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showers, and finally set in for a steady 

 rain, which lasted until the 25th, and 

 even rained some that day, but as some 

 of my colonies were ready to swarm, and 

 as the sun broke through the clouds, out 

 they came, and the next day two more 

 swarmed, and still the 27th two more. 

 Then a steady cold rain commenced, and 

 lasted six days, and even then when it 

 stopped raining, the bees swarmed, with 

 not even one pound of honey in the hive, 

 but all other preparations were com- 

 plete. 



May 25th is as early as I have ever 

 had a swarm here, and only in one in- 

 stance have I ever had a swarm earlier 

 than the above — that was the 20th of 

 May, when I was in Oswego county. I 

 have resided here (Allegany county) 37 

 years, and in fact I have had bees every 

 year since my 9th birthday, when my 

 father gave me my first colony — about 

 58 years ago. But all this time I have 

 had other business. 



During this long term with the bees I 

 have learned many pleasing and inter- 

 esting lessons. I have always, from the 

 commencement, taken an interest in 

 bees and their various operations, and 

 claim to have been a close observer of 

 their natures and habits. I can read a 

 colony of bees as one would a book. All 

 I know about bees and their manage- 

 ment I have learned from practice and 

 experience, although having read a 

 great deal in the bee-papers, of which I 

 am very fond. 



This season I have learned something 

 new in relation to bees and honey. The 

 main supply of honey, so far, is from 

 white daisies. I have a good sample, 

 yellow enough. If it were not for this 

 source, bees would be in bad condition. 

 H. F. Newton. 



Whitney's Crossing, N. Y., July 9. 



Too Dry and Too Cold for Clover. 



Bees have been a failure in this part 

 of the State for six years, but I am still 

 interested in them. I have 25 good 

 colonies of the best bees Illinois can 

 furnish, but I had only two swarms in 

 May. Dry weather last fall, and cold in 

 March, killed all the white clover, so 

 this year will be a failure again. So it 

 gives me an easy time — nothing to do — 

 nothing to buy, and nothing to sell — 

 only waiting for better times. Honey 

 brings a good price — 25 cents a pound- 

 so it is a good chance for the Wiley men 

 to make some money out of their manu- 

 factured comb honey ! 



D. R. ROSRBKOUGH. 



Casey, 111., .July 12. 



Quantity, Not Quality. 



In my article on page 20 is a mistake 

 which I wish to have corrected. I am 

 made to say, "Our country does not 

 come up to some others in quality, etc." 

 It should have been quantity, for I do 

 not think any section of country can 

 "lay us in the shade" this year on 

 "quality." It is "quantity" that we 

 are short on. It is about 20 to 25 

 pounds, with good average colonies so 

 far this year. 



I want to make the above correction 

 in justice to our Mississippi honey, for 

 some Northern people might want an 

 extra fine article sometime, and would 

 not send to Mississippi for it likely, with 

 my former article to judge from. 



W. T. Lewis. 



Lewisburgh, Miss., July 10. 



Contention I^otices. 



California.— An extra session of the Cen- 

 tral California Bee-Keepers' Association will 

 be held in Hanford, Kings Co.. on August 1, 



1894. J. F. Flory, Sec. 

 Lemoore. Calif, 



Wisconsin.— The next annual meeting of 

 the Wisconsin Bee-Keepers'Associationwillbe 

 held at Madison, on Feb. 8th and 9th. 1895. 



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



Illinois. — The summer meeting of the 

 Northern Illinois Bee-Keepers' Association 

 will be held at the residence of William Farn- 

 ham, 4 miles southwest of Rockford, 111., on 

 August 21, 1894. B. Kennedy, Sec. 



New Mlllord, III. 



Pennsylvania,— The Venango County Bee- 

 Keepers' Association of northwestern Penn- 

 sylvania will hold their 2nd annual meeting 

 in the City Hall at Franklin, Pa., on Jan. 38, 



1895, at i o'clock p.m. All interested send 

 tor program. C. S. Pizer, Sec. 



Franklin. Pa. 



Tennessee.— The next annual meeting of 

 the East Tennessee, Bee-Keepers' Association 

 will be held at Whitesburg, Tenn., beginning 

 on Thursday, August IQ, 1894. All members 

 and other interested in bee-culture are In- 

 vited to attend. H. F. Coleman, Sec. 



Sneedville. Tenn. 



The North American B.-K. A.— The Quar- 

 ter Centennial Meeting of this Society will be 

 held at St. Joseph, Mo., on Oct. 16. 17 and 18, 

 1894. It is the first convention of the North 

 American Association beyond the western 

 bank of the Mississippi, and large delegations 

 from the great West will be present. We 

 hope the East, the North and the South will 

 ^father with them. Frank Benton, Sec. 



Dept. Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 



Nebraska.— The next meeting of the Ne- 

 braska State Bee-Keepers' Association will be 

 held at Lincoln. Neb., on the evenings of Sept. 

 11th, 12th and i:Jth, 1894, at the Honey Hall 

 on the State Fair grounds, and In connection 

 with the Bee and Honey Exhibit at llie State 

 Fair. An Invitation is extended to every 

 reader of the American Bee Journal to be 

 present and sample the good things presented. 



York, Neb. L. D. Stilson, Sec. 



