AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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COWVEWTIOK DIRECTORY. 



Time and place of meeting. 



1892. 



Apr. 6, 7.— Texas State, at Greenville. Tex. 

 A. H. Jones, Sec, Golden, Tex. 



Apr. 7.— Utah, at Salt Lake City, Utah. 

 John C. Swaner, Sec, Salt Lake City, Utah. 



Apr. 21.— Colorado State, at Golden, Colo. 



H. Knight, Sec, Littleton, Colo. 



May 5.— Susquehanna Co., at Brooklyn, Pa. 

 H. M. Seelej', Sec, Harford, Pa. 



May 28.— Haldimand, at Nelles' Corners, Ont. 

 E. C. Campbell, Sec. Cayuga, Ont. 



12^" 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 a)id fiojiey Gossip. 



^^~ Do not write anything for publication 

 on the same sheet of paper witn business 

 matters, unless it can be torn apart without 

 interfering with either part of the letter. 



Packed with. Forest Leaves. 



My bees are apparently wintering 

 well, notwithstanding they stored noth- 

 ing last Summer but honey-dew. I have 

 9 colonies ; 3 in the cellar, and 6 packed 

 in forest leaves, on the summer stands. 

 Those on the summer stands seem to be 

 very lively, every warm, sunny day. I 

 am prejudiced against cellar wintering, 

 because I lost 14 colonies, a few years 

 since, in the cellar, on account of their 

 fouling the combs, causing them to 

 mold. This is an experiment. 



Levi Higgins. 



Orion, Ills., Feb. 22, 1892. 



Brown Bees for Honey. » 



I have spent a good deal of money to 

 get Italians, and now I am getting rid of 

 or trading them for our wild native 

 brown bees. The Italian bees are no 

 good here, only to rob and sting and 

 swarm. By putting brood-frames in the 

 top story, we can get some surplus 



honey, but Italians will not put any 

 honey in the4j:Cx4j^ sections. I have 

 one Italian colony that swarmed seven 

 times in one Summer, and I had to 

 unite two swarms to Winter them. I 

 have handled bees for over 30 years, 

 and have tried the Italians for 6 years, 

 and I find that our native brown bees 

 are far ahead of them in every way. I 

 had a little over three tons of comb- 

 honey last season, and it was all from 

 black or brown bees. I had 23 colonies 

 of Italians, but not a pound of surplus 

 honey from them. I want to defend the 

 bees which I know are the best for 

 business. Seth Nelson. 



Wistar, Pa. ^ 



Planting Basswood Trees. 



1. Would it pay to set out basswoods 

 in a vicinity where the honey-flow ends 

 with white clover? 2. If so, how many 

 should I set per each colony ? 3. How 

 long would I have to wait before I get 

 any benefit from them ? Penna. 



[It would doubtless pay to set out- 

 young basswood trees from 3 to 6 feet 

 high. They take about five years to 

 bear a fair amount of blossoms. Plant- 

 ing from the seed is quite unsatisfactory. 

 One tree should furnish enough honey 

 for 3 or 4 colonies in good seasons. It 

 usually gives nectar in alternate years. 

 —Ed.] 



Many Colonies Weak. 



Cold weather has kept the bees in the 

 hives seven weeks or more. No doubt 

 they are suffering for want of a flight. 

 Open weather in Fall and December 

 weakened many colonies. Probably the 

 loss will be considerable. 



J. H. An'dbe. 



Lockwood, N. Y., Feb. 24, 1892. 



Song Birds have Come. 



We have had a severe Winter for this 

 country. My bees brought in their first 

 pollen on Feb. 22. Last year their first 

 pollen was brought in on Feb. 17. 

 There has not been a week but my bees 

 have had a " flight." The coldest morn- 

 ing the thermometer indicated 10-' 

 above zero. This has been a beautiful, 

 warm day. The woods have been vocal 

 with the songs of birds. 



.1. Gr. TeTER 



Athens, Tenn., Feb. 22, 1892. 



