. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Dec. 5, 1901. AMERICAN BEE JOUPNAL 783 but a half-dozen colonies. In most apiaries there are some colonies that will produce lit- tle or no honey if run for comlj exclusively'. Some colonies seem determined not to work in sections. If such colonies were at once };iven plenty of extracting-cumbs they would comnaence filling them immediately, and prove much more profitable than if compelled to work in sections. " Locality '" may "play its part " in this case, as it does in manj- other instances. In many rural districts, where but few
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Dec. 5, 1901. AMERICAN BEE JOUPNAL 783 but a half-dozen colonies. In most apiaries there are some colonies that will produce lit- tle or no honey if run for comlj exclusively'. Some colonies seem determined not to work in sections. If such colonies were at once };iven plenty of extracting-cumbs they would comnaence filling them immediately, and prove much more profitable than if compelled to work in sections. " Locality '" may "play its part " in this case, as it does in manj- other instances. In many rural districts, where but few bees are kept, and where, there are no larsje producers, extracted honey bringsnearly or ciuite as much as comb—these are the places where the houey-extractor should be doing duty. If our large producers could get as much for extracted as for comb honey, I don't think they would do very much puttering with sections. Hampshire Co., Mass. A. E. CONVENTION NOTICES. THE Vermont—The State Horticultural Socialv and the Vermont Bee-Keepers* Association,wil hold a ioint meeting: at Verg'ennes, Dec. IT and IS. I90i; M. F. Cram, Sec. , Vt. New York.—There will be a bee-keepers" con. pention (annual) held in Canandaigua, N. Y., DV the Ontario , Bee-Keepers' Associa- li'od, Dec 12 and l.». I'HU. Naples, Greinek, Sec. iWichigan.—The Michigan State Bee-Keepers' .Association will meet in convention at Petos- key, Jan. 1 and i, I'lOJ. This promises to be the most largely atteudeil meeting of the Associa- tion in year's. You are invited to attend. Re- duced rates on all railroads; tickets can be bought Dec. 30 and Jan. 1. good to return not later than Jan. 4. There will be no set program, but another of our '"open congress " meetings. Those who have attended in the past know what that means, and those that don't should come and find out. A novel <iesign for badge has been ordered in honor of "
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