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THE AMERICAN SEE JOUMAL. 



Local Convention Directory. 



1885. Time and place of Meeting. 



Apr. 3.— N. Ind. and S. Mich., at Gosben, Tnd. 



F. L. Putt. Sec. Gosheo, Ind. 

 Apr. 3.— N. E. K«n8a8, at Hiawatha, Kans. 



L. C Clark, Sec, Granada. Kans. 

 Apr. 8.— N. W. Indiana, at Laporte, Ind. 



A. Kuhnestock, Sec, Laporte. Ind. 

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



Henry Cripe. sec, N. Manchester, Ind, 

 Apr. IS.— Eastern Indiana, at Richmond, Ind. 



M. G. Reynolds. Sec, Williamsburg, Ind. 



Apr. : 



i. -Union Ky., at Eminence, Ky. 

 G. W. Uemaree, Sec. Christiansburg, Ky. 



Apr. 2,3, •24.— Western, at Independence. Mo. 



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

 April 24.— Portage County, at Ravenna, O. 



L. G. Reed, Sec, Kent, O. 

 Apr. 25.— Union, at Ear'ham. Iowa. 



M. E. Darby, Sec. Dexter, Iowa. 

 Apr. 28.— DesMoines County, at Burlintrton. Inwa. 

 Jno. Nau. Sec. Middleton. Iowa. 

 May 2 —Central Illinois, at Jacksonville, HI. 



Wm. Camm. Sec, Murrayville. 111. 



May4,-W. New York and N. Pa., at Cuba. N. Y. 



W. A. Shewman, Sec, Randolph. N. Y. 



May 4.~Linwood. Wis., at Rock Elm ('entr*-. Wis. 



B. Thomson, Sec, Waverly, Wis. 



May 7.— Profiressive, at Bushnell, Ills. 



J. G. Noriun. Sec. Macomb. Ills. 



May 12.— Cortland [Tnion. at I'ortland. N. Y. 



W. II. Beach Sec, Cort and, N. Y. 

 May 19.— N. W. IHa., and S. W. Wis., at Daris, Ills. 



Jonathan Stewart, Sec, Rock City. HI. 

 May 28.-Mnhnnint: Vallev. at Newton Falls, O. 



K. W. Turner. Sec, Newton Fitlls, O. 

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



U. D. Cutting, Sec, Clinton, Mich. 



fW~ In order to have this table complete. Secre- 

 taries are requested to fo/ ward full particulars of 

 lime and place of future meetinira.— Bd. 







Taking llieir First Fligrlit.— W. N. 



Ramsey, Glen Haven, p Wis., on Mar. 

 16, 188-5, writes tlius : 



Last fall I pacl\e(l 121 colonies in 

 sawdust on the summer stands, and 

 on Marcli i), 1885, 110 of tliem were on 

 the wing taking their lirst cleansing 

 Higlit after the long winter contine- 

 ment. 



Unprotected Colonies.— Mrs. S. C. 

 Tyler, Utica,5 Mc, on March 16, 

 1885, says : 



Bee keepers here who iiave lost 

 their bees this winter, are selling tlie 

 honey from tlie brood-combs at 5 cents 

 per pound, and consequently the best 

 lioney brings only 12)^ cents ; 15 cents 

 has been the price heretofore. Those 

 who have lost the lieaviest, wintered 

 their bees unprotected on the summer 

 stands. I packed mine in sawdust. 



Moving Hives into and ont of Cellars. 



— Hiram Richey, Sing Sing,o^ N. Y., 

 writes as follows : 



About one year ago I sent an item 

 for publication, which appeared on 

 page 245 of the Bee .Journal for 

 1884, but lest the third paragraph 

 should be misleading, I desire to re- 

 print it as follows : About 4 years 

 ago, there was a discussion about tak- 

 ing Ijees out of and into cellars. One 

 person thought that it was no trouble, 

 as he had buildings in his bee-yard 

 with tracks running into them, upon 

 which he run cars liolding 86 liives 

 each. He removed the brood-cham- 

 bers only, and left the stands. This 

 I could not understand at first, but I 

 finally hit on the plan and made one 

 hive ; it suited me ; so I remodeled all 

 my hives, put my bees into them, and 

 I have lost none since. Previously 1 

 had lost about % of tliem each winter. 



Drones Flying Plentifnlly.— S. C. 



Boylston, C'harleston.o S. C, on Mar. 

 18, 188-5, writes as follows : 



I reached home safely from New 

 Orleans, and found my bees in splen- 

 did condition. Drones were flying 

 plentifully yesterday, and several of 

 my colonies have from 6 to 8 frames 

 of brood. On March 10, 11 and 12 we 

 liad quite a successful exhibition of 

 poultry and pets generally, at Charles- 

 ton, S. C. I carried down a colony of 

 black bees, and one of Italians, and a 

 general assortment of apiarian im- 

 plements, hives, extractors, etc,, also 

 some extracted honey in bottles. 1 

 sold all the honey out in ten minutes 

 to one purchaser, wlio allowed it to 

 remain until the close of the exhibi- 

 tion ; and if I had had twenty times 

 as much. I could have disposed of all 

 of it. This was the first exhibition of 

 the kind in Charleston, and it at- 

 tracted much attention. 



Terrible Loss of Bees.— L. R. Jack- 

 son, Urmeyville. ©ind., on March 20, 

 1885, writes as follows : 



Ninety-six per cent, of all the bees 

 in this part of the country are dead, 

 and spring opens to-day with the mer- 

 cury at 2^ below zero. Out of 94 colo- 

 nies which I packed for winter, only 

 3 are left, and many have lost all their 

 bees. They began to die early in the 

 winter without any apparent cause, 

 and during all the winter I have not 

 been able to discover any signs of any 

 disease, or why the bees have died. 

 Sixteen years ago, the bees here died 

 in the same way, and people had just 

 begun to take an interest in them 

 again, but now it will be different. I 

 find that nearly all who have lost their 

 bees will buy more this spring, if they 

 can get them at a reasonable price. 

 We want to fill up our old hives, and 

 save the combs, and if we must lose our 

 bees only once in 16 years, we can well 

 afford to stock up again. 



Langstroth hives. The section cases 

 were all removed, and the quilts spread 

 over the honey-boards. The brood- 

 chamber had not been disturbed after 

 the honey-flow had set in, as I work 

 my bees for comb honey alone. On 

 March 11,1 removed them from the 

 cellar to the summer stands, and I 

 found, upon examination, that every 

 colony was in prime condition, with 

 pollen in every hive, and in almost 

 every frame, and not the least symp- 

 tom of diarrhea was to be found any- 

 where ; there was brood in all stages 

 of development. One of my neigh- 

 bors who had extracted the honey 

 from the brood-frames, removed every 

 particle of pollen and fed A sugar for 

 winter stores, put his bees out at 

 about the time I did, and they were 

 terribly affected with the diarrhea. 



No Fears of Pollen.— J. II. Tait, 

 Endicott.o, Nebr., on March 16, 188-5, 

 writes thus : 



I have been a careful reader of the 

 Bee Journal for three years, and 

 from it I have received much valuable 

 information on the management and 

 care of bees. I have watched the pol- 

 len discussion with considerable in- 

 terest, and was " almost persuaded " 

 that pollen was the deadly enemy to 

 successful wintering ; but my experi- 

 ence tills winter has completely re- 

 lieved my mind from any fear in that 

 direction. On Nov. 19, 1884, 1 placed 

 16 colonies of bees in my cellar, all 

 being in two-story, 8 and 10 frame 



Report, from W. C. Hamilton, Ben- 

 ton City,© ^lo., on March 19, 188-5: 



I commenced the winter with 91 col- 

 onies, and I have lost 34 of them, the 

 cause being starvation with plenty of 

 honey almost in reach of the cluster. 

 The weather has been so cold that 

 the bees could not get 2 inches from 

 the cluster in order to get at the 

 honey. 



Report, from Rev. E. L. Dresser, 

 Huron, 5 Ohio : 



My little apiary did fairly well dur- 

 ing the past season. They came out 

 strong last spring, and were in good 

 condition for the honey-flow. My 

 best colony and its increase produced 

 12-5 pounds of comb honey ; the aver- 

 age per colony was 75 pounds. I 

 doubled the original numljer in the 

 spring by dividing them, and I had one 

 natural swarm which went to the 

 woods. They are all packed in chaff 

 on the summer stands in three styles 

 of hives, with which I am experi- 

 menting. 



Ready for the Extrsietor. — J. W. 



Winder, Carrollton,o, La., on March 

 15, 1885, says : 



Bees are doing well and have begun 

 to swarm. I will commence extract- 

 ing next week. The weather is fine 

 and favorable. 



Report, from Albert L. Martin, 

 Leonardsburg,© Ohio, on March 21, 

 1885 : 



Bees have wintered poorly where 

 they were not cared for. A great 

 many bee-keepers in this section do 

 not pay much attention to their bees. 

 The last summer was a very dry one 

 from July 5 until fall, and there was 

 scarcely any rain until it was too late 

 to benefit the flowers. The bees 

 stored considerable cider. They quit 

 rearing young bees very early, and 

 this left mostly old bees for winter, 

 and not very many of them. With 

 colonies in this condition, and un- 

 protected during winter, what coiild 

 bee-Iseepers expect but empty hives V 

 This class of bee-keepers have all tlie 

 empty hives they will want for the 

 coming season. Those who fed their 

 bees to keep them rearing brood, and 

 put them in a bee-house or cellar, are 



