THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



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Mr. Larabee says he shall experinieut no 

 more with plautiujj for lioney, aud he would 

 be very glad if bee keepers would write and 

 tell him what experiments they would like 

 tried. 



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THE NORTHWESTEKN CONVENTION. 



The Northwestern Etc Keepers' Conven- 

 tion will be held in Chicago, Nov. I'J and 20, 

 at the Commercial Hotel, corner of Lake 

 and Dearborn Sts. This date occurs when 

 excursion rates on the railroads will be one 

 fair for the round trip, aud there will be re- 

 duced rates at the hotel. This meeting 

 comes at the pleasantest time of the year in 

 which to take a trip — no heat or dust nor 

 cold or snow — and I feel sure that many 

 will take advantage of all these pleasant 

 features. In fact, almost every day brings 

 me letters from some one who will be in at- 

 tendance from Ohio, lud.. 111., Mich., Wis., 

 Iowa, Ark. or Minn. 



MICHIGAN STATE CONVENTION. 



The season of conventions is here. Let 

 no bee keeper allow it to pass without at- 

 tending at least his own State convention. 

 Michigan bee keepers will hold their con- 

 vention at Grand Rapids, Dec. 31 and Jan. 1, 

 thus allowing those in attendance to take 

 advantage of the holiday rates on railroads. 

 The meeting will be at the Eagle Hotel, 

 where rates to members of the Association 

 will be only fl.2.5 per day. 



The Secretary, Geo. E. Hilton, after writ- 

 ing me the above particulars, continued as 

 follows : " Now if you are willing to sacri- 

 fice a new coat to go to Albany, you can 

 spare a pair of pants to go to our own State 

 Association. Please don't say no." Fortu- 

 nately, Mr. Secretary, my " pantio " are in 

 pretty fair condition, so I can go without 

 making another sacrifice. 



OARNIOLANS VERSUS ITALIANS. 



The editor of the Mu. Bee Keejjer says that 

 for three years he has been comparing tlie 

 Italians with the Carniolans, keeping them 

 in the same yard. He says that with a steady 

 flow of honey the Carniolans stored more 

 surplus than the Italians, with about the 

 same per cent of swarming. With a poor 

 season, the Italians came out ahead. He 

 says the Italians, as we all know, were prolific 

 up to the commencement of the honey flow, 



then checked brood rearing and filled a part 

 of their combs with honey, while the Carnio- 

 lans kept up brood rearing until late in the 

 fall, using up their stores and in many cases 

 requiring feeding for winter. The Carnio- 

 lans swarmed many times when no honey 

 was coming in. He did not find them as 

 gentle as the Italians. During the three 

 seasons the Italians gave more honey with 

 less labor and stings. 



CARRYING IN THE BEES. 



.Judging from the correspondence in this 

 issue, the only real objection to carrying in 

 the bees, soon after the young bees have all 

 hatched and had a cleansing flight, is that a 

 warm spell of weather may come and make 

 the bees uneasy in the cellar. If the cellar 

 is deep in the ground a few days of warm 

 weather will have but little effect upon its 

 temperature, especially if it can be opened 

 nights to allow the entrance of cool, fresh 

 air. If left out too long there is danger that 

 bees in the outside spaces will be chilled. It 

 is a somewhat difficult question to decide 

 just exactly when is the best time. The best 

 we can do is to wait until the prospect of 

 having any more warm weather is very slim, 

 but not wait until there is danger of snow 

 storms and weather cold enough to freeze 

 the ground. I prefer to run the risk of put- 

 ting them in too early rather than too late. 



As a class, bee keepers are always " in 

 for " anything that makes work easy, and I 

 must admit that while I enjoyed the " fun " 

 poked at those who used labor savers for 

 carrying their bees, I was surprised that 

 such contrivances should bo laughed to 

 scorn. 



A NEW SYSTEM OF BEE KEEPING. 



A Mr. Alpaugh, of Canada, has devised a 

 new system in bee keeping. Mr. D. A. 

 •Jones says that Mr. A. has not yet decided 

 when to bring the new system before the 

 public, but he (Jones) thinks there will be a 

 charge of $.5.00 for full printed instructions. 

 Mr. .Jones devotes considerable space in the 

 last C. B. J. to telling what he knows, or 

 thinks he knows, about the new system. 

 From this I gather that it is that of placing 

 a hive between two colonies and starting a 

 colony in the central hive. The qplony in 

 the central hive is to je devoted to tlie stor- 

 ing of surplus, while the two outside colonies 

 are to be "feeders" to the central colony. 



