The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-01-20

J. A. Gundy: These are criminals
and ought to be prosecuted.
Prof. Freas: Oleomargerine is as
healthful as some butter. Butterine is
more desirable product and is made
from oleomsrgerine and butter churn-
ed in milk. It looks like butter and is
difficult even chemically to distinguish
II from butter.
At this stage the meeting adjourned
to 1880 p. m.
The debate in regard to the part
taken by the Grangers in securing the
passage Of the oleomargrine law was
kept up during the recess. and the ex-
citement for the time was intense.
The afternoon session was devoted
to the discussion of bee culture and
fruit cnl,ure. H. H. Brown of light
street. read paper entitled "Notes on
Bees He first gave an account Of
bee culture among the anoients, and
their introduction 10 this country. Be.
fore the introduction of the movable
hive little Was known of the inside
workings of the hive. The bees that
were first introduced in this country
Q670) we're the common black bee.
The Italian or yellow bees were intro.
duced into this country by the Agrlcul-
tural Department In 1860. Then fol
lowed directions for the care of bees
during each month of the year. Dur
ing January and February little can be
done with bees besides keeping the en-
trance to the hive from being closed mp
by dead bees, ice and show. During
the warm days of March those colonies
which have died or became very weak
should be removed from the stand or
closed up to prevent the other bees
from robbipg If they have been
wintered in the cellar they should dur
ing warm days be carried to the sum
mer stand and returned at night Dur
ing April bees carry In considerable
pollen and raise many young bees, and
consequently consume large qusntit,es
of honey and many colonies will starve
for stores. before the beekeeperis is aware
of it, When found short of honey
feed them each night few spoonful-
of syrup made of 2 parts grauula ed
sugar and one part water heated to the
boiling point, continue feeding till
honey enough to supply their wants
can be gathered. Large numb"rs of
young bees are reared this month to
replace the old ones that are now rapid
ly dim niehing. Nav j. the most favor
able time TO transfer from box hives to
movable frame hives. If the colony is
strong and honey comes in rapidly, put
on sections for surplus, or the bees will
store honey in the brood chamber and
deprive the queen of space to lay.
June is the busy month for the bee
keeper. Every hive should be supplied
with ample room to store surplus honey.
When one set of surplus boxes is full
replace it with another, if colony
casts swarm and you do not want it
TO swarm any more, on the eighth day
after the first swarm issued open the
parent hive and remove all the queen
cells but one. Hive your swarms as
soon as they have clustered and when
all the bees are in, place the hive on
the stand where it is to remain, pro-
tect it from the heat of the sun for
few days by covering with boa'ds.
During July the flow Of honey except
where there is Eastwood, is small, and
care must be taken that the bees do
not begin robbing. During August
buckwheat seoretes its honey, and the
finished sections of white clover and
basswood hcnry should be removed,
nee that they have room enough TO
store the puckwheat honey. for it will
take but few days 10 fill the surplus
chambers. During Sept. bees gather
considerable honey from late buckwheat
asters, smartweed and golden rod.
After the flow of honey ceases, rem we
the surplus and feed all colonies short
Of stores, sugar syrup. Oct., prepare
your bees for win g. quarters by unit
ing weak colonies and cutting a hole
through the combs for winter passage,
contract the entrance to keep mice out,
zee that all colonies have a queen. II
any colony has more honey than needs
take out several combs. Give these
combs to those colonies short of stores,
pack them well in chaff or put in a
good cellar. Nov. should lind the bee
keeper with his bees all in winter
quarters. In December the bee begins
his winter repose.
| VIM. G. Follmer, of Milton, spoke
on "Care of the Honey Bee during
Winter and Spring" lie uses the chaf
hive, when the honey season is over he
removes all ths combs but s, contracts
the hive by moving up division board
and fills in with chaff and bores hole
through each comb. He examines the
hive every month and if short of stores
removes the empty cones and puts in
the full cones taken out in the fall, il
the colony becomes weak the hive is
contracted by removing combs and
moving up division boards. The hive
is contracted 30 that the colony can
better warm their quarters. He has
never lost colony that he stored in a
chaff hive.
VIM. McEwen of Millville, read a
} paper on "The best way of winteling
Bees. They should be kept in dry
dark place, with a atemperature ranging
from $50 to APO. Their entrau ces
should be closed by screens, they should
not be disturbed by daylight but visited
by candle light. On warm days carry
J to their summer stand, but return at
/ night. There Is no risk in wlntering
strong stock. 1t is waste of time to
, nurse weak colonies. If their supply
of honey is short place pieces of candy
near the entrance, candy is better than
sugar syrup.
RI In the discussion which followed
. Mr. Brown said that he never had any
success with chaff hives. Ants were a
pest. The chaff hive is too expensive
a costing from 50 to 81 while the com
mon hive costs about $l.25 To win
!, ter 81 colonies the material used cost,
I S25. Tried winteripg in cellar On,
a winter, and out of 23 saved one. Beei
0 should be jammed as little as possible
VIM. Follmer tried the common biv,
h and lost II out of l6 IN one winter
Ants are no greater pest in the chat