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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



introduced. Any other queen will do 

 just as well, and can be safely given the 

 bees if a change of queens is desirable. 

 No swarm will issue from that hive until 

 the next season. — American ApicuUurist. 



CONYEXTIOSr DIRECTORY. 



Time and place of m,eeting. 



1892. 



Sept. 7, 8.— Nebraska, at Lincoln, Nebr. 



L. D. Stllson, See, York, Nebr. 



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 Editors. 



North American Bee-Keepers' Association 



President— Eugene Secor.. Forest City, Iowa. 

 Secretary- W. Z. Hutchinson EUnt, Mich. 



National Bee-Keepers' Union. 



President— James Heddon ..Dowagiac, Mich. 

 Seo'y and Manager— T. G. Newman, Chicago. 



Bee and HoHEy Gossip. 



t^~ 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. 



Predicts a Good Season. 



I had a large swarm of bees on May 

 15, 1892. I predict a good honey year. 

 Aaron Benedict. 

 Bennington, Ohio. 



Feeding in Hives with Tight Bottoms. 



If one uses a hive with a tight bottom, 

 what proportion of food will bo lost if it 

 is poured in at the entrance, tli(> front 

 of the hive being raised ? Or, if one 

 wishes to feed a little every day, would 

 it be bettor to saturate a sponge with 

 syrup, and lay it on the frames ? 



Lochiel, Ind. A. C. Bugree. 



[Neither plan is to be recommended. 

 It would be far better to use any good 

 feeder, either over the frames, or at the 

 entrance. — Eds. ] 



Sick Bees from Damp, Cold Weather. 



I have sent to Prof. Cook to-day a few 

 sick bees, just taken before death 

 What is wrong with them ? The sick 

 bees come out of the hives in great 

 numbers, and hop ofif in the grass like 

 grasshoppers, and are somewhat swollen. 

 I have 5 colonies infected with the dis- 

 ease, but they are all right otherwise. 

 Please answer in the American Bee 

 Journal. Otto F. Semke. 



Harrison, Kans., May 16, 1892. 



[I have carefully examined the bees 

 with a high-power microscope, and find 

 no appearance of poison, but their in- 

 testines are full of very black, undi- 

 gested pollen. I cannot say positively 

 what causes the disease, but can only 

 suggest the cold, damp weather, or else 

 perhaps gathering and feeding on damp, 

 sour pollen. Has any other bee-keeper 

 noticed a similar affection ? I img/gine 

 that dry, warm weather, should it ever 

 come, might put all to rights. — A. J. 

 Cook.] 



All Ready for the Harvest. 



Bees have had a very hard time of it 

 so far this spring, on account of cold 

 and rainy weather. Fruit-bloom has 

 benefited them but little, and every 

 extra comb filled with honey, and set 

 aside for spring feeding, has come very 

 handy this spring. But then, my bees 

 are in tip-top trim, owing to timely and 

 prompt attention given them, and keep- 

 ing them under winter packing until 

 now. Wm. Stolley. 



Grand Island, Nebr., May 26, 1892. 



Profitable Honey Season Expected. 



Wo have had a very late spring here, 

 but my bees are building up very rap- 

 idly, and there is every indication of a 

 profitable season here. The poplar has 

 been in bloom for quite a while, and the 

 bees have been working well on it, but 

 have gathered but little surplus from it. 

 My bees will be in a fine condition for 

 the sourwood bloom, and if it yields as 

 much as it generally does, I will get 

 considerable honey from that source. 

 My bees were stronger this spring than 

 they were last, but I have had no swarms 

 yet. The colony of Italians I spoke of 

 on page 583, are doing good work now. 

 It was very weak early In the spring. 



