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hour.s i.'acli liiiu-, ami "surpirscd the na- 

 tives" l)y the way he handled the bees. 

 I [e says "it is easy eiiotigh when you 

 know how." which, nf course, is quite 

 right. 



-Mr. llnickauip is a ihnrough-guinK 

 hee-kecper, atid is also one of the direc- 

 tors of the Xational Bee-Keepers' Asso- 



ciation. He expects to attend the De- 

 troit convention with Mrs. Holckamp. 



Let no one think that the foregoing 

 are all the persons who will be presetit, 

 as not one person in a dozen will take 

 the trouble to write the Secretary and 

 say that he is going : besides, many 

 <lon't make up their minds to go until 

 the verv last moment. Xotice the num- 



Some National Convention Folks 



The following persons have indicated 

 tliat they expect to attend the coming 

 .Xational Convention .-it Detroit: 



ife. I'ettit. S. T. 

 fe. Phillips. K. F. 



Rice. M. M. and wife. 



Koot. A. I. 



Root, E. R. 



Koot. H. R. 



Sims. Jno. S. 



Smith, C. F. and wife. 



Smith, F. H. and wife. 



Soper. W. D. 



Strittmattcr, F. J. 



Tyrrell. E. B. 



Taylor, R. L. and wife. 



Townsend, E. U. and wif 



Tyrold, John 

 ife. Thompson. Decker 



Werner. Louis 



Wilcox. Franklin 



White, W. G. 



Williamson. Geo. T. and 



Wood. A. D. D. 



Wrieht. W. D. 



York, Geo. W. 



ber of ladies that are to be present. 

 There will be more ladies at this con- 

 vention that have ever before graced 

 a convention with their presence. Come, 

 and bring your wife — if you have one. 

 W. Z. Hltchin-son, Sec. 

 Xdt'l. Bcc-Kccl>crs' Association. 



Conducted by EMMA >I. WILSON. .Mai 



Uniting Colonics for Wintering. 



■ De.M! Miss Wilson: — I had such good suc- 

 cess last spring by following your advice in 

 regard to swarming, that I again come to 

 you for advice. 



I had 5 fine swarms. 4 of which I treated 

 according to directions on page 70, with com- 

 plete success. The fifth colony had such 

 crooked combs that I could not get a frame 

 of brood out without tearing up the brood- 

 ncst, so I hived them in the ordinary way. 



But this season has been a complete failure 

 as regards honey-gathering. During white 

 clover bloom it continued cold and rainy, and 

 the bees barely made a living. We had a 

 tine bloom of sumac, but it seemed to yield 

 very little nectar. I do not expect any sur- 

 l>lus and shall have to feed, but it is not the 

 fault of the bees, for they are scurrying after 

 every flower they can see. I do not think this 

 can be a very good honey locality. When we 

 had .1 or 4 colonies we could take about 80 

 pounds of surplus. Last year with 13 colo- 

 nies we got a little over 300 pounds. I should 

 like to double them up as advised by Dr. 

 -Miller and A. \. Root, page 1308 of Cilean- 

 ings, making 6 or 7 colonies from the 13. If 

 I place one hive above another with wire 

 netting between for a few days till tli,?y ac- 

 'juire the same scent, then remove the net- 

 ting, should I place an excluder between 

 the hives to keep the (jueens apart, or re- 

 move one queen, or let them fight it out 

 themselves? In the pile of hives you some- 

 times have, you allow but one queen, and I 

 should think that would be the case in uniting 

 -: or more colonies. W'ould the united colonies 

 raquire as much feed for wintering as if each 

 were on separate stands? 



fMrs.) Frances Thompson. 



Manes. Mo.. Sept. 4. 



If you have any choice of queens you 

 can remove the inferior one; if not, it 

 will be all right to let them fight it 

 ought. But unless the colojiy in the 

 upper story is very weak, you must give 

 them some chance for flight while above 

 the wire-cloth. You can do this by push- 

 ing the cover hack, leaving just room 

 for the bees to get out. 



Decidedly the united colony will not 

 require as much feed as the two sepa- 

 rate, and be safe to winter, too. 



She Got It Kerwiiack. 



A dear old lady from Saranac. 

 Said as she stroked a bee's back. 



"Vou dear little thing. 



I am sure you won't sting." 

 Just then she got it kerwhack ! 



"Among the Saccharine Hives." 



A tiiuch-esteemed sister has sent a 

 newspaper clipping, "The honey-flow ; 

 Among the Saccharine Hives in July." 

 It v\as published in the Manchester 

 Guardian, and the Boston Transcript 

 thought well enough of the article to 

 copy it. Too bad that its length pre 

 vents its presentation in full in this de- 

 partment : but a few random excerpt>' 



are given, partly to ^llovv how poetic 

 one may be on the subject of bees, and 

 partly to show how one may draw upon 

 one's iitiagination for part of one's 

 facts : 



"It is a wonderful sight, this honey-flow — 

 one long crowded hour of glorious life. The 

 bees no longer- come out as single spies or in 

 random clusters, but in whole battalions. By 

 noon, when the neighborhood of the hives is 

 tilled with a delicious pungent odor of honey, 

 they pour out of the entrance in a blaelc, 

 nmrmuring stream, leaving just a neat, narrow- 

 way for those returning laden from the fields. 



"All day long there is a joyous hum which 

 rises and falls with the sun. In the early 

 morning it is fresh and faint, bi'ing scarcely 

 audible. But as the day advances it flutters 

 up from octave to octave, rising at times to 

 a pitch of ecstasy. Then as the afternoon 

 wanes there is a crescendo, followed by a lull, 

 which sinks at evening into a low monotoire 

 of droning content, 



"The baby bees, just out of their cells, 

 are also pressed into the service. They must 

 make their maiden trip in search of honey, for 

 no one can be spared. 



"For the bee-keeper this is a glad but an.xious 

 time. All his sections are ready and scented 

 with tnint and lavender to lure the be;s up 

 into them." 



Arabella -Love Amos. 



Mrs. Arabella Love Amos was the 

 oldest of five children born during the 

 6o's, of Scottish parentage, to John and 

 Barbara Love, in Wisconsin. Mr.. Love 

 had travelled widely in oriental coun- 

 tries and spent much of his titne lectur- 

 ing on two continents. Mrs. Love died 

 when Mrs. Amos w-as about 9 years of 

 age, and Mr. Love returned to Scot- 

 land, where the children were educated. 

 Upoti the death of Mr. Love, some 10 

 years later, Mrs. Amos, being the old- 

 est of the family, thought it best to 

 return to this country, where she mi- 

 grated to Custer Co., Neb., and took 

 land and proceeded to establish a home 

 for the rest of the family. The next 

 few years were spent largely in teach- 

 ing school, for which she was particu- 

 larly fitted, and at which she was very 

 -uccessful. In 1891 she was married 

 10 Mr. Z. D. Amo.s, an exemplary young 

 man of more than ordinary financial 

 ability, and together they acquired sev- 

 eral hundred acres of land. 



Mr. and Mrs. Amos, besides having 

 3 dauchters of their own. have made, 

 at different times, a home for several 



.M RS. A. L. Amos. 



