. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. IS98. THE AMEHICAN BEE JOURNAn. 375. Painting Hives.—W. C. Gathright says it may be all right in the East to have unpainted hives, but) in New Mexico " iin- paiuted hives are soon warpt, crackt and ; The German, Austrian and Hungarian Bee-Keepers' Association—the society which holds such large and enthusi- astic meetings as American bee keepers never dream of—will have its 43rd annual convention this year at Salzburg, Austria, Sept. 4 to 8. The Comb-Foundation Business is no small affair. In Revue Internationale Chas. Dadant &, So
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. IS98. THE AMEHICAN BEE JOURNAn. 375. Painting Hives.—W. C. Gathright says it may be all right in the East to have unpainted hives, but) in New Mexico " iin- paiuted hives are soon warpt, crackt and ; The German, Austrian and Hungarian Bee-Keepers' Association—the society which holds such large and enthusi- astic meetings as American bee keepers never dream of—will have its 43rd annual convention this year at Salzburg, Austria, Sept. 4 to 8. The Comb-Foundation Business is no small affair. In Revue Internationale Chas. Dadant &, Son report that their sales of foundation, which in 1S95 had gone down to 30,00<.) pounds, and in 1S96 to 28,000 pounds, in lb97 rose to 52,1)00 pounds. If it averaged eight feet to the pound, this would make the output of 1897 cover nearly eight acres of ground. Room to Prevent Swarming—Doolittle is very positive, (Progressive Bee-Keeper) that Quinby was right when he said " a large amount of room filled with empty combs will entirely prevent ; Doolittle says he has proved It hundreds of times, but says the room without the empty comb will not do. Editor Root stipulates that the empty comb must be given before the bees have contracted the swarming-fever. Taxing Bees.—In his county in Iowa, O. P. Miller says bees are put on the tax list and are valued at . a colony if a man has more than 10 colonies. He thinks this inconsis- tent, for the laws of Iowa say, "All animals over six months old shall be taxt according to their value, except dogs; they shall be taxt per capita;" according to which the queen is the only taxable member of the colony.—Progressive Bee-Keeper. Time for Sealing Brood—G. M. Doolittle takes R. C. Aikin to task (in ProgressiveBee-Keeper) for saying that when a queen is removed "the seventh day will find just about all the worker-brood ; He makes a general appeal to bee- keepers to make observati
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