THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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Local Convention Directory. 



1885. Time and place of MeetitiQ. 



Dee. 8— lO.-MlchlBiin state, Ht Detroit. Mich. 



H. U. CuttinK, Sec. (Clinton, Mich. 



Dec. 8— 10.— North American, Ht Detroit. Mich. 

 W. Z. Hutchinson, Sec, Kogerrsville, Mich. 



Deo. 8-10.— Northwestern, at Detroit, Mich, 



W. Z. nutchinson. Sec, Hogersvllle, Mich, 



Dec. 8— 10.— S. B. Michiifan, at Detroit, Mich. 



A. M. Gander, Sec, Adrian, Mich. 



Deo. 11. -Northeastern Kan., at Hiawatha, Kan. 

 1j. C.CIarlc, Sec, Granada, Kan. 



Apr. 27.— Des Moines County, at Burlintcton, Iowa. 

 Jno. Nau, Sec, Middletown, Iowa. 



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

 taries are requested to forward full particulars of 

 time and place of future meetings.- KD. 



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Bees in Winter Quarters.— T. F. 



Bingham, Abronla,+o Mich,, on Nov. 

 16, 1885, writes : 



My bfiss are in winter quarters ; (iO 

 colonies in the cellar, and 117 packed 

 as usual, out-of-doors. 



Feeding Back Extracted Honey.— A. 



J. Noiris, Cedar Falls, t5 Iowa, on 

 Nov. 13, 1885, writes as follows : 



I believe I have made feeding back 

 extracted honey a perfect success. I 

 took two section-cases partly tilled, to 

 feed on, and I have them finished in 

 good shape. I think that on these 

 empty or partly-tilled combs I can get 

 27 or 28 pounds in sections for every 

 30 pounds of extracted honey fed. 



Good Report.- Peter Moerlein,]5rus- 

 sels,P Ills., on Nov. 16, 1885, says: 



White clover was a failure in this 

 locality, but I have obtained a good 

 crop of Spanish-needle honey. I 

 bought 8 colonies last fall in winter 

 quarters, lost one, and had 7 left in 

 the spring of 1885. I have increased 

 them to 31 colonies by natural swarm- 

 ing. I obtained -520 pounds of comb 

 honey and 560 pounds of extracted. 

 My bees are now in very good condi- 

 tion for winter quarters. I have all 

 selected Italians and Syrians in Lang- 

 stroth hives. 



Honey-Samples Wanted.— L.C. Root. 

 President of tlie North American Bee- 

 Keepers' Society, Mohawk, 5 N. Y.. 

 on Nov. 16, 18.85, says : 



Parties attending the North Ameri- 

 can Bee-Keepers' Convention at De- 

 troit, Mich., will confer a favor if 

 they will bring samples of extracted 

 honey of about 1 pound each. Each 

 package should be marked with the 

 name and address of the party fur- 

 nishing it, and also as far as possible 

 they should state the kind of blossoms 

 from which it was gathered, and the 

 variety of bees that gathered it. 

 These parcels will be forwarded to 

 the Commissioner of Agriculture at 



Washington for analyzation. I have 

 no doubt but the effort to secure a 

 large number of samiiles from differ- 

 ent States will produce results of 

 value to bee-keepers. 



Report for 4 Years.— 4— H. P. Lang- 

 don, (14—60), East Constable, 5 N.Y., 

 on Nov. 16, 1885, writes : 



I had 14 colonies of bees last spring, 

 and now I have .50 colonies, and 1,400 

 pounds of extracted honey from clover 

 and basswood. I will winter my bees 

 on sugar syrup. My expenses for the 

 4 years that I have kept bees, have 

 been $.549.32 ; my sales of honey have 

 amounted to $417.10; but as I now 

 have a stock that I would not sell for 

 less than $600, I am well satisfied 

 with my work. Give me .50 good 

 colonies of bees in the spring of as 

 good a year as this has been, and I 

 can clear more money from them than 

 I can from my farm, which is a good 

 one of 75 acres, and a good hop-yard 

 of 8 acres included. 



Basswood Bloom, etc.— C. Mitchell, 

 Molesworlh, Ont., writes : 



As I propounded Query, No. 1-52, 1 

 would say that I never saw basswood 

 blossom or yield honey two seasons in 

 succession. Mr. Ileddon must be in 

 a paradise where apiaries ought to be 

 profitable. Mr. Doolittle's experi- 

 ences and decisions are marvels of 

 unerring exactness— except as to snow 

 banks for wintering bees. 



Tin Roofs for Hives, etc.— 10— John 

 Eey, (25—68), East Saginaw,© Mich., 

 on Nov. 12, 1885, writes : 



I have obtained only half a crop, or 

 33 pounds per colony, this season. I 

 started last spring with 25 colonies, 

 increased them to 73 during the sea- 

 son, and obtained 1,100 pounds of 

 comb honey and 1,300 pounds of ex- 

 tracted honey. I have sold 5 colonies, 

 which leaves me 68 ; these I have 

 packed in planer shavings on the 

 summer stands. I contracted the 

 most of my colonies down to 7 and 

 some to 6 Langstroth frames, and 

 filled in the space and over the brood- 

 frames with shavings. My colonies 

 are strong in bees, and I left them 30 

 pounds of honey per colony to winter 

 on, the most of which is white clover 

 honey. The past summer I put tin 

 roofs on my hives, and gave them two 

 coats of paint, which makes a good 

 roof, and costs only 13 cents per hive. 

 I lost 2 colonies last winter just on 

 account of leaky roofs, and for the 

 value of those 2 colonies I could have 

 roofed 100 hives. I use the roofing 

 tin 20x28 inches, and it is just the size 

 for the 10-frame Langstroth hive. I 

 also use hooks for the covers of every 

 one of my hives. To fasten and un- 

 fasten them is but the work of a 

 moment, and less trouble than hand- 

 ling a large stone. My hives stand in 

 the open air all the year round, except 

 in midsummer when I shade them 

 with a large board, a la Heddon ; for 

 the tin roof draws too much heat from 

 the sun. 



The North American Bee-Keepers' Society. 



Tills Sucifty will hdld its 16tli annual 

 (■(iiivciiliiiii <iii Dec. n, '.I .111(1 10, 1SS.5, at 

 Di-troit, Mich. Tliu Hall in which the 

 Micctiiit; will lii^ held is known as the "Red 

 Men's VVifiwaiii," ami is located at 63 

 Mieliifiaii Aveiuic, line block west of the 

 Cit.v Hall, .lust aeniss the street iroiM the 

 "Kc(l Men's WiKWiU"" is the Antisilel 

 House, whieh will be the hotel at wliieb 

 the Society will make its head-quarters. 

 The regular rates at this hotel are $3 per 

 per day, but tliey have been reduced to 

 %\:& jier (la\' to those attendmg the con- 

 vention. There will be reduced rates on 

 all Michigan railroads, also as far east as 

 Buffalo, as far west as Chicago, and as far 

 south as Toledo. Efforts are being made 

 to secure reduced rates to still further 

 points, but at iiresent the prospects of 

 success are not ver>- promising. No certiti- 

 cates will be sent out until about Dec. 1 ; 

 butall who exjiectto attend should write 

 to the Secretary at once, and certificates 

 will be sent out as soon as they are ready. 

 W. Z. Hutchinson, Sec, s 

 Rogersville, Mich. 



■^:eicdg-:eij^1s^i:^:hz. 



FIRST DAY. 



TUESD.W FOKENOON SESSION.— 10 a.m. 

 —Couveiition called to order.— Address of 

 Welcome, by Edwin Willetts, President of 

 the Michigan Agricultural College.— Re- 

 sponse, by the President, L. C. Root. — 

 Calling the roll of members of last year, 

 payment of annual dues, reception of new 

 members, and distribution of badges.- 

 Kcadiui: the minutes of the last meeting.— 

 KeiMirls (il the 'I'lciisuier and .Secretary.— 

 AniKiuiicemeiits.— Miscellaiieons business. 



Afternoon Session. — 2 p. m. — Au- 

 uouncements. — Annual address of the 

 President. — Miscellaneous business. — 

 " Production of Comli Honev," G. M. Doo- 

 little, B(n-odino, N. Y.— " Production of 

 Extracted Honey," Chas. Dadaut, Hamil- 

 ton, Ills.— "The Care of Honey for Mar- 

 ket." R. T. Holterman, Brantford, Ont.— 

 "Marketing Honey," C. F. Muth, Cin- 

 cinnati, O. 



Evening Session. — 7:30 p. m.— An- 

 nouncements.— Miscellaneous business.— 

 Discussion of questions that have accumu- 

 lated in the question-box during the day. 



SECOND DAY. 



Wednesday Morning Session. —9 

 a. m. — Announcements. — Miscellaneous 

 business. — "Bee-Pasturage," Thos. G. 

 Newman, Chicago. Ills. — "Selling and 

 Shipping Bees by the Pound," E. M. Hay- 

 hurst, Kansas City, Mo. — Selection of 

 place for holding next convention, and 

 election of officers. 



Afternoon Session.— 2 p. m. — Au- 

 nonncements.— Miscellaneous business.— 

 "Excellence or Cheapness— Which ?" A. 

 I. Root, Medina, O.—" Comb Foundation," 

 John Vaudervort, Lacey ville, Pa,—" Bee- 

 Keeping as a Business,'' Dr. C. C. Miller, 

 Marengo, Ills. 



Evening Ses.sion. — 7:30 p.m. — An- 

 nouncements.- Miscellaneous business.— 

 Discussion of questions in the question- 

 box. 



THIRD DAY. 



TinmsDAY Morning Session.— 9 am. 

 — Announcements. — Miscellaneous busi- 

 ness.—" Reversing Comb.s," .lames Hed- 

 don, Dowagiac, Mich. — " The Pollen 

 Theory," Prof. A. J. Cook, Agricultural 

 College, Mich. 



Afternoon Session.— 3 p. m. — Au- 

 nouncemeuts.— Miscellaneous business.- 

 " Wintering Bees," Ira Barber, DeKalb 

 .Junction, 'N. Y. — " Different Races of 

 Bees," D. A. Jones, Beeton, Out.- Ad- 

 journment. W. Z. HuTcinN.soN, Sec. 



