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a great many people to go out and over- 

 eat and drink. It is along this line 

 that our friends refer to — discussing 

 honey, referring to the fact that it is 

 one of the oldest foods known in the 

 world, that it has come down through 

 the ages to be a blessing to the people, 

 that people with delicate stomachs who 

 can not eat sugar or syrup can still eat 

 honey; such statements will set a per- 

 son thinking that he hasn't had any 

 honey for a god while, that he would 

 like some now, and he goes out and 

 buys it. 



Mr.Arnd — I was a contributor orig- 

 inally to the fund for advertising. I 

 move that the Chicago Northwestern 

 Bee-Keepers' Association recommend to 

 the National that they use the fund 

 mentioned by Mr. France, in just such 

 advertising as we have spoken of today. 



The motion was seconded. 



Pres. York — I ought to say, perhaps, 

 before we take a vote on this, that the 

 experiment will not cost over about 

 $300 to make the first engagement. It 

 is moved and seconded that we recom- 

 mend to the National, or to the Direc- 

 tors, that the money in their hands from 

 the Honey-Producers' League be used 

 in such work as has been outlined here. 

 Of course there may be other methods, 

 used also. 



The motion was put and carried. 



Foul-Broody Colony Defending Itself. 



"Is it a fact that a foul-broody colony 

 defends itself against robbers with less 

 vigor that a healthy one of correspond- 

 ing strength." 



Mr. Taylor — Yes, I think so. It 

 makes them have less heart, don't care 

 whether school keeps or not; and, more 

 than that, there is a scent about the 

 hive that I think attracts robber-bees. 

 Don't you think so, Mr. France? 



'Mr. France — Yes, sir. 



Mr. Taylor — If there is a colony that 

 has any foul brood about it, you will 

 notice the robber-bees are t)rowling 

 around there. I don't know whether 

 it is the scent, or whether they appreci- 

 ate that the defenders are not very anx- 

 ious to defend their hives. Any way, 

 you have got to look out if you have a 

 colony of foul brood. 



iMr. France — I think Mr. Taylor has 

 pretty nearly covered the ground. The 

 bees seem to lack the defensive, and the 

 odor also seems to have a tendency to 



warn the outside bees that there is 

 something wrong. 



Brood-Chamber in Winter. 



"For wintering on the summer stands 

 in lo-frame Langstroth hives, is it ad- 

 visable to contract the brod-chamber 

 with tight-fitting division-boards?" 



Members — No. 



Mr. France — That depends upon your 

 location. The farther north you are the 

 more you need to contract them. You 

 do not need any of that if you are down 

 in Missouri; and if you go into the ex- 

 treme northern part of Wisconsin where 

 the thermometer goes to 40 below, you 

 have other conditions. There are other 

 conditions for an outdoor winter. I 

 want a good, vigorous queen in the fall, 

 and more than honey enough. 



Mr. Wilcox — I would say from what 

 experience I have had in outdoor win- 

 tering that I would contract a little, but 

 more especially put on another story, 

 use the second story for outdoor winter- 

 ing, always with 4 or 5 combs in, and 

 of course a division-board at each side 

 and packing behind. I think the second 

 story is the most important part of out- 

 door wintering. 



Mr. Jones — I would say it depends not 

 alone upon the locality but upon the 

 strength of the colony. With a really 

 good young colony with plenty of bees in 

 there, there would perhaps be no nec- 

 essity of it, and perhaps no advantage; 

 but a small colon}^, I say by all means 

 to _ contract. I have wintered bees in 

 Wisconsin outdoors. Up there I do 

 not think there would be any show of 

 their wintering if they had not been con- 

 tracted. 

 Mr. Chapman — I believe 2-frame di- 

 vision-boards, in our locality of Chica- 

 go, are of great benefit to the bees. Mr. 

 Wright, at one time attending our con- 

 vention, said if you would take a super 

 of dry extracting combs and place it 

 underneath the hive-body where you 

 wished to winter them, it would be far 

 better for the bees. I have practiced 

 that now for 6 years; placed it under- 

 neath, put a supper the section-size on 

 top of either excelsior or ground cork, 

 arbd I have never lost a colony of bees. 

 I did not lose them 3 years ago when 

 so many were lost here, and I have my 

 bees right on the roof of the house, 

 where they are exposed to all the winds 

 and weather that can be, and I think 

 I have struck an excellent plan. 



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