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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



®" I. Muggrage, Lower Salem,o, 

 O., on Jan. 18, 1885, writes : 



In 188-3 my neiglibor, Mr. C. Uaas, gave 

 me a three-trame nucleus of bees. In 1883 

 I lueieased tliem to 5 colonies by natural 

 swarming, and in 1884, I increased them 

 to 10 colonies, and took 250 pounds of 

 lioney. Considering the season, I am 

 satisfied with the result. 



m^ V,. M. Chapel, Kingston,© 

 U IS., on Jan. 12, 188.5, asks the fol- 

 lowing questions: 



I wish to ask why the standard Lang- 

 stroth hive is made so much longer one 

 way than the oiher (189^x14)? Why not 

 make them sijuare ? Do thev not contain 

 more than 3,000 cubic inches ? Such long 

 frames seeju unwieldy and unhandy. 

 Are long frames any better for the brood 

 than short ones, and more of them ? 



[After determining upon the best size 

 and shape of frame for all purposes, Mr. 

 Langstrotli calculated the number of 

 frames necessary to give 3,000 cubic inches 

 inside the hive— and that determined the 

 shape. I.,ong frames are no better for 

 breeding purposes than short ones-but 

 many good bee-keepers think they are as 

 well.— En. 1 



cents per pound, and the comb honey at 16 

 to 18 cents per pound. There are many bee- 

 keepers who are afraid of over-production, 

 and indeed it seems like it, for so many 

 are going into it ; but the home market is 

 not yet half developed, that is, one-half of 

 the people do not eat honey. They seem 

 to think it a luxury, anil too dear even at 

 U cents per pound. I am well pleased 

 with the changes in the Bee Journal, 

 for the new year. Answers to queries is 

 just the thing ; it will give different men's 

 views from different climates. 1 am too 

 young a bee-keeper to say much about the 

 pollen theory, but I think tliat when bees 

 are too warm they breed, then they eat 

 pollen, in conHnenient carniot Hy, and 

 then soil the hive and die of disease. At 

 least that is wliat mine did a vear ago. 

 rhey were piled four deep on the cellar 

 floor, the bottom tier being diseased, and 

 the top was as clean as when they were 

 put in. 



Convention Notices. 



«S- The Bee-Keepers' Association for 

 theProvmceof Quebec will meet at 1M1 

 Notre Dame Street, Montreal, on Tue.«d i v 

 Jan. 3T, 188.5. "' 



S. B. La Mont.vgue, Sec. 



m" VVm. 11. Graves, Duncan.*o 

 Ills., on Jan. 7, 1885, reports as fol- 

 lows : 



The past season has been a very poor 

 one. 1 had 40 colonies in the spring in- 

 creased them to 5.5, and doubled them 

 back to 51 at the beginning of winter. 

 Ihey are all well supplied witli stores on 

 the sunnner stands. I took about 1 UUU 

 pounds of comb honey in sections, and 

 1,000 pounds ot e.xtraeted. I (ind a more 

 ready sale lor the comb than for the e.x- 

 traeted honey. The most of the conib 

 honey sold at 15 cents per jKiund, and ex- 

 tracted at 10 cents per pound. I have 

 about lOO pounds of honey on liand 



^ M. K. Wing, Findley's Lake, ? 

 N. i., on Jan. 9, 188-5, writes thus 

 about lioney-dew : 



Some bee-keepers advise the feeding of 

 honey-dew to bees in the spring, to stimu- 

 Jate breeduig. I say do not feed it to them 

 at any tune. One might as well expect a 

 Jiuman benig to do well on a diet of castor 

 oil, as to expect bees to do well on honey- 

 dew. I have been experimenting with 

 lioney-dew ill wintering bees and teediii" 

 them in the spring, for 15 vears, and I 

 know that it is the chief cause of bee- 

 diarrbea. I have kept bees for over "5 

 years. 



m- John Foder, Springfield, Ont., 

 on Jan. 10, 188.5, writes as follows : 



1 have 83 colonies of liees in the cellar 

 and'J in a cla. p, the latter being packed 

 in close will, chatf. They Imve not had a 

 fly since put in on sov. Ul, 1SS4 Those in 

 the celh,r are to i,ll appearance, doing 

 we I, bit are dying a great deal (m the 

 cellar floor I sweep t'lem all up clean 

 every few days, and to-day 1 twk iii) three 

 lieapingijuarls of them that died during 

 eleven days I have nothing but the cloth 

 over them this winter, and the thermome- 

 ter nidicates from 40' to 45- above zero 

 Last winter I had a heavy cushion over 

 each hive, and 1 think that they were too 

 waiTO. On .Sei.t. 13, 1,S8J, 1 fed all my bee" 

 that needed it, and I was somewbat sur- 

 prise on Nov. 10, when I put tliemaway, 

 to hnd tiiat they liad lost from s to 10 

 pounds 111 weight. Extracted honey,liere 

 flow sells at I3J^ cents per poun.l. I sold 

 the most of my last summer's crop at 11 



ee- The second annual meeting of the 

 Seneca County Bee-Keepers' Association 

 will be held in the Engine Hou.se at Ovid, 

 N. r., on Feb. 11, 1885, at 9 a. m. All in- 

 terested are cordially invited to attend, 

 and inake the meeting as profitable as 

 possible. All implements of the apiary 

 sent to the Secretarv will be exhibited at 

 the meeting, and will be disposed of or 

 returned as the owner directs. 



luA Wilson, Sec. 



ffS- The Lake Shore Bee-Keepers' As- 

 sociation will meet at the apiary of Mr 

 U. E. Dodge, in Fiedonia, N. Y., on Jan. 

 34, 188.5, at 1 p. m. All bee-keepers, and 

 those interested in apiculture, are invited 

 to be present. 



John Benedict, Sec. pro tem. 



®° The sixteenth annual conven- 

 tion of the Northeastern Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association will be held in the 

 City Hall at Syracuse, N. Y., on the 

 21,:i2 and 2.S of January, 1885. The 

 executive committee are determined 

 to maintain the high standing and 

 enviable reputation which the Asso- 

 ciation has justly gained in the past, 

 and at the coming convention they 

 propose to outdo all former efforts. 

 The meeting will surely be the largest 

 and most interesting ever held in 

 America. No bee-keeper can afford 

 to stay at home. All are invited. All 

 implements of the apiary sent to the 

 Secretary, will be properly arrayed to 

 compare favorably with others on ex- 

 hibition, and will be disposed of or 

 returned, as the owner directs. Ke- 

 duced rates for board at hotels. 



Geo. W. House, Sec. 



L. C. Root, Pres. 



^T" The Cortland Union Bee-Keepers' As- 

 sociation will hold its ne-\t meeting at Cort- 

 land, N. Y., on Jan. 27, 18S5. 



M. G. Darby, Sec. 



^.^ The Northeastern Michigan Bee- 

 Keepers Association will hold its third 

 annual convention on Feb. 4, 1885, at Vas- 

 sar, Mich. W. Z.JIutchlnson, Sec. 



i^ The regular annual meeting of 

 the Indiana State Bee-Keepers' As- 

 sociation will be held on Thursday 

 and Friday, Jan. 22 and 2;^, 1885. The 

 meetings will be conducted in the 

 rooms of the State Board of Agricul- 

 ture, on the corner of Tennessee and 

 Market Streets, in Indianapolis, Ind 

 It is proposed to make this the most 

 important and interesting meeting of 

 bee-keepers ever held in the State. 

 Frank L. Dougheety, Sec. 



i®° It is proposed to hold an Inter- 

 national Bee-Keepers' Congress on 

 the World's Exposition Grounds at 

 New Orleans, La., Feb. 24, 2.5 and 26, 

 1885. An interesting programme of 

 subjects of great importance to every 

 bee-keeper in America will be pre- 

 sented and discussed. The disposi- 

 tion of our honey product, with a view 

 to secure better prices will be fully 

 considered. At the same time there 

 will be an Exhibit of Bees and Apia- 

 rian Supplies. At the time now 

 selected, the Exposition will be at its 

 best, and excursion rates low. The 

 bee-keepers of our country should lay 

 aside business for a week or two, and 

 make every exertion to attend this 

 Convention. Come prepared with 

 facts, statistics and ideas arranged, to 

 take part in its deliberations. 



Dr. .1. P. H. Brown, Augusta, Ga. 

 Dr. N. P. Allen, Smith's Grove, Ky. 

 W. Williamson. Le.\ing1^on, Ky. 

 Dr. O. M. Blanton. Greenville, Miss. 

 P. L. Viallon, Bayou Goula, La. 

 Judge W. H. Andrews, McKinney, Tex. 

 W. S. Hart, New Smyrna, Florida. 

 S. C. Boylston, Charleston, S. C. 

 H. C. Austin, Austin's Springs, Tenn. 

 R. C. Taylor, Wilmington, N. C. 

 .7. W. Porter, Charlottesville, Va. 

 S. Valentine, Hagerstown, Md. 



m- The Willamette Valley Bee- 

 Keepers' Association will hold its 

 second meeting at La Fayette, Ore- 

 ^ua-' "". \]^^ }^''"'^ Tuesday in June, 

 188.1. All who are interested are in- 

 vited to attend. E.J.IlADLEY,,SeC. 



1^ The Blue Grass Convention will 

 be held at the Court House,Cvnthiana, 

 Ky., on Monday, Jan. 19, 188.5. All 

 are mvited to attend. 



A. M. Cox, Sec. 



^ The eighth annual meeting of 

 the Northwestern Illinois and South- 

 western Wisconsin Bee- Keepers' As- 

 sociation will be held in Temperance 

 Hall, at Freeport, 111., on Jan. 20 and 

 21, 1885. Jonathan Stewart, i'ec. 



(^ The Mahoning Valley Bee- 

 Keepers' Association will hold its 

 next meeting in the Town Hall at 

 Newton Falls, 0.,on the third Thurs- 

 day in January, 1885. The meeting 

 will be instructive as well as interest- 

 ing. E. W. Turner, Sec. 



L. Carson, Pres. 



_j„ A bee-keepers' society was organ- 

 ized at Kock Elm Centre, Wis., on Dec. 31, 

 1884, called the " Linwood Bee-Keepers' 

 As.sociation," and will meet semi-annually 

 on the first Monday in May and Septem- 

 ber. The next meeting will be held at 

 Rock Elm Centre, Pierce County. Wis. 

 B. Thomson, Sec. 



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 Binder in which to file your Journal 

 and thus have the full benefit of it 

 during the whole year. 



