AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



835 



When the bees swarm, the two rows 

 of perforations will not afford room for 

 the rush, and many bees will run up the 

 wire-cloth and pass out through that 

 part. When the swarm returns, they 

 will soon clog the lower entrance, and 

 as the queen is in the upper part, and 

 fully one-half the bees will run up the 

 wire-cloth, and unite with the new 

 swarm. Put it down that this is a new 

 Idea, original with me, and from past 

 experience I know it will work. We shall 

 try the other plans also. — Western Plow- 

 man. 



Milan, Ills. 



Fine Prospects— Closei-EM Frames. 



KD. CLARK. 



Bees are very strong now, but I'have 

 had no swarms yet. The poplar did not 

 blossom as profusely this year as it gen- 

 erally does, and consequently there was 

 not as much honey gathered from that 

 source as there usually is. The pros- 

 pects are fine for a good flow of honey 

 from the sourwood, which, by the way, 

 I think is a good honey-producer. It 

 blooms profusely when only a small 

 bush, and grows almost everywhere. 



The closed-end frame in a tight-fitting 

 case does not suit me very well. When 

 I start to put a frame in the hive it goes 

 about like this : Now — push — hold on — 

 wait a minute until those bees get out of 

 the way ; but the bees do not get out of 

 the way, and are mashed, and if the 

 apiarist has not a great deal of patience 

 he will leave in disgust. I tried two 

 hives last year with closed-end frames, 

 but about the first thing I learned to do 

 with them was not to like them. The 

 bees in one of the hives died during the 

 winter, and I transferred the other 

 colony a few days ago. It seems to me 

 that the Hoffman frame, made the way 

 Mr. A. I. Root makes it now, would be 

 a great deal better than the closed-end. 



Nat, Ala., June 7, 1892. 



Please Send XJs the Names of your 

 neighbors who keep bees, and we will 

 send them sample copies of the Bee 

 Journal. Then please call upon them 

 and get them to subscribe with you, and 

 secure some of the premiums we offer. 



Feed the bees all the odds and ends 

 of honey, and put the rest in good shape 

 for the market. 



COXVE^fTIOX DIRECTORY. 



Time and place of meeting. 



1892. 



Aug. 17.— AVabash Valley, at Vincennes, Ind. 

 Frank Vawter, Sec, Vincennes, Ind. 



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



E. C. Campbell, Sec, Cayuga, Ont. 



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.Wisconsin, at Boscobel.Wis. 

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



It^~ 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. 



President- James Heddon . .Dowaglac, Mich. 

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



Bee ajid tioneu Gossip. 



^^~ Bo not write anything for publication 

 on the same sheet of paper with business 

 matters, unless it can be torn apart without 

 interfering with either part of the letter. 



Good. Honey Weather. 



The bees are hard at work here now- 

 the weather is hot and damp. 



T. F. Bingham, 

 Abronia, Mich., June 11, 1892. 



Bees are Swarming Some. 



My health is poor, and I have sold 

 part of my bees to my brother, but I 

 shall look them over occasionally. 

 Although the season is called late, some 

 swarms were reported on June 4, which 

 is earlier than the average. 



J. H. Andre. 



Lockwood, N. Y., June 7, 1892. 



Good Clover Crop Expected, Etc. 



My first swarm of the season Issued 

 on May 7. I have had extra-good luck 

 with my bees in wintering; not a loss 

 in 13 colonies, while every other bee- 

 keeper in this section has lost, on an 



