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COI^FVEXTIOX DIRECTORY. 



1890. Time and place of meeting. 



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



B. Eice. Sec, Boscobel, Wis. 



Oct. 10, 1 1.— Union, at Ham ilton. Ills. 



Daniel Shank, Sec, Claytt^n, Ills. 

 Oct. 1.5.— Central Michiean, at Lansing, Mich. 



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

 Oct. 18.— York & Cumberland, at Goodman's Mills,Me 



C. W, Costelluw, Sec, Waterboro, Maine. 

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

 C. P. Dadant, Sec, Hamilton, ills. 

 Oct. 30.— Turkey Hill, at Wildernian's Sta., Ills, 



A. Fchr, Sec, Belleville, Ills. 

 1891. 

 Jan. 1.— Michigan State, at Detroit, Mich. 



H. D. Cutting. Sec, Clinton, Mich. 

 May 7.— Susquehanna County, at Montrose, Pa. 



H. M. Seeley, Sec, Harlord, Pa. 



pg~ In order to bave 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. h. Ta.vlor.. Lapeer, Mich. 

 Secretary— C. P. Dadunt Hamilton, Ills. 



National Bee-Keepers' Union. 



President— James Heddon ..Dowagiac, Mich 

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



A I>adj'"s Exiiibit at the Nebraska 

 State Fair was so attractive and magnifi- 

 cent that it called out these remarks by 

 the Lincoln Journal : 



Each recurring State Fair finds Mrs. J. N. 

 Heater, of Columbus, in the Apiary De- 

 partment with a fine display of honey and 

 bee-keepers' supplies. 



Visitors to this department for several 

 years past have noted the variety and 

 quality of the display made by Mrs. 

 Heater, until no one will be surprised to 

 learn that this season she has practically 

 no competitors. Her exhibit occupies 

 nearly two-thirds of the building, and con- 

 sists of extracted honey, granulated honey, 

 beeswax, honey-vinegar, bees and queens, 

 and all kinds of bee-keepers' supplies, in- 

 cluding hives, extractors, comb foundation 

 and frames, all tastefully arranged. 



Mrs. Heater has personal charge of the 

 display, explaining its mysteries to the 

 uninitiated, and pointing out the latest 

 novelties to those who try to keep pace 

 with the improvements in bee-culture. In 

 tact, Mrs. Heater has done as much to en- 

 courage bee-culture in Nebraska as any one 

 in the State. She has devoted her entire 

 time to the Ijusiness for the past ten years, 

 and her apiarj' at Columlmsis a monument 

 to her success, showing at the same time 

 that bee-culture in Nebraska is a success 

 when conducted intelligently. 



Xlie «j<ol<lcn - Ko<l Wins. — New- 

 York's public schools have chosen the 

 golden-rod as the State flower. The rose 

 made a strong fight, and came in a close 

 second. The Superintendent of Public In- 

 struction, Mr. Draper, has announced the 

 the vote as follows : Ctolden-rod, 81, SOS ; 

 rose, 79,666 ; daisy, 33,603; violet, 31,- 

 176 ; pansy, 21,203 ; lily, 16,438 ; lily of 

 the valley, 11,626 ; trailing arbutus, 

 7,388 ; buttercup, 6,127 ; scattering, 29,- 

 045 ; total, 318,079. The scattering votes 

 were distributed through 121 varieties. 



Teasel. — It seems tllat there are two 

 kinds of teasel, one of which was illus- 

 trated on page 580. Mr. C. M. Goodspeed, 

 of Thorn Hill, N. Y., writes as follows con- 

 cerning the two varieties of this honey- 

 producing plant : 



On page 580 is given an article on the 

 teasel, but unfortunately it is accompanied 

 with an illustration of a wild teasel, which 

 gives a very poor idea of the cultivated 

 plant. The engraving shown here is of the 



Cultivated Teasel for Fuller^s Use. 



"fuller's teasel." So many people are 

 familiar with the wild teasel, and confound 

 the two, that I think it well to make the 

 correction. The wild plant has straight 

 spikes on the burr, or teasel proper, and 

 are not strong, being easily crushed in the 

 hand ; while the fuller's teasel for every 

 spike has a strong hook, that will readily 

 penetrate the hardest hand, if not carefully 

 handled. 



Siin-I'''lotrerK and OoUlen-Kods. 



— Byron liams, of Worcester, Mo., writes ; 



I enclose five flowers, each numbered, 

 which I would like to have named in the 

 American Bee JoruNAU 



Prof. C. M. Weed, by request, gives the 

 botanical names of the flowers sent by Mr. 

 liams, as follows : 



The five plants recently .sent are such 

 fragmentary specimens that it is impossible 

 to determine specifically three of them. 

 No. 1, is a HcWuithus—si kind of sun- 

 flower. No. 2, is Sdlidagorkjida— golden- 

 rod. No. 3 is Solidngo fa?iccof(ifre— nar- 

 row-headed golden rod. No. 4 is a Hellnn- 

 thus — sun-flower. No. 5 seems to be a 

 Silphium — some species of cupweed. 



I would suggest to correspondents the 

 necessity of sending lower leaves as well as 

 flower-heads. — Clarence M. Weed. 



llees and Friiil.— W. A. Webster, of 

 Bakersfleld, Calif., writes thus to the 

 Pacific Rural Press, on the subject of bees 

 and fruit : 



It is the candid opinion of the writer that 

 the injury to fruit which is charged to bees 

 begins with decay, birds, yellow-jackets 

 and other pilferers, and the oftices of the 

 bee are such as are only beneflcial in the 

 economy of nature. The province of the 

 honey bee is to fertilize the blossom and 

 save the nectar from it and from decaying 

 fruit. A bee is guided to its legitimate 

 plunder by the sense of smell, and, I be- 

 lieve, never punctures the skin. 



Intercstins: Statisitic!^.— The fol- 

 lowing is taken from the New York Weekly 

 Witness of Sept. 6, 1890 : 



Last season an interesting trial of the 

 industry of bees was made at the Rhode 

 Island Experiment Station by placing a 

 hive on scales and frequently recording its 

 weight. Beginning with June 11, on which 

 date no gain was made, the increase fluctu- 

 ated from nothing to 2I4 pounds per day. 

 During July the greatest increase in any 24 

 hours was 2f.^ pounds i>er day. This was a 

 colony of fair strength, and the weighing 

 was done between 4 and 5 a.m., before the 

 bees left the hive. There were 20 days 

 during which a decided gain was noticed, 

 six in which no gain nor loss took place, and 

 18 days of loss. The gain was 32!4, and 

 the loss 1 5 pounds, leaving a balance of 

 "'4 pounds. 



In this connection it may be stated that 

 the Rhode Island Station Bulletin No. 4 

 treats upon bee-keeiiing, and some of the 

 statistics given are interesting. The value 

 of the annual honey and wax production 

 equals that of the rice or hop crop of the 

 country, and falls but little short of buck- 

 wheat. It exceeds maple syrup and sugar, 

 and also all the vegetable fibres excepting 

 cottou ; and yet not over 8 to 10 per cent, 

 of those favorably situated for cultivating 

 bees, keep them. In many localities where 

 bees might be kept to advantage they are 

 entirely neglected. 



The "Fai-ni-l*«>iiltry" is a SO-page 

 monthly, published iu Boston at 50 cents 

 per year. It is issued with a colored cover 

 and is flnely illustrated throughout. 



We have arranged to club the American 

 Bee Journal with the Farm-Poultry at 

 S1.35 per year for the two. Or with the 

 Illustr.vted Home Journal at SI. 75 for 

 the three. 



A K <J ot Strawberry t'ulture is 



the name of a neat pamphlet of 150 pages, 

 by Messrs. T. B. Terry and A. I. Root. It 

 covers the whole subject in an interesting 

 manner, is nicely illustrated, and is just the 

 work for those beginning to grow delicious 

 strawberries. Price, postpaid, 40 cents. 

 For sale at this ofiice. 



Thirty Years Anions: tlie Kees 



is the title of a new illustrated pamphlet of 

 75 pages, by Henry Alley. It gives the 

 results of the 30 years' experience of the 

 author in rearing Queen-Bees, with all the 

 latest methods brought down to the pres- 

 ent time. Price, SO cents. For sale at 

 this office. 



Handling; Mees.— This is the title of 

 a nice pamphlet containing 28 pages and a 

 cover, published by Chas. Dadant & Son. 

 It is a chapter from their book, Langstroth 

 Revised, and is an excellent thing for be- 

 ginners. Price, 8 cts. For sale at this ofiice. 



Those Who Have any honey to 

 dispose of should use the Honey Almanac 

 as a salesman. We have a few left for this 

 year, and offer them at half price. See 

 page 671 of this paper. 



