American bee journal . erent also aquestion-box. Bring your wives alonj/r. and pleaseinvite your neiKhbors who are Interested in bee-keepluK. to come with you. If you have anythinffnew, or that would be of interest In any way. of im-plements or fixtures, bring them, so that all may seethem. H. M. Seelev, Sec. tF The International Bee-Keepers Associationwill meet in the court-house, at Brantford. Ont.,Canada, on December 4. 5, and 6, 18Hy. All bee-keepersare Invited to attend, and State and Districtbee-keepers societies are requested to appoint del-egates to the convention. Full pa


American bee journal . erent also aquestion-box. Bring your wives alonj/r. and pleaseinvite your neiKhbors who are Interested in bee-keepluK. to come with you. If you have anythinffnew, or that would be of interest In any way. of im-plements or fixtures, bring them, so that all may seethem. H. M. Seelev, Sec. tF The International Bee-Keepers Associationwill meet in the court-house, at Brantford. Ont.,Canada, on December 4. 5, and 6, 18Hy. All bee-keepersare Invited to attend, and State and Districtbee-keepers societies are requested to appoint del-egates to the convention. Full particulars of themeetioK will be Kiven In due time. Anyone desirousof becomlnn a member, and receiving the last Annu-al Report bound, may do so by forwarding $(.i tothe Secretary. — U. F. Holtermann, Sec. Brant-ford, Canada. ^yf The Northern Illinois Bee-Keepers* Associa-tion will hold Its next meeting on Aue. 20, IK89, atH. Marshs. In Guilford Township, 4 miles northeastof Rocklord, Ills. D. A. Fltllek, Allowing for Droiic-Coinb inmaking Comb Foundation. WrUtcii for thcAitierican Bee Journal Subscribers who do not receive this paperpromptly, will please notify us at once. Query 647.—1. When a sheet of founda-tion 8x17 inches will stretch %. of an inch witha new swarm, where will the drone-combcome in ? 3. Ought not the 3i-inoh be allowedin rolling foundation ?—Ills. 1. Principallj along the edges. —M. Mahin. I do not think that I understandthis question.—A. J. CoOK. I have had little experience withfoundation.—Mrs. L. Harrison. 1. At the top, if Hotwired. 2. I thinknot.—G. L. Tinker. At the bottom, sides and top—thereis always room for drone-comb.—WillM. Babnum. Wire your frames, and you will havevery little trouble.—C. C. Miller. The drone-cells will be constructedaround the margin, and the bees willtake advantage of the stretched cells inthe foundation.—J. P. H. Brown. I never had foundation to stretchhalf that much. It should not. I


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