AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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We Have received the programme 

 of the Seventeenth Annual Convention 

 of the Vermont Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion, to be held in the parlors of the 

 Addison House, at Middlobury, Vt., on 

 Jan. 27 and 28, 1892. 



The Central Vermont railroad reduced 

 rates are as follows : From stations 

 within 33 miles from Middlebury, 2 

 cents per mile each way, with minimum 

 rate of 25 cents, and maximum rate of 

 $1.00, 34 miles and over, fare one way. 

 Tickets will be good going on 26, 27, 

 and 28 ; good for return until Jan. 29. 



The Bennington & Rutland railroad 

 fare one way, from all stations on the 

 line of their road to Middlebury. Good 

 Jan. 27 to 29 inclusive. 



The following are the essays and sub- 

 jects for discussion : 



-H. W. Scott, 



" New races of bees "■ 

 Barre. 



Report of the North American Bee- 

 Keepers' Convention— W. G. Larrabee, 

 Larrabee's Point. 



Report of committee on honey exhibits 

 at the coming World's Fair. 



" Will it pay to feed bees syrup in the 

 Spring, so as to have the hives full 

 when the honey season comes ?" — J. B. 

 Crane, Middlebury. 



" How I managed my bees during the 

 last' swarming season "—V. V. Black- 

 mer, Orwell. 



" How I sell extracted-honey " — W. G. 

 Larrabee, Larrabee's Point. 



"Overstocking in Vermont, can it be 

 done?"— H. L. Leonard, Brandon. 



" Old or young bees for wintering — 

 which ?— R. H. Holmes, Shoreham. 



Loose or fixed frames, spraying of 

 fruit trees — co-operatjon among bee- 

 keepers, and how best to dispose of our 

 product. 



Marcia a. Douglass, Sec. 

 Shoreham, Vt. 



Will we have war with Chili ? Every 

 one now is asking his neighbor what he 

 thinks of the chances of war. Appar- 

 ently this is because Frank Leslie's 

 Weekly devoted so much space to illus- 

 trating the wonderful ships of the new 

 navy. A most interesting picture is 

 shown of the Miantonomoh, which is the 

 strongest boat in the new navy. 



Sugfar Syrup is not honey, and 

 no amount of sophistry will make it so. 

 Here is an item presented by N. M. 

 Hollister, of Springfield, Mo., who writes: 



On Dec. 21, 1891, I had 3 colonies of 

 bees stolen. This is the second time 

 that thieves have visited my apiary dur- 

 ing the past few months. Bee-keepers 

 here have suffered 5 or 6 times lately, 

 and we have but little clew to the 

 thieves. 



This morning I found where they had 

 cut the combs. Two of them had sugar 

 syrup fed for Winter. I tasted of some 

 scraps they had left, and it was still 

 sugar syrup— not honey! Some claim 

 that bees make honey, but they had not 

 made it in this case. 



Here is Another item for the 

 discussion of the question whether rea- 

 son or instinct is to be credited with 

 some of the actions of honey-bees. Mr. 

 W. S. Pouder gives the following in the 

 Indiana Farmer of last week : 



When robber bees have discovered 

 some spoil, what method do they take to 

 impart the knowledge to their comrades? 



Some claim that they are attracted by 

 the peculiar hum of the finders ; but did 

 you ever notice that when you attempt 

 to feed bees in open air, if you place a 

 feeder at a south window of a building, 

 the bees will search the south windows 

 of all the surrounding buildings in the 

 neighborhood ? 



A feeder placed at the base of a tree 

 will attract the bees to the base of 

 every surrounding tree, just as though 



some one had come in screamed out 



" Here, Comrades ! there are spoils under 

 one of the trees near by." Maybe their 

 theory is, that if there is a feeder under 

 one tree, there may be one under every 

 tree, and consequently they are only 

 prospecting. Who will tell us? 



R.. F. Holtermann is now mak- 

 ing addresses at the Farmer's Institutes. 

 Division 5 has 10 appointments in Jan- 

 uary, and friend Holtermann is one of 

 three to do the talking. He is a young 

 man of ability and much enthusiasm. 



NTo-w is the time to join the National 

 Bee-Keepers' Union. Send to this office 

 for the necessary Blanks. 



