Gleanings in bee culture . on of Exhibition Honey, men-tioned clean fresh combs, a well-crowdedhive, and well-ripened honey. Prof. H. A. Surface gave an interestingand much-appreciated address along the linesgiven at the late IN ational. Resolutions werepassed, asking for a more stringent enforce-ment of the pure-food law, and that suchterms as Pure Maple Syrup Mixture,Pure Honey Mixture, etc., be prohibited,as it was intended to veil adulteration. Aresolution was also passed, asking that dem-onstrations in bee-keeping and honey pro-duction, also showing forth the natural his-tory of the bee a
Gleanings in bee culture . on of Exhibition Honey, men-tioned clean fresh combs, a well-crowdedhive, and well-ripened honey. Prof. H. A. Surface gave an interestingand much-appreciated address along the linesgiven at the late IN ational. Resolutions werepassed, asking for a more stringent enforce-ment of the pure-food law, and that suchterms as Pure Maple Syrup Mixture,Pure Honey Mixture, etc., be prohibited,as it was intended to veil adulteration. Aresolution was also passed, asking that dem-onstrations in bee-keeping and honey pro-duction, also showing forth the natural his-tory of the bee at leading exhibitions, be en-couraged and asked for. Also that the vari-ous governments in their capacities be askedto give the same help and encouragementto bee-keeping that other branches of agri-culture were receiving. There has been an increase of 115 in themembership during the past year. Someother features of the Ontario convention willbe given later. Brantford, Canada. 5LL Iv^E^PING IN THE SOUTHWEST oby LOUIS SChOLL. SELECIING A LOCATlOxV FOR AN APIARY. There are several points to consider whenlocating out-apiaries; but 1 have had no trou-ble in locating mv present number of four-teen, besides getting locations for ten moreapiaries which will be put in next spiing. The prerequisite with me is sufficient hon-ey-yielding flora to warrant locating an api-ary in a locality, as it is my sole purpose toproduce as much honey as possible. Thebest location without the honey-producingflora would not profit me any thing. Permanent water is the next importantitem. The bees need a goodly supply of it atall times, and during heavy brood-rearmgthe lack of it would most certainly show inthe crop of honey secured. Besides, if wateris not supplied for the bees, endless troubleoften results from their going to neighboringwatering-places, which can not be is of great importance here in theSouth, especially— not only for the bees butfor the bee-keeper as well; hence I prefe
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