AMERICAN BEE JOUf^iSTAL. 



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COI^VEWTION DIRECTORY. 



Time and place of meeting. 



1892. 



May 17.— Northern Illinoi.s, at Harlem. Ills. 

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



May 25.— Capital, at Springfield. Ills. 



O. E. Yocom, Sec., Sherman, Ills. 



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

 J). C. Campbell, Sec. Cayuga. Ont. 



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

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



1893. 



Jan. 13, 14.— S.W.Wisconsin, at Boscobel.Wis. 

 Benj. E. Rice, Sec. Boscobel, Wis. 



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. 



ITorth 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 aiid Iloiiea Gossip. 



1^~ 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. 



Fine Prospects for Honey. 



My bees are in good condition for 

 Spring and Summer work. The pros- 

 pect Is fine for a good year for honey. • 

 G. B. Cartmell. 



Jackson, Tenn., May 5, 1892. 



How the Bees Have Wintered. 



My 40 colonies of bees are reduced to 

 about 35, owing to my misfortune. On 

 Jan. 2 I slipped on the ice and broke 

 my hip-bone, and have not been able to 

 be out-of-doors since. The bees need 

 attention more than I can give them. 

 Twenty colonies that winter and summer 

 in a bee-house, are all alive ; they fly 

 out when warm enough. I have kept 

 bees about 35 years. My only depend- 

 ence for surplus is white clover. Last 

 season I had over 1,200 pounds, and 

 sold 6 pounds for ^1.00. My loss in 

 wintering is more than I first thought, 

 being 20 to 25 per cent. 



RoBEET Meeks. 



Muncie, Ind., April 21, 1892. 



Italians and Black Bees. 



I have kept bees for the last five 

 years, and have had Italians and blacks 

 side by side, and gave both a fair test. I 

 am decidely in favor of the Italians. It 

 is probably true that Italians are a 

 little slow in entering the sections, but 

 when they do start work they leave the 

 blacks far behind. I am afraid those 

 that claim that the blacks are superior, 

 have not given the Italians a fair 

 chance. How is it that all extensive 

 bee-keepers, as a rule, keep and prefer 

 Italians, especially those that work for 

 the money there is in it? They do not 

 keep them for their beauty alone, but 

 because they gather more honey, and 

 consequently give more money to the 

 apiarist, and money is what we are 

 after. They are easier to handle, and 

 protect themselves better than any 

 others. The person who produces a 

 better race of bees than the Italians, 

 has to get up and hustle. 



W. A. Saul. 



Denison, Iowa. 



Backward Season. 



Bees have wintered well here, but 

 the season is backward, and colonies are 

 not as strong as they usually are at this 

 season of the year. 



Walter S. Poxjdeb. 



Indianapolis, Ind., April 29, 1892. 



Wintering' and Springing Bees. 



When overhauling my bees on March 

 10 and 11, I found them in the best of 

 condition. Of 40 colonies, 38 were all 

 right in every respect, but 2 of them, 

 although strong in bees, were queenless. 

 One queen of 1886 had died of old age, 

 and another one, hatched the latter part 

 of September, 1891, had disappeared. 

 I provided all with additional stores 

 where needed, and replaced the top 

 packing. On April 22 I looked them 

 over once more, and gave them from 1 

 to 3 frames more, partly filled with 

 honey. I registered them : 15 extra 

 colonies ; 6 strong ; 7 middling ; and 3 

 weak in bees, but otherwise in healthy 

 condition. 



April has been exceedingly hard on 

 bees. It has been wet and cold three 

 days out of four, and the first three days 

 in May are the same, so that many bees 

 perish when they leave the hive for 

 water, rye flour, or recently, pollen. If 

 this weather continues, my bees will 

 have up-hill work, but I am in hopes 



