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Tvith the delegates, who are an intelligent- 

 looking body of men, and whose utterances 

 and proceedings were marked by the utmost 

 good humor, and courteous consideration 

 of the views and opinions of each other. — 

 OateCUy., Oct. 31, 1890. 



The meetings of the International Ameri- 

 can Bee-Association, now being held in 

 Grand Army Hall, are very interesting to 

 those who attend, whether beekeepers or 

 not ; and a better-natured, more intelligent 

 lot of people have seldom met in Keokuk. 



Samples of honey of every kind are on 

 exhibition — liquid honey, granulated 

 honey,honey in the comb, red clover honey, 

 white clover honey, linden honey from 

 several States, and mesquite honey from 

 Maricopa county, Arizona. 



Specimens of beeswax, hives, frames, 

 smokers, bee-feeders, and every kind and 

 shape of apicultural tools and implements 

 are there, and are for the inspection of 

 everybody who cares to see them. — Consti 

 tutlon-Danocrat, Oct. 30, 1890. 



COSrVENTIOIV DIRECTORY. 



Time mid place of meeting. 



Bee. 10.— Huron. Tuscola and Sanilac Counties, at 

 Bad A,xe, Mich. John G. Kundinger, Sec. 



Dec. 16. 17.— Northern Illinois, at Rockforrt, Ills. 



D. A. Fuller, Sec, Cherry Valley, Ills. 



Dec. 18. 19.— Carolina, at Pineville. N. C. 



N. P. Lyles. Sec, Derita, N. C. 



Jan. 1, 2.— Michigan State, at Detroit. Mich. 



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



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



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



This week I am preparing my last lot of 

 bees for winter. As the weather is warm, 

 all my bees are flying. On account of my 

 going bee-hunting, and buying up box- 

 hives, I have gotten behind. I arranged a 

 frame tor wild bees, small nuclei, box- 

 hives, transferring, etc. 



This frame was first used by me in Ger- 

 many, in 1886, and will hold 4 sections, 

 4 '4x4 '4 inches. As all know, the German 

 frames are a trifle smaller. My frame is 

 half-size of the Simplicity, with metal 

 corner spacers. I am using both the Sim- 

 plicity and my own ; for the purpose men- 

 tioned, there is nothing better. I can take 

 smaller pieces of comb. 



These one-half frames can be used cross- 

 ways, if desired, by two division boards. 

 You can use them without extra expense 

 for hives for nuclei, or small swarms, which 

 all bee-men will have. I take four or five 

 little frames cross-ways, then when the 

 colony gets too strong, I take out all the 

 small ones, and put in large ones, keeping 

 the small ones for nuclei, etc. The metal- 

 corner spaces I spoke of, are used when 

 moving bees only, and are like the Hoff- 

 man. 



Most of my bees are in hives about 11 

 feet long. I put 8 colonies in these hives. 

 They are made the same as Falconer's 

 chaff-hives, only longer. I winter all of luy 

 bees on the summer stands. I would not 

 like cellar-wintering. I can keep my bees 

 just as warm out-of-doors, with less work 

 and expense. My 40 colonies in (Germany 

 are packed with heather and leaves, and 

 always winter well. John H. Blaxken. 

 Jersey City, N. J., Nov. 10, 1890. 



In the third line from that, eliminate the 

 word '* the " preceding " foul-brood ;" and 

 in the third line from that again eliminate 

 " and " preceding the word " doubtless." 



In the next column, next page, thirteenth 

 line from top, read CQuistlc instead of 

 " egotistic." 



In the tenth line from the bottom of the 

 same column, read '"with the frames" 

 instead of " from the frames." The others 

 are immaterial. Allen Pringle. 



Selby, Ont. 



' 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, 



ITorth American Bee-Keepers' Association 



President— P. H. Elwood. ..Stai-kviUe, N. Y. 

 Secket.ary— C. P. Dadant Hamilton, Ills. 



Box-Hives and illoths. 



I commenced with 4 colonies of bees in 

 box-hives. Spring count, and I now have 

 10 colonies — 6 in Simplicity hives, and 4 in 

 boxhives. Those in the boxhives have 

 moth-worms in them. Is there anything 

 that I can do to kill the moth-worms and 

 not harm the bees ? I have only 10 pounds 

 of honey this year. I do not think that my 

 neighbors have done much, if any, better. 

 D.vviD T. Frost. 



Pearsall's, N. Y., Nov. 3, 1890. 



[You should Italianize the bees and dis- 

 card the box-hives ; then you would have 

 no trouble with moths. With box-hives 

 and black bees you are almost powerless 

 to prevent their ravages. With frame 

 hives, even the black bees might be helped 

 by lifting the frames, cleaning out the 

 hives, and killing the worms. — Ed.] 



JTational Bee-Keepers' Union. 



President— James Heddon ..Dowagiac. Mich. 

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





Honey Crop in Australia. 



I began last season with 1 10 colonies, 

 which increased to 200, and I obtained 

 16,000 pounds of extracted-honey. This 

 yield would have been much larger, and 

 the increase greater, had I not sold a large 

 number of queens and colonies during the 

 season. My best colony produced 480 

 pounds of honey. Some winters here are 

 so mild that the bees gather honey all 

 through it. It is very rarely that the 

 queens cease to lay. H. L. Jones. 



Goodna, Queensland, Australia. 



Wliat tlie FroNt Uid in Marcli. 



There was very little honey gathered in 

 this part of the couutry this season. I 

 obtained SOO pounds of comb honey, and 

 40 gallons of extracted-honey from 120 

 colonies, and it was dark and unsalable at 

 that. The frost in March killed all the 

 honey -yielding flowers. White clover was 

 cut down by it. The black locusts killed 

 the poplar, also all fruit blooms. One 

 could not gather enough peaches, plums or 

 apples to make a dumpling of, within ten 

 miles of this place. E. Isr.vel. 



Oak Lawn, Miss., Nov. 9, 1890. 



Poultry an«l Uees. 



I had 50 colonies of bees in the Spring, 

 which have increased to 90, and obtained 

 25 pounds of honey per colony, netting me 

 .$337.50. I intend trying to raise poultry 

 ue.xt year, in addition to my bees. 



T. J. Perry. 

 illiamsburg, Iowa, Nov. 12, 1890. 



Cotton Honey. 



Bees were doing well here until the "cold 

 snap " in the last of February, which 

 chilled the brood and set them back. But 

 March, and the first part of April, were 

 favorable, and they again built up and 

 prepared to swarm. Then we had a long 

 cold, wet spell that reduced them to the 

 verge of starvation, aud a number of colo- 

 nies died. There were no swarms, and 

 little prospect for honey. But during the 

 summer the cotton yielded honey better 

 than usual,and I obtained from the remain 

 ing colonies (about 20) 100 gallons of the 

 finest honey. It is almost as clear as 

 water, very thick, and of excellent flavor. 

 " Cotton" usually yields very little houey; 

 but this year it was the honey-plant that 

 saved us. So you see I was not so badly 

 'left," after all. J. M. McDaniel. 



Peoria, Texas, Oct. 25, 1890. 



Foul Brood— A <;orrection. 



Kindly allow me to correct some typo- 

 graphical errors in my essay to the " Inter- 

 national," which commences on page 762. 



In the third paragraph of last column, 

 page 762, insert the word though, after 

 " This commuuicatiou did not appear." 



Hot'tnian Frames. 



I did not go to the Keokuk Convention, 

 and I am all worked up over it. I got ready 

 to go, and then could not, for my work 

 would not let me I could have cried over 

 it if it would have done any good. I will 

 have to put up with it. I am making some 

 Hoffman frames, to try next season, pro- 

 vided I live and the bees live. I am more 

 than pleased to hear that you all had such 

 a good time, and am glad that I can read 

 in the American Bee Journal what was 

 done. H. Mansperger. 



Lewiston, Mo., Nov. 15, 1890. 



IC^The Club List, for 1891, of E. H. 

 Cook, Andover, Conn., is on our desk. He 

 will furnish it free upon application. 



Convention !\olices. 



%W The 8th semi-annual meeting of the Susque- 

 hanna County Bee-Keepers' Association will be held 

 at Montrose, Pa., on Thursday. May 7. 1891. 



H. M. Skelet, Sec. 



B3?~ The Carolina Bee-Keepers' Association, will 

 hold the last session of issm in the Town Hall. Pine- 

 ville, N. C. Dec. 18, 19. A good programme. AH 

 who feel an interest in nioilern bee-culture are cor- 

 dially invited. Bring or send a full report of the 

 season. Entertainment tree. 



(Other papers please copy.) 



N. P. Lyles. Sec, Derita, N. C. 



C:F" The Annual Meeting of the Northern Illinois 

 Bee-Keepers' Association, will be held In the Super- 

 visor's Room of the Court House, at Rockford. Ills., 

 on Dec. lH-i7, I890. The E'resident has a good Pro- 

 gramme in course of preparation. 



D. A. Fuller, Sec 



ff^" The annual meeting of the Huron, Tuscola, 

 and Sanilac I nnnties Bco-Kecpers' A.«sociation. will 

 be held at thi' Court House at Bad Axe. Huron Co.. 

 Mich., (ui Wednesday, Dec 10. isim. All are cordially 

 invited to attend. '■" 



.iOnN G. KUNDI.NQER, Sec. 



