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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



ground, and I keep the snow shoveled 

 up almost to the roof. I left a space 

 about 14 of an inch wide to let in 

 fresh air. As soon as the snow is all 

 gone I raise the doors, and as soon as 

 the weather is warm for a few days in 

 March, I place pans of rye flour a few 

 feet from the hives. This rye flour 

 every bee-keeper ought to give to his 

 bees. They use it only for rearing 

 their brood, and it makes them swarm 

 early, and also makes them produce 

 large swarms. * 



Ever since 1 have kept my bees 

 housed up, I have never lost a colony. 

 I used to lose a good many colonies 

 by diarrhea, generally in the spring, 

 and sometimes in the summer, until I 

 found a very cheap cure for it. I nil 

 shallow troughs nearly full of rain- 

 water, and then put a small handtul 

 of rock-salt into each of them. This 

 I give to them from spring until fall, 

 and ever since I have used this remedy 

 I have never lost another colony. I 

 believe that they take the salt-water 

 to their hives to purify their honey : 

 and I also have no trouble with toul 

 brood since I used the salt-water. 



The honey harvest was a very poor 

 one here last season. I had 100 colo- 

 nies last fall, and sold 50 of them at 

 $10 apiece. I use the Langstroth 

 hive. 

 Joliet, Ills., Feb. 4, 1885. 



organization whose good effects will 

 be felt generally. ^ ^ ^^ 



In regard to the "Hunt Honey 

 Fraud :'• The executive committee 

 was fully sustained by the Associa- 

 tion in their opposition to the intro- 

 duction of adulterated honey into the 

 State by Mr. F. H. Hunt, of Centre 

 Point, iowa, which has resulted in the 

 removal of such honey from the State. 



Mr. Margrave, of Kansas, being 

 present, was, on motion, elected an 

 honorary member of the Association. 



The topics discussed were generally 

 led by G. M. Hawley and M. L. Tres- 

 ter, of Lincoln, R. V. Muir, of Brown- 

 ville, T. L. Whitbeck, of Wahoo, J. 

 N. Grant, of Beatrice, T. S. Corbett 

 andS. L. Thomas, of Plattsmouth, 

 and Mrs. Heater, of Columbus. All 

 being veterans in the manipulation of 

 bees, one would think that they had 

 always lived inside of a bee-hive. 



By resolution, the next annual 

 meeting will be held at Lincoln, Neb., 

 on the second Wednesday in January, 

 1886. 



W. F. Wright, Sec. 



T. L. "Von Dorn, Pres. 



assured that the hotels have not ad- 

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

 according to location of rooms, etc. 

 The Committee. 



t^ As a means of recognition, bee- 

 keepers going to New Orleans should 

 wear Badges. It will help to make 

 acquaintances, and add much pleas- 

 ure to the trip. We have made a lot, 

 having, besides the gold bee, the 

 words " New Orleans Bee-Keepers' 

 Congress " in large gold letters. Price 

 10 cents ; also some with a rosette and 

 gold fringe, price 50 cents. 



The regular price of a ticket from 

 Chicago to New Orleans and return 

 by any route, is $20; but "return 

 tickets " have been sold by " scalpers " 

 for much less. The regular tickets 

 can be obtained at any railway ticket 

 office in the Northern States, at a cor- 

 respondingly low rate. The Scalper's 

 tickets can only be "picked up" 

 occasionally. 



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The Nebraska State Convention. 



The International Congress. 



The Nebraska State Bee-Keepers' 

 Association met at Tecumseh, Nebr., 

 on Jan. 14, 15 and 16, 1885. On ac- 

 count of the extreme cold and stormy 

 weather but few of the members of 

 the Association were present at the 

 first session. Jvlore came in on the 

 second day, and with the addition of 

 new members, the meeting proved to 

 be very interesting. 



Mr. T. L. Von Dorn, of Omaha, and 

 Mr.S. L.Thomas, of Plattsmouth, were 

 re-elected as President and Vice- 

 President respectively. Mr. W. F. 

 Wright, of Johnson, Nebr., was 

 elected Secretary , and Mr. R. E. Leach, 

 of York, was elected Treasurer. The 

 reports made by President Von Dorn 

 and ex-Secretary M. L. Trester, as 

 delegates to the Bee-Keepers' Con- 

 vention at Chicago, last fall, elicited 

 general discussion. 



Mr. M. L. Trester read a very in- 

 teresting essay on an experiment 

 made by him during the past year to 

 ascertain at what age bees begin to 

 work. His essay brought out many 

 facts that were new to most of those 

 present, and by resolution he was re- 

 (luested to publish his experiment in 

 the papers of the State. 



The form of a 15111 to be presented 

 to the State Legislature, which is now 

 in session, for its action, was drafted 

 expressing the wishes of the Associa- 

 tion for more complete and thorough 

 organization, and for the protection 

 of the bee-keepers of the State. A 

 feeling seemed to exist among the 

 members for such an organization to 

 fully represent the bee-interests of 

 the State, and will, without doubt, re- 

 sult in the formation, ere long, of an 



Convention Notices. 



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 t;he 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 tor 

 them. The most of the visitors to 

 the Exposition find it best and cheap- 

 est to rent rooms and take tlieir 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 



IS" The third annual convenUon of the East- 

 ern Iowa and Western Illinois Bee-Keepers' As- 

 sociation will meet at Moore's Hall, Davenport, 

 lowa.un Feb. 18, commencinB at 10 a. m., and 

 iasUngtwo days. Bee-keepers' headquarters will 

 be at the Newcumb House, where rates have been 

 reduced to »1.5o per day. Honey, beeswax, or 

 apiarian supplies for exhibition should be sent to 

 1 Hall, who will take charge of them, at the depot 

 or express ofBce, and return the same as owner 

 may direct. His 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. 



1^ We had a regular Iowa blizzard 

 on Jan. 10 and 17, which made travel 

 either by sleigh or rail almost im- 

 practicable; therefore, the Marshall 

 County Bee-Keepers' Association 

 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. 



t^ The Willamette Valley Bee- 

 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, Sec. 



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- G. Norton, Sec. 



gis- Tlie Eastern New York Bee-Keep- 

 er.s' Association will hokl its annual con- 

 vention at Albany, N. Y., in Horticnltnral 

 Hall, on Wednesday and Tlmrsday, leb. 

 18 and W, 1S8.5. Three sessions will be 

 held each day. The first session begin- 

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



Soi.oMON Vrooji.vn, Pres. 



