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length}' and animated, concentrating 

 our thouglits upon a certain line, and 

 prevent rambling discussions. I must 

 favor the right kind of essays. 



About trying to get representatives 

 from other nations toBrantford, I maj' 

 say that I liave had considerable cor- 

 respondence upon the matter, and it 

 has received attention in some of the 

 leading European i)apers ; but I have 

 come to the conclusion that our Asso- 

 ciation is not in a condition to under- 

 take such a matter this year. When 

 we do undertake it, it must be done 

 well, and in a way that the Association 

 can feel proud of. Our meeting must 

 then be occupied as little as possible 

 with business, and we will require 

 funds. 



During the present year we must 

 arouse greater interest in our Associa- 

 tion ; as far as I know, not one who 

 was not at the last meeting at Colum- 

 bus, has become a member of the Asso- 

 ciation. This sliould not be ; and be- 

 fore the next meeting, an invitation 

 will be sent directly to many who 

 ought to be with us, and who ought to 

 be members. Of course the list will 

 be very incomplete, yet anj' who do 

 not receive this notice, will, it is to be 

 hoped, favor us with their presence, 

 and all become members. 



The surplus fund shall, I trust, re- 

 main in the treasury, and before manj- 

 more annual meetings have been held, 

 it is to be hoped, and I believe sin- 

 cerelj', that we will have a grand In- 

 ternational meeting — one which for 

 some time will give bee-keepers on 

 more than one continent fresh food for 

 reflection, and advance bee-keeping. 



I have written to the Secretary of 

 evei-y district association in Canada, so 

 far as I know, before they met in con- 

 vention, urging them to send represen- 

 tative to Brantford at our next meet- 

 ing, and I may say that already there 

 is no doubt, if we have even only a 

 medium season, we .shall have a grand 

 meeting. What is required now is, 

 the addresses of all the secretaries of 

 associations in the United States, so 

 that they ma}' be urged to do the same; 

 for this I must depend upon the kind- 

 ness of others. 



We want representatives from at 

 least every State association, and depu- 

 tations to invite the associations to the 

 next place of meeting. It will be seen 

 that the hearty co-operation of many 

 are required, and at once. Let us only 

 make up our minds that success shall 

 crown our eflbrts this year, and, with 

 a fair honey season, we shall have a 

 very large number of bee-keepers as- 

 sembled. 



Brantford, Ont. 



[For editorial remarks, see page 211. 

 —Ed.] 



KA.CHIXO ! IT'S SPRIIVC 



Ka-chinK I The balmy sprinK has come, 

 The sun shines warm on all below : 



I thought the streams would surely run. 

 It seemed so warm witlilD, Ka-choo ! 



Why, who had thought the wind so sharp ! 



It chills me, truly, through and through, 

 1 wonder if the month of March 



Is really spring ? Oh, dear ! Ka-choo ! 



I saw a bird this morning flit 

 Amid the boughs ot yonder pine ; 



And so I thought I'd wait a bit 

 And sun myself. Ka-choo ! Ka-ching ! 



Well, really, I'll not wander far— 

 Ka-choo ! It seems so out of place 



To sneeze so when the birds, so gay. 

 Are searching for a resting pla^e. 



— Viek's Magazine. 



BEE-CANDY. 



The Sliolz or Good Caiidy- 

 Hoiicy and Pollen. 



Written for the American Bee Journal 



BY PROF. A. J. COOK. 



There seems to be some doubt about 

 the "Good" candy having been de- 

 scribed previous to the discovery made 

 by Mr. Good. There is no doubt but 

 that Mr. Good re-discovered and re- 

 described this, with no knowledge that 

 it had already been successfully used. 



If tlie reader will refer to Mr. Lang- 

 stroth's excellent work, "The Hive 

 and Honey-Bee," 3d edition, page 274, 

 he will find the following : 



"The Rev. Mr. Sholz, of Silesia, 

 recommends the following, as a sub- 

 stitute for sugar candy in feeding bees: 



" 'Take one pint of honey, and four 

 pounds of pounded lump sugar ; heat 

 the hone}', without adding water, and 

 mix it with the sugar, working it to- 

 gether to a stift', doughy mass. When 

 thus thoroughly incorporated, cut it 

 into slices, or form it into cakes or 

 lumps, and wrap them in a piece of 

 coarse linen, and place them in the 

 frames. Thin slices enclosed in linen 

 may be pushed down between the 

 combs. The plasticity of the mass en- 

 ables the apiarist to apply the food in 

 any manner lie may desire. The bees 

 have less difficulty in appropriating 

 this kind of food, than where candy is 

 used ; and there is no waste.' " 



As I have said, there is no doubt but 

 that Mr. Good re-discovered this ex- 

 cellent method of preparing candy ; 

 and made it applicable to shipping : 

 thus doing away with the bottle of 

 watei'. So we still may keep his 

 name. Can we aftbrd to call it the 

 " Good-Sholz candy ?" 

 GatherinsT Honey and Pollen. 



I should like to hear from others on 

 Mrs. Chaddock's criticism on the way 

 bees gather honey and pollen. I have 

 observed quite carefully, and I believe 



that it is quite exceptional for bees to 

 gather two kiiuls — either of honey or 

 pollen — on the same trip. 



Mrs. Chaddock says, "Go into the 

 garden or orcliard, and observe." That 

 is just wliat 1 have done, and I have 

 concluded from these observations 

 that, thougli bees do very rarely gather 

 from dift'erent flowers on a single trip 

 from the hive, yet such action is ex- 

 ceptional, and only proves the rule 

 that they do not do so. 



I should like to hear from Messrs. 

 Doolittle, Dadant, etc., on this point. 



Agricultural College, Mich. 



PRIORITY 



Of Location Not a Simple 

 4^ue§tion. 



Written Jor the American Bee Journal 

 BY S. T. PETTIT. 



On page 234 of the Canadian Honey 

 Producer is an interesting letter from 

 the pen of Mr. J. E. Pond, in which 

 he says : "The question of priority 

 of location is one of tlie most simple 

 yet brought to the attention of bee- 

 keepers ; yet some are attempting to 

 make quite a bugbear of it. Con- 

 sidered in its simplest forms,it amounts 

 to just this, and no more : Can any 

 one who chooses, keep bees upon his 

 own lands ? This is all there is in the 

 question, and discussion, no matter 

 how long drawn out, can make noth- 

 ing more, nothing less, of it." 



I was a good deal surprised on 

 perusing the strange position taken by 

 our usually clear-headed friend ; and 

 now if Mr. Pond will kindly, at his 

 leisure, on some fine warm, sunny, 

 spring-like morning, call on me, I will 

 accompany liim across several sugar- 

 bushes, or drive by tlie road, as he 

 may choose, about three miles, and 

 visit a friend who is now in the inter- 

 esting transition state from the farmer 

 to the bee-keeper. He has kept bees 

 in a crude way for many years; has 

 four sons, enough to do the farm work; 

 hence his ambition to devote his time 

 to improve upon his old ways, and 

 make a little out of his bees. 



Just last summer another man (a 

 good man, for aught I know) pur- 

 chased a small lot of land, built a 

 house, and is jilanting an apiary near 

 by the other man. Now it is quite 

 clear, that this procedure means in- 

 jui-}' or disaster to both, for profits on 

 bee-keeping now-a-days come only to 

 those most favorably situated. 



Now when I tell Mr. Pond, that 

 Ontario has hundreds of unoccupied 

 fields for honey-producing purposes 

 just as desirable as this one, I think 

 that he will agree with me that this 



