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lO-frame hive, I do not believe she 

 would use more. You know the queen 

 begins to limit her laying as the harvest 

 begins to come in. I think, as a rule, 

 they will have plenty of honey in the 

 8-frames. And then, please remember 

 this : In limiting the amount in the 

 lower story we are really not limiting 

 the room for the bees. It is simply giv- 

 ing room in a different place. We give 

 the room above, and we are giving 

 them all the room that they need. 



Mt. Moore — The importance of this 

 discussion, from my standpoint, is this : 

 There has been a fa.shion, a saying 

 gone abroad, that to produce comb 

 honey you should use the 8-frame hive. 

 It is a question of what we are re- 

 commending to the bee-keepers. What 

 are Dr. Miller and the other scientific 

 gentlemen recommending to the bee- 

 keepers as the best thing for comb 

 honey? I do not' believe for a moment 

 that all these people who are not pro- 

 fessionals, who have been using the 8- 

 frame, have been using the 2 stories. I 

 take it that they have been using a 

 single 8-frame hive, and they think they 

 have been making a profit over the 

 lo-frame, which I think is a grievous 

 error. 



Mr. Horstmann^ — Mr. Moore speaks 

 of a 16-frame hive. According to his 

 idea, I have had 50-frame hives. I 

 have had my hives stacked up 5 bodies 

 of 10 frames each. According to his 

 idea I had 50 framehives. I say what 

 is meant by an 8-frame hive is an 8- 

 frame hive-bodj-, one body that will 

 contain 8 frames. You can pile them up 

 as high as you please. 



The meeting then adjourned till 9 

 o'clock the next day. 



Second Day — Morning Session. 



The convention met 9:30 a. m.. with 

 Pres. York in the chair. Dr. Miller 

 offered the following invocation : 



Our Father, who art in Heaven, we 

 thank Thee that Thou carest for us. We 

 thank Thee that Thou hast the interest 

 of bee-keeners before Thee, even with 

 all the infinite cares that Thou hast. 

 We thank Thee for this meeting to- 

 gether for' conference; for the gooa 

 feeling that existed in the session yes- 

 terday. We pray that this good feeling 

 may continue, and we ask Thee that all 

 that is done and said to-day may be 

 useful, that the time may be well spent. 

 We pray, dear Father, that Thy bless- 



ing may be upon us. We know that if 

 we have Thy blessing it will be a good 

 deal to us. We ask it in Jesus' name. 

 Amen. 



Auditing Committee's Report. 



Pres. York — We will now listen to 

 the report of the Auditing Committee. 

 Mr. Kimmey, I believe, is chairman. 



Mr. Kimmey — We have the following 

 report to offer : 



To the Chicago Northwestern Bee- 

 Keepers' Association : 

 Your committee appointed to examine 

 the books and accounts of the Secre- 

 tary-Treasurer respectfully report that 

 they have carefully examined his books 

 and vouchers, and find the same cor- 

 rect. 



Fred L. Kimmey 

 W. B. Chapman 

 J. C. Wheeler 



Committee. 



Mr. Kimmey — I would like to move 

 that the report of the committee be 

 adopted. 



Dr. Miller — Second the motion. 



The motion was put and carried. 



Breeding the Best Queens. 



"Under what conditions or by what 

 manipulations are the best queens pro- 

 duced?" 



Mr. Taylor — The swarming impulse. 



Dr. Miller — I believe that the same 

 conditions that are likely to produce 

 the swarming impulse will perhaps be 

 as well without the swarming impulse. 

 That is, a good flow of honey, a strong 

 colonjr, and all things in an encourag- 

 ing condition. 



Mr. Whitney — I asked that question. 

 From what we read in the bee-papers 

 there are all sorts of manipulations in 

 breeding queens by queen-breeders. I 

 buy a good many queens, and I would 

 like to know where I can get the best 

 queens, or under what sort of manipula- 

 tion I can get them. But what few 

 queens I rear for myself, I find the best 

 ones are those that are reared, as Dr. 

 Miller says, in a full colony of bees and 

 under the swarming impulse. I believe 

 we get the best queens in that way. 



Dr. Bohrer — I find Dr. Miller's state- 

 ment is substantially correct. There is 

 no question- about that. But the same 

 conditions will exist if a strong colony 

 is rendered queenless, and then giv- 

 en fresh-laid eggs. I have slipped a 

 frame full of eggs the night before m- 



