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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



land can be bonaht for from SI to $100 per 

 acre. West Virginia lias not rnn its in- 

 fancy yet, as regards development, and it 

 Northern people and bee-men knew more 

 about this State and its resources, they 

 would soon take advantage of it. I hope 

 to end uiy davs in the mountains of Vir- 

 ginia or W. Virginia, surrounded with a 

 fine apiary. 



Good Yield of Honey. — Robert 

 Downs, Naugatuck,? Conn., ou July 

 20, ISS-D, says : 



I am keeping only from 20 to 30 colonies 

 of bees, farming being my principal busi- 

 ness ; but I am i;lad to conlribute my mite 

 towards defending the bee-keeping inter- 

 ests of our country, for it appears that we 

 certainly do need a Bee-Keepers' Union. 

 The yield of honey thus far this spring 

 has been the best that 1 ever knew. 

 Sumac is just now beginning to bloom, 

 and if the weather is good, I expect a big 

 yield of honey from it. The honey is 

 very white and nice. 



Bees and Sheep, etc. — David Rowe, 

 Lime Ridge,© Wis., on July 22, 1885, 

 says : 



I have kept from 50 to 150 sheep, and 

 from 50 to 2U0 colonies of bees for the past 

 15 years. My pastures are well dotted 

 with white clover, and I do not think that 

 my sheep were ever driven a rod, or even 

 molested by my bees when feeding. As I 

 live 12 miles from Mr. Freel]orn, I have 

 been acquainted with both parties for the 

 last 25 years. Mr. F. is known as " the 

 model bee-man," and isalways willing to 

 give good advise to beginners. All know 

 that jealousy has something to do in law- 

 suits. I think that it is to the interest of 

 every man that is handling bees or honey, 

 to put a shoulder to the wheel of defense 

 in this suit. Bees have done well on white 

 clover. Basswood bids fair. 



Wonderful Honey-Yield and In- 

 crease.— 6— Wm. Malone,(.5— 2.5), Oak- 

 ley, 9 Iowa, on July 18, 188.5, says : 



One can judge of the hoi\ey season here 

 in Iowa when I say that I have increased 

 my apiary from 5 to 35 colonies, and have 

 taken 285 pounds of honey, and yet there 

 is 800 pounds more ready to be taken off. 

 I have not bought a bee nor queen tliis 

 year, but sold one frame of brood on June 

 1. Linden has just fairly come into 

 bloom. This exceeds my expectations. I 

 will give a full report in due season. 



" Swarm-ity-Swarm." — Mr. J. O. 



Shearman, New Richmond,? Mich., 

 on July 18, 1,8.85, writes : 



The bees are " rushing " me. Clover is 

 good, and basswood is full and just open- 

 ing. It is swarm-ity-swarra. 



Good Swarming Season, etc. — W. D. 



Wright, (24.3—410). Knowersville,o+N. 

 Y., on July 17, 188.5, writes : 



It is certainly the duty of every bee- 

 keeper to help defend the bee and honey 

 interests of the country, by joining the 

 National Bee-Keepers' Union. We must 

 " hold the fort." We have had a good 

 swarming season, and bees are now stor- 

 ing honey moderately. 



Basswood Honey Harvest.— A. Wich- 

 eits, (110— 8.5), Matteson,d Ills., on 

 July 18, 188-5, says : 



I think that money put into the defense 

 fund is well invested. Last fall I i)Ut into 

 my cellar 110 colonies, and I took out 105 

 of them in the spring. I lost 30 colonies 

 during April and May, by spring dwind- 

 ling, and sold 3 colonies, thus leaving me 

 S3, one-third of which were good, one-tliird 

 weak, and one-third very weak, but by the 

 aid of the stronger they "were built np be- 

 fore the basswood (iow. 1 hived 17 swarms, 

 and 5 or went to i)arts unknown. I have 

 extracted about 1,000 ])Oiuids of basswood 

 honej', and we are now Justin the middle 

 of the bloom ; but since yesterday tlie 

 secretion of nectar Inis ceased on account 

 of a cool, dry atmosphere, and I think 

 there will be no more honey gathered 

 froni it ; but we are thankful for what we 

 already have, as the hives are all full of 

 honey and lirood, making them as heavy 

 as chunks of lead. 



Honey Season is Good.— Jno. A. 

 Balmer, Paris, o+ Ills., on July 18, 188.5, 

 says : 



We are having a good honey season. 

 My colonies are in good condition, and 

 colonies will average .50 pounds of comb 

 honey each, in this locality. I lost 7 dur- 

 ing the past winter, and had 5 left ; these 

 I have increased to 14, of which are 

 working in supers. White clover is about 

 past for this year. 



Results of Envy and lll-Will.— Jas. 



McNeill, Hudson, o, X. Y., writes : 



I am heartily in sympathy with the Bee- 

 Keepers' Union. Persistent ignorance, 

 whicli through envy and ill-will refuses to 

 be enlinlitened, must be combatted at all 

 lengths necessary to overthrow it. Every 

 successful bee-keeper is the object of the 

 ill-will of one or more of his neighbors, 

 who regard him as a sort of usurper of 

 their rights, reaping where he has not 

 sown, and gathering where he has not 

 strewn, and in proportion to their success 

 they are envied, and only a slight provo- 

 cation is sometimes necessary to make 

 this ill-feeling take the forin of open 

 hostility. 



Local Convention Directory. 



1885. Time and place oy Meeting. 



Aug. 25.— N. W. III. and S. W. Wis. at Kock City. ni. 

 J. Stewart. Sec Hock City, Ula. 



Sept. I,2-W. N. Y. and N. Pa., at Salamanca. N.Y. 

 A. D. Jacobs, Sec, Jamestown, N. Y. 



Dec. 8— 10.— Micliifan State, at Detroit. Micli. 



H. D. CuttinK. Sec, ('linton,Mich. 



I»~ In order to have this table complete. Secre- 

 taries are requested to forward tull particulars of 

 time and place of future meetings.- Ed. 



The National Bee -Keepers' Union. 



(INSTITUTION. 



Article I.— This organization shall be 

 known as the "National Bee-Keei)ers' 

 Union," and shall meet annually, or as 

 often as necessity may require. 



Article II.— Its object shall be to pro- 

 tect the interests of bee-keepers, and to 

 defend their rights. 



Article 111.— The officers of this Union 

 shall consist of a President, five Vice- 

 Presidents, and a General Manager (who 

 shall also be the Secretar\ and Treasurer), 

 whose duties shall be tliose usually iiei- 

 lorined by such officers. They shall lie 

 elected by ballot, and hold their several 

 offices for one year or until tlieir successors 

 are elected and installed ; blank ballots 

 for this purpose to be mailed to every mem- 

 ber by the General Manager. 



Article IV.— The officers shall consti- 

 tute an Advisory Boanl, which shall 

 determine what action shall l>e taken by 

 this Union, upon the apidication of any 

 bee-keepers for defense, ;iiid cause such 

 extra assessments to be made upon all the 



members as may become necessary for their 



tiefense. 



Article V.— Any person may become a 

 member by paving to the General Manager 

 an Entrance I'''ee of one dollar to the 

 Defense Fund, and an annual fee of 25 

 cents, for whieli he shall receive a printed 

 receiiituiakintrliinia nii'iiilier of this Union, 

 entith-d id all it- rights and lii-iietits. The 

 .annual lee shall be due on the lirst day of 

 .Inly in each year, and mcst be paid within 

 30 days in order to retain membersliiii in 

 this Union. 



Ajrticle VI.— Donations of any amount 

 may be made at any time to the Defense 

 Fund, in addition" to the entrance and 

 inembership fees and the regular assess- 

 ments made upon the meiubers by the 

 Advisory Board. 



Article VII.— The Defense Fund shall 

 be used for no other pur jiose than to defend 

 and protect bee-keepers in their rights, after 

 such cases are apjiroved by the Advisory 

 Board, and shall only be subjected to Drafts 

 regularly made in writmg by the Advisoiy 

 Board. 



Article VIII.— The annual feespaid by 

 the members shall become a general fund, 

 from which shall be paid the legitimate 

 expenses of this Union, such as prhiting, 

 postage, clerk-hire, etc. 



Article IX.— Meetings of this Union 

 shall be held at such times and places as 

 shall be designated by the Advisory Board, 

 or upon the written requisition of ten 

 members. 



Article X.— This constitution may he 

 amended by a majority vote of all the 

 members at any time. 



LIST OP MEMBERS AT THIS DATE : 



Jones. George W., 

 Kins, T. Franh, 

 Lannstroth. Rev. L. L., 

 Le Roy, J. W., 

 Ludkey, (Charles, 

 Ludloff, K., 

 Maddo.\, W. T., 

 Mallory, S. H., 

 Marden, Henry, 

 Mason, Jits. B., 

 Mattoon, Jas., 

 McConnetl, James, 

 McNay, Frank. 

 McNeill, James, 

 Miller, Dr. C. C, 

 Miller. Henry, 

 Mills. L. U., 

 Minnich. F., 

 Minor. N. L.. 

 Muth Kasmussen, Wm., 

 Net.'^on, James A., 

 Newman, Alfred H.. 

 Newman, S M., 

 Newman, Thomas Q. 

 Nipe. James, 

 Pennoyer, L. A,, 

 Peters, Gen. B., 

 Powell. E. W., 

 Pray, (i. L., 

 Rainey. Jarvis, 

 Rey, Jolin, 

 Reynolds, M. G., 

 Koot. A. 1., 

 Rowe, David, 

 Secor, Euaene, 

 Shapley.D. L., 

 Shearman. J. O., 

 Shirley, W. H., 

 Smith, George. 

 Spady, Jno., 

 Spencer, M. L., 

 Stearns, J. H., 

 Stephenson, H. W., 

 Stewart, W. H., 

 Stolley, Wm., 

 Storer, K. M., 

 Talbert, M.. 

 Theilmann, C, 

 'I'hompson, Geo. M., 

 Tinker. Dr. li. L., 

 Tongue. L. N., 

 Travis, F. W , 

 Trim bers^r, John, 

 Turner, T. E., 

 Vanhouten, C. W,, 

 Viallon, P. L.. 

 Walton, Col. E., 

 Webster, U.S., 

 Whitney. W. V., 

 Wicbert.". A., 

 Wilkins. Miss Lucy A., 

 WriKht. W. D., 

 Zwiener, H. L. 



Allen. Ransom, 

 Anderson. Wm., 

 Anaell. C. S., 

 Baldwin. B. T., 

 Barnes, Wm. M-, 

 Baxter. E. J.. 

 Bernschein. Ernst, 

 Besse. II., M. D., 

 Bitzer. Wm.. 

 Bray. Moses, 

 Brickey. Peter, 

 Buchanan, J. W. & Bro. 

 Burton, L.. 

 Chapman. J.. 

 Cheney, H. II., 

 Clarke. Rev. W. F.. 

 Connlev, Jf)hn T.. 

 Cook, Prof. A. J., 

 Dadant. Chas,, 

 Dadant, C. P , 

 Darby, M. E.. 

 Dayton, C. W„ 

 Decker, A. A.. 

 Demaree. G. W.. 

 Dlbbern. C. H. H Son, 

 Dickason, T. B., 

 Dittmer, Gus. 

 Doolittle, G. M., 

 Downs, Robert, 

 Drane. K., 

 Dunham, P., 

 Dunn, John, 

 EaElesfleld, E. C. 

 Eastwood, L., 

 Feathers, Harvey. 

 Flanagan, E. T,, 

 England, P. J.. 

 Follett, Charles, 

 Forbes, W. E.. 

 France, E. & Son, 

 Freeborn. S. I., 

 Fulton. W. K., 

 Funk, H. W.. 

 Furness, Dwijzht, 

 Gander. A. M.. 

 Green. Charles IT., 

 Greening. C. F., 

 Gresh, Abel, 

 Grimm, Christopher, 

 Hatch, C. A., 

 Havens, Reuben, 

 Hayhurst, E. M., 

 Heaton, J. N„ 

 Heddon. James, 

 llensley. J. P., 

 llettel, M., 

 ilUI, A.G., 

 Hills. Mrs. H., 

 Hilton, George E.. 

 Howard, J. B.. 

 Hoyle, Georee H., 

 Huse, Wm.H.. 

 Hyne. James M., 



To eive away a copy of " Honey as Food 

 and Medicine " to evei-y one who buys a 

 packafre of honey, will sell almost any quan- 

 tity of it. 



