THIS SMERICKr* BBK JOURNaiU. 



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to whether or not there is such a thing 

 as a laj'ing-worker. 



Rev. H. M. Brown then rcail a verj- 

 interesting essay on "The Bee's Place 

 in Nature." The essay was full of in- 

 teresting facts regarding tlie natural 

 history of the bee, and was listened to 

 with great interest. 



Mr. S. S. Sleeper followed with a 

 very interesting historical sketch of 

 the various societies of this county, de- 

 voted to the interests of the husband- 

 man. He predicted for the Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association — the youngest of them 

 all^a full measure of success and use- 

 fulness. 



After a short discussion on " Queen- 

 Rearing," the convention adjourned to 

 meet in Buftalo, on Thursday afternoon 

 and evening, Sept. 5, during the Inter- 

 national Fair. By having our meeting 

 at this time, we hope to meet some of 

 the noted bee-keepers of the country, 

 and have a social and interesting time. 

 O. L. Hekshisee, Cor. Sec. 



COWVESfTION DIRECTORY. 



1888. Time and Place ol Meetint- 



Aug. 20.— Northern IMinois, at Guilford. Ilia. 



D. A. Fuller, Sec, Cherry Valley. Ills. 



Auk. 31.— Haldlmand. at Flsherville, Ont. 



Jfi. 0. Campbell, Sec, Cayuga. Oat. 



Sept. —.—Maine, at Llvermore Falls, Me. 



J. F. Fuller, Sec, Oxford, Me. 



Sept. 5.-Erle County, at Buffalo, N. Y. 

 0. L. Hershiser, Cor. Sec, Big Tree Corner, N. Y. 



Dec 4, 6.— International, at Brantford. Ont.. Canada. 

 K. F. Holtermann, Sec, Brantford. Ont. 



IV In order to have this table complete. Secre- 

 taries are requested to forward full particulars of 

 time and place of future meetings.— Ed. 





One Week's AVork W. T. F. 



Petty, Pittsfield, Ills., on June 17, 

 1889, says : 



The record of one colony of bees in 

 my apiary, commencing with Sunda}% 

 June 2, is as follows : Sunday, 20 

 pounds; Monday, 12 pounds ; Tuesd.ay, 

 6 pounds ; Wednesday, 10 pounds ; 

 Thursday, 10 pounds ; Fndaj% 10 

 pounds ; on Saturday it was rainy, and 

 consequently I took none from the 

 colony. The total is 68 pounds. 



Heavy Rains — Swarming. — Mr. 



Henry Willson, Clinton, Ills., on June 

 18, 1889, says : 



We are having heavy rains eveiy 

 week now. White clover is coming 

 out finely, where it had a start. Bees 

 are working in the sections, but they 

 are doing little .so far, except to 

 Bwarm. 



Honey hy lliv Barrel.— E. Stahl, 

 Kenner, La., on June 17, 1889, says : 



Bees have done finely this season. 

 I started in the sjjring with 300 colo- 

 nics, and increased them to 800 colo- 

 nies, and have taken, up to date, 23 

 barrels of as tine, clear honey as can 

 be found anywhere in the United 

 States; and I am yet bu.sy taking ofl' 

 more honey. I expect by the time the 

 season is over, to ha\'o 50 barrels. My 

 bees are all kept in one apiary, at 

 home. All the barrels that I till, hold 

 nothing le.ss than 51 or 53 gallons of 

 honey. Who can say that this is a 

 bad season j'et ? 



Wliite Clover is Tbiek A. R. 



Simpson, State Line, Ind., on June 15, 

 1889, says : 



The recent rains have started the 

 white clover up thick, and if we have 

 the right kind of weather from this on, 

 I think that we will have a good honey- 



Spring of 1889.— S. E. Bowen, 

 Shay town, Mich., on June 15, says : 



Bees did quite well the "first spring" 

 of 1889, in this locality ; but the "sec- 

 ond," which I hope is past, starved out 

 several colonies for some of my neigh- 

 bors. I had one weak colony to which 

 I fed syrup, and it is all right now. 



Profuse ^Vliite Clover Bloom. 



— Hiram J. Ward, Farmington, Kan., 

 on June 10, 1889, saj's : 



My bees have not paid verj' well for 

 the last few years, yet they bid fair to 

 do well this year. I have the supers 

 on, and some colonies have them 

 partly full. I will begin extracting to- 

 morrow — all from white clover. It is 

 very plentiful, and the bloom is pro- 

 fuse. 



Enough Bloom, but no Honey. 



— Telah C. Whitney, Athens, N. Y., on 

 June 17, 1889, writes : 



A year ago last spring I sowed a 

 little piece of alfalfa clover, also some 

 Chapman honey-plant seed that I got 

 from Washington. The alfalfa clover 

 is in bloom, and has a kind of purple 

 clover head ; I have not seen a bee on 

 it yet — all I can see that the bees work 

 on, is raspberries and asparagus. 

 There is plenty of white clover in 

 bloom, but not a bee have I seen on it 

 yet. I have a stalk of buckwheat in 

 full bloom, right in fiont of one of my 

 hives, and I have never seen a bee on 

 it. It is verv wet here, and bees are 



gathering no hone)-. A second swarm- 

 came out a week ago yesterday, which 

 I put back ; on Monday I looked into 

 the hive, and 1 could not see as much 

 as a drop of honey ; so I fed them 

 about two pounds of granulated sugar 

 .syrup, and let them go at that. They 

 seem to be doing verj' well now. I 

 have only the first swarms, as I put all 

 second swarms back. I lost one largfr 

 swarm ; after hiving them, all went in 

 nicely, and I went to dinner ; when I 

 returned, the bees were gone. 



First White Clover Bloom C. 



H. Dibbern, Milan, Ills., on June 17, 

 1889, says : 



The bees are now swarming freely, 

 and are gathering honey from white 

 clover. My first case of clover honey 

 was all capped over, and ready to- 

 come off the hive on June 16. With 

 good weather, our prospects are quite 

 flattering for a full crop of very fine 

 honey. 



Good Harvest Expected J. L. 



Comstock, Sac City, Iowa, on June 17,. 

 1889. says : 



I put 36 colonies into the cellar on 

 Dec. 7, 1888, all of which came 

 through all right except three, which 

 were queenless, and were robbed by 

 the others, leaving 33 good colonies. 

 White clover never looked so promis- 

 ing as at the present time, in this 

 locality, and my bees are in tine condi- 

 tion to work on it. Basswood is just 

 full of buds, so if nothing unfavorable 

 happens, we can look out for a good 

 harvest for the bees. 



Report of the Will Co., Con- 

 vention. — Gastavus Kettering, Sec- 

 retary of the association, sends the 

 following report : 



The Will County Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation met on June 15, 1889, at 

 Monee, Ills. The meeting was called 

 to order by President A. Wicherts, and 

 Gustavus Kettering, acting Secretary, 

 read the minutes of the previous meet- 

 ing, which were approved. 



The following officers were elected 

 for the ensuing year : A. Wicherts, 

 President ; and Gustavus Kettering, 

 Secretary. As to whether there was 

 anv profit in bee-culture within the 

 last two years in this neighborhood, it 

 was reported that there was not much ; 

 that the weather had been too dry, es- 

 pecially in the year 1887, which killed 

 out our white clover — the best honey- 

 plant in this vicinitj-. The question, 

 "What will be the prospect for bees 

 and their keepers this year ?" was dis- 



