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would be plenty of room. I think it is 

 a good Idea to have the convention 

 meet at the same time as the Odd Fel- 

 lows meet. 



(Mr. Dadant — If the members who 

 intend to come to this meeting 

 would write to the Secretary, tlie 

 possibilities are that we could get 

 private houses, and lodge there, 

 and then get our meals at res- 

 taurants. I introduced this subject 

 merely to find out what the members 

 thought. For my part, it does not 

 make any difference; I am very well 

 fixed. I have a private house, whidh 

 ddes not entertain Odd Fellows, except 

 myseilf. I would suggest, from what 

 I have heard, that if the Secretary 

 would put in a card, iwlhen he sends 

 invitations to bee-keepers, that if they 

 will let him know, he can make ar- 

 rangements for them, and if it costs 

 him a few dollars, and ih-e charges the 

 Association for it, to find lodging 

 places, I believe it would be better for 

 the Association. If it costs $10.00 of 

 time, I believe it would be just, and 

 we could imeet at the same tirme as 

 do the Odd Fellows, or at some time 

 right after, and you would draw a 

 crowd. I think the bee-keepers would 

 be more liable to come if they knew 

 they could get accommodations. 



Mr. Becker — ^^The trouble is, all 

 went to one house. Mr. Stone had se- 

 lected that, at $1.25 a day, but as far 

 as the Odd Fellows crowding the ho- 

 tels in Springfield, they can't do it. 

 The only thing is, that these cheaper 

 houses are occupied. Now, if you want 

 to pay 50 cents for a room, you can 

 get plenty of good rooms, with steam 

 (heat. I always stop here in the city; 

 have a fine room, and a good bed, and 

 pay only 50 cents for the night. 



Mr. Moore^ — I want to say I have no 

 comiplaint about the service wlhere we 

 stopped; the tables were all right; the 

 meals were good, and we had plenty to 

 eat, but what I object to is the crowd. 

 I do not like to be crowded. I like to 

 have a comfortable bed to sleep in. I 

 slept on a cot, and it was not very 

 comfortable. 



Keeping Extracting Frames. 



Mr. Bowen — ^I would like a little in- 

 formation as to what is tihe best way 

 to take care of extracting frames, 

 with honey in, where to keep them. 

 For instance; Suppose you have a 



number of tihem, and want to keep 

 them over from one season to another, 

 and are not very well fixed for room. 

 I don't care to extract the honey at 

 present. Would it be a good idea to 

 put them in hive-bodies and set them 

 over the bees? My bees I have cov- 

 ered' witih oil-cloth. 



Mr. Coppin — I would think the better 

 place to put them would be in the 

 brood-chamibers, and t'hen put them in 

 the house, Tvhere you can keep them 

 dry and warm. Outside of that, as 

 good a pdace, if you could not keep 

 them warm, would be to put them on 

 top of the colony, the same as you are 

 speaking about; but you would be to 

 quite a loss if you did that. Tour 

 honey would candy; the bees could not 

 use it the next season. 



Mr. Bowen — How would it do to 

 have a warm, dry cellar? 



Mr. Coppin — That would be all 

 rigfht. 



Mr. Becker — I have a box made, and 

 then set one on top of the other, and 

 about twice during the summer I put 

 on some bi-sulphide of carbon; that 

 kills ail the moths. Just take a little 

 cup of some kind and pour about two 

 tablespoonfuls or more in it, and that 

 will kill any moths, and keep mice 

 away. 



Mr. Dadant — ^I will tell you a cheap 

 way to do it, if you have ten, fifteen, 

 or twenty frames. Take a piece of 

 rag and pour bi-sulphide on the rag, 

 and lay that on the frames, and that 

 evaporates from the rag. It is heavy 

 and inflammable; don't put it next to 

 the light. 



Mr. Becker — Twenty-five cents a 

 pound can is what bi-sulphide costs. 



President Kildow — You have to 

 cover it all over? 



Mr. Dadant — 'Of course it has to 'be 

 air-tigiht. 



Mr. Coppin — ^It seems to me you are 

 getting a little away from the point. 

 I thought Mr. Bowen's question was 

 as to the best method of keeping those 

 extracting combs from fall until 

 spring — frames that were full of honey, 

 where you are not prepared to keep 

 them in a warm room. Between the fall 

 and spring, there is no danger of 

 moths hurting them ; if you have a very 

 warm place to keep them and take 

 them in, it would be all right for the 

 honey, but it might mean something to 

 keep the moths away. 



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