. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 740 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. J^ov. 25, Mr. Nice—I think it makes very little difference where they are put. Mr. France—A Rreat many bees live over winter. QuEs—What strain of bees is best for comb honey ? Mr. Evans—The black bees produce the whitest honey, and of course the most marketable. QuE8.—What age do the worker-bees attain ? Mr. France—I have experimented a good deal on this, and found at the end of 90 days over half the bees that were in the hive at the beginning of that period were still there. Mr. Ricks—I have put bees into the cellar that
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 740 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. J^ov. 25, Mr. Nice—I think it makes very little difference where they are put. Mr. France—A Rreat many bees live over winter. QuEs—What strain of bees is best for comb honey ? Mr. Evans—The black bees produce the whitest honey, and of course the most marketable. QuE8.—What age do the worker-bees attain ? Mr. France—I have experimented a good deal on this, and found at the end of 90 days over half the bees that were in the hive at the beginning of that period were still there. Mr. Ricks—I have put bees into the cellar that I knew were queenless, and came out in the spring about as strong as when put away in the fall. Mrs. Pickard—I have had a colony that I knew was queenless for a long time, that reared a queen. Mr. Dexter—It they will steal honey, why not steal eggs? Mr. Nice—I have had cases where a colony would remove eggs from one side of the hive to the other. Mr. Pickard—Is it possible for bees to carry eggs from one part of a hive to another? Mr. France—Yes, it is. Mr. Evans thinks there is great danger of having comb honey sour when the cells are too deep. The election of officers resulted as follows : President—N. E. I^rance, of Platteville; Vice-President Thos. Evans; Secretary—F. L. Murray, of Calamine; and Treasurer, D. Ricks. Mr. J. W. Van Allen read the following essay, on How to Succeed al Bee-Kcepiiis^. We as bee-keepers are all interested in the topic assigned me. Success is what we are all striving for—no difference what our vocation is, we wish to succeed, and especially to meet with financial success. What haven't men done? What won't they do to win it ? When men will stake the comforts of home, and life itself, and leave friends and relatives and brave the cold of the arctic regions and the privations attend- ant to gain the coveted prize, it would seem that to succeed financially is the main object in life. How to succeed in bee-keeping has bee
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