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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Seasonable Hints. 



Usually about the raidclle of Septem- 

 ber, all storing ceases in this latitude; 

 then surplus boxes should be removed. 

 If troubled with robbing bees, contract 

 the entrances. If it is necessary to 

 feed for winter, it should be done in 

 the latter part of this month. If de- 

 sired, colonies may be Italianized dur- 

 ing the fall months. Care should be 

 taken not to expose refuse honey, or it 

 may cause trouble in the apiary. An 

 examination should be made of every 

 colony during this month, in order to 

 ascertain its condition. Weak colonies 

 should be strengthened by full frames 

 from strong ones, or united. Any 

 queen that is old or unprolific should 

 now be superseded by a young and 

 vigorous one, else she may die in mid- 

 winter and endanger the life of the 

 colony in the spring. Be sure that all 

 colonies have young bees and plenty of 

 room for clustering near the centre of 

 the hive, for it will not do to go into 

 winter quarters with old bees only. 



Fall honey is often gathered in abun- 

 dance from golden-rod and other fall 

 flowers dming this month, and if the 

 bees store more than is needed in the 

 brood chamber, the extractor should 

 be used, not to rob them, but to give 

 the queen room to lay in — and thus 

 produce the young bees so essential to 

 safe wintering. 



^^ After having thoroughly experi- 

 mented with all shapes and sizes of 

 frames, iSlovice says: " I recommend 

 the Langstroth frame- for everybody, 

 and for every purpose, in preference to 



anything else I do not believe there 



is anything better." In this view the 

 A. B. J. and Novice are in perfect ac- 

 cord. 



1^ Friends : Look at the direction 

 label on this paper. If the date on it is 

 not " up with the times," you will 

 greatly oblige us by sending us the 

 lever to ''boost it ahead." By urgent 

 request we have waited on hundreds of 

 our patrons till harvest ; now the har- 

 vest is so plenty that they can easily 

 fulfill their promises. 



The National Convention. 



Particulars of the arrangements 

 made by friend Coe, for the session of 

 the ISTational Convention on Oct. 16th, 

 may be found in this issue of The 

 Journal. This is an important meet- 

 ing and will we think result in much 

 good to the bee-keeping fraternity. 

 Honey producers and dealers will have 

 an opportunity to confer on the all-im- 

 portant subject of how to place honey 

 upon the market so as to make it the 

 most profitable to bee keepers. 



Messrs. Thurber offer a $50 gold 

 medal for the finest sample of honey in 

 the most marketable shape. 



The Hon. and venerable Peter Cooper 

 intends to offer a silver medal. He has 

 already placed the magnificent Hall of 

 the American Institute at oiu" disposal, 

 for the sessions of the Convention. 



The finest and most interesting dis- 

 play of honey, beeswax, bees and api- 

 arian supplies ever made ought to be 

 on exhibition at the American Institute. 



Let all subordinate associations send 

 delegates, and provide for at least a 

 part of the necessary expense. Where 

 there is no association, let any bee- 

 keeper elect himself a delegate, and go, 

 in the interest of bee-keepers generally 

 and of himself in particular. 



The invitation is broad and general. 

 —COME ! 



Hon. Peter Cooper.— An Exchange 

 remarks that the growth of the country 

 is Avell shown by the fact that the man 

 is still alive who, after middle age, 

 built the first railway engine made on 

 this continent. That man is our es- 

 teemed and philanthropic countryman, 

 Peter Cooper. He built the engine 

 after his own designs in Baltimore a 

 little more than tliirty years ago, and it 

 was successfully operated on the Balti- 

 more and Ohio Railway. 



Mr. Cooper was the first to apply 

 anthracite coal to the puddling of iron, 

 which he did in a rolling and wire mill 

 that he had erected in New York. 



Mr. Cooper was 76 last February, and 

 still feels a deep interest in the coun- 

 try and in all the people, particularly 

 the laboring classes. 



