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past summer, I noticed a plant upon 

 which the bees fairly swarm, to the neg- 

 lect of everything else in the vicinity of 

 it. I send a specimen in the shape of 

 the seed-pods and seeds. 



The leaves of this plant resemble 

 somewhat the tobacco plant, or more 

 nearly what in the New England States 

 we used to term "skunk cabbage." 

 From the clump of leaves a stalk is sent 

 up to a height from six to twelve feet, 

 and with flowers surrounding the stalk 

 from the bottom to the top, as is shown 

 by the small piece of the top. of the stalk 

 inclosed in the package. Passing by one 

 of these plants, from the humming one 

 would suppose that a whole colony of 

 bees was busily at work on a single 

 stalk. 



This plant grows in ravines where it 

 is damp during a good portion of the 

 year, and I think that an acre of the 

 plants would keep a whole apiary busy 

 during the flowering season. Whether 

 it would yield a good-flavor^d honey, or 

 whether it would be healthful. I cannot 

 say. Perhaps you can classify it, and 

 give me some information about it. 



Wm. N. Kelly. 



Prescott, Ariz., Oct. 7. 



[The plant is Frasera speciosa, or 

 American Colombo. The reason the bees 

 like it so well is that on the middle of 

 each petal, on the inside, is a pair of 

 hairy glandular bodies. — T. J. Bukrill.] 



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ConTention I^otices. 



Wisconsin.— The next annual meeting of 

 the Wisconsin Bee-Keepers'Association wlllbe 

 held at Madison, on Feb. 8th and 9th, 18P5. 



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



Colorado.— The 15th annual meeting of 

 the Colorado State Bee-Keepers' Association 

 will be held on Monday and Tuesday. Jan. -Jl 

 and 22. 1895, in Denver. H. Knight, Sec. 



Littleton, Oolo. 



CALirORNiA.— The next regular meeting of 

 the I entrai Calil'ornia Bee- Keepers' Associa- 

 tion will be held on the first Wednesday in 

 December, at Hauford, Calif. You are cor- 

 dially invited to attend. 



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



PENNSYLVANIA,— The Vcuango County Bee- 

 Keepers' Association of northwestern Penn- 

 sylvania will hold their 2nd annual meeting 

 In the City Hall at Franklin. Pa., on Jan. 28. 

 1895. at I o'clock p.m. All interested send 

 for program. C. S. Pizer, Sec. 



Franlilin, Pa. 



Illinois.— The next annual meeting of the 

 Northern Illinois Bee-Keepers' Association 

 will be held on Dec. 18 and 19, 1894, in the 

 Supei visor's room of the Court House, in 

 Rockford, 111. All interested are invited to 

 atrend. B. Kennedy, Sec. 



New Milford, 111. 



Vermont.— The next annual convention of 

 the Vermont Bee-Keepers' Association will 

 be held in Middlebury, Vt.. on Jan. 30 and 31 , 

 1895. Programs will be prepared anj mailed 

 later. Let every Vermont bee-Jseeper begin 

 now to preoare to aitend. and all those who 

 can reach Middlebury, whether you live in 

 Vermont or not, we want j ou to come. 



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



Indiana,— The Indiana State Bee- Keepers' 

 Association will hold its fllteenth annual 

 meeting at the State House, Indiannpolls, on 

 Jan. 9, 1895. There will be three sessions- 

 morning, afternoon and evening. Several 

 other associations will convene here at the 

 same time, thus securing reduced rate of \}i 

 fare for the round trip, but a certificate must 

 be asked for when purchasing your ticket. 

 Programme will be issued in December. 



Walter S. Pouder, Pres. 



Indianapolis, Ind. 



Illinois.— The Illinois State Bee-Keepers 

 Association will meet at the St«te House in 

 Springfield, on Tuesday and Wednesday, Nov. 

 1 3lh and 14th. 1 8M4. On account ot the meet- 

 ing of the National and Stale Granges at the 

 same time and place, railroad rales of 1^ 

 fares for the round trip are sure, if each per- 

 son attending will not fail lo get a ceriittcate 

 when he buys his ticket. The time has come 

 when bee-keepers of ihe State, if they take 

 propT t-teps, may obtain recognition in the 

 experiment station. So let us have a full 

 representation from ail parts of the State, as 

 well as from other States. 



Bradfordton, 111. Jas. A. Stone, Sec. 



Wisconsin.— The Southwestern Wisconsin 

 Bee-K.eepers' Association will meet In the 

 Opera House in Montford. Wis.. Nov. 14and 

 15,1894. There will be a free-lor-all - Ques- 

 tion-Box and Answers," also a grand display 

 of races ot bees, implements and supplies. If 

 you have anything of interest to bee-culture, 

 please bring or seud it. Montford has offered 

 (■lenty of music, and special reduced board. 

 The lollowing is only a part or the progmm: 

 Prtsident's Address, N. E. France. Queen- 

 Rearing, J. W. VanAllen. Swarming— NatuP- 



