The Somerset reporter., 1885-09-02
Bee-Keepers Meeting.

Gently held M FAST Madison Il
Grange Hall. Gentlemen from dli
lcrcnt towns reported. giving iHdl
Nidual experience during the sci
son Mr.. Lawrence, Of Wellington.
Mintcrrd seven colonies and had
doubled his SNarmS. and Ill ale III
good condition. having nearly 2oo
pounds OF comb honey. Mi Reed
of Madison, is Il box hive mdu, and
keeps his bees III the oil My. He
got through the winter with ionI col
onlrS, and chen Increased Ia eleven
colonies. MIR. Reed had tled Il
modern ilamr hive 10 winter in tM
two o" three seasons. hnt tn bees
always died in itNh.lc those in The
box hives lived.
Mr.. W. II. Greeley, of Clinton,
began three years ago with one III
clcuS colony. and nov has - SWarnlS,
and has not losta swarm during tm
three winters ne has kept bees
Mr.. GrccleA's honey crop thiS Nem
is rising 25aO pounds III one pound
sections
Dr3rnu Rrr1 nt N5tfiS,n a
grandfather whose he d las crown
white in the husinpss. onyr ms tx.
pcricnce iii feeding a colony in TIL
winter. Before the winter was half
cone one OF his four colonies had
no honey. He fed them sugar s>r
up and brought them through all
rioht
Mr. : / Wood of H,iohton
started in tha sn,ino with 10 colo
MOS. hn sola Ia sv9ro,s and nov
had n sw.,rms Ills money rron
was ~ nnuuds nf ronh bnnry
Mr. Leonard Ward. of BRIGHTON
had six colonies which had ,ln,IblrJ
and m,de considerable comb honey.
and b,I ,,ov , nnn l,m,unt nf han.
rv in thr brood combs His bees
w.rn n cross hntwren fin. Italian
nne common black bees.
Mr. HAYDEN. of North Madison.
started with two Swarns in the
surinp-had increased to sixteen
stron1 swarms. containing ON an
nyerare seven frames of brood. and
4 honey product of 400 bounds of
eytractcd honey.
Mr. Orriu DYER. 81, Harmony.
commenced with bees TWO year, ago
by eapturinu a swarm from Il huSn.
This wear had increased to ten
swaims and procured about 30
-
Mr. Isaac IIutchins. of yelling.
TON secretary of the Association
wintcrrd 36 Swa1ms. but all dwin-
died badly. so thai he had ONLY
about Is colonies for effective force.
His honey crop WAS about 100
hounds with honey sufficient to
winter his colonies "oinu into win.
ter quarters. His stock NOW counts
up to GS colonies
Mr.. Mark Hobart, Madison. hau
found much difficulty in wintcling.
Succeeded in getting only one weak
stock through last winter. which
had Swarmed and 9th had cot in
GOOD condition for winter.
Mrs. +. NJ. Dean, of East Madi
son. wintered three colonies. one in
very weak condition in spring,
which produced about 100 pounds
of honey and has four colonies to
winter.
Mr.. w. IL. Norton OF North Mad.
ison, runs his apiary for queen rear
inc and sale of bees His apiarv
was in poor shape for producing
honey. He believes in wintering
in the cellar. and takes pains to Get
proper ventilation through under.
ground pipes. The temperature of
the cellar was some of the time as
low as 80. lie placed division
boards in the hives to contract the
space.
Mr.. Hutchins wintcrcd his bees
in chatf hives out of doors. Con.
tracts the space to four or six frames
frames WIN Il o'iia' 4hiit WIN
chah CUSHIONS over H. lie nciieNeu
the entrance coliIu DE closed 10 au
vantage through 'nc coolest wealth.
er WIN canvass wilich Woilid keep
on. Tue coio' put sun au'iil llie an
MT Leonard war" OF hrlSl1'oh'
began III ,,e SPri''? WIN io"r colo
mes. ooia 1o'lr colonies lor hi'eeh
uo'iars' iia" 9Sht TO WINTER
1u,'c I,ah'''H Vi oo'''p money
MIS- " imam i1a"le''ct Vi " GU
ihgtoh' ios' quite heaVIlS last WIN
Ter ana SP,''iS' started III win
ABOUT nucleus coio'''cS ana TWO
lalr s"ariilS' liicIeaSeu 10 hiIeeil