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reports securing over 5,000 pounds of 

 comb honey from Alfalfa. It is a verj' 

 quick grower, anil will mature the first 

 crop in about two months from the 

 time that growth commences, the sec- 

 ond in about six weeks from cutting, 

 and the third in about five weeks, and 

 j'ields on an average 5 to 6 tons per 

 acre. 



Many flattering reports have come, 

 and are still coming to me. concerning 

 Alfalfa. It will search for water like 

 a well-digger, and in a sandy soil, go 

 down 10, 12, IG, and even 20 feet. 

 The roots are from 1 to IJ inches in 

 diameter, and fully J of that root de- 

 cays every year from the outside, at 

 the same time growing larger from 

 the centre. 



Let no one who has sown Alfalfa 

 get discouraged if it is small and 

 spindling the first season. You can 

 get no crop from it the first year, the 

 second year a fair crop, and the third 

 it is as good as it will ever be. It is a 

 perennial, of the clover famil}', but 

 will out-yield red clover for liay, two 

 to one, and unlike it, never falls down, 

 but, like a good soldier, stands uj) 

 straight. 



Peoria, Ills. 



CARNIOLANS. 



Their Ciood Qualities and Dif. 

 ferciit nianageineiit. 



Written for the American Bee Journal 

 BY F. A. LOCKHAHT. 



I commenced the season of 1888 

 with 25 colonies, 20 of which were 

 Caruiolans, and 5 Italians, and I in- 

 creased them to 30 colonies. The sea- 

 son was the poorest one since I have 

 kept bees. I got only one-eighth of a 

 honey crop. 



The Caruiolans were the only colo- 

 nies that gave me any surplus. I had 

 them side by side with the Italians, 

 and I gave the one variety as much 

 attention as the other, but the Italian 

 colonies would not enter the surplus 

 receptacles, and I could not get them 

 to do so with any amount of coaxing. 

 They were strong in bees, and filled 

 their brood-chambers full of honey ; 

 but that is all they would do. The 

 < arniolans filled their brood-chambers 

 and gave quite a surplus besides. I 

 never saw bees cap their honey so 

 rapidly, and with such snowy white- 

 ness as the Carniolans do. 



Some may think that I had a poor 

 >train of Italians. II I had, they were 

 from the progeny of 3 queens from our 

 best queen-breeders. I used to tliink 

 that there were no bees like the Italians, 

 but I have discovered my mistake, and 

 have discarded them. 



I have never seen any strain of bees 

 that had so many good points as the 

 Carniolans possess, all points being 

 considered. They have a little more 

 propensity to .swaru), than have the 

 Italians ; but why do they have a ten- 

 deneey to swarm oftener than the 

 Italians ? Because they are more 

 prolific than either the blacks or Ital- 

 ians, and for that reason they need to 

 be managed in a ditlerent way. Give 

 them plenty of room, and they will 

 make use of it. 



My plan for working the Carniolans 

 is as follows : Hi\e the swarm with 

 the old queen on the stand from 

 whence they came ; place the old hive 

 in a new location, and give the colony 

 that is left a young laying queen. Cut 

 out all queen-cells before giving the 

 ([ueen, and cage her at least for 24 

 hours. If you have no young laying 

 queen at hand, cut out all but one 

 queen-cell, and let them rear a queen. 



My bees are all in the cellar, and to 

 all appearances they are wintering 

 well. 



lEoinedy for llee-Stiii;;'s. 



The best cure that I have found for a 

 bee-sting is this : 



Take equal parts of soda and vin- 

 egar, and rub it on the place stung, 

 while the stuff' is fomenting. It will 

 give relief immediately. 



Lake George, N. Y., Dec. 24, 1888. 



CANADA. 



Report of the Brant Bee-Keep- 

 er»<' Convention. 



Written for the American Bee Journal 

 BY R. F. IIULTERMANN. 



The annual meeting of the Brant 

 Bee-Keepers' Association was held in 

 the Court House at Brantford, Ont., 

 on Dec. 29, 1888, with President An- 

 guish in the chair. Owing to the ex- 

 pected presence of Mr. S. T. Pettit, of 

 Belmont, an ex-President of the On- 

 tario Bee-Keepers' Assc^iation, and a 

 well-known bee-keeper, the attendance 

 was good. 



After the necessaiy business required 

 to close up the year 1888 was trans- 

 acted, the election of officers took 

 place, which resulted as follows : Presi- 

 dent, J. R. Howell ; Vice-President, T. 

 Birkett ; and Secretary-Treasurer, R. 

 F. Holtermann. 



The following representatives were 

 elected, as required by the Ontario 

 Bee-Keeperis' Association : R. F. Hol- 

 termann, D. Anguish, and G. W. Bar- 

 ber, who were delegated to place the 

 views of this Association upon impor- 

 tant matters, before the Ontario Bee- 

 Keipers' Association at Owen Sound. 



On motion the representatives of 

 the Brant Association were asked to 

 invite the Ontario Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation to meet at Brantford for their 

 next annual meeting, in union with, 

 the International Bee-Association., 

 which was carried unanimously. 



Siippre!«sion ot Foul Urood. 



The question of the desirability of 

 taking means to suppress foul brood 

 was brought up. 



S. T. Pettit was asked if the Ontario 

 bee-keepers were not trying to secure- 

 legislation in this direction. He re- 

 plied that such a stejj had been thought 

 of, and some action in that direction 

 taken, but the matter had been drop- 

 ped ; that there was no doubt that the 

 tlic disease was spreading. Hi^ had 

 lately been at the annual meeting of 

 the Oxford Bee-Keeper.s' Association, 

 the Secretary of which (Mr. Fritli), 

 had, after trying almost everything 

 recommended, destroyed probablj' over 

 100 colonies, and it was in that neigh- 

 borhood. It was reported that promi- 

 nent queen-rearers and sellers of bees 

 had the disease in their apiaries, off 

 and on, for a number of j'ears, and in- 

 spectors should be appointed by the 

 association to inspect any one's bees 

 that the}' saw fit, who offered them for 

 sale. This would either exonerate any 

 one falsely accused, or prevent bee- 

 keepers from having the disease spread 

 broadcast over the land. 



All appeared to see the wisdom and 

 justice of such a course, and, on mo- 

 tion, it was unanimously decided, in 

 view of the fact that foul brooil is re- 

 ported, and known to be spreading in 

 the Dominion, that we respectfully 

 suggest that the Ontario Bee-Keepers' 

 Association appoint inspectors to go 

 through the country aqd report the 

 condition of any or all apiaries of those 

 selling bees, and also to ask the On- 

 tario Legislature for legislation to pre- 

 vent the spread of the disease. 



Tenlilation of Bee-Cellar!*. 



Mr. Phelps introduced the subject of 

 ventilation, by remarking that bee- 

 keepers appeared to have almost con- 

 chuled that bee-repositories did not re- 

 quire ventilation. He had stopped up 

 his ventilator without any ajjparent 

 injury; his cellar was, however, not 

 built very tightly. 



Mr. Pettit stated that it was the 

 third year he was wintering bees in a. 

 cellar'; the cellar was built tightly ; he 

 had carefully superintended the work,. 

 and allowed no slighting in its con- 

 struction. He thought that it would 

 be almost water-tight, besides it was 

 built in hard clay, and the whole cellar 

 b(!low the level of the clay, He has a 

 sub-earth ventilator, which regulates 

 the temperature. It is 215 feet long. 



