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swarms need be expected. Sometimes, 

 however, a colony that has reared a 

 young queen may be killing drones with- 

 out any falling off in the harvest, and 

 this will be no indication that other col- 

 onies may not swarm. Again it may 

 happen, as it did quite generally this 

 year, that early in the season the 

 weather may be such that there is a 

 general slaughter of drones, and a good 

 harvest coming afterward will bring a 

 fresh crop of drones as also swarming. 

 Unless buckwheat swarms are common 

 with you, you will not be likely to have 

 swarming this year. There are excep- 

 tions to all rules, and a droneless colony 

 might swarm, but I should not expect it. 



Wants the Honey in the Sections. 



I have a colony of bees with a young 

 Italian queen introduced last spring. 

 There is an abundance of honey coming 

 in, yet the bees will not work much in 

 the supers, although I baited them, but 

 till up every available space in the 

 brood-nest. There is only enough brood 

 in the hive to fill three or four frames, 

 and the other space is filled with honey. 

 Will feeding sugar syrup during a 

 honey-flow make the bees run the honey 

 from the frames into the sections, and 

 make the queen lay more ? or do you 

 think it is the fault of the queen ? What 

 had I best do to make them store the 

 honey in the sections? 



There will be more honey later on, 

 but not so white as that I am getting 

 now, which is from sourwood, and al- 

 most as clear as water. J. F. H. 



Brinkleyville, N. C. 



Answer. — Feeding sugar syrup may 

 help to start the queen laying when she 

 slacks up on account of scarcity of pas- 

 turage, but it will do no good in your 

 case, for your trouble seems to come 

 from plenty rather than scarcity. I am 

 really at a loss to know what is the 

 trouble if there is nothing wrong with 

 your surplus arrangements. Possibly 

 the fault may be with the queen. 



CONVENTION DIRECTORY. 



Prolital>le Bee-Keeping, by Mrs. 

 Atehley, will continue for some time in her 

 department of the Bee Journal, at least 

 each alternate week. Until further notice 

 we can furnish the back numbers from May 

 1st, beginning with her " Lessons," to new 

 subscribers who pay SI. 00 for a year's sub- 

 scription to the Bee Journal — that is, we 

 can commence their year with the number 

 having the first lesson, if they so desire. 



Time and place of meeting. 



1894. 

 Aug. 1.— Central California, at Hanford. Calif. 

 J. F. Fiery, Sec, Lemoore, Calif. 



Aug.16.— East Tennessee, at Whiteshurg.Tenn- 

 H. F. Colemau, Sec, Sneedvilie, Tenm 



Oct. 16-18.— North American. St. Joseph, Mo^ 

 Frank Benton, Sec, Washington, D. C. 



Sept. 11-1.3.— Nebraslia State, at Lincoln. 



L. D. Stilson, Sec, Yorlj, Nebr. 



Sept. 15.— S. E. Kansas, at Bronson, Kan. 



J. C. Balch, Sec. Bronaon, Kans. 

 1895. 

 Jan. 28.— Venango Co.. at Franlilin, Pa. 



C. S. Pizer, Sec, Franklin, Pa. 



Feb. 8, 9,— Wisconsin, at Madison, Wis. 



J. W. Vance, Cor. Sec, Madison, Wis. 



JI^~ In order to have this table complete, 

 Secretaries are requested to forward full 

 particulars of the time and the place of 

 each future meeting. — The Editor. 



North American Bee-Keepers' Association 



Pres.— Emerson T. Abbott St. Joseph, Mo. 



Vice-Pres.— O. L. Hershiser.... Buffalo. N. Y. 

 Secretary— Frank Benton. Washington, D. C. 

 Treasurer— George W. York... Chicago. Ills. 



National Bee-Keepers' Union. 



President— Hon. R. L. Taylor. .Lapeer, Mich. 

 Gkn'd Manager— T. G. Newman, Chicago, 111. 

 147 South Western Avenue. 



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