AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



485 



work, the coming Summer will be far 

 better for honey than was last Summer. 

 The Eastern and Western States will 

 produce a fair crop of honey this year. 

 Cosby, Tenn. 



COWVEWTIOW DIRECTORY. 



Time and place of meeting. 



Apr. 13.— Fayette Co., at Washing-ton C. H., O. 

 S. R. Morris. Sec, Bloomingsbui-g', Ohio. 



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



H. Knight, Sec, Littleton, Colo. 



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

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



May 17.— Northern Illinois, at Harlem, Ills. 

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



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

 E. C. Campbell, Sec. Cayug-a, Ont. 



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. 

 Sbc'y and Manager— T. 6. Newman. Chicago. 



Bee ajid Hojiea Gossip. 



I^~ Bo 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. 



Bees in Excellent Condition. 



For nearly two days I have felt better 

 than I have before for nearly 14 months. 

 It was glorious weather yesterday, and 

 also to-day. I took out some of my bees 

 yesterday afternoon. The temperature 

 was up to 68°, and I had only put out 6 

 colonies, taking about 5 minutes to each, 

 when it had fallen to 53'^. To-day I 

 have put ont the balance. My loss is 

 between 4 and 5 per cent. ; the bees 

 died of starvation. Some of the colonies 

 were badly diseased, but they are having 

 a splendid frolic to-day. Those put out 

 yesterday are carrying in pollen. I ex- 

 pected to lose heavily owing to poor 

 honey, but am happily disappointed, all 

 seeming to be in good condition. 



A. B. Mason. 



Auburndale, O., April 1, 1892. 



Smothered Bees — Rheumatism. 



Bees are in good condition, with hives 

 full of honey. I lost 5 colonies by 

 smothering, during a sleet while I had 

 La Orippc. I was down three weeks 

 with it. Each colony that smothered 

 had from 40 to 60 pounds of honey. 

 The first work they did this Spring was 

 the second week in March, about 20 

 days earlier than for the last two years, 

 but we have had some severe winter 

 since that, which stopped their work. 

 I winter ray bees on the summer stands. 



I would like to know how to prepare 

 and take the medicine spoken of on 

 yage 415, by Mr. A. Webster, of Pains-, 

 ville, O. There is lots of rheumatism in 

 this part of the country. Will Mr. W. 

 please explain, for the benefit of the 

 afflicted? C. A. Spencek. 



Farmersville, Mo., March 29, 1892. 



No lioss in "Wintering — White Clover. 



My 26 colonies of bees have wintered 

 without loss. The prospect for white 

 clover this season is very good. I think 

 that all bee-keepers should join the Bee- 

 Keepers' Union. Geo. W. Morris. 



Cornishville, Ky., March 29, 1892. 



Bee-Diarrhea. 



1. What are the symptoms of bee- 

 diarrhea? 2. What is the remedy for 

 it ? Herbert Van Vliet. 



East Castle Rock, Minn. 



[Bee-diarrhea is caused by bad food, 

 or cold weather and an insufficient clus- 

 ter of bees. When the entrances to the 

 hives are spotted with a brownish-yellow 

 bad-smelling excrement, yon may know 

 that the bees have the so-called diarrhea. 

 But a cleansing flight with pleasant 

 weather will generally cause the disease 

 to disappear. — Ed.] 



Keeping Bees in Florida. 



I have been greatly interested in the 

 articles about Florida, as they have ap- 

 peared in the American Bee Journal. 

 I have lived here, off and on, for the 

 past ten years. This is not a honey 

 location, although bees do quite well 

 here. Whenever I return to the old 

 home among the pine trees and orange 

 groves, I always re-purchase the same 

 old apiary, which has never increased to 

 more than 4 colonies, or diminished to 



