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CONTENTIOIV DIRECTORY. 



1890. Time and place of meeting. 



Sept. 13.— Susquehanna Co., at Springville, Pa. 



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



Sept. 26.— Capital, at Sprinsfleld, Ills. 



C. E. Yocom, Sec. Sherman, 111. 



Oct. 8.— S. W. Wisconsin, at Platteville, Wis. 



B. Rice, Sec, Boscobel, Wis. 



Oct. 15.— Central Michigan, at Lansing, Mich. 



W. A. Barnes, Sec, Lansing, Mich. 



Oct. 29-31.— International American, at Keokuk, la. 

 C. P. Dadant, Sec, Hamilton, Ills. 



Oct.— Missouri State, at Mexico, Mo. 



J. W. Rouse. Sec. Santa Fe. Mo. 



B^" In order to have this table complete, 

 Secretaries are requested to forward full 

 particulars of the time and the place of 

 each future meeting.— The Editor. 



International Bee-Association. 



President— Hon. R. L. Taylor.. Lapeer, Mich. 

 Secretary— C. P. Dadant Hamilton, Ills. 



National Bee-Keepers' Union. 



President— James Heddon ..Dowagiac, Mich 

 Sec'y. and Manager— T. G. Newman, Chicago 



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lar to the statement in the above quotation, 

 but it is not, or cannot be, enforced — it is, 

 and has been a "dead letter." Bee-keep- 

 ers, at the time this law was passed, at- 

 tempted to organize a system of the kind 

 before stated, and did have some bee-in- 

 spectors appointed, which proved very un- 

 satisfactory, as some were incompetent, 

 and those that were claim to have received 

 no pay for services rendered. The chief 

 inspector, who is an aged man now, said to 

 me, " Young man, I spent a great deal of 

 my time as inspector, and I have not had 

 one cent for it !" 



This statement is made to correct any 

 erroneous idea that may be started in re- 

 gard to the industry in this section, be- 

 cause, as will be seen, the statement of Mr. 

 Muth is unintentionally misleading. We 

 expect to accomplish in the near future the 

 condition of things as stated in the clipping 

 referred to— it is uphill work though, but 

 with an organization, and a little energy, 

 we hope to overcome the few technicalities 

 in our way, and ultimately meet with suc- 

 cess. Jxo. C. Swanek. 



Salt Lake City, Utah. 



I have noticed several articles in the bee- 

 papers and the New York World on hunt- 

 ing bees. I can beat all such hunting, 

 having hunted bees since 1845, more or 

 less. I hear of about 50 runaway swarms 

 that have come in our direction this season, 

 which I hope to have time to look after 

 next month. One came over my fields 

 going northwest, up 20 feet ; the boys and 

 I gave chase to the woods, but they left us 

 far in the rear. We had a severe frost on 

 Aug. 22, that "scooped" everything in 

 some places. I have escaped so far. 



E. G. Slatton. 



Chetek, Wis., Aug. 24, 1890. 



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Honey from Ileart's-Fase. 



This has been a very poor season for bees 

 — no surplus nor swarms, except some that 

 swarmed for want of stores. But heart's- 

 ease has begun to yield honey now, and the 

 bees are beginning to build comb, and will 

 probably get enough honey to last until 

 fruit-bloom. This is my fifth year with 

 bees, and I have never known heart's-ease 

 to fail to give sufficient honey to winter the 

 bees safely. I consider it very good winter 

 food, if properly ripened and sealed. There 

 is some golden-rod here, but the bees rarely 

 notice it. I suppose most of the readers of 

 the Bee Journal are aware that the Illi- 

 nois State Fair will be held at Peoria, Ills., 

 from Sept. 39 to Oct. 3. Let us all go and 

 make a good exhibit, even if it has been a 

 poor season. S. F. Tkego. 



Swedona, Ills., Sept. 1, 1890. 



Liis:ht Honey Crop, etc. 



The honey crop with us is light, and pros- 

 pects poor for any to be gathered this fall, 

 as the drouth has been so severe. There 

 will be but little, if any, surplus. The bee- 

 keepers must make a grand display at the 

 Columbian Exposition, in 1893. 



Arthur Evans. 



Saybrook, Ills., Sept. 3, 1890. 



Poor Season tor Bees. 



This has been a poor season with the 

 bees in this part of the country, caused by 

 a mild winter, a cold, wet spring, and a 

 dry summer. My average per colony, 

 spring count, so far is 3 pounds ! 



C. A. Bunch. 



Nye, Ind., Aug. 29, 1890. 



Horses Stuns: l>y Bees. 



Yesterday, Mr. Henry Lee, a farmer, had 

 four horses hitched to a road-scraper, work- 

 ing on the road, and as he was going by 

 Mr. Hastings', something was wrong with 

 the machine, and they stopped to fix it, 

 when Mr. Hastings' bees attacked the 

 horses and stung them so that two died 

 right there, and the othertwo cannot stand 

 up this morning. The two that died were 

 worth .?300. Mr. Lee's son was badly hurt 

 in trying to unhitch the horses. Yesterday 

 was a lowery day— it rained a fine mist the 

 most of the day. The accident happened 

 in the town of Mayfield, Lapeer county, 

 Mich., 2J-.< miles from this place. 



Chas. E. Gushing. 



Lapeer, Mich., Aug. 32, 1890. 



[While such accidents as the above are to 

 be regretted very much, indeed, they 

 should serve to warn people not to allow 

 sweaty horses to stand near the hives of 

 bees. The bees are frequently unjustly 

 blamed for unfortunate occurrences which 

 result from carelessness or ignorance on 

 the part of drivers of horses. Bee-keepers 

 should take pains to inform those around 

 them of the danger there is in tying or 

 stopping horses very close to bee-hives, and 

 thus avoid the recurrence of such sad and 

 disastrous accidents as the one recorded in 

 Mr. Cushing's letter. — Ed.] 



Ceutle Italian Bees, etc. 



I have Italian bees, and would have no 

 other in my yard. They are pleasant with 

 children, and will not sting much, even if 

 you sit on their hives, when you cannot 

 come within 10 feet of the black bees. The 

 golden-rod and aster are in full bloom, and 

 the bees are booming on them. 



Jacob Shaffer. 



South Park, Ky., Aug. 30, 1890. 



Foul Brood Inspectors in Utali. 



On page 587 is a short paragraph taken 

 originally from Chas. F. Muth's article on 

 foul brood, wherein is stated that " Utah 

 has a bee inspector in every county, and a 

 ' State ' officer drawing pay from the Ter- 

 ritory." Bee keepers here would be very 

 happy if such were the case, providing such 

 men were competent ; but such is not the 

 case. I have kept and handled bees for six 

 years, and in that time I have not met with 

 an inspector in the discharge of his duties, 

 and if there is an oflteer paid by the Terri- 

 toi-y for the purpose named, we cannot 

 learn his name. 



The facts that give coloring to the state- 

 ment of Mr. Muth, is that there has been a 

 law on the statute books, a great deal simi 



Winterins: and Hunting; Bees. 



There was one "pointer" that I omitted 

 in my letter on wintering bees, on page 

 357. I bore a %-inch hole in each end of 

 the hive half way up, and cover it with 

 wire-cloth, driving a small tack in each 

 corner, which gives them air, as the en- 

 trance low down becomes clogged %vith 

 dead bees, and the live ones smother. I 

 have lost several fine colonies in that way. 

 I intend to improve by putting holes in the 

 same manner on the sides high up, this 

 fall ; it requires but little expense and 

 short time. The hole in front I leave open 

 in summer. 



We had a great profusion of basswood 

 blossoms in July. My bees have not stored 

 surplus comb honey as last season, but the 

 hives are heavy, and the bees will be in 

 good condition for winter. There are only 

 four hives that they have filled the 28 one- 

 pound sections. 



One ot tlie Vervains— Broutli. 



I send you a plant that I would like to 

 know the name of. It has been the plant 

 that has kept our bees alive during the 

 late drouth. We have had some fine 

 showers the past week ; the drouth is 

 broken now, and we may yet get enough 

 honey to winter our bees. There is little 

 or no surplus. S. H. Clark. 



Elwood, Iowa, Aug. 31, 1890. 



[It is Verbena hastata, one of the very 

 numerous vervains. It has long been 

 recognized as a good producer of honey. — 

 Ed.] 



Rocky-SIountain Bee-Plant. 



I send a sample of a plant that grows 

 wild here. In most places it blooms about 

 the first of August, and grows very rank. 

 The bees work on it all day. I wish you 

 would tell what it is, and if it bears honey. 

 This has been a very poor year for honey 

 here — no surplus yet worth noting. 



W. H. COGIL. 



Central City, Nebr., Aug. 23, 1890. 



[It is the "Rocky-Mountain bee-plant" 

 (Cleome IntecjrifoUa) . This is a beautiful 

 plant, and is said to furnish large quantities 

 of excellent honey. It gi-ows naturally in 

 the Rocky Mountains, and in Colorado. — 

 Ed.] 



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