142 First Annual Report 



S. H. HERRICK, PRESIDENT NORTHERN ILL. BEE-KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION, 



ROCKFORD, ILL. 



1. Six. 



2. No. I follow dairy farming. 



3. About thirty. 



4. Movable frame hives . 



5. 17^x9, ten to the hive. 



6. Both. 



7. Two or three for extracting the balance for comb. 



8. 4Xx4Xxi 13-16. 



9. I use no separators. 



10. Principally white clover. 



11. About 25 pounds. 



1 2. About 30 pounds . 



13. In home markets nearly always. 



14. About 25 per cent. 



15. About 15 per cent. 



16. i4>^ cents. 



17. 15 cents, put up in ]A, pint jelly glasses and sold at 9 to lo cents e?ch . 



19. Yes, with Alsike, it is a good honey plant when not pastured too 

 close. 



20. No. 



22. Italian hibrids of high grade. 



23. Because they have all the good qualities of the black bee and nearly 

 all the good qualities of the Italian . 



24. In the cellar. 



25. 5 to 10 per cent. 



26. From the ist to 15th of November. 



27. From the ist to 15th of April. 



28. No. Never saw any. 



29. No. No one has practiced spraying ui my locality. 



31. Do not know. Have never had over fifty colonies and have never 

 been overstocked. 



32. At county fairs by having a fine exhibit of everything pertaining to 

 bee-keeping, including extractor glass hive containing all three kinds of 

 bees, cages of queens, &c., with a live bee-keeper on hand all tlie time to 

 explain everything pertaining to the business to the admiring crowds each 

 day. On the speakers' stand or some other convenient place, an experienced 

 bee-keeper should manipulate a colony of bees, explaining to the audience 

 as he goes along. Many other things might be suggested. Am not 

 familiar with State fairs and would not like to venture any suggestions. 



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