■ STATE bee-keepers' ASSOCIATION. 8l 



~ Mr. Hutchinson — No. - ' 



Mr. Whitney— I should say yes, because I had some colo- 

 nies swarming three or four times. 



Dr. Miller — Did you cut out all but one? 



Mr. Whitney — I returned the queen, but cut out every ^ , 

 queen-cell. * 



Dr. Miller — That wasn't the question. 



Mr. Whitney — I have had that occur as stated in the 

 question, but not frequently. It did occur. 



Mr. Wilcox — I am inclined to think they would. If you 

 cut out all but one they will build more queen-cells if condi- 

 tions are favorable. 



"shook" swarming and comb honey. 



"Can shook or artificial swarming be successfully carried _ • 



on while producing comb honey in several out yards?" 



Mr. Smith — You can successfully shake your swarms, but 

 it will cut your honey crop short. You haven't the same 

 amount of bees to work in the sections when you divide a 

 colony. 



Mr. York — According to Mr. Smith the "shook" swarm- 

 ing is successful whether the honey crop is or not ! . , 



' reporting the honey crop. . 



"There is no honey exchange or 'trust' of bee-keepers 

 to protect me on the price or value of my honey, then why 

 should I give the amount of honey I produce to the public, 

 for the benefit of the tradesman?" 



Mr. Starkey — I would like to answer that by saying that 

 he would be compelled to do it for lack of time to peddle it , 

 out himself. He can get his price for the honey if he will 

 go to the consumers and give it to them in the quantity that 

 they want, but that takes time and labor. - . 



Mr. York — Why should he publish the total amount? 



Dr. Miller — I think possibly the question may refer to 

 this : It is a common thing each year for some of the large 

 dealers to send out questions to those who produce honey in 

 quantities, and find out how much honey they have. Asking 

 them what is the crop in their region. Why should I give 

 this advantage to these large buyers? 



Mr. Starkey — He should do it only for ignorance of his 

 own interest, because if he has a large crop — at least to give 

 them this knowledge would have a tendency to lower the mar- 

 ket price of this honey. If he informs the honey dealers that 

 there is a large crop they will be less inclined to bid high. 

 He would do it only through ignorance. / 



Mr. Whitney — This question brings to mind the report 

 I saw from the Rockford convention in northern Illinois, 

 That report gave information to dealers that the Northwest 

 here was flooded with honey, and that it could be bought 

 at ID cents a pound without any trouble at all; that people 

 were rushing about to give it away. It apparently came 

 from the report of that convention. It occurred to me that 



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