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Report, from H. J.Smith, Burling- 

 ton, o« Wis., on Feb. 4, 1885 : 



We have had a cold winter so far 

 here, several times the mercury being 

 as low as 26- below zero ; but my bees 

 are wintering well. In the spring of 

 1884 I had 81 colonies. I sold 21 of 

 them, leaving me 60 colonies with 

 which to commence the honey season. 

 I increased them to 100 colonies by 

 natural swarming, and obtained 800 

 pounds of comb honey and 2,700 

 pounds of extracted. It was not a 

 very good season for honey. AVhite 

 clover yielded very well considering 

 the cold, wet weather. We got no 

 fall honey, although the weather was 

 good. I hope that we will, this year, 

 have an early spring, and a better 

 summer than the last was. It was 

 nice and warm yesterday, but to-day 

 it is getting colder again. 



Bees Paid Well.— H. M. Grove, 

 Plum,v3 Pa., on Feb. 2, 1885, says : 



From 33 colonies, spring count, I 

 obtained 1,700 pounds of comb honey 

 and increased them to 49 colonies. 

 My bees were not cared for as they 

 should have been, as my health was 

 very poor, and I had 5 acres of berries 

 to look after, besides the general 

 farm crops and stock on a farm of ISO 

 acres ; but with what care I gave 

 them, with honey at 16 cents per 

 pound, they made me more clear cash 

 than any other branch of tlie farm. I 

 shall try hard to do better next year. 

 My honey was nearly all gathered 

 from raspberry and white clover. We 

 had a heavy frost on May 29 and 30, 

 which killed the basswood. 



Local Convention Directory. 



1885. 

 Feb. 



Feb. 



Feb, 

 Feb. 

 Feb. 

 Feb, 



Time and place of Meeting. 



II.— Seneca Co., N. Y.. at Ovid, N. V. 



Ira Wilson, Sec, Ovld, N. T. 



17,— Ohio Slate, at Columbus, Ohln. 



C. M. KinKsbury, ^ec„ Mt, Vernon, O. 



18.— E. Iowa and W. Ills., at Davenport, Iowa. 

 Wm. Gooa, Sec, Davenport, Iowa. 



18, 19.— Eastern New York, at Albany, N. V, 

 Solomon Vrooman, Pres., Seward, N. Y. 



21.— Marshall County, at Marshalltown, Iowa. 

 J. W. Sanders, Sec,, LeGrand, Iowa. 



1. 24-26.- International, at New Orleans, La. 



Feb. 24, 25.— Cedar Valley, at Cedar Falls, Iowa. 

 A, D. Bennelt, Sec, Waterloo, Iowa. 



Mar. 11.— New Jersey and Eastern, at N. Y. City. 

 W. B. Treadwell, Sec, 1(1 Tbomas St., New York. 



April 3.— N. B. Kansas, at Hiawatha, Kans. 



L. C. Clark, Sec Granada, Kans. 



Apr. 28.— DesMoines County, at Burlington, Iowa. 

 Jdo. Nau, Sec, Middleton, Iowa. 



May 4.— Llnwood, Wis., at Hock Elm Centrt^, Wis. 

 B. Thomson, Sec, Waverly, Wis. 



May 7.— Progressive, at Bushnell, Ills. 



J. G. Norton, Sec, Macomb, Ills. 



May 28.— N. Mich, Picnic, near McBride, Mich. 



F. A. Palmer, Sec, McBride, Mich. 



June 19.— Willamette Valley, at La Fayette, Oreg. 

 E. J.Hadley, Sec. 



Dec. 8— 10.— Michigan State, at Detroit, Mich. 



H. D. Cutting, Sec, Clinton, Mich. 



|y In order to have this table complete. Secre- 

 taries are requested to forward full particulars of 

 time and place of future meetings.- Et>. 



Convention Notices. 



I^" The third annual convention of the East- 

 ern Iowa and Western Illinois Bee-Keepers' As- 

 sociation will meet at Moore's Ilall. Davenport, 

 Iowa, on Feb, 18, commencing at m a. m., and 

 lasting two days. Bee-keepers' headquarters will 

 be at the Newcomb House, where rates have been 

 reduced to tl.5n per day. Honey, beeswax, or 

 apiarian supplies for exhibition should the sent to 

 I. Hall, who will take charge of them, at the depot 

 or express office, and return the same as owner 

 may direct. It is expected that this will be the 

 largest and most interesting meeting ever held in 

 the State. Everybody invited to attend. 



I. V. McCagg, Pres. Wm. Goos, Sec. 



J9S- The Eastern New York Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association will hohi its annual con- 

 vention at Albany, N. Y., in Hortionltiiral 

 Hall, on Wednesday and Tliuisday, Feb. 

 18 and ly, 18S5. Three sessions will be 

 held each day. The first session begin- 

 ning at 10 a. m., on Feb. 18. 



SoLoiiON Vroom.vn, Pres. 



SS" The second annual meeting of the 

 Seneca County Bee-Keepers' Association 

 will be held in the Engine House at Ovid, 

 N. T., on Feb. 11, 188.5, at 9 a, in. All in- 

 terested are cordially invited to attend, 

 and make the meeting as profitable as 

 possible. All implements of the apiary 

 sent to the Secretary will be exhibited at 

 the meeting, and will be disposed of or 

 returned as the owner directs. 



Ira WrLSON, Sec. 



I^ We had a regular Iowa blizzard 

 on Jan. 16 and 17, which made travel 

 either by sleigh or rail almost im- 

 practicable ; therefore, the Marshall 

 County Bee-Keepers' As.sociation 

 failed to have a meeting on Jan. 17, 

 1885, as announced. It will meet at 

 the Court House in Marshalltown, 

 Iowa, on Feb. 21, 1885, at 10:30 a. m. 

 The programme will be the same as 

 announced for the Jan. 17 meeting. 

 All having any thing of interest to 

 apiarists are requested to bring it 

 along. A general invitation is ex- 

 tended. J. W. Sanders, Sec. 



1^° The Willamette Valley 13ee- 

 Keepers' Association will hold its 

 second meeting at La Fayette, Ore- 

 gon, on the third Tuesday in June, 

 1885. All who are interested are in- 

 vited to attend. 



E. J. Hadley, iSec. 



1^" The Progressive Bee-Keepers' 

 Association of Western Illinois will 

 meet in Bushnell, Ills., on Thursday, 

 May 7, 1885. Let every bee-keeper 

 who can, be present and enjoy the 

 meeting. J. U. Nouton, ib'ec. 



t^ A bee-keepers' association was 

 formed at Grundy Centre, Iowa, on 

 Jan. 31, 18.S5, to be known as "The 

 Grundy County Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation." The officers of the Associa- 

 tion are : J. R. Martz, President ; 1). 

 A. Palmer, Vice-President ; O. A. 

 >}ewton. Secretary ; O. J. Little, 

 Treasurer. 



«S" The Ohio b"e-keepers will bold 

 their annual convention in the Aaricnl- 

 tural Room of the State House at Colum- 

 bus, Ohio, on Feb. 17, 1885. All subjects 

 pertainiim to bee-culture will be discussed, 

 more especially those of spring and sum- 

 mer manauement of bees. Eminent 

 speakers will be in attendance. All are 

 cordially invited. 



C. M. KiNGSBUBY', Sec. 



The International Congress. 



The Convention will assemble at 10 

 a. m. in the Lecture Hall on the Ex- 

 position Grounds. Among the sub- 

 jects which will be considered during 

 the sessions of the Convention will be 

 reports of the honey resources and 

 production of America and Europe ; 

 preparation of honey for market; 

 transportation ; lower rates of freight; 

 marketing ; the advantages of the use 

 of comb foundation ; sections, the 

 best size and the best way to use 

 them ; the best race of bees for Amer- 

 ica ; prevention of swarming ; fertili- 

 zation of queens ; bee-pasturage ; 

 bee-keeping as a pursuit ; besides the 

 discussion of other questions of in- 

 terest that will be propounded. Essays 

 to elicit discussion are expected from 

 some of the most prominent bee-keep- 

 ers of Europe and America. 



Bees and bee-keepers' supplies for 

 exhibition must be sent with all 

 freight prepaid, and directed to Maj. 

 E. A. Burke, Director General of the 

 Exposition, for Department of Agri- 

 culture, New Orleans, La. The Board 

 of Management of the Exposition has 

 established a Department of Informa- 

 tion and Accommodation, at Nos. 164 

 Gravier and 15 Union streets, for the 

 purpose of furnishing visitors with 

 information as to suitable board and 

 lodging houses, or furnished rooms 

 with directions how to reach them. 

 For such service no charge is made. 



Bee-keepers, on arrival in the city, 

 are advised to go at once to the office 

 of this department and make the best 

 arrangements that they can for quar- 

 ters, and if they will leave their cards 

 and address at the same place, their 

 friends will know where to look for 

 them. The most of the visitors to 

 the Exposition find it best and cheap- 

 est to rent rooms and take their meals 

 at restaurants. Furnished rooms 

 will cost from 75 cents to $1 for each 

 person, per day, and board and lodg- 

 ing about double these rates. We are 

 assured that the hotels have not ad- 

 vanced their rates, which are $2 to $3, 

 according to location of rooms, etc. 



Dr. J. p. H. Brown, Augusta, Ga, 

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

 W, Williamson, Lexington, Ky. 

 Dr. O. iM, Blauton. 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, Tenu. 

 R. C. Tavlor, WilTniiii;t(.ii, N. 0. 

 J. W. Porter, Charlottesville, V'a. 

 S. Valentine, Hagerstown, Md, 



SS- The New Jersey and Eastern Bee- 

 Keepers' Association will hold their next 

 annual convention at Cooiier Union, in 

 New York City, beginning on Wednesday, 

 March 11, 1885, and to continue two days or 

 more. The committee promises a good 

 programme, and extends a cordial invita- 

 tion to all, 



W. B. Tkeadwei.l, Ass't. Sec. 



1^ For two subscribers for the 

 Weekly Bee Journal (or 8 for the 

 Monthly) for one year, we will present 

 a Pocket Dictionary, and send it by 

 mail postpaid. 



