the bees have not received the 

 care and attention that tliey should have 

 had, and only a part of a crop of honey has 

 been obtained, and that being comb honey. 

 From this time on I expect to be with the 

 bees, and give them my personal attentitm. 

 But few swarms have been obtained by 

 bee-keepers throughout this neigliborhood. 

 Comb honey is selling for from 18 to 20 

 cents per pound. There is not mach ex- 

 tracted honey on the market ; it is selling 

 at from 13 to 15 cents per pound. 



Bees in a Kag^ing: Storm. — Henry 



Alley, Wenliaui, Mass., on Nov. 26, 1888, 

 writes : 



For the last 31 hours a terrible storm of 

 wind, rain and snow has raged. My bees 

 have suffered some from the water, as it was 

 impossible to keep the caps on all tlie hives. 



Piiotogrrapliy and Bee - Keep- 

 ins.— Geo. ^- Walrath, Norwood, N. Y., 

 on Nov. 13, 1888, writes : 



How would it do to combine bee-keeping 

 with photography ? I live in a town ot 

 about 1,000 population, and have a good 

 photographic business, but I find time to 

 look after my bees, which is a recreation 

 as well as a profit. I began in the spring of 

 1887, with 5 colonies, which I increased to 

 13, and bought 10 colonies more in box- 

 hives, in the fall. This season I started 

 with 24 colonies, increased them to 33, and 

 purchased 20 colonies more I his fall, at 83.50 

 per colony, in Simplicity hives, which 

 makes me"53 colonies now. I got only about 

 .500 pounds of comb honey this season, and 

 8 swarms from 34 colonies, spring count. 

 This is the poorest season that 1 ever knew 



