. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 528 for the average bee-keeper, and that we should not be too ready to advise every- body to go into it. Dr. Parmly, New Fork, believed it was better to persuade intelligent per- sons to keep a few colonies. Mr. Jones, Canada, disagreed with Mr. Heddon and illustrated his argu- ment by the names and addresses of several persons, combining bee-keep- ing with other occupations. Prof. Cook, Mich., thought no one should keep bees who is not determined to make the business a success. Mr. Collins, Texas, thought it better in his locality to persuade others
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 528 for the average bee-keeper, and that we should not be too ready to advise every- body to go into it. Dr. Parmly, New Fork, believed it was better to persuade intelligent per- sons to keep a few colonies. Mr. Jones, Canada, disagreed with Mr. Heddon and illustrated his argu- ment by the names and addresses of several persons, combining bee-keep- ing with other occupations. Prof. Cook, Mich., thought no one should keep bees who is not determined to make the business a success. Mr. Collins, Texas, thought it better in his locality to persuade others to go into bee-keeping. C. O. Perrine, who had just arrived stated that he had made quite a number of attempts and failures in trying to conduct a floating apiary. He was now prepared to advise that bees be kept as far as possi- ble from large bodies of water. Last year he had lost all his working force of bees in two days from a cold wind, they fell into the water and perished. He has still a full belief in the migratory system, but will hereafter move his bees from the north to the south on the cars. This will only cost about $ for a car-load holding from two hundred to five hundred colonies. He intends to bring all his bees soutli in this way for the winter, and back north for the summer. He would come north about April 1, as no honey can be had in the south during the summer months. T. F. Bingham, of Mich., was called upon and gave his experience with migrating bees. He had found that the loss of brood was the most serious obstacle which he met with in shipping by rail. He had come to the conclusion that he would have lost less by leaving his bees at home in the north. Question by T. M. Marquis : What is the best method of securing straight combs? E. J. Oatman : By using foundation. L. M. Wainwright: Put the frames a little closer, or put an emptv frame between two full frames. J. L. Harris, lnd., moved that the evening session be held at the office of the American Be
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