State Bee-Keepers AssoctAti0^f. 169 



J. A. GREEN, DAYTOX, LASALLE COUNTY, ILL. 



1. Seventeen. 



2. Yes. 



3. One hundred and thirty. 



4. Frame. 



5. I use some Langstroth frumes g^^xiy^, eight to the hive, but most 

 of my frames are 5^x1734^, 16 in a two story brood chamber. 



6. Both. 



7. Usually about half of each. 



8. 4 1-4x4 1-4x1 34^. 



9. Both. Tin. 



10. White clover, sweet clover, bass wood, heartsease. 



11. Forty. 



12. Seve' ty. 



13. Home as far as possible. Mostly, of course, in foreign. 



14. 50 per cent. 



15. 8 per cent. 



16. 14 cents. ■ 



17. 8}4 cents. 



18. Yes. 



19. No experience except a little (unprofitable) with Chapman honey 

 plant. 



20 . Not very much . 



21. Second crop in a dry season — small blossoms. 



22. Italians. 



23 . Principally because they gather more honey and are more easily and 

 cheaply handled. 



24. Both. 



25. Twenty per cent. ' I 



26. November I to 15. V 



27. When the season is fit, usually about the time soft maples are in 

 bloom. 



28. There is some not very far away. , 



29. No. 



31- 150. 



32. Give premiums that will make it worth while to make an exhibit. 



33. There can be no better way to increase interest than to hold pleasant 

 and profitable, that is practical, conventions and encourage practical and 

 comprehensive exhibits at fairs . To promote the industry disseminate in- 

 formation in regard to it . 



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