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logical change, and the manner of caring 

 for herself at such a time. 



Also, it is at this period of her young life, 

 when nature makes urgent demands, that 

 temptations are least resistible ; it is then 

 that her intelligent assurances are the bul- 

 wark of her heroic courage ! 



Finally, you will have evaded your 

 special duty if, at the proper time, you 

 have not fully suggested the inevitable re- 

 sponsibilities of married life, and have 

 entered heartily into all the plans that 

 tend to make a happy home for your 

 daughter and acquired relations. 



I fully trust to your good motherly judg- 

 ment to consider the propriety and wisdom 

 of enlarging on the suggestions here made. 

 There is so much we all must learn by stern 

 experience, and if happily some facts come 

 to us in a milder or less exacting way, how 

 grateful we should be ! And to whom may 

 a girl look for wisest counsel more than 

 her mother ? 



€OWVEKTIO]W DIRECTORY. 



Time and place of meeting. 

 1894. 

 Oct. 4.— Utah, at Salt Lake City. Utah. 



Jno. C. Swaner, Sec, Salt Lake City, Utah. 



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

 Frank Benton, Sec, Washington, D. C. 



Sept. 11-13.— Nebraska State, at Lincoln. 



L. D. Stilson, Sec, York, Nebr. 



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



J. C. Balch, Sec. Bronson, Kans. 

 1895. 

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



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



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



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



IB^ 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' AssociatioB 



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...Chlcag-o, Tils. 



National Bee-Keepers' Union. 



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

 Gen'l Manager— T. G. Newman. Chicago, 111. 

 147 South Western Av.enue. 



A Binder for holding a year's num- 

 bers of the Bee Jouenal we mail for 

 only 50 cents ; or clubbed witb the 

 JOUBKAL for $1.40. 



conducted by 

 MRS. JENNIE ATCHLEY, 



Beevtlle, Texas. 



Feeder — Swarming — Rains. 



I have received a bee-feeder from P. 

 M. Roby, of Kansas, that I believe is 

 far ahead of all feeders. It hangs in 

 the hive the same as a frame, and is so 

 constructed that any amount can be fed 

 at a time. 



Some are wanting to know that rem- 

 edy I have for swarming, that I spoke 

 of when talking about non-swarming 

 bees. All right ; I will give the remedy 

 in full, as soon as I have time. 



We have had good rains lately, and 

 fall flowers are springing up everywhere. 

 It rained three hours yesterday, and yet 

 looks like rain. I trust we may have a 

 good fall flow. Jennie Atchley. 



Honey-Plants of Texas. 



As we must know our honey-plants as 

 well as our bees, if we wish to succeed, 

 I will describe those giving our surplus, 

 and bloomiijg-time of the same. 



First, I will begin with fruit-bloom, 

 which is usually first in almost all 

 States. That gives us much honey, and 

 fruit-bloom in this State (Texas) some 

 times gives a fair crop of honey. One 

 year I harvested 30 pounds per colony 

 from peach-bloom alone. 



As fruit-bloom comes first, we had 

 better see that all the bees have plenty 

 of honey just after the close of fruit- 

 bloom, as some seasons the bees get only 

 honey enough from this source to get 

 them started to brood-rearing largely, 

 and if two weeks of bad weather, or 

 two weeks without gathering any stores 

 after fruit-bloom, may find many strong 

 colonies starving, as it takes large 

 quantities of honey to rear a large num- 

 ber of bees. 



The next we have in Texas is horse- 



