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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



Officers elected at the Denver con- 

 vention are as follows: President, W. Z. 

 Hutchinson, Flint, Mich.; Vice President, 

 Jas. U. Harris, Grand Junction Colo.; 

 Secretary, Geo. W. York, Chicago, Ills. 



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A Copy of the report of the Board of 

 Horticullure of Colorado, for 1901, con- 

 tains a report of the convention of Colo- 

 rado State Bee Keepers' Association held 

 last November in Denver, and the Colo- 

 rado Honey Producers' Association, 1440 

 Market St., Denver, Colo., will send a 

 copy simply for the bare cost of postage 

 — 14 cents. 



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The Flavor and Grain of extracted 

 honey is greatly improved by waiting un- 

 til the honey begins to granulate, then 

 stir it up and draw it off into retail pack- 

 ages. Just why this is so may be hard to 

 explain, but it might be illustrated to 

 those who have manufactured maple sug- 

 ar, by calling their attention to the fact 

 that the more the sugar is stirred as it is 

 cooling the finer will be the grain and 

 flavor. 



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M. H. Hunt and wife of Bell Branch, 

 Mich., have always followed the pleasant 

 custom of taking a short pleasure trip, 

 each year, upon the anniversary of their 

 wedding day; and recently, upon the 31st 

 anniversar3' the}' visited the home of the 

 Review. By the way, it has never storm- 

 ed upon any one of their 31 anniversary 

 days. 



Mr. Hunt reports a good trade in sup- 

 plies this year — ihe best he ever had, and 

 this notwithstanding the poor season. 



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Late Feeding of bees may be accom- 

 plished by having the syrup thick, and 

 feeding just as hot as possible; as hot as 

 it can be used and not burn the bees. 

 Putting the hot syrup under the hive the 



heat will arise and arouse the bees, even 

 when they are closely clustered, and 

 would not leave the cluster to go into a 

 feeder on top of the hive. By feeding the 

 syrup hot, it can be fed thick, as thick as 

 ripened honey. The addition of a little 

 honey to sugar syrup will prevent granu- 

 lation. 



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R. C. AiKiN, in his essay at Denver on 

 the putting up of extracted honey for the 

 retail trade said that a fancy article might 

 be put up in glass for selling to the weal- 

 thy people, but for the great middle class 

 it must be put up in ti n pails or paper bags. 



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At Dr. G.\ndy's is where the editor 

 of the Review has recently spent three 

 days, travelling about taking views with 

 his camera and his eyes. Upon all of 

 these trips he was accompanied by Dr. 

 Gandy and Mr. E. Whitcomb of Friend, 

 Nebraska. On the last day' he had the 

 pleasure of Mr. E. R. Root's company. 

 The next issue of the Review will be a 

 "Gandy special" with illustrations, and 

 \.\i& exact truth, so far as it could be 

 learned in three davs of observation. 



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Alfalfa cut when it just comes into 

 bloom furnishes the most protein, ac- 

 according to the chemists. The first cut- 

 ting is more hard and woody than the 

 second, and the second more so than the 

 third. Stock will eat more of the late 

 cuttings. One man at the Denver meet- 

 ing said that for feeding for beef the ear- 

 ly cuttings are best. Mr. Gill said that 

 his horses stood it better to work when 

 fed on alfalfa that was cut when in full 

 bloom. 



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Tin for covers is somewhat expensive, 

 but out in Nebraska they have a way of 

 getting it that costs only a little time. 

 They gather up a wagon load of tin cans, 



