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taking. Tu be of auj- value there must 

 be manj' arres of it, aud then it should 

 be raised with the idea of putting it 

 to some other use in the end. Small 

 patches might furnish houej' enough to 

 invite brood-rearing, which might, 

 under such circumstances, prove detri- 

 mental. 



COWEIVTIOIV DIRECTORY. 



1890. Time and place of meeting. 



Mar. i;o.— Carolina, at Charlotte, N. C. 



N. P. Lyles, Sec, Derita, N. C. 



April IG, 17.— Missouri State, at Marshall, Mii. 



J. W. House, Sec, Santa Fe, Mo. 



May 1.— Southwestern Wisconsin, at Boscobel. Wis. 

 Benj. E. Rice, Sec, Boscobel, Wis. 



May o— Susquehanna Co.. at Hopbottom, Pa. 



H. M. Seeley, Sec, Harford, Pa. 



May 7, .s,— Texas State, at Greenville, Tex. 



J. N. Uunter, Sec, Celeste, Tex. 



May 19.— Northern Illinois, at Rockford, Ills. 



D. A. Fuller, Sec, Cherry Valley, Ills. 



It^" In order to have this table complete, 

 Secretaries are requested to forward full 

 particulars of the time aud the place of 

 each future meeting. — Toe Editor. 





A Pleasant. 0|>en Wintei-. 



We have thus far bad a ver3- pleasant, 

 open winter in eastern Ohio. We have bad 

 but little snow, but a vast amount of rain 

 and mud. Bees are in splendid condition ; 

 I looked at mine to-day, and I find iu some 

 colonies quite a sprinkling of young bees, 

 and lots of brood in the broodchamber. I 

 wintered my bees on the summer .stands, in 

 Falcon cbaff hives. I commenced the 

 spring of 1889 with 32 colonies, spring 

 count, and increased the number to .tO, by 

 natural swarming, hiving prime swarms 

 only. All secondary swarms I put back in 

 the old hive, bj- first catching the queen. I 

 harvested 600 pounds of comb honey, tak- 

 ing this surplus off in the month of Julj', 

 and put the bees down in the brood-cham- 

 ber. They filled up the brood-chamber 

 with honey from fall flowers, and are now 

 very strong. I very seldom have to feed 

 my bees in the spring. From present ap- 

 pearances, we trust that the present year 

 will be a good one for bees and honey. 



J.iCOI! Osw.iLT. 



Maximo, O., Feb. 18, 1890. 



Exp«'i-ienoe Mitli Cariiiolan Itees. 



On page, 88, Mr. Staininger reports a fine 

 yield of honey; that he obtained that 

 amount of honey from 140 colouies of bees 

 (spring count) ; also that he increased his 

 bees to 335 colonies. That increase any 

 bee-keeper would have expected, and could 

 not well have avoided, with such a honey- 

 fiow as he had. 



In regard to the Carniolans referred to by 

 Mr. S. : Did they swarm more than the 

 Italians; Previous to getting the Carnio- 

 lans, I kept the Italian bees for 12 years; 

 for the past 6 years, I have kept Carnio- 

 lans, and I have never had them swarm 

 more than the Italians did ; nor have I ever 

 had more trouble in controlling their 

 swarming than I did with the Italians. I 

 have had in three years, 2 Italian colouies 

 in my yard, for the purpose of an experi- 

 ment as to honey-gathering, and in both 



trials, they failed to come up to the average 

 Carniolan bees, as honey -gatherers, by at 

 least 35 per cent. This is a big difference, 

 but I think that the drone-trap kejjt before 

 them, had something to do with their not 

 working well. 



As to the Carniolans being cross : I have 

 had but a very few bees among the Carnio- 

 lans that were cross, and I could easily ac- 

 count for that. My experience in breeding 

 has been, that to take an egg from a fine 

 queen, aud put it in the hive of a cross 

 colony, to be fed and developed into a ma- 

 ture queen, will produce from that r|ueen a 

 cross colony of liees ; and I can take eggs 

 from a queen having a cross colony of bees, 

 and put them in a gentle colony to be fed 

 aud matured, and tho.se queens will com- 

 monly produce gentle bees. This matter I 

 have given some thought, and have proved, 

 to my satisfaction, in the twenty j'ears 

 passed among the bees. John Andrews. 



Pattens' Mills, N. Y. 



Honey troni llie Ciolden-Rod. 



The golden-rood bloomed very profusely 

 here the last fall ; I watched it carefully, 

 and found very few bees on it until the tall 

 rains set in, then the blooms were covered 

 by a little black beetle ; but still the bees 

 got their share. I counted from 5 to 20 

 bees on a single weed, and the store of 

 honey was noticeably increased. 



Hamlin, Iowa. James Moore. 



Riant Itass'n'ootI Xrees. 



As the valuable bass wood from which we 

 now get our best honey is so rapidly dis- 

 appearing, I think that it would be actiug 

 tiie part of wisdom, if all who keep bees, 

 especially, would plant as many young 

 trees as ttiey can, and they will in a few 

 years have trees that money could hardly 

 buy from them. Who can tell us how to 

 grow them from the seed ! I live liy the 

 woods, where many large basswood trees 

 are among the forest trees, and although 

 every spring I see thousands of the previous 

 year's seeds start with the seed leaves on, 

 3^et never one of them ever lives to grow, 

 and this occurs where no stock of any kind 

 ever runs. C. F. Miller. 



Faribault, Minn. 



[To plant basswood trees will soon be- 

 come a necessity —and it is excellent ad- 

 vice to recommend every one to plant 

 lindens wherever it is possible to do so. To 

 plant the seed is usually very unsatisfac- 

 tory ; it is better to transplant young trees 

 from the woods, or to buy them from a 

 nursery. In about five years they will 

 bloom. — Ed.1 



Uee-Escape :ii><I Its Use. 



I have just read Mr. Eugene Secor's let- 

 ter, on page 10(i, in regard to my bee-es- 

 caiie. From his closing paragraph, one 

 might be led to think that I had not made 

 the Eescape entirely free to the fraternity. 

 All are perfectly welcome to make them — 

 in fact, it pleases me to have them do so, 

 and I hope it may Vie a gi'eat help to many 

 an over-worked bee-keeper. Since bring- 

 ing the invention out, however, I have been 

 flooded with letters, asking for more ex- 

 plicit directions — often forgetting to enclose 

 even a stamj) for return postage, and ask- 

 ing innumerable questions. Some want 

 patterns; while still others send from two 

 to ten cents iu stamps. Some have sent me 

 samples of bee-escapes, which they had 

 made, that were so imperfect that I very 

 much doubt whether they would work at 



all. I cannot afford to do all this work for 

 nothing, pay postage besides, aud spend 

 valuable time in making patterns, and 

 sending them out. 



I have now perfected patterns, and make 

 all the escapes of tinned wire-cloth, solder- 

 ed on tin, and made so that they can be 

 instantly taken out of the escape-board 

 from the top. I am desirous that all should 

 have the benefits of this invention, and that 

 all Escapes should be made riqhtly. 



Milan, lUs. C. H. Dibbern. 



Fine '%Veather for Bees. 



The weather here is extremely fine ; we 

 have not had any ice of any account, and 

 the bees have numerous chances for their 

 flights. I shall watch them closely now, as 

 they commenced to gather pollen the first 

 of March, last year. O. R. Hawkins. 



Bellport, N. Y., Feb. 13, 1890. 



Bees IViuterins' Well. 



Bees are in splendid condition — only one 

 colony lost, so far. It was a poor season 

 for honey last year, l)ut I am looking for a 

 good crop this year. I have more cells for 

 honey than I can supply. It is very warm 

 to-day, the mercurj- standing at 80 degrees. 

 The bees are humming like they do in the 

 month of June. Bees have wintered well 

 in this locality, with very little loss ; but 

 spring dwindling is to be feared. 



Wm. Anderson. 



Sherman, Mo., Feb. 17, 1890. 



HONEY AND BEESWAX MARKET. 



DENVER, Jan. 27.— 1-lb. sections, ISigaSc: 

 Extracted, 7®8c. Beeswax, 20®25o. Market 

 well supplied. Demand moderate. 



J. M. CLARK COM. CO.. 1421 Fifteenth St. 



KANSAS CITY, Jan. 2.o.— Market continues 

 very dull. Demand very liprht. Weather is en- 

 tirely too warm. We quote white 1-lb. comb, 

 13e.; fall, 1-lbs., 10(5) lie: white, 2-lbs., 11® 

 12c.; fall, 2-lbs., 10c. Extracted, white, 7@ 

 7^Jc. ; amber, o@6c. Heeswa.v, 22c. 

 CLEMONS, CLOON & CO., 



Cor. 4th and Walnut Sts. 



CHICAGO, Feb. 22.— We quote: White clo- 

 ver in active demand and iiuick sales, on arri- 

 val : 1-lb.s., 12(&i:5c.; 2-lhs., ll@12c. Bass- 

 wood 1-lbs., ll@12c. Buckwheat 1-lbs., 8@ 

 9c. Extracted, 6>i(rii7;;c. Beeswa.v — bright, 

 25@26c.; dark, 2:3(7/ 24c. 



S. T. FISH & CO., 189 S. Water St. 



KANSAS CITY, Jan. 21.— Demand Ught aud 

 prices lower. Very fancy 1-lbs., 12 iu a crate. 

 1.3c.; good white 1-lbs., 12®12!ic.: dark 1-lbs. 

 and 2-Tbs., 8@10c. : white 2-lbs., ll@12c. Ex- 

 tracted, white, 6C'7c. ; dark, 5@6c. 



HAMBLIN & BEARSS, 514 Walnut St. 



CHIC-VGO, Feb. 1.3.— Honey is selling with 

 more freedom than for some time, but prices 

 remain at 12@13c for the best; 10®llc for 

 what is not prime, and 8®10c for dark and 

 buckwheat honey. E.xtracted is not so active, 

 with pi-ices at 7(j/8c for finest grades, aud 6c 

 tor dark aud off-color. Beeswax, 25c for yellow. 

 R. A. BDRNETT, 161 S. Water St. 



DETROIT, Feb. 10. — Comb honey is now 

 quoted at ll®.1.3c. The supply is not large; 

 sales are slow. Extracted, 7(>> 8c, Beeswax, 24c. 

 M. H. HUNT. Bell Branch, Mich. 



BOSTON, Feb. 15.— Best 1 lbs., 16c; best 2 

 lbs., 15c. Extracted, 7(i?i9c. Beeswax, 23c. 

 Trade is dull. 



BLAKE & RIPLEY. 57 Chatham St. 



CINCINNATI, Feb. 14.— Good demand for 

 extracted honey, iu glass jars, while demand 

 from manufacturers is slow; it brings 5C'i8c 

 per lb. Comb honey, 12@15c a lb. for best 

 white. 



Beeswax is in good demand at 20@24c. for 

 good to choice yellow. C. F. MUTH & SON, 

 Corner Freeman & Central Aves. 



