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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



ft I^ittle Girl's ^Wishes. 



E. BENTLEY. 



I wish I were as busy 

 As the cunning little bee ; 



I wish I were a sparrow brown. 

 To fly from bush to tree. 



I wish I were the sunlight, 

 To spai-kle every day ; 



1 wish I were the the roses, 

 So fragrant, bright and gay. 



I wish I were the silver moon 

 That's gleaming up on high ; 



I wish I were the tiny stars — 

 Those flowers of the sky. 



Queries ajid Replies. 



How Bees Carry Propolis, 



Query 812. — 1. Do bees carry pro- 

 polis on their legs as they do pollen ? 2. 

 If not, how do they carry it? — W. 



1. Yes. — A. J. Cook. 



1. Yes. — J. A. Green. 



1. Yes. — C. C. Miller. 



1. Yes.— R. L. Taylor. 



1. Yes. — H. D. Cutting. 



1. Yes. — Dad ANT & Son. 



1. Yes. — S. I. Freeborn. 



1. Yes. — James Heddon. 



1. Yes.— J. P. H. Brown. 



1. Yes. — G. M. DooLiTTLE. 



1. Yes, just the same. — Mrs. J. N. 

 Heater. 



1 and 2. I do not know. — J. M. Ham- 



BAUGH. 



1. They do, and in no other way. — M. 

 Mahin. 



1. I think they do. 2. I know of no 

 other way. — C. H. Dibbern. 



1. They carry it on their legs. — 

 Eugene Secor. 



1. Yes, they carry propolis on their 

 legs, the same as pollen. — E. France. 



1. Our best authorities say so. I have 

 not observed any difference. — P. H. 

 Elwood. 



1. No. 2. In their sac or stomach. 

 In ai)plying it, tiiey seem to eject it. — 

 Mrs. L. Harrison. 



1. Not quite the same way, and I 

 almost wish they did not carry propolis 

 at all. — A. B. Mason. 



1. Yes. 2. No other way, only in the 

 pollen baskets. She might carry it in 

 her mouth or fore-paws, if she thought 

 about it. — Mrs. Jennie Atchley. 



1. I have never noticed this matter at 

 all, but have always assumed they did ; 

 and can only ask, myself, "If not, how 

 do they carry it ?" — J. E. Pond. 



1. Yes. The Cyprian bees, I had 

 some years since, were seen to gather 

 Vermillion paint, that was partially 

 dried, and pack it on their legs as they 

 do pollen. — G. L. Tinker. 



1. Yes. I have often seen them col- 

 lecting propolis from old discarded bee- 

 quilts, and from hives that had been 

 occupied by bees, and I have seen them 

 packing it in pellets on their legs, just 

 like they load up with pollen. When 

 their load is completed, their appearance 

 is exactly the same as that of other 

 workers loaded with dark-colored pollen. 

 — G. W. Demaree. 



Yes. — The Editor. 



Convention IVotices. 



UTAH.— The Utah Bee-Keepers' Association 

 will hold its annual convention in Salt Lake 

 City, Utah, on April 7, 1899. 



John C. Swaner, Sec. 



Salt Lake City, Utah. 



COLORADO.— The Spring meeting of the 

 Colorado State Bee-Keepers' Association will 

 be held in Golden, Colo., on April 21, 1893. 

 E. B. PoRTEH. Pres. 



H. Knight, Sec. Littleton, Colo. 



ILLINOIS.— The Spring meeting of the 

 Northern Illinois Bee-Keepers' Association 

 will be held at O. Taylor's, at Harlem. 111., on 

 May 17, 1893. All are cordially invited. 



Cherry Valley, 111. D. A. Fuller, Sec. 



TEXAS.— The 14th annual meeting of the 

 Texas State Bee-Keepers' Association will be 

 lield at Greenville. Hunt Co., Tex., on Wednes- 

 day and Thursday, April 6 and 7, 1892. All 

 interested are invited. A. H. Jones, Sec. 



Golden, Wood Co., Tex. 



PENNSYLVANIA.— The tenth semi-annual 

 meeting of the Susquehanna Co. Bee-Keepers' 

 Association will bo held at Bullard's Hotel in 

 Brooklyn, Pa., on Thursday, May 5, 1893, at 

 10 a.m. All are cordially invited. 



Harford, Pa. H. M. Seeley, Sec. 



MISSOURI.- The fJth semi-annual conven- 

 tion of the Missouri State Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation will be held at Perrlo Spring, Warrens- 

 burg, Mo., on April 7 and 8, 1893, in the par- 

 lors of the Minnowawa Hotel— tlie finest hotel 

 at one of the grandest summer resorts in the 

 State. A good room has been secured for ex- 

 hibits. A rate of $1.00 per day is promised by 

 the proprietor of the hotel, to all bee-keepers 

 attending. An interesting programme is being 

 prepared. W. S. Dohn Blaseh, Sec. 



Higginsville, Mo. 



