444 



T'mm MMERicMif mmm jo'I^khmiu. 



lice are more than 

 holding their own, so 

 we may conclude that 

 I he warm rains are 

 not greatly depleting 

 their ranks. 



Apple Tree Plant Louse— 4ph<» Mali. 



Winded form, natural size, and also much maKniSert 



—Wingless form, mucli magnified. The short 



lines show the natural size. 



AVhere the lice are very numerous, 

 tis they seem to be over a wide-sjiread 

 area of our country, they must do 

 great injury. Where ten" or twelve 

 are collected about a single kernel of 

 wheat, as I have actually seen in the 

 past few days, there is little hope for 

 that kernel. I have counted 160 lice 

 on a single head of wheat. It is hop- 

 ing too much of the little p.arasitic 

 flies to expect them to save the present 

 crop. We can but expect much in- 

 jury, especially where the lice are in 

 such countless numbers as are no-iv 

 seen in m.any of our wheat fields of 

 Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan. 



The excellent specific against plant- 

 louse ravages, the kerosene and soap 

 mixture, cannot be used without much 

 injury to the crop. To apply it might 

 be like the jump from the frying pan 

 to the fire. Again, the lice are so pro- 

 tected by the close cluster of the ker- 

 nels that very likely the remedy would 

 not be fully effective. I could not, 

 therefore, recommend its application 

 in this case. We are now making ex- 

 tensive and accurate experiments, so 

 that at the time of a future raid we can 

 speak with positiveness in this matter. 

 We are aiming to find just what the 

 damage is, just how many lice it re- 

 quires on a head or kernel to blast it, 

 and just how eftective the remedy is, 

 and how serious the damage of its ap- 

 plication will be to the plants. 



The name " green midge," which is 

 going the rounds of the papers, is very 

 incorrect, and should not be used. The 

 Hessian fly and wheat midge are very 

 diflerent insects. These midges are 

 two-winged flies, wliose larva; are foot- 

 less rvaggots. They belong to the 

 great two-winged fly order, Diptera, 

 while these are plant lice or aphides, 

 and belong to the order of bugs, or 

 Hemiptera. Let all speak of this as 

 the grain aphis, or plant louse, and not 

 as the green midge, which is entirely 

 wrong, as they are not always even 

 green in color. 



COIWENTION DIRECTORY. 



1889. Time and Place of Meeting. 



Aug. 20.— Northern Ulinois, at Guilford. Uls. 



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



Aug. 31.— Haldimand, at Fisherville, Ont. 



K. C. Campbell, Sec, Cayuga, Ont. 

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



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



Sept. 5.— Erie County, at Buffalo, N. Y. 

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



Dec. 4, 6.— International. atBrantforrt.Ont., Canada. 

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



jy In order to have this table complete, Secre- 

 laries are requested to forward full parUcular«of 

 cime and place of future meetings. — Bd. 



s£kS£I4^^M 



Oood Prospect for Linden 

 Honey — J. S. Mclntire, Maple Plain, 

 Minn., on June 28, 1889, writes : 



Bees in this locality are generally 

 doing well. I had a prime swarm on 

 June 10, and to-day they have the 

 brood-chamber full of comb, and 48 

 sections nearly filled and capped. 

 They had nothing but starters to work 

 on in either chamber. White clover 

 is good, and the prospect for linden 

 never was better. I examined one tree 

 to-day, and could not find any worms, 

 as described on page 403. I visited 

 my friend Albert Moses (5 miles from 

 here) to-day ; he has over 100 colonies, 

 and his bees are just booming. The 

 prospects now are very flattering for a 

 big honey yield. I am located 20 

 miles west of Minneapolis. 



Too ITIuoli Rain C. D. Robin- 

 son. West Groton. N. Y., on June, 17, 

 1889, says : 



I put 44 colonies of bees into winter 

 quarters, and in the spring I had 38, 

 all in good condition ; but it has rained 

 for the last tliree weeks almost every 

 day, and still rains. I had 2 swarms 

 on June 14. I hope that it will stop 

 in time to secure the linden hone)-. 



Linden Bloom— White Clover. 



. M. Young, Plattsmouth, Nebr., on 

 on June 28, 1889, says : 



Bees are doing their level best on 

 the linden bloom throughout this sec- 

 tion, and from morning until night. 

 The white clover was extra good, and 

 bloomed early this year, and has 

 crowded the hives full of bees. We 

 have already placed both new comb 

 and new extracted honey on the mar- 

 ket, and the prospects are excellent 

 for a large crop. Bees are swarming 

 all over the county, and the weather is 

 fine. 



Bees Doing; Fir§t-Rate. — James 

 Jagg,ard, Oak Hill, Ills., on July 1, 

 1889, says : 



M}- bees are doing first-rate. The 

 first swarms have stored 40 pounds to 

 the hive, and they are swarming be- 

 sides storing honey. I never knew the 

 first swarms to swarm so much. My 

 location is a first-rate one, having 

 white clover in abundance. Bass- 

 wood is beginning to bloom, and we 

 have any quantity of it. 



Extracting; Hone}' I. N. Ar- 

 nold, Richmond, Iowa, on June 28, 

 1889, writes : 



We extracted 1,900 pounds of honey 

 in eight hours, with a three-frame 

 honej'-extractor. I broke mj^ four- 

 frame extractor just when we were 

 ready to commence. 



Covered with Bloom. — W. V. 



King, Princeton, Mo., on June 24, 



1889, says : 



Bees are doing well. I never before 

 saw such a large crop of white clover 

 bloom as we have now, and have had 

 for the last five weeks. The pastures 

 !ire almost as white as if covered with 

 snow. North Missouri may be put 

 against the world for clover, timothy 

 and blue-grass. 



Bee« in Fair Condition. — J. P. 



Montgomery, Cordona, Ind., on June 

 26, 1889, says : 



I think that the American Bee 

 Journal is one of the best bee-periodi- 

 cals that can be found. I cannot do 

 without it. My bees are in fair condi- 

 tion. I have 23 colonies, which I am 

 working for comb honey. 



A Great Hone}--Flotv. — S. J. 



Youngman, Lakeview, Mich., on July 

 2, 1889, says : 



Bees emerged from the cold spell 

 of one month ago in good condition, 

 and have been gathering honey for 

 three weeks, from the clovers very 

 rapidlj', and nothing could prevent ex- 

 cessive swarming, some colonies hav- 

 ing swarmed three times. I will give 

 an instance of the great honey-flow : 

 A friend near me hived a swarm in a 

 Langstroth hive, on 8 frames, with 28 

 sections, which were filled in seven 

 days, and it swarmed again ! I think 

 that this great honey-flow will be fol- 

 lowed with one equall)' as great from 

 the basswood bloom, as I have per- 

 sonally inspected the trees, and find 

 the buds very promising. 



