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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



COWVENTIOX DIRECTORY. 



Time and place of meeting. 



1892. 



Jan. 18, 19.— Colorado State, at Denver. 



H. Knight, Sec, Littleton, Colo. 



Jan. 20. 21.— The Mianesota, at Owatonna. 

 Wm. Danforth, Sec., Red Wing, Minn. 



Jan. 27, 28.— N. E. Ohio., N. Pa. & West. N. ¥., 

 at Ashtabula, Ohio. 

 Geo. Spitler, Sec, Mosiertown, Pa. 



Feb. 10, 11, 12 —Ohio State, at Cincinnati. 

 S. R. Morris, Sec, Bloomingburg, O. 



([[^" 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. 



North American Bee-Keepers' Association 



President— Eugene Secor.. Forest City, Iowa. 

 Secretary— W. Z. Hutchinson Flint, Mich. 



National Bee-Keepers' Union. 



President- James Heddon . .Dowagiac, Mich. 

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



Bee aiid Honeu Gossip, 



|^~ Do not write anything for publication 

 on the same sheet of paper with business 

 matters, unless it can be torn apart without 

 interfering with either part of the letter. 



Bees Flying on New Year's Day. 



My bees had a fine flight on New 

 Year's day, and were busy at the water 

 trough, as they might be seen in May. 

 What effect will it have on them in the 

 Spring ? I thought that November was 

 late enough for them to be flying, but 

 this beats all former records. 



Joseph Funk. 



Beach City, 0., Jan. 1, 1892. 



[To have a cleansing flight as late as 

 New Year's day is to their advantage, 

 making the Winter confinement shorter, 

 and more endurable. — Ed.] 



Results of the Past Season. 



Each number of the Bee Journal is 

 i-arc^fully read as soon as received, and 

 k(!pt for future reference. No bec- 

 lc(!eper can do without it after he has 

 once read it. 1 lost one colony of bees 

 last Winter, leaving me (5 colonies. 

 Spring count, none of wliich were very 



strong, and the early part of the season 

 being very cold and wet, I had to feed 

 them some. From June 6 to Aug. 16 I 

 had 7 swarms, making a total of 13 

 colonies, which were worked for comb- 

 hoiiey. At the close of the season I had 

 643 one-pound sections, well filled and 

 capped, and about 50 partially filled, 

 making an average of 107 pounds per 

 colony. Spring count. My second best 

 colony gave 112 pounds each. I am 

 wintering ray bees on the summer stands 

 in double-walled hives. My hives are 

 somewhat difl'erent from any that I have 

 seen or read of, and 1 consider them the 

 best for comb-honey, and for wintering 

 on the summer stands. I may describe 

 them in the Bee- Journal at some 

 future time, if it is desired. 



F. R. Reitek. 

 Phillips, Nebr., Dec. 28, 1891. 



Honey-Dew Killing' the Bees. 



Bees are wintering badly. I got 

 about 600 pounds of extracted honey- 

 dew from my bees last season. It was 

 very dark and thick, and part of it 

 candied before it was sealed over. A 

 goodly part of it was left in the hives 

 for winter stores. I have 27 colonies, 

 24 I put into the cellar, and left 3 on 

 the summer stands. The bees run out 

 of their hives and drop on the cellar 

 floor, and I can sweep up enough for a 

 fair swarm once a week. I am afraid 

 there will not be many left before Spring 

 opens. Those on the summer stands 

 seem to be no better off. 



Fred Bechly. 



Searsboro, Iowa, Jan. 6, 1892. 



Bee-Keeping in North Arkansas. 



My bees are all wintering well, with 

 plenty of stores. They did well the past 

 season up to July 4, after which time 

 they hardly made a living. I divide all 

 of my colonies in preference to allowing 

 them to swarm, as I think it best. As I 

 rear all my queens, my bees are pure 

 Italians. I would not have anything 

 else. This is a good locality for bees, as 

 well as for fruit of all kinds. No coun- 

 try holds out more inducements to the 

 fruit-grower than North Arkansas, with 

 its cheap laud, and its pure, healthy 

 water and mild climate. If desired, any 

 information about this country will be 

 promptly given. I am a constant reader 

 of the American Bee Jouhxai,, and 

 cannot do without it as long as I keep 

 bees, if it costs me twice the subscription 

 price. Thos. L. Tiner. 



Ingram, Ark., Jan. 2, 1892. 



