AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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The next Annual Convention will be held 

 at Saint, Joseph, Mo., on Oct. 16, 17, and 

 18, 1894. To avoid confusion at the time of 

 the meeting and just before, members, or 

 those who wish to become such, are re- 

 quested to forward their annual Dues 

 ($1.00) at the earliest date possible, to the 

 Treasurer of the Association, Mr. George 

 W. York, 56 Fifth Avenue, Chicago, 111., 

 who will return a neat membership-card. 

 Those who attend the convention are re- 

 quested to present membership-cards and 

 secure badgies. 



State or local apiarian societies paying 

 an annual affiliation fee of $5.00 receive 

 medals to be given to their own members 

 as prizes ; and delegates appointed by these 

 societies to attend the conventions of the 

 North American receive membership-cards 

 and badges free. 



For further information address : 



Frank Benton. 

 Secretary North American Bee-Keepers^ ,•!*■*•'/(, 



Washington, D. C. 



The foregoing statement and appeal is so 

 clear and emphatic, that it hardly seems 

 necessary for us to say more than that we 

 fully endorse it. We ought to build up a 

 grand international bee-association, and 

 the only way to do it, is for each bee-keeper 

 on the continent to become a member, and 

 thus enjoy the great benefits that will in- 

 evitably result from a large and representa- 

 tive membership. 



We are now ready to receive your dues 

 for 1894. 



Salvation and Honey.— One of 

 our exchanges says it is •' indebted to Rev. 

 P. H. Bodkin, of Hanford, Calif., for this 

 bit of experience:" 



I had a unique experience last Sunday at 

 Grangeville. I preached a sermon in a 

 church whose walls are filled with " little 

 bees and honey." For three years the bees 

 have had possession, and all efforts to rout 

 them have been futile. Like the sparrows 

 of David's time, they have "a house for 

 themselves " in God's temple, and there 

 they doubtless will remain as long as the 

 church stands. There are three swarms in 

 possession, each having a side to itself. 

 When the thermometer rises to 105 degrees, 

 and it does very frequently, then the honey 

 begins to run. It stands in pools about the 

 foundation. It is readily caught in pans 

 from this natural extractor. We do not 

 know that Pastor Crist and his wife are 

 alarmed over the prospect of what an ex- 



tra hot day might do in melting down the 

 amber walls of their church, and flooding 

 them out with flowing streams of honey. 



The bears in the mountains may get a 

 scent of that church some night, and then 

 there will be lively times around the par- 

 sonage. 



The pastor would, no doubt, like to have 

 the honey if he could get it without tear- 

 ing down the church, and that would hardly 

 pay. It looks as if the bees were there to 

 stay, and will pay for their lodgings by 

 keeping the pastor and congregation " very 

 sweet." 



What great church-going '' little people " 

 bees are ! And what a glorious church the 

 above must be, with its •' streams " of sal- 

 vation and honey " flowing " freely for all! 



ISee-Keeping- in Oeoi-g-ia. — Mr. 



A. H. Homburg, of Maryland, has sent us 

 the following clipping from the Valdosta 

 Telescope, a Georgia newspaper, which may 

 be of interest. The Mr. Duncan mentioned 

 is one of our subscribers, and likely will be 

 surprised to read the item in the Bee Jour- 

 nal. Here it is: 



In naming the industries of DuPont, a 

 few weeks ago, I omitted one that we can 

 boast of more than any other, that is Dun- 

 can & Conrad's apiary. They have at this 

 place 275 colonies, besides they have 100 or 

 more colonies some three or four miles be- 

 low, and some three or four miles above, 

 consequently their bees have the range of 

 the swamps for eight or ten miles, this 

 place being situated on the large Suwan- 

 noochee creek. The swamp is filled with 

 wild flowers two-thirds of the year, conse- 

 quently it is the best adapted place for the 

 bees to secure honey in all this section of 

 the State. 



Beginning about Dec. 20th, the soft maple 

 comes in, then next comes the tyty, about 

 the middle of February the toopler gums, 

 March 1st black-gum, April and May the 

 gallberry, representing the largest yield, 

 and making the finest grade of honey. 



Mr. Duncan, the manager, has made this 

 business a study. They started here four 

 years ago with five colonies, and have in- 

 creased from season to season until now 

 they have the largest business of this kind 

 we know of in the State, which requires 

 almost all their time. Besides, Mr Dun- 

 can has invented a self-hiver, and he can 

 sit off in the shade and watch the bees hive 

 themselves without any assistance from 

 him whatever. 



Their honey-house is 14x24 feet, and they 

 can carry in 1,000 pounds of honey, bees 

 and all, and sit down, and in two hours' 

 time the bees pass out through the gauze- 

 wire bee-escape. They put up the honey 

 in one-pound sections, then after carrying 

 it through the rejector, etc., with 48 sec- 

 tions to a case, it is ready for shipping. 



