, 1872-12-06
INDIANAPOLIS.

The EOrt3l American Bee.Keepcrss
6?eEve1stion-Second Days Proceed.
ings.
Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Dec. 5.-The North Amer
ican Bee-Keepers met to-day, and resolved that
the transactions shall be published in the sev-
eral bee journals and agricultural papers, It was
suggested that to wait for q pamphlet copy was
q little slow in this age of the daily press.
The subject Of keeping bees On every farm
and suburban home came up in its order.
Dr.. Bahrer would take the position that bees
should be kept on every farm, and, to come e1-
tent, in suburban homes. Bee pasturage must
be provided when nature does not supply it in
abundance. Buckwheat and white and Alsiki clover
are the most desirable for this purpose. The
Asik clover is only valuable on vet lands in
this part Of the country.
Mr.. Pope, Of Indiana, WAS satisfied that bee
culture WAS not profitable in all parts Of the
country.
Hlr. ). Y. Smith, Of Ohio, was an advocate Of
the Alsiki clover He made several cuttings
during the SEASON, and each time the clover pro-
duced new crop OF flowers. He thus kept his
bees constantly at work.
hIr. Dunlap would advocate the keeping Of
bees on every farm, and at every suburban
home. That, to make it possible in all places,
there must be provided honey-bearing. plants.
He would say to the commercial bee keepers,
that they must expect loss In price as sugars
and syrups become cheaper.
Mrs. Tupper gave large number of instances
Of successful bee-keeping by women, and would
urge it as an important industry by the wives
and daughters OF the rural population. Several
voted that the question had been ably argued in
the affirmative.
"What Caused the Loss Of Bees Last Winter2"
was next taken in hand. The Society was op-
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that they died "by the visitation of God"
Mr. Zimmerman had theory that the long
winter. which kept them indoors, was the cause.
Mr. Hoagland, of Pennsylvania, had his bees
apart in the cellar, and part on their summer
suffered. TIE loss was 81 100 worth Of bees.
He ventilated above, aud very little below.
Mr.. Moore fed part Of his swarms on sugar,
and these lived, while the others, not SO fed,
died + bees had an opportunity t9 fly out 2 once \;
evident there must have been some poisonous
property in the honey. The question was left
in an unsatisfactory state In feeding bees, he
puts syrup of sugar in bottles, with muslin
cloth over the mouth Of the bottle. The bottle
is reversed, when the bees will use it for both
food and comb. The large papalon stocks euf-
fered more than the small ones, simply from the
fact that they accumulate more moisture.
Several parties stated that bees gathered
honey from certain plants and passed b others;
that is, q SWARM may gather from white clover,
while another cid so from buckwheat The
ventilation Of bees Was warmly discussed, and
resulted in showing great variety Of expert
nents, with contradictory results, aud nothing
new was developed.
Mr. .. L. Adair read an essay on 'The Ulti-
mate Capacity Of the Bee." The present hive
contains about 1900 cubic inches, and the NUM-
ber Of bees is about 600. Bees live, on an av-
Of eggs daily, in some instances, IN average Of
5000 eggs during ten days. Mr. Adair had
counted 78, 600 bee larvm at one time. in one
hive, and, as the bees hatch in twenty days, this
that time. With the use Of the honey
extraction We may treble the quantity Of honey
over the ordinary yield. In some instances bees
build foot Of comb per day, even in the COM
mon hive, and at this rate they would a construct
enough comb in ninety days for 300 pounds.
He took the ground that our hives are too small,
as they have not room in the brood chamber to
give full employment to the queens.
The Treasurer reported rs cents Of funds on
h.nd, which is 8 better showing than the
majority Of similar organizations are able to
present.
SIS the italian Superior to the Common Black
Bee? z" DR.. Loens was most decidedly in favor Of
the Italian.
Dr.. Bohrer had italian and black bees and
while the Italians gave large quartity Of
surplus honey, the black colonies gave no eur-
plus.
Mrs. Upper stated that her italian Colonies
uuQ Ceeu 1Iee 1Iuu Lue po6 HULL ZOE tu6 past
three years, and she hadno robbers, but whether
this is an innate virtue or not, she would not
say. She gave poor character to the native
black bee, and it is probable that they are yield
ing the ground to the italian.
DR.. Bohrer had found some trouble with the
autumn swarming Of the italian. In order to
prevent this, he took the old queen from the
hive. The effect of the italian queen on col
onies of black bees, by giving them change Of
that it is quite necessary to change our bees, let
it be by only exchanging colonies with those at .
distance. There was q decided difference Of
opinion as regards the dociltY and domestic
virtues Of the Italians, which are more irasci
ble during swarming, and more disposed to rob
than the black bees.
Mr.. King, Of Kentucky, had taken 286 pounds
OF comb honey from colony of black bees, and
that exclusive Of the weight of frames or boxes.
Italian heA and ifa crnEEea 1Yera EanerellY