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houey. we must have lots of bees when 

 the flow begins. 



To sum up the wintering problem 

 from my stand-point, have large hives; 

 pack well with forest leaves ; have 

 strong colonies and young queens ; 

 encourage late breeding in the fall. and 

 have the apiary in a well-sheltered 

 place in the spring. Feed rye flour in 

 the warmest spots you can find, placed 

 in a large barrel or hogshead, with the 

 end with the head out to the sun. 

 Leave no more combs in the hives 

 than the bees cover, and see that they 

 have plentj- of old honey, or else feed 

 sugar syrup. Keep placing empty 

 combs (or combs containing honey 

 but no bee-broad) in the center of the 

 brood-nest Us required, as the bees 

 almost always have solid walls of bee- 

 bread and honey at the sides of the 

 brood-nest. 



In all probability the crop of white 

 clover next spring will be heavy, from 

 the fact that the rains have come early 

 enough this fall togive the white clover 

 from the seed a chance to get a good 

 start before freezing weather. In our 

 locality winter rarely injures the white 

 clover — it is the late fall drouths that 

 ■■ do it up." 



My crop of white clover honey this 

 year amounted to about 5,000 pounds, 

 it is too early yet to say what the fall 

 crop will reach, though now it would 

 probably run over 7,000 pounds, as the 

 bees are just booming on asters and 

 golden-rod. We will soon hear all tlie 

 great bee-keepers singing a ditt'erent 

 tune about golden-rod. if it acts every- 

 where as it is doing in Madison county 

 this fall. The bees have been busy on 

 it for nearly a month. My bees will 

 pay me better this season than ever 

 before, and they will go into winter 

 quarters in better condition. 



A. N. Draper. 



COKVENTIOI^f DIRECTORY. 



1 890. Time and place of meeting. 



Oct. 10, n.— Union, at Hamilton, Ills.* 



Daniel Shank, Sec, Clayton, Ills. 



Oct. 15.— Central Michienn. at Lansing. Mich. 



W. A. Barnes, Sec, Lansing, Micb. 



Oct. 18.— yorfc& Cumberlan'i.at Goodman's Mills,Me 

 C. W. Costellow, Sec, Waterboro, Maine. 



Oct. 22, 23.— Missouri State, at Mexico, Mo. 



J. W. Rouse. Sec, Mexico. Mo. 



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

 C. 1". Datlant, Sec, Hamilton, Ills. 



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



A. Fehr, Sec. Belleville, Ills. 

 1891. 

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



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



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



II. U. Seeley, Sec, Ilartord, P.t. 



H^" 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. 



I waited until June, when I wrote to 

 them again, saying that if they could not 

 ship the eggs by June 16, to please return 

 my money, as it was getting late ; and still 

 no answer came. 



I wrote again on July 2, for the return of 

 the money, as it was too late to set the 

 eggs. Early in August I wrote again, ask- 

 ing them to return my money, and told 

 them that was the third and last time I 

 should ask them to return my money. It 

 is now Sept. 26, and they have not returned 

 the money, or even written a word to me. 

 I would not take the eggs as a gift, now. ^ 

 Isabella Tkego. 



Swedona, Ills., Sept. 26, 1890. 



International Bee-Association. 



Hon. K. L. Taylor.. Laijocr. Mich. 

 ■C. P. Diidaut Hamilton, Ills. 



Pkesident- 

 Seoketakv- 



ITational Bee-Keepers' Union. 



President— James Herldon ..Dowagiac. Mich. 

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





Supplied M'itli IVinter Stores. 



Bees will go into winter quarters well 

 supplied. They have averaged about 30 

 pounds of honey each in one pound sec- 

 tions, and they are still at work on various 

 flowers— such as golden-rod and asters, and 

 a little late buckwheat. "We never have 

 any trouble with foul brood in this part of 

 the country. Ed. Smith. 



Carpenter, Ills., Sept. 36, 1890. 



CJatliered Eiioug:!! tor Winter. 



The fall season is now ended, and 'a very 

 light crop of honey has been harvested in 

 the "bottoms," and none at all on the up- 

 lands ; but in this vicinity, bees gathered 

 about enough to carry them over winter. 

 White clover, though badly killed in places 

 by the dry, hot weather, is, I believe, in 

 better condition than it was three years 

 ago at this time. W. J. Ccllin.vn. 



Quincy, Ills., Sept. 30, 1890. 



But I>ittle Wiiite Honey Stored. 



I wintered 12 colonies last winter, and 

 commenced the spring with that number, 

 and had 4 swarms from them. I made, by 

 dividing. 12 new colonies, whieh increased 

 my whole number of colonies to 28. They 

 did not store much white honey in the sec- 

 tions, and there was no buckwheat and fall 

 honey. Prices for houey will be higher 

 than usual. C. D. Baubek. 



Stockton, N. Y., Sept. 24, 1890. 



Mr. .Stone asked. "What is the best 

 plan for a lioney-house ?" 



Mr. Robbins has one 12x12 feet, 

 single-walled, with windows in the 

 south to let in the rays of the sun. He 

 says he can ripen houey in this house 

 better than it will ripen on the hives. 



President England explained how to 

 make bee-escapes on the windows by 

 placing wire-cloth cones at each upper 

 corner extending upward and outward. 

 Mr. Draper keeps extracted honey, 

 after being fully ripened, in the cellar, 

 bunged up tight. He had samples of 

 different kinds of extracted honey that 

 were kept in this manner, and they 

 were fine. 



The convention then adjourned to 

 meet at the call of the Executive Com- 

 mittee. C. E. YOCOM, Sec. 



Honey Ironi Wiiite J>aisy. 



Bees swarmed but little in this locality 

 the past season. May and June lieing wet 

 and backward. Clover did not produce 

 any more than enough to stimulate brood - 

 rearing, and basswood was a complete 

 failure. Through June and a portion of 

 July white daisy yielded very well— one 

 colony stored 48 pounds of this daisy 

 honey, in the sections. Buckwheat yielded 

 for a few days, then stopped short, and we 

 have had nothing since. I commenced the 

 season with 9 colonies, and now have 18, 

 permitting only one swarm to issue from 

 each colony. White daisy honey is a yel- 

 lowish amber, rather strong in taste, and 

 tough comb, with a muddy-gray capping. 

 What is the opinion of bee-keepers in re- 

 gard to the safety of this daisy honey for 

 wintering bees ; P. P. Hauhixotox. 



Hartwick, N. Y., Sept. 36, 1890. 



XUe Feeding and liife of Bees. 



Late feeding is a mistake, and many a 

 bad result has arisen therefrom. Late 

 breeding we cannot always prevent, but it 

 should not be encouraged. Young bees 

 cannot endure the same length of confine- 

 ment, if they have never had a good flight, 

 as adult bees. The foregoing will perhaps 

 impress the beginner with the evils of late 

 feeding and breeding, and convey to him 

 the cause of dwindling. Notwithstanding 

 all that has been written upon the natural 

 term of bee-life, there is still much miscon- 

 ception regarding the limit. 



Xenia, O. C. E. Woodward. 



Clubs of 5 for $4.00 to any addresses. 

 Ten for $7.50, it all are sent at one time. 



llnbusiness-IJUe Treatment. • 



My experience with A. P. Stauffer & Co. 

 has not been such as Rev. W. P. Faylor's, 

 as stated on page 635. On April 22, 1890, 

 1 sent them *2 for eggs ; and waiting about 

 three weeks, and not hearing from them, I 

 wrote, asking if they had received my or- 

 der, and they replied that they had, and 

 would ship s<ion. 



Result*^ ©fa If ear and a Half. 



A year and a half ago my hwsband took 

 a swarm of bees from a tree, bought three 

 more, and subscribed for the American 

 Bee Journal, and with it as our instructor 

 we commenced keeping bees. We have 

 bought 6 swarms since, and now at the end 

 of the second season we have 34 colonies. 

 This year we have taken 300 pounds of 

 comb honey, and l,70o pounds of extract- 

 ed, and the bees are still very busy at work 

 on fall flowers and alfalfa. We have apricot 

 and peach orchards, also a vineyard ad- 

 ioining the apiary, and the bees have never 

 bothered the fruit, except when drying^ if 

 pared, or punctured by yellow-jackets. The 

 sun is very hot, and we keep our bees in 

 the shade, and in winter they need no pro- 

 tection. We have seen bees working on 

 flowers like the enclosed. Will you please 

 tell me if it is golden rod ? 



Mrs. p. W. Minthorn. 

 Terra Cotta City, Calif. 



[It is one of the golden-rod family, and a 

 good honey -producer.— Ed.j 



