AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Importing; Bees is a very pre- 

 carious business. Walter S. Pouder 

 sent by mail a queen to Australia, and 

 the result is detailed in the following 

 interesting reply : 



I received your letter on Oct. 16, and 

 the accompanying queen-cage, but I 

 regret to have to state that everything 

 was dead, and had apparently been so 

 for some time. 



By the same mail I had two others 

 sent me — one from Mr. Doolittle and 

 one fi-om Mr. Michael, of Ohio. Mr. 

 Doolittle's queen was the sole survivor, 

 the attendants having perished en route; 

 while Mr. Michael managed to get 

 through four workers, with a dead 

 queen — 38 days would therefore appear 

 to be about the limit of time the bees 

 can stand the confinement. However, 

 it is evident that queens can be sent 

 here from America. ' 



Three of my neighbors have sent 

 orders, and they have each been success- 

 ful, and I have not heard of any failure 

 except in my own case. . 



I have had 12 cages altogether sent 

 me, but only 3 live queens — in 2 other 

 cages there were live workers. But even 

 this is better than my first shipment of 

 queens from Italy, where in the 8 boxes 

 sent me, I got nothing but a magnificent 

 collection of fine large, beautifully de- 

 veloped moths. 



I have had improved success since, 

 and last month I"had 7 out of 8 come 

 through all right. (It seems that our 

 Italian friends had provisioned their 

 cages with comb-honey, and this comb 

 proved to be a breeding pen for the 

 moth.) Aneas Walker. 



Redland Bay, Australia, Oct.30, 1891. 



The Programme of the annual 

 meeting of the Ontario Bee-Keepers' 

 Association, to be held at Loudon, Ont., 

 on Jan. 5, 6 and 7, 1892, is as follows : 



Jan. 5, 2 p.m. — Reading of minutes; 

 Secretary's report ; Treasurer's report ; 

 other official reports ; President's ^- 

 dress. 



7 p.m. — Report from Mr. Cornell, dele- 

 gate to North American Bee-Keepers' 

 Association ; essay by D. Chalmers on 

 " Hives and Wintering;" essay by R. H. 

 Smith, of Bracebridge, on "Apiarian 

 Exhibits." 



Jan. 6, 9 a.m. — Affiliated society's 

 report ; foul-brood — Inspector's report ; 



2 p.m. — Essay by F. A. Gemmell on, 

 " Shall we have a new bee journal or 



official organ ?" election of officers ; 

 question drawer, etc. 



7 p.m. — Essay by R. H. Myers, on 

 "Rendering Old Comb;" address by J. 

 B. Hall, on "Comb or Extracted-Honey 

 —Which ?" 



Jan. 7, 9 a.m. — Other essays and 

 unfinished discussions. 



Arrangements have been made with 

 the Canadian Pacific and Grand Trunk 

 railroads for reduced rates, as follows : 



Persons going to London will ask the 

 railway agent at starting point for a 

 certificate, which he will fill in, certify- 

 ing that they have purchased a first- 

 class single ticket to London. If there 

 are 50 persons attending the convention, 

 and holding these certificates, the return 

 ticket vv^ill be given at one-third single 

 first-class fare ; but if there are le-^s 

 than 50 persons holding certificates, the 

 return fare will be two-thirds single 

 fare. 



All persons traveling by rail should be 

 sure to get these certificates filled out. 

 It takes the agents a few minutes to Hll 

 them in, and they should be asked for 

 15 minutes before train time. If you 

 require to travel over more than one 

 railway you will require a certificate 

 for each road. 



Arrangements have been made with 

 the Grigg House and the City Hotel for 

 the accommodation of persons attend- 

 ing the convention — the former at .*^1.50 

 per day, and the latter at 80 cents to 

 $1.00. 



Our Xliauks are due to the 



Nebraska Bce-Keeper for kind notice. 

 We appreciate the fraternal feeling 

 which prompted the kind words. 



Micliigfan bee-keepers are now in 

 session at Grand Rapids. We hope that 

 it will be a pleasant gathering. 



Tlie IVetoraska State Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association, at its late meeting, by 

 vote, made the Nebraska Bec-Kccper its 

 official organ. Now let every bee-keeper 

 in that State help to make it a success. 

 We will furnish it and the American 

 Bee Journal one year for $1.35. 



Dr. Miller was also prevented from 

 attending the Convention at Albany, by 

 another attack of La Orippe. 



