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for our own Association. I think we 

 can run it on that. 



Mr. iSltone — At the National Bee- 

 Keepers' Association at Albany, N", Y., 

 last week a committee was appointed 

 to formulate a change in membership 

 fee, and we incorporated the following 

 in our notice sent October 18, this 

 year: 



"At the National Bee-Keepers' Con- 

 vention at Albany, Ni T.,' last week, a 

 committee was appointed to formulate 

 a change in the membership fees, on 

 account of which notice is hereby 

 given that at the coming meeting a 

 change in our Constitution will be pro- 

 posed as to fees of affiliating socie- 

 ties." 



Pres. Bowen — Those in favor of the 

 amendment as read, make it known 

 by saying aye; contrary, no. The 

 amendment is carried. 



Pres. Bowen— We have a number of 

 questions; I will ask Mr. Moore to 

 read them. 



Best Bottom -Board, Cover and Hive. 



"What is the best bottom-board and 

 cover, and what is the best hive?" 



Mr. Pyles — ^^There are so many dif- 

 ferent opinions about that it is rather 

 hard to answer. 



Mr. Moore — As far as the hive is 

 concerned, I think the best hive for 

 the ordinary bee-keeper is the regular 

 10-frame I>angstroth. I think the ma- 

 jority of bee-keepers would get better 

 results from this than from anj'thing 

 else. 



As far as rny experience goes, I like 

 the metal-cover cap. I use it almost 

 entirely. I use a thin board super- 

 cover, and then a shallow telescope cap 

 adjusted probably 3 or 3% inches, cov- 

 ered with galvanized iron. 



Dr. Bohrer — ^Use an inner co.ver? . 



Mr. Moore — Yes, sir, and a metal 

 cover on top. 



Mr. Diebold — ^Would not that make 

 the bees too hot, and increase swarm- 

 ing on a hot day? 



Mr. Moore — No, not necessarily. It 

 fits loosely. There is a constant cur- 

 rent of air; you have two thicknesses 

 of wood and an air space between the 

 metal and the hive, so it gives plenty 

 of circulation of air. 



Mr. Diebold — I am using ten of them, 

 and Inspector Kildow came to. my 

 yard last June; it was very hot 

 weather; and he found it was very hot 

 when he put his hand on it. He thought 



it would increase swarming and sug- 

 gested that I cut some grass and put 

 on it, and I did. 



Mr. Moore— Did you lift one of those 

 up and feel the super-cover under it? 



Mr. Diebold — I don't believe I did at 

 that time; I did at another time. 

 Those with the metal cover on the 

 super-covers were quite a little warm- 

 er than those I put paper covers on, so 

 I found that Mr. Kildow's suggestion 

 to me to cut grass and throw on when 

 he had a real hot day was a good 

 one. 



Mr. Moore — I find it a good idea in 

 hot weather to use shade-boards. I 

 ,like them; I want to have the bees out 

 in the full sunshine, but use shade- 

 boards and find this works very well, 

 and the heat will not be too great. 



Dr. Bohrer — What you call the Dan- 

 zenbaker cover is what is practically 

 an Acme cover, is it not? 



Mr. Diebold — The Acme cover I never 

 had. I have had Root's cover, and 

 some covers I bought in Michigan that 

 were made on the same principle as 

 the Danzenbaker cover. : ' 



Mr. Moore — The Danzenbaker cover 

 is simply a flat board with metal 

 cleats on each end. For a bottom- 

 board I prefer a reversible one, made 

 with one side % entrance; the other 

 side %. The light bottoms are too 

 flimsy. 



A member — How do you managQ^ to 

 keep bees in the winter, with that 

 cover ? 



Mr. Moore — If you winter bees out- 

 side they should have some packing. 

 I winter in the cellar; if you winter 

 them outside you take the upper cover 

 off, and put a super on there, and fill 

 it full of packing of some sort, with 

 the metal cover on top. 



Dr. Bohrer — I think painting the 

 bottom-boards and covers occasionally 

 is a very good thing. I have used the 

 Acme cover; it telescopes down over 

 the top of the hive, and there is an 

 • inner cover to it: and between that 

 upper cover and the inner cover, in 

 winter time, you can pack it with 

 paper. I have very often lots of news- 

 papers and . fill it full of them where 

 I leave them on the summer stand, 

 and in the summer season I put some 

 grass on top of them. I do not want 

 my hives to be in a dense shade. 



As to bottom-boards, I don't send to 

 the factory any more for bottom- 



