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NINTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



less, rain during the honey season this 

 year than last? 



Mr. Cavanagh — More; last year was 

 '.a drier season. 



Mr. Moore — Can we get anything in- 

 structive on this, about the question 

 of this being sweet clover honey? I 

 am prejudiced against sweet clover 

 honey, and I want to know whether 

 ripe sweet clover honey will act worse 

 than any other ripe honey? I have 

 known Mr. Cavanagh's honey was 

 largely sweet clover, and Mr. Dadant, 

 near the Mississippi river, don't have 

 sweet clover honey. 



Mr. Dadant — We have a little, but 

 not much. 



Mr. Huffman — I am with Mr. Dadant 

 in regard to the honey question; if you 

 have the honey thoroughly seasoned, I 

 don't care what kind it is, it is not go- 

 ing to sour; but if you take it where 

 it is not seasoned, and put together 

 and extract it, you are very apt to 

 have a little trouble with that honey. 

 I had quite a little bit of sour honey 

 about ten years ago; I left it on and 

 supposed it was ripe all right, and put 

 it in barrels, and the top of those bar- 

 rels would get thin; it got sour, and 

 I had to use it to feed. 



Mr. Kannenberg (exhibiting some 

 honey in bottles) — This honey granulat- 

 ed inside of a week; that is what I 

 dissolved yesterday. If anybody tastes 

 it, he will know that it is sour; that 

 was granulated inside of a week after 

 it was extracted. In the small bottle 

 is the foam that was on top. 



Mr. Thompson — ^Was the honey all 

 sealed over, or what portion of it was 

 unsealed ? 



Mr. Kannenberg — All sealed over; 

 every comb was sealed, and S'O thick I 

 could hardly extract it. 



Mr. Cavanagh — I have noticed, a 

 great many times, that honey that is 

 taken late in the fall, if there is any 

 possible chance for water to get into it, 

 it will ferment a little in the comb; it 

 may be ripened and still draw mois- 

 ture, and if it draws moisture, it may 

 ferment. 



A Member — ^I would like to ask this 

 gentleman where he kept this honey, 

 after he extracted it? 



Mr. Kannenberg — ^I put my honey up 

 in the attic, a pretty warm place. 



Mr. Baxter — I believe the whole 

 trouble with that honey is the source 

 from which it is gathered; there is 

 fruit juice in it; that is what makes 



the trouble — not the ripening of the 

 honey or the bunging of it up; it is the 

 contents in that honey. 



President York — Probably the kind 

 of honey is what caused the trouble. 



Best Hive -Cover. 



"What is the best cover for hives?" 



Dr. Bohrer — I have a number of dif- 

 ferent kinds of covers for hives, and 

 very few of them have been satisfac- 

 tory. Of course, if we can attend to the 

 matter of giving them a coat or two 

 of paint every spring, they will hold 

 out better, but a great many of' us 

 do not do that. I find I skip them 

 every • two or three years. I have 

 found what is termed the "Acme" hive, 

 and I think that is the best; it has a 

 cover of galvanized iron; I put imme- 

 diately under the iron a few thick- 

 nesses of newspaper; I think it is not 

 so hot in summer, and will be a better 

 protection in winter; it telescopes over 

 the -top of the hive, and the part that 

 forms the telescope ought not to be 

 made out of very thin lumber; % of 

 an inch, or % of an inch wouVl be 

 better. I advise bee-keepers, in look- 

 ing after covers, to look after that 

 imatter. You get down to % of an 

 inch lumber, it is too thin; % or % 

 lumber, a well-painted cover with gal- 

 vanized iron — you have something that 

 will stay with you. 



Mr. Macklin — I have used California 

 red-wood for ten years. I speak only 

 as to durability; those covers never 

 warped; they are just as good as the 

 day they were made. I gave them two 

 coats of paint when they were made, 

 and have never painted them since. 

 They have given good service, as far 

 as lasting is concerned. 



Dr. Miller — A single board? , 



Mr. Macklin — A single board; two 

 boards made out of 8-inch stuff; there 

 is a ridge board over the joint. 



Dr. Miller — ^Where did you get that 

 lumber? 



Mr. Macklin — From a local lumber 

 yard. 



Dr. Miller — I believe you have right 

 there a very important topic, for a 

 man to say that he had a single board 

 cover that didn't warp. If you can 

 have a single board cover of red-wood 

 that will not warp, it is of importance 

 to us to know it. 



Mr. Macklin — I have had it in use 

 for ten years, and you can lay a square 





