State Bee-Keepers' Association. 131 



S. N. BLACK, CLAYTON, ILL. 



1. Forty years. 



2. No. Farming mainly. 



3. 20 colonies. 



4. Movable frame. 



5. Langstroth. Nine frames to hive. 



6. Comb honey. 

 8. 5^x4Xxi>^. 



9.. Do not use separators . 



10. White clover, smartweed, or heartsease, buckwheat and Spanish 

 needle. 



11. Probably fprty. 



13. Sell in home market. 

 16. About 14 cents per lb. 



19. With alsike; it is a good honey plant yielding honey fully equal to 

 white clover. Sown with timothy makes choice hay. 



20. Yes. Red clover is not reliable at all. II the season is dry till 

 about the beginning of bloom, the weather then being showery and not too 

 hot it sometimes yields profusely. 



22. Hybrids from black queens. 



23. It is next to impossible to keep pure Italians. The hybrids from 

 black mothers are more quiet and gentle than hybrids from Italian mothers. 



24. Generally in the cellar. 



25. Generally 5 per cent . ; sometimes from neglect and extraordinary 

 seasons the loss is much greater. 



26. December ist, or about the first severe cold weather 



27. March 15th, or as late as they can be kept quiet in cellar. 



28. No. 



29. No. 



31. 50 colonies. 



32. By making large displays of honey to encourage the idea that 

 honey is an article for consumption for food and not simply an article of 

 luxury. There is a feeling with a great number of people that honey is only 

 a luxury and one that can as well as not be dispensed with; while the fact 

 is that honey is a strong diet, as nutircious as meat. Any way of correcting 

 this opinion will tend to increase the consumption of honey, and I believe 

 that the exhibition of honey in immense quantities will do more than any- 

 thing I know of. 



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