. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 876 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. "Will bees produce as much honey where queen-excluding zinc is used, as they will without?" It makes no differ- ence in the amount. The members present expressed a wish that the next meeting be held in Middlebury, in January, 1895. The convention then adjourned. The attendance was good, the interest unwavering, and the meeting as a whole was one of the best that the Secretary ever attended. H. W. Scott, t^~ Do not write anything for publication on tlie same sheet of paper with business matters, unless it can b
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 876 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. "Will bees produce as much honey where queen-excluding zinc is used, as they will without?" It makes no differ- ence in the amount. The members present expressed a wish that the next meeting be held in Middlebury, in January, 1895. The convention then adjourned. The attendance was good, the interest unwavering, and the meeting as a whole was one of the best that the Secretary ever attended. H. W. Scott, t^~ Do not write anything for publication on tlie same sheet of paper with business matters, unless it can be torn apart without interfering with either part of the letter. Justly Indignant—Wintering- Well. Although only a beginner in apiculture. I feel a sense of indignation at the thought of honest honey-producers advocating the practice of keeping still and letting honey adulterators pursue their fraudulent work unmolested, thereby giving consumers ground for classing all honey-producers with such vile workers. I, for one, am happy to see the Bee Journal crying out against it. Bees are wintering well on the summer stands. Mrs. Ida M. Statt. Blaine, Wash., Feb. 21. Hesults of the Fast Season. This winter the mercury has ranged from 40 to 70 degrees the most of the time, and the bees on the summer stands have been flying. I started in last spring with 7 colonies, and they did not do much but swarm—2 to 3 swarms from each hive, and some of the early swarms swarmed again, making 27 colonies to go into winter quarters. I got 201 sections of comb honey, making an average of 29 pounds per colony, spring count, and increased 200 per cent.—all Italians. Well, about the price of honey: I never sell any for less than 25 cents a pound at home, except when I ship it, or for .5-pound lots 1 get .$, and that is the bottom price for full sections; if not full, 1 sell according .to quality. We have no white clover or Alsike here, but there are about a dozen linden trees in our village th
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