AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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^P~ Do not write anything for publication 

 on the same sheet of paper with business 

 matters, unless it can be torn apart without 

 interfering with either part of the letter. 



Bees are Booming'. 



We are having the best honey-flow 

 that we have had for years. The alfalfa 

 is furnishing more nectar than I ever 

 l<new it to yield before. Bees wintered 

 fairly well last winter. I have 65 colo- 

 nies now. There is about 25 acres of 

 alfalfa left for seed, all within one mile 

 of my bees. C. C. ZiNsr. 



New Windsor, Colo., July 15. 



Tansy Leaves Drive Ants Away. 



I I see from the Bee .Touknal, and 

 other sources, complaints about ants 

 troubling bees. I saw a statement in 

 the New York Voice, that "tansy leaves 

 will drive away ants." I laid the leaves 

 between the cloth and hive-cover, close 

 about the ant-nest, and on all trials in 

 24 hours all traces of the ant-pests were 

 gone. It has never failed with me. 



Marion, Ind. John Ratltff. 



Unfavorable Year for 



This year my bees are far behind, as 

 I have not taken or sold one pound of 

 honey yet. I have looked over the bees, 

 and find some honey that will do to take 

 in a week or two. Last year and year 

 before were bad honey years in this 

 locality, but this year is the worst I 

 have seen since I have kept bees. The 

 March freeze, the May snow, and the 

 dry weather at present, have played 

 havoc with the honey crop in this 

 locality. J. M. Pratt. 



Todd's Point, Ky., July 9. 



Buffalo Co., Nebr., Convention. 



Five or six of our bee-keepers invited 

 all the bee-keepers of Buffalo county to 

 meet on June 25th, in the City Hall at 

 Kearney, at 2 p.m. At the appointed 

 time there were present : A. Stedwell, 



Phil Brady, A. J. Scott, J. C. Knoll, 

 Frank Higgins, Wm. Travilpiece, B. O. 

 Getchell, A. W. Smith, J. W. Shahan, 

 and J. C. Pierce. 



A. Stedwell was elected temporary 

 Chairman, and J. W. Shahan Secretary. 



It was decided that we proceed to or- 

 ganize a bee-keepers' association, and 

 that the association be called the "Buf- 

 falo County Bee-Keepers' Association." 

 A Constitution and By-Laws were then 

 adopted. And annual dues were fixed 

 at 50 cents per annum, and oflScers 

 were elected as follows : 



President, A. Stedwell ; Vice-Presi- 

 dent, Wm. Travilpiece; Secretary, J. C. 

 Knoll ; and Treasurer, A. W. Smith. 



It was decided we hold a special meet- 

 ing on the last Saturday of each month, 

 at 2.m. The next meeting will be held 

 at Kearney, in the City Hall, on the last 

 Saturday in July. The place of each 

 successive meeting is to be determined 

 then. 



Information was wanted by Mr. Scott, 

 on how to prevent bees from robbing. 

 Several of those present replied. 



The ten members represented 72 colo- 

 nies. J. C. Knoll, Sec. 



Glenwood Park, Nebr., June 26. 



Too Dry for the Bees. 



We are having a poor honey year here, 

 having had no rain to speak of for about 

 two months. Bees are making a living, 

 but hardly anything more. The hives 

 are full of bees and brood. We have had 

 no swarming yet. I am hoping they 

 will not venture, as it is so dry. We 

 are hoping to get rain soon ; if we do, 

 we will have a big fall flow. A bad be- 

 ginning sometimes makes a good end- 

 ing. So we live in hopes that better 

 things are in store for us. 



N. E. Feakins. 



New Richmond, Wis., July 14. 



Rainy and Cold Season. 



I like to look over the reports pub- 

 lished in the Bee Journal from differ- 

 ent sections of the country ; in fact, I 

 like to read all there is in it, and do if I 

 have time. The prospect of even an 

 average crop of good, marketable honey 

 is not favorable, at least I know it is not 

 so in my case. Bees had been doing 

 well from about the middle of April to 

 the 18th of May. and the hives were 

 filled with brood, and a fair supply of 

 honey ; especially was this the case with 

 all good colonies. 

 I On May 18th it commenced with 



