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been exploded and acknowledged to 

 be a falsehood, by its author ! 



No, sir ; j-our conclusions are as 

 erroneous as your premises ! The pro- 

 duction of honey, instead of being onlj' 

 twenty-five luillious of pounds — is over 

 one hundred niillious — four times as 

 much ! Its increase has kept pace with 

 other products ! Audit is the 'pure 

 product of the hive, " too ! 



It is too bad that such incorrect and 

 damaging statements and arguments 

 should be published by those who 

 ought to know better ; and going out 

 under the endorsement of the Govern- 

 ment, they not onlj' deceive those not 

 posted, but also form the basis for 

 other falsehoods. — Ed.] 



CONVENTION DIRECTORY. 



1890. Time and place of meeting. 



Oct. 18.— yorkS Cumberland. at Goodman's MilLs. Me 

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



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



J. W. Rouse, Sec Mexico, Mo. 



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

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



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



A. Feiir, Sec, Belleville, Ills. 

 1891. 

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



U. D. Cutting. Sec, Clinton, Mich. 



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



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



■ 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. K. h. Taylor.. Lapeer. Mich. 

 Secretary— C. P. Daduut Hamilton, Ills. 



ITatioual Bee-Keepers' Union. 



PREsrDENT— James Heddon ..Dowagiac, Mich. 

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





Heavy Fall Crop— Foul Urood. 



I have had no trouble whatever with my 

 friends down in the swamps, though I 

 heard a good many threats. I tried to 

 compromise with them, but they would not 

 listen to me, so I have .just let them alone, 

 and everything is quiet since the bees 

 water in other places. I moved 96 hives 

 there, and I believe that my crop of 

 Spanish-needle, golden-rod, heart's-ease 

 and asters from those 96 colonies will be 

 over 5,000 pounds of extracted honey ; 

 even on the hills the fall crop is heavy. I 

 think that my fall crop will amount to 

 from 7,000 to 10,000 pounds, and I ob- 

 tained about 5,000 pounds of surplus 

 clover honey. 



Now, as to foul brood : I do not believe 

 that my bees ever had the foul brood, or 

 Mr. Hambaugh's either ; though a year ago 

 I was so sure of it that I burned up three 



hives, combs, bees, and all. I am not cer- 

 tain, but I think the fault lies in the queen. 

 I noticed the same condition of things in 

 three or four hives this spring— some of 

 them I just let alone, only kept the en- 

 trance controlled, and was very careful 

 about handling them to prevent spreading 

 it. It answered the description of foul 

 brood to the dot, except there was no 

 stench about it, and from two or three to a 

 dozen of dead brood to a comb. It has dis- 

 appeared altogether. This may explain 

 how it was that some people have succeed- 

 ed in curing foul brood with phenol or 

 carbolic acid, or salicylic acid, etc. I do 

 not suppose that their bees had the genuine 

 foul brood, for I am satisfied that I never 

 have seen the genuine foul brood. I have 

 about aSO of as fine colonies as can be 

 found anywhere— healthy, full of bees, 

 brood and honey ; I have never felt more 

 encouraged to stick to the bee business 

 than this fall. The bees have worked 

 heavy on golden-rod for nearly a month, 

 and are at it yet very strong. 



A. N. Draper. 

 Upper Alton, Ills., Sept. 25, 1890. 



Fall Honey irom Golden-Rotl. 



Bees are just rolling in the honey from 

 golden rod — the hives are just chock-full. I 

 have had Carniolan bees for three years, 

 and find the Italian bees the best of all. 

 John W. Rider. 



Roseville, O., Oct. 6, 1890. 



Larce Fall 4Jro]> of Honey. 



We have had the finest honey seeson this 

 fall (from Sept. 15 to Oct. 1) that I ever 

 saw— principally from golden rod. Bees 

 are strong in numbers, and rich in stores. 

 They are surely in as good condition as 

 bees could be for winter. J. A. Weeks. 



Young's Creek, Ind., Oct. 6, 1890. 



Sneeze-tVeed and Aster. 



I send two plants of which I would like 

 you to please give the name. No. 1 grows 

 in great abundance here in the Mississippi 

 bottoms, begins blooming about the first 

 week in August, and bees work on it all 

 through the day ; its honey is yellow and 

 slightly bitter. No. 2 began blooming 

 about Sept. 10, and bees work on it con- 

 stantly ; it yields a thick, yellow honey of 

 fine flavor, and grows also in the bottoms, 

 but not so plentiful as No. 1. 



W. 3. CULLINAN. 



Quincy, Ills., Sept. 17, 1890. 



[No. 1 is sneeze- weed (Helenixim au- 

 tumnale) . It has a large yellow blossom. 



No. 2 is Aster cUffusus, and has a small, 

 white blossom. — C. M. Weed.] 



When and Hom^ to Plant ITlelissa. 



In reply to the question asked by Mr. W. 

 M. Crutcher, of Zellwood, Fla., on page 

 644, as to the time and manner of planting 

 melissa, I submit the following : 



1 sow the seed late in the fall, just before 

 the ground freezes, or as early in the spring 

 as the soil is fit to work. To obtain the 

 best results, however, the plants should be 

 cultivated, but I usually scatter the seeds 

 iu waste-places, and also on leased ground. 

 In this locality I have found it profitable, 

 as I have honey -producing plants in the 

 interim between clover and fall flowers. 

 By sowing at intervals, I have plants in 

 bloom from July 10 until they are killed 

 by frost. A. C. Tyrrel. 



Madison, Nebr., Oct. 3, 1890. 



Tlie HaTenport. loM-a, Fair. 



It has been eleven years since I was in the 

 bee-business, but there is yet an old love 

 for honey, if not for the honey-bee. ' In 

 attending the Davenport Fair, my atten- 

 tion was arrested by a large and beautiful 

 display of honey and bees, by D. D. Ham- 

 mond, of Malone, Iowa, and Wm. Kimble, 

 of De Witt, Iowa. There was 3,000 pounds 

 of extracted and comb honey. The ex- 

 tracted was in glass pails, and the comb 

 was in one-pound sections. At the top of 

 all was "FAIR, 1S89," built of comb 

 honey. The bees were in one-comb hives, 

 with glass on either side. There were 

 black, German, Cyprian, Syrian, Carnio- 

 lan, hybrid and Minorcan bees, making a 

 fine display. Dr. Palmer. 



Davenport, Iowa. 



Bee-KeepinsT on tiie <j!ult. 



I would like to inquire of any bee-keeper 

 in Southwest Texas (in the vicinity of 

 Corpus Cristi or Rockport, on the Gulf), 

 whether it is a good location for successful 

 honey-production. I desire the informa- 

 tion, as I think of locating near Corpus 

 Cristi, and it will depend very much 

 whether the country will be suitable for 

 honey production. C. M. Davis. 



318 Rusk St., Denison, Texas. 



[If any of our Texas readers can and 

 will answer this question, they will do Mr. 

 Davis a favor. — Ed. I 



WortU Twenty Uollars a Tear. 



This has been the poorest season for 

 honey since I have kept bees. I had 8 col- 

 onies of bees, spring count, in box-hives, 

 lost 3 swarms, and have 10 colonies, fall 

 count. I obtained 40 pounds of honey from 

 the colonies in box-hives, and 300 pounds 

 in one-pound sections from 5 colonies. If 

 I had not subscribed for the American Bee 

 Journal I should not have changed hives. 

 I have taken the Bee Journal for one year, 

 and it has been worth .$20 to me since I 

 subscribed for it. 



Waiipun, Wis. Forrest W. Streeter. 



■tees Ready tor Winter. 



A few frosty nights have practically 

 closed up the honej-gathering in this 

 locality. Bees are in much better condi- 

 tion for wintering now than at this time 

 last year. Since the middle of August, 

 bees have obtained a large amount of 

 honey, and the hives are chock-full of 

 both bees and winter stores. A good win- 

 ter for the wintering of bees is looked tor. 

 My entire apiary is in chaff hives, and will 

 be left on the summer stands. I have at 

 this date all the boxes and extracting 

 frames removed from the hives, ready for 

 the top-packing, just as soon as the leaves 

 fall, and the weather gets cooler. A report 

 as to the amount of honey obtained may 

 be of some interest in the near future, not- 

 withstanding I have only obtained a par- 

 tial crop of honey. J. M. Young. 



Plattsmouth, Nebr., Oct. 3, 1890. 



Ree-Keeplng: tor Profit, by Dr. 



G. L. Tinker, is a new 50-page pamphlet, 

 which detaUs fully the author's new system 

 of bee-management iu producing comb and 

 extracted honey, and the construction of 

 the hive best adapted to it — his "Nonpareil." 

 The book can be had at this office for 25 

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