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EDITOR. 



VoinVI, 17.8,1890. No. 45. 



Rutumnal glories all now may see, 

 Pleasures unbounded, joys on the lea ; 



Nuts for the squirrel, sweets for the bee, 

 Surely Heaven means well toward me. 



The Convention Report occupies 

 almost all our space this week, to the exclu- 

 sion of other matter which had been "set 

 up." It is the newest news, and will be 

 anxiously looked for by our readers. Our 

 remarks about the Convention are also 

 crowded out. It was an enthusiastic meet- 

 ing, and was attended much more numA-- 

 ously than we had expected. The Report 

 will be given as fast as room is found for it. 



IVIr. Bl. N. Draper, of Upper Alton, 

 Ills., has placed sample of extracted honey 

 on our desk, being the same as exhibited 

 at the Convention at Keokuk. He puts it 

 up in jars like the "Muth," containing 

 from J 3 to 2 pounds each. Also in 25 

 pound cans. The honey is thick, and of a 

 nice quality. 



"VVe Regret that our friend, Mr. W. 

 Z. Hutchinson, the able editor of that 

 interesting paper, the Bee-Keepers' Bc- 

 vJew, was absent from the International 

 Convention. His recent illness, from which 

 he has not yet fully recovered, made his 

 absence compulsory. Though absent in 

 body, he was "present in spirit," and his 

 non-appearance was universally regretted. 

 For several years he was the Secretary 

 (and a good one, too), and his genial smile, 

 hearty shake of the hand, and pleasant 

 words, made him welcome to many hearts. 

 We hope he will soon recover his usual 

 health and strength. 



To Rflove Bees a short distance is 

 quite a simple matter, but Mr. J. Blain, of 

 St. Catherines, Out., wants us to answer 

 the following question : 



Having sold my place, I want to move 

 my bees about one fourth of a mile. How 

 and when should it be done to avoid loss ? 



It would be best to move them near 

 spring, but they can be moved any time in 

 the winter, after they have been confined 

 to the hives for three or four weeks, for 

 bees always mark their location anew 

 before taking their first flght in the spring. 



Fasten the frames either by putting 

 down square sticks between the end-bars, 

 or by fastening the top-bars with a brad, 

 and the bottoms with a piece of notched 

 wood. Tack wire-cloth over the entrances. 



If you move your bees by wagon, put a 

 wood rack on a lumber wagon, nail boards 

 inside the stakes, and fill up the space 

 about two feet with hay, and then place 

 the hives on the hay, with the frames cross- 

 ing the road-bed. 



Samples of Honey are received 

 from John D. Adams, of Nira, Iowa— one 

 being from white and the other from red 

 clover. Both are of excellent quality, and 

 have a nice " body." It is extracted honey, 

 and it is put up in jelly cups. 



Canada seut two delegates to the 

 International Convention — the Rev. W. F. 

 Clarke and R. McKnight— two able dele- 

 gates, as well as liberal-minded clever 

 gentlemen. 



Pror. Cooli's essay upon "The Re- 

 quisites Necessary to Secure a Honey 

 Crop," read at the International Conven- 

 tion was valuable and timely. We shall 

 publish it next week, and bespeak for it a 

 very careful perusal. We are sorry that 

 the Professor was unable to be present. 

 We missed him very much. His place 

 cannot be filled by any other person, no 

 matter how learned or profound. When 

 he is not present at a National "gathering 

 of the clan," there is truly " one vacant 

 ohair." 



The Agricultural Experiment Sta- 

 tions of the country, over fifty in number, 

 issue annually some three hundred bulletins 

 and reports of from four to two hundred 

 and fifty pages each. Very few people 

 have access to all of these publications, and 

 fewer still can afford the time required to 

 note the character and results of the ex- 

 periments they describe. Those who find it 

 desirable to keep pace with the progress of 

 agricultural experimentation will find a 

 condensed record of all station work in the 

 Experiment Station Record, issued by the 

 United States Department of Agriculture. 

 The October number is being distributed, 

 and the November number also is practi- 

 cally ready. 



Queens Laying in the Fall.— 



Mr. C. A. Spencer, Farmersville, Mo., asks 

 the following questions : 



I have 50 colonies of bees. I bought 15 

 colonies two years ago. I got 600 pounds 

 of comb honey this year. The drouth here, 

 this spring, weakened some of the young 

 colonies until I had to feed them ; and not 

 paying as much attention to them as I 

 should have done, I found 2 of them out of 

 honey. I united and fed them. Two colo- 

 nies were full of moths, with plenty of 

 honey, but few bees. I found no queen, 

 young bees or eggs. I suppose they had 

 lost their queen, so I looked at a number of 

 young colonies, and I found all but two in 

 the same condition. Do the queens stop 

 laying in the fall and during cold weather* 

 If so, at what time in the fall does she stop 

 laying ; C. A. Spencer. 



Farmersville, Mo., Oct. 20, 1890. 



Mr. G-. M. Doolittle answers this in these 

 words : "In this locality queens generally 

 stop laying from Sept. 15 to Oct. 1. That 

 you found no brood in your hives on Oct. 

 20 is nothing strange ; but the part about 

 the moths would be strange, especially if 

 the bees were Italians. Have you not been 

 allowing a lot of old combs to lie around 

 until they have bred a large lot of these 

 enemies of the bees, so that they now in- 

 fest the populated hives ? If your colonies 

 are too weak to winter well, unite them. 



mi AVho Subscribe for the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal can hereafter have our 

 Illustrated Home Journal also, from the 

 time their subscriptions are received to 

 Jan. 1. 1892— both papers for only 91.35. 

 We can also furnish Oleanings in Bee- 

 Culture for same time with the above, for 

 $>3.15 for all three periodicals This is an 

 offer that should be accepted by all who 

 keep bees, and desire the regular visits of 

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 riodicals from now to Jan. 1, 1892, for the 

 price named. 



R Honey Cougb Remedy Com- 

 pany of Brooklyn, N. Y., have procured 

 12,000 handsome exhibition hives, made 

 of black walnut, and are placing them in 

 drug stores to advertise their remedy. This 

 news is sent by Mr. E. L. Pratt's father, 

 who says that " it will greatly popularize 

 honey." It is, no doubt, a novel way of 

 advertising, and will probably add many 

 shekels to the Company's income. 



Free Trial Trip subscriptions are 

 coming in quite rapidly. We thank our 

 friends for this new illustration of their 

 personal interest in the Bee Journal. We 

 want thousands to read it for a few weeks 

 who did not know of its existence. Do not 

 be afraid of sending too many names. Let 

 us have the name and address of every 

 person who keeps bees in America. 



Clubs of 5 for 14.00 to any addresses. 

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



