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NINTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



Mr. Bowen — 'Suppose we had the 

 hive-bodies of frames over the brood- 

 chamber, and put on the bi-sulphide, 

 and there should happen to be a hol« 

 so that the fumes would get into the 

 brood -chamber, what would be the ef- 

 fect on the bees? 



Mr. Dadant — Kill the bees, of course. 



Mr. Stone — Perhaps if I gave my ex- 

 perience, it would be the information 

 Mr. Bowen wants. Did you want to 

 save the comb over until next spring? 



Mr. Bowen — For use, yes, sir. 



Mr. Dadant — Full or empty? 



Mr. Bowen — Full. 



Mr. Stone — "Why don't you extract 

 the honey? 



Mr. Bowen — I don't want to. I have 

 never been bothered with granulation 

 very much. 



Mr. Stone — I have been delayed sev- 

 eral times' with some honey on the 

 hives to extract, and I moved it to the 

 cellar, where I have a hot- water fur- 

 nace, and the cellar is warmer than 

 any room in the house. I moved the 

 extractor down there, and when it is a 

 bad day, I go down there and do the 

 extracting. I don't believe it ever can- 

 dies there, and I believe it would keep 

 there all winter in the same shape as 

 you put it in. If the moths get in, put 

 a little bi-sulphide on the top of the 

 frame. It is as explosive as gasoline, 

 and you have to use it carefully. I£ 

 you get a little of it on your finger, 

 your finger feels as cold as ice. 



Mr. "Werner — I have over one hun- 

 dred frames of honey in my house. 

 I don't use anything of the kind, and 

 they are just as nice today as the day 

 I put them in; am never troubled with 

 any moths getting in. 



Mr. "Werner — Those frames he can 

 put in a hive body and set right out- 

 side where the other frames are. 



Mr. Bowen — I have in my out-apia- 

 ries, about 20 miles from home, quite 

 a good deal of honey in extracting 

 frames. I don't care to extract them 

 now; and what I want to know is the 

 best way to keep them until sp'-ing. 



President Kildow — ^I would bring 

 them home and stack them up in my 

 house, somehow. 



Mr. Moore — I never advise putting 

 them in a hive body and then on top, 

 even with an oil-cloth over it. You 



winter bees out- doors, and you will 

 have trouble by loss of heat; the bees 

 will have to keep that upper body 

 warm; and you will stand a pretty 

 good chance of losing your bees alto- 

 gether. I would sooner, in a case of 

 that kind, put them in a dry shed, or 

 a dry barn, anywhere that I could 

 stack those hive bodies up, If I had not 

 house-room for them; it would, of 

 course, be better if you could put them 

 in the house. 



Mr. Bowen — ^We have tried the cel- 

 lar, where the cellar is warm. 



President Kildow — I would advise 

 putting them in the driest place that 

 you have. 



Mr. Dadant — "When I advised the 

 use of rags with bi-sulphide of carbon, 

 I expected you would have it in the 

 house. I never would use bi-sulphide 

 over the hive; I don't think it i.s ad- 

 visable. You want to use it in a ciosed 

 place, where there will not be a cur- 

 rent of air to blow it away before it 

 has its effect. 



Mr. Stone — ^Would it do at all to have 

 comb honey in brood-frames on top of 

 hives through the winter? 



A iMember — It would not do at all 

 to have section honey in there; it gets 

 damp and moist; the heat of the bees 

 and the cold make a moisture, so that 

 the water would run out of the hives 

 at times, and, in the spring, the comb 

 honey (the section) will have been wet 

 and then dry, and they will all be 

 warped out of shape and mouldy, and 

 the honey will be acid. Where I 

 would leave a section on by mistake, 

 I would find moths. I found where I 

 had left a case of sections on top the 

 hives, it was in such poor shape that 

 it was not fit for table use, or to mar- 

 ket, or fit for anything. It had to be 

 extracted, and then it was acid, and 

 not worth much, not worth anything, 

 . in fact. I would not consider for a 

 minute leaving honey in any shape on 

 top the hive during the winter. 



Mr. Sauer — About granulation in 

 brood-chambers, will that not liquefy 

 in early spring? 



Mr. Pyles — No, it will not. 



On motion, the convention adjourned, 

 subject to the call of the Executiv-^ 

 Committee. 





