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Losses will be Heavy.— 7— A. D. 



StockiiiR, (6^i— 80), Ligoiiier,c$ Intl., 

 on March 3, l&So, says : 



This has been a very severe winter 

 —said to be tlie severest in 40 years— 

 and it has been hard on the bees, 

 and tlie losses are going to be the 

 lieaviest ever experienced in this sec- 

 tion. Those vpho did not prepare 

 tlieir bees for winter will lose all, or 

 nearly all. Owing to poor health last 

 fall, I could not prepare all my bees 

 for winter, and I shall lose quite heav- 

 ily. Those that were prepared are 

 apparently all right yet. We had two 

 tine, warm days last week, and the 

 bees had a good flight, and there did 

 not appear to be much diarrhea. I 

 covered the ground around my hives 

 with straw, to keep the bees from the 

 snow as much as possible. 



Pleased.— S. Hinman, (49— 72),Dun- 

 donald, Ont., writes thus : 



I have taken the Weekly Bee Jouk- 

 NAL since it began, and I am very 

 much pleased with it. I have nearly 

 every number on band, and I have a 

 special index, made by myself as it 

 came along, of articles of interest to 

 me, so that now I have a volume of 

 authority on any subject in bee-cul- 

 ture of which I may need information 

 in working my apiary, which I run in 

 connection with my farm. I consider 

 that the information which I have re- 

 ceived from the Bee Journal has 

 repaid me many times over for the 

 cost of procuring it. 



Bees Djing Fast,— II. L. Wells, (17) 

 l)efiance,x> Ohio, on Feb. 23, 1885, 

 writes thus : 



This has been a terrible winter on 

 bees and they are dying ofi very fast 

 in this part of the country. However, 

 so far, I have lost but one colony out 

 of 18, and that was the result of an 

 experiment. I tried to winter them 

 on honey-dew and it proved unsuc- 

 cessful. I use double-walled hives 

 and feed plenty of sugar syrup. Sev- 

 eral of my hives are pretty badly 

 spotted, and if the weather does not 

 get warmer in a few days, tlie conse- 

 quences may not be very encouraging. 

 A few bees flew to-day, for the first 

 time in 6 weeks, and the greater part 

 of the time the mercury was from 

 zero to 28- and 30° below. I winter 

 my bees on their summer stands. 



Roses Among the Thorns. — James 

 Heddon. Dowagiac, ? Mich., writes as 

 follows concerning the results of the 

 present winter : 



" This is the winter of our discon- 

 tent ;" and this is also the winter that 

 tests our various experiments. From 

 the "thorns "of this unprecedented 

 season, let us pluck the "rose" of 

 truth regarding the cause of bee-diar- 

 rhea, if possible. I am conUdent that 

 many are experimenting. Now. let 

 us lay aside all prejudices and desires 

 in the matter until we have carefully 

 sifted the true relation between causes 

 and effects. Let us remember that 

 the true scientist follows truth, utterly 

 regardless of where she leads. Re- 

 cently I have twice examined my col- 



onies, and while I, like others, have 

 met with disaster and lossaaiong cer- 

 tain divisions of my apiary. 1 am 

 cheerful, with the tirm belief that 1 

 have already sufliciently neared the 

 goal of the problem of all apicultural 

 problems, that I need not, in the 

 future, lose any more colonies during 

 winter. Later, full reports will be in 

 order. 



Local Convention Directory. 



Time and place 0/ Meetinti- 



1885. 



Mar. U.— Nemaha Co., at Johnson. Neb. 



R. Corgell, Sec, Brock. Neb. 



Mar. 26.— Tuscarawas Co., at New Philadelphia. O. 

 Geo. F. WilliHmB, Sec, New Philadelphia, O. 



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



L. C. Clark, Sec, Granada, Kans. 



Apr. 9, 10.— Western, at St. Joseph. Mo. 



C. M. Crandall, Sec, Independence, Mo. 



Apr. 11.— Wabash County, at Wabash. Ind. 



Henry Cripe. Hec, N. Manchester, Ind. 



Apr. 25.— Union, at Karlham, Iowa. 



M. E. Darby, Sec. De.xter, Iowa. 



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

 Jno. Nau, Sec, Middleton, Iowa. 



May 4.— Linwood, Wis., at Rock Elm Centre. 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.— Bd. 



J^ijjjecial ^crticjes. 



i^" The books of the Bee-Keepers' 

 Supply Co., of New Comerstown, O., 

 were opened on Monday, Feb. 23, and 

 at this writing (Feb. 27), nearly one- 

 half of the stock is subscribed for. 

 Stock has been taken by bee-keepers 

 from 8 different States. Those who 

 have not received a letter of informa- 

 tion as to the management of this 

 Company, will confer a favor by send- 

 ing their names and addresses to the 

 above Company. 



Mr. Shoemaker, the manager, says : 

 " Having been advised by some of the 

 leading bee-keepers of the United 

 States, I have organized the above 

 Company, for the following reasons : 

 In the l,oOO shares, we expect to 

 have at least 1,000 bee-keepers inter- 

 ested, and it is specially desired that 

 each stock-holder sell our goods in the 

 community where he resides, to whom 

 will be given special rates. Being 

 supplied with suflicieiit capital, we 

 can buy our lumber by the cargo, and 

 thus not only supply ourselves with 

 goods at a low price, but we can sup- 

 ply thousands of others, and thereby 

 save-money on our own goods, besides 

 making a good profit on the amount 

 we have invested in stock. This Com- 

 pany was organized for profit to its 

 stock-holders, and will be controlled 

 by them." 



CLUBBING LIST. 



We wtll ouppi; the AmerlvuB Bee Journal 

 one year. Bnd any of the followlnR Books, at tJ e 

 prices quoted in the laHtcoliiiun of UKuree. 1'te 

 Qret column Kives the retiular price of botb. A I 

 postaRe prepaid. 



Price of both. Club 

 The Weekly Bee Journal «2 00. . 



and Cook's Manual, latest edition '6 2b.. 'A (Mi 



Bees andHoney(T.G.Newman)cIoth3 00.. 2 75 



Bees and Honey (paper covers) 2 76.. li 50 



Binder for Weekly Bee Journal 275.. 2 50 



Apiary ReKister for liMJ colonies y 35.. 3 (.10 



Dzierzon's New Bee Book (cloth).... 4 00.. 3 00 



Dzierzon's New Book (paper covers) 3 50.. 2 75 



Qulnby's New Bee-Keeping 3 50.. 3 "ifi 



Langstroth's Standard Work 4 00 3 75 



Root's A B C of Bee Culture (cloth) 3 25. . 3 10 



Alley's Queen Rearing 3 00.. 2 75 



Tbe Weekly Bee Journal one year 



and Gleanings inBee-Cu]ture(A. I. Root) 3 00.. 2 75 

 Bee-Keepers' Magazine (A.J.King). 3 00.. 2 75 



Bee-Keepers' Guide (A.G.HUl) 2 50.. 2 ;i5 



Kansas Bee-Keeper 3 00.. 2 75 



The Aplculturist. (Silas M. Locke).. 3 00.. 2 '.« 



The 6 above-named papers 6 50. . ti 00 



THOMAS G. NEWMAN, 



•as West Madison Street., Chlcairo, III. 



i^ Our rates for two or more 

 copies of the book," Bees andlloney," 

 may be found on the Book List on 

 the second page of this paper. A,lso 

 wholesale rates on all books where 

 they are purchased " to sell again." 



Farmer's Account Book. 



This valuable book contains 166 pases, 

 is nicely printed on writing paper, ruled and 

 bound, and the price is S.'i.OO. We will club 

 it and the Weekly Bee Journal for a year 

 for $4.00. If you have already sent us S'2.00 

 for the Weekly Bee Jouhnal for a year, we 

 will send the Book for another $2,00, making 

 $4.00 iu all. If you want it sent by mail, add 

 20 cents tor postage. 



We can supply these books at the publish- 

 er's price, or will make a present of one 

 copy for every club of TEN subscribers to 

 the Weekly Bee Journal for one year, with 

 $20. Four subscribers to the Monthly will 

 count the same as one for the Weekly. 



Now is the time to get up Clubs. Who will 

 work for a copy of this valuable book. 



^g" We often get a number of 

 notices and advertisements on Mon- 

 days, intended for the next Bee 

 Journal. As we close the forms on 

 Saturdays, all such notices must be liere 

 on Saturday morning, or cannot ap- 

 pear until the following week. 



It®" The Tuscarawas County. Bee- 

 Keepers' Association will meet at 

 New Philadelphia, O., on Thursday, 

 March 26, 18.S.5. A cordial invitation 

 is extended to all. 



Geo. F. Williams, Sec. 



