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THIRD ANNUAL REPORT 



Pres. York — You haven't sent any td St. Jo, Missouri? 



Mr. Whitney — I believe I ought to. J 



Mr. Niver — Mr. Baldridge and I are working along the 

 same line. I am working here in Chicago putting in gran- 

 ulated honey. I am right in a Swedish neighborhood, and 

 they tell me of that yellow Swedish honey. They say it is 

 the finest honey in the world. It doesn't suit my taste A 

 good many prefer the granulated honey and I give them their 

 choice. 



Pres. York — Mr. Josephson has a sample here, and he 

 asked me what kind it was. I couldn't tell except I called it 

 granulated Spanish-needle honey. It is heather honey. 



Mr. Niver — The Swedish people like it granulated, and 

 use it like butter. I have quite a percentage of families that 

 take it that way from choice. 



Dr. Miller — While this is here, let me mention one point 

 in which it differs from any honey we have in this country. 

 I am not sure about Sweden. In some places the heather 

 honey cannot be extracted. 



Mr. Josephson — They can extract it, but the reason is 

 that they are very backward in bee-keeping. It can be ex- 

 tracted if it is done about three or four weeks after being 

 gathered, but if it stays in the cold it granulates right in the 

 hive, and it stays granulated if kept until the next year. By 

 this you can see whether they had honey the year before. It 

 will never go back to the liquid form. 



Dr. Miller — I understand the honey was always in that 

 shape even before extracted. The only way to get it out is 

 to press it. 



Mr. Josephson — They smash up the combs, and put it in 

 a strainer, then keep the honey three, four or five weeks in a 

 room where it is warm. 



FALL ITALIANIZING OF BEES. 

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"Who thinks the fall a good time to Italianize a colony 

 of bees?" 



Pres. York — How many think so? Raise hands. Eight. 



Mr. Smith — My experience is that you usually have 

 young, vigorous bees for the spring work by Italianizing in 

 the fall. That has been my experience. You have better 

 results. 



Mr. Hutchinson — Mr. Smith has just about told it. You 

 have young, vigorous bees, and you will have more young 

 bees to go into winter with. That queen is right in her 

 prime, and that queen will build up quicker. You can get 

 queens cheaper then; they are easier reared in the best of 

 the season. I prefer to Italianize in the fall. 



Mr. Wilcox— How late in the fall in this State? 



Mr. Hutchinson — I wouldn't want to wait too late to rear 

 the queen. I wouldn't care if it was in October, but I 

 wouldn't want to rear a queen that late. 



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