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out, too, if they are Italians, and I sup- 

 pose the blacks, if strong, will make 

 pretty good work at it. 



If there is any honey in the combs, 

 lookout, or you may have a "picnic" 

 with robbers. Better put the combs 

 there toward evening, not very long .be- 

 fore they stop flying, and by preference 

 when it is warm enough for them to 

 move around considerably at night. 

 Then they will, by morning, get over 

 the excitement caused by finding such a 

 bonanza so near at hand, and will be 

 ready to protect the entrance against 

 intruders. Close the entrance up just as 

 small as you can without hindering 

 them about getting in and out. Of 

 course if there is no honey in the combs 

 there is no need of any such precautions. 



As soon as you need the combs for 

 new colonies, they can be taken, and 

 you will find them in the very nicest 

 condition. One year I left them under 

 until the bees stored honey in them 

 which I extracted, and some of them 

 had brood. — National Stockman. 



Preilctlons Alont llie Honey-Flof . 



SAM WILSON. 



My article on page 484, is not as plain 

 as I would like to have had it. In the 

 first paragraph, I should have said that 

 I have not as good a chance this year as 

 I had last to show bee-keepers that I 

 can tell just about what the honey-flow 

 will be, from the fact that it will be 

 more general this year than it was last. 



In the third paragraph, I should have 

 said that what causes linden and white 

 clover to fail to secrete nectar, does its 

 work long before they bloom ; after that 

 no power on earth can make them pro- 

 duce nectar ; but, on the other hand, 

 the flowers may be full of nectar, and 

 the weather be so that bees could not 

 work. 



There are two natural but diverse in- 

 fluences that cause flowers to fail to 

 secrete nectar. Here, when sourwood 

 and linden are going to be a failure, ivy 

 will produce a good flow of nectar ; but 

 if ivy fails, linden and sourwood will 

 yield honey. But there is only one 

 natural cause that makes linden and 

 white clover fail to secrete nectar, or 

 makes it secrete nectar. 



There ought to be double the amount 

 of honey produced this year that there 

 was last. All the States east of Kansas 

 ought to have a fair crop of honey, but 

 Kansas and Nebraska will not have a 



good flow. Extreme eastern Nebraska 

 ought to have a fair crop. 



The Southern States ought to have a 

 fair crop of honey wherever linden, 

 white clover and sourwood are the de- 

 pendence for honey. Sourwood ought 

 to produce honey in north Georgia, Ala- 

 bama and Mississippi, and in Tennessee, 

 except the larger part of east Tennessee, 

 from about 30 miles west of Knoxville 

 and east. 



Sourwood and linden will produce but 

 little honey in western North Carolina ; 

 the larger part ought to have a good 

 flow from linden and sourwood. Ken- 

 tucky will have a good yield from white 

 clover and linden, if they have any lin- 

 den bloom. The flow will be better 

 there than in the States east, in the 

 same latitude. 



My predictions are made in regard to 

 linden, white clover and sourwood. 



It is an easy thing to tell what the 

 honey crop will be, when one knows the 

 true cause of failure. Very often there 

 is a failure when but a few miles distant 

 there is a good flow. The reason for this 

 will be understood when you learn the 

 cause of flowers failing to secrete nectar. 

 Then you can know when, or in what 

 part of the country, the honey-flow will 

 be the best, and be there with your 

 bees. 



If I lived close to Jackson county, 

 Iowa, I would move my bees into that 

 county, if a good location for an apiary 

 can be secured. 



I will prove later that I can tell what 

 I profess to know. 



Cosby, Tenn. 



Utali Bee-Keepers' Conyentlon. 



JOHN C. SWANER. 



The regular semi-annual session of 

 the Utah Bee-Keepers' Association was 

 held at Salt Lake City, Utah, on April 

 7, 1892. 



At 10 a.m., President O. B. Hunting- 

 ton called the convention to oi'der, and 

 after prayer by German Ellsworth, Sec- 

 retary Swaner called the roll, after 

 which several new members were ad- 

 mitted to the Association. 



The report of the committee appointed 

 at the last session to obtain legislation 

 relative to "foul-brood," was called for, 

 and John C. Swaner said a bill was 

 passed, after considerable exertion on 

 the part of the committee. The report 

 I was accepted by the Association, and 



