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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



CONVENTION DIRECTORY. 



Time and place of meeting. 



1892. 



Aug. 17.— Wiibash Valley, at Vincenncs, Ind. 

 Frank Vawter, Sec, "Vlncennes, Ind. 



Aug. 27.— Haldimand. at S. Cayuga, Out. 



B. C. Campbell, Sec, Cayuga, Out. 



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



L. D. Stilson, Sec, York, Nebr. 



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

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



1893. 



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

 Benj. E. Rice, Sec, Boseobel, 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 Flint, Mich. 



National Bee-Keepers' Union. 



James Heddon . .Dowagiac, Mich. 



President 



Sec'y and Manager 



-T. G. Newman, Chicago. 



Bee ajid tiojieu Gossip. 



g^~ 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. 



Hurrah for the Swarms ! 



Warm weather comes in with June, 

 and " hurrah " for the swarms ! Hives 

 all ready ! Chuck 'em in 1 Big swarms, 

 too. Hip, hip, hee ! isn't it fun ? I 

 think that in spite of the old saying, 

 " a swarm of bees in June is worth a 

 silver spoon," It will be worth a dozen 

 silver spoons this year, as white clover 

 is just coming to full bloom ; it is a little 

 " behind," just the same as the bees. 

 Edw. E. Smith. 



Carpenter, Ills., June 6, 1892. 



"White Clover Promises 'Well. 



We have had a very backward spring 

 in this locality. March and April were 

 cold and wet, and the bees gathered 

 only enough honey for brood-rearing. 

 May has been wot, so the bees could not 

 gather much honey. They have not 

 swarmed mucli in this locality. I have 

 had one swarm out of IG colonies. The 

 hives are overflowing with bees. White 



clover promises well. I have not seen 

 bees work on white clover as heavy as 

 at the present time. We have had 

 favorable weather for nearly two weeks, 

 and if the weather continues favorable 

 through June, we may get some surplus 

 yet, as the bees have commenced in the 

 surplus sections. In this locality the 

 spring honey season lasts until July 1, 

 then the bees do not gather any honey 

 unil the fall flowers commence to bloom, 

 and that is the first or middle of August. 

 The past years have been very favorable 

 for fall honey for winter stores, and if 

 this fall is similar, the bee-keepers 

 surely ought not to be discouraged if 

 they do not get much surplus honey this 

 season, or just so the bees have enough 

 for winter. I want to plant some linden 

 trees this fall. Will some one tell me 

 where I can get them ? 



Chas. Guth. 

 Santa Claus, Ind., June 5, 1892. 



Making TJse of Brood-Combs. 



What is the best plan to make use of a 

 lot of nice brood-combs ? I wish to 

 work my bees for comb honey, allowing 

 each solony to swarm once. The time 

 for swarming here is from June 15 to 

 July 15. We may reasonably expect a 

 fall flow of honey, if the season is not 

 too dry. Subscribek. 



Brownville, Iowa, May 30, 1892. 



[Give theiu to swarms, in place of 

 empty hives. They will be thoroughly 

 appreciated in that instance. — Eds.] 



Bee-Keeping in Tennesee, Etc. 



This has been the worst spring for 

 bees for 30 years. It rains about every 

 day, and it has been so cold for the last 

 month that half the time a man had to 

 wear a coat all day. It rained all the 

 time that the poplar was' in bloom, so 

 bees got but little benefit of the bloom. 

 White clover is in abundance here, but 

 the bees cannot get out to gather any 

 honey, on account of the cold wind and 

 cloudy weather. I have 21 colonies, 

 and they have not stored any surplus 

 honey yet. Last year, at this time, I 

 was selling honey, and now I have nono 

 for myself to cat ; but it Is not the bees' 

 fault. My b(!es have not swarmed any 

 tliis spring; tiu^y are not oven strong 

 ciiougii for dividing. I put on some one- 

 pound sections, and if the weather docs 

 not get warm and dry in a few days, 

 they will be taken off empty.' Provided 



