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" Well, I will tell you, they are not much 

 good, they are too short-lived." 



John Wier— In regard to those yellow 

 bees. I have some of them in my api- 

 ary, and they have secured upwards of 

 50 pounds per colony, and the yellow 

 bees have done the very best for me this 

 year, and have done the best on red 

 clover, better than any other bees. I 

 have yellow, three-banded, and black 

 bees, and I think my yellow bees have 

 done the very best this year. 



J. Schumacher— I have been handling 

 Italian bees since 1866, when I reared 

 my first Italian queen. I sent for a 

 5-banded queen seven or eight years 

 ago. The first one I got T reared queens 

 from, and they were 5-banded. The 

 yellow bees are better workers by one- 

 third, and they are longer-lived and 

 gentler. I reared about 50 queens last 

 year, and about 25 this year, and I was 

 sorry that it was not so that I could rear 

 more. I got some that did not give sat- 

 isfaction, but I would not give them up 

 for the 3-banded or the common Ital- 

 ians. I prefer them over all others. 



Mr. Richardson — There is just as 

 much difference in bees as there is in 

 anything else. I can get 3-banded 

 queens that I would not have on my 

 place, and I can get other 3-banded 

 queens that are worth $10 of my money, 

 and I would rather pay $5 for a queen 

 and know what I am getting than to 

 pay 75 cents and have to take a queen 

 that is bred altogether for color regard- 

 less of everything else. I would like to 

 hear from some who are not queen- 

 breeders, and who have used both kinds. 



The convention then adjourned till 2 

 p.m. 



(Continued on page 622.) 



Xliose TScw Siil>scril>ers, that you 

 have long been thinking of getting, are 

 very likely ready now to give you their 

 names. You know that besides " throvv- 

 ing in " the numbers for the rest of this 

 year to new subscribers for 18'.t5, vi^e also 

 give each one of them a free copy of the 

 IfiO-page book. "Bees and Honey." Yes, 

 and we will give you a premium for get- 

 ting the new subscribers, as you will see on 

 page .'iTS. Better at once " get after " those 

 bee-keeping friends of yours, and secure 

 their subscriptions, so you can send it with 

 your own renewal before the end of Decem- 

 ber. To double the present list of readers 

 of the " American Bee Journal " will mean 

 more than a doubly better paper for all. 

 We can guarantee that. If each subscriber 

 sends only one new name, the thing will be 

 done. Will you do it ? 



Have You Read page 578 yet 



COWVEJVTION DIRECTORY. 



Time and place of meeting. 



1894. 

 Nov. 10.— Western Washington, at Tacoma. 

 G. D. Littooy, Sec, Tacoma, Wash. 



Nov. 13. 14.-Illinois State, at Springfield, 111. 

 Jas. A Stone, Sec, Bradfordton, 111. 



Nov. 14, 15— S.W.Wisconsin, at Montford,Wi8. 

 A. A. Arms. Sec. Huilbut, Wis. 



Nov. 21, 22— N.E. O. and N.W.Pa.,at Corry.Pa. 

 Geo. Spitler, Sec, Mosiertown, Pa. 



Dec 5.— Central California, at Hanford. 



J. F. Flory, Sec, Lemoore, Calif. 



Dec 6.— Carolina, at Charlotte, N. C. 



A. L. Beach, Sec. Steel Creek. N. C. 



Dec.18, 19— Northern Illinois, at Rockford.Ill. 



B. Kennedy, Sec, New Milford, 111. 

 1895. 



Jan. 9.— Indiana State, at Indianapolis, Ind. 

 Walter S. Pouder, Pres.. Indianapolis, Ind. 



Jan. 21, 22 rada State, at Denver, Colo. 



H. Knight. Sec, Littleton, Colo. 



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



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



Jan. 30. 31.— Vermont, at Middlebury, Vt. 

 H. W. Scott, Sec, Barre, Vt. 



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



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



. .—North American, at Toronto, Can. 



Frank Benton, Sec, TJ. S. Dept. Agriculture, 

 Washington, D. C. 



la^ 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 



OFFICERS FOU 1895. 



Pres.— R. F. Hoitermann Brantford, Ont. 



VicePres.— L D Stilson Vork. Nebr. 



Secretahy.— W. Z. Hutchinson. ..Flint, Mich. 

 Treasurer.— J. T. Calvert Medina. Ohio. 



National Bee-Keepers' Union. 



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

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

 147 South Western Avenue. 



■11inoi«« 4:;oiiveiitioii Reports.— 



The Illinois State Bee-Keepers' Association 

 still have a good many copies of their Sec- 

 ond Annual Report on hand, and no post- 

 age to send them out. Any one sending 

 eight cents in stamps to pay postage and 

 wrapping, will receive a copy of same by 

 mail ; or seven cents in stamps will pay for 

 a copy of the First Annual Report, if any 

 one desires it. Address, Jas. A. Stone, 

 Sec, Bradfordton, 111. 



