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T'mm MBdBKiC'MK mmm j@uki«miu. 



apiary, or prominent and useful mem- 

 bers past and present, of the Bee- 

 Keepers' Associations are of interest 

 and help to break the monotony of a 

 honey display. 



Regular shelves are not desirable ; 

 nialce them irregular, and give the 

 shelves an appearance of variety. 



Glass as a package for extracted 

 honey is desirable if the honey is free 

 from granulation, and of a proper 

 color ; it must, however, be remem- 

 bered that, in transit, it is more easily 

 broken. It is more liable to leak than 

 a first-class tin can, therefore it is well 

 not to show too much in glass. 



One-pound and even two-pound jelly 

 glasses and the different sized gem jars 

 sell well, as the careful lionsewife can 

 use them in doing up fruit later. 



Tag everything carefully ; mark on 

 the outside of your cans what the con- 

 tents are, so that you do not require to 

 rush about in a frantic manner tearing 

 open every case, and then in the last 

 one find what you require. Depend 

 on no one, bring your own tools. 



If you calculate to return j-our 

 goods, have a tag with the proper ad- 

 dress underneath the one you put on 

 to the exhibition, then when there, all 

 you have to do, is to tear off the top 

 tag, and your package is properly ad- 

 dressed. Do not allow your outside 

 packages to be removed, as 3'OU may 

 not be able to get them, but utilize 

 them for stands, and cover all neatly 

 with paper. In selling honey you will 

 find that there are just certain hours 

 when there will be many customers, 

 and have everything convenient, and 

 be prepared for a rush. 



Keep your money in your pocket ; it 

 is surprising how far back you can 

 reach for that article. Your pocket 

 maj' become sticky with honey, but 

 there is no use feeling stuck up about 

 that. It would be a pleasure not to 

 pen it, but sad experience prompts 

 otherwise. Do not have any help in 

 selling honey unless you can absolutely 

 depend upon the honesty of such help. 



XHE i>a]vde:l,ioi«s. 



Convention l^otices. 



t^~ The Darke County Union Bee-Keepers' Socie- 

 ty will bold u meeting at Greenvilie. O.. on August 

 3,188a. J. A. KoE.Sec. 



It^~ The Northern Illinois Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion will hold its next meeting on Aua. 20, IHMI, at 

 K. Marsh's, in GuiUord Township. 4 miles northeast 

 of Rockford, Ills. D. A. Follek, Sec. 



J^" The International Bee-Keepers' Association 

 will meet in the court-house, at Brantford. Ont., 

 Canada, on December 4. ,1, and 6, 1HH9. All bee- 

 keepers are invited to attend, and State and District 

 bee-keepers' societies are requested to appoint del- 

 egates to the convention. Full particulars of the 

 meeting will be given in due time. Anyone desirous 

 of becoming amember. and receiving the last Annu- 

 al Report bound, may do so by forwarding tl.iKi to 

 the Secretary. — K. F. HoLTERMANN, Sec. Brant- 

 ford, Ont.. Canada. 



Written for the Portland Transcript 



BY E. CAVAZZA. 



The gay young Dandelions had gold. 



They cast it here and there ; 

 On hill and dale I heir coins were found. 

 By roadside and in planted ground ; 

 Their wealth of money manifold 



They squandered everywhere. 



The Dandcl ions grow elderly 



And penniless and gray ; 

 Their store of gold is spent, no doubt, 

 For now white missives fly about — 

 The poor old spendthrifts give, we see, 



Their promises to pay. 



The wayside and the meadow hold 



Their promissory notes, 

 The banlis receive them— and next spring 

 The honest Dandelions will bring 

 Ten thousand thousand dislis of gold 



Where now the seed-drift floats. 



CONVEIVTION DIRECTORY. 



1889. Time and Place of Meeting. 



Aug. 3.— Darke County Union, at Greenville. Ohio. 

 .1. A. Roe. Sec, Union City, lud. 



Aug. 20.— Northern Illinois, at Guilford. Ills. 



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



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



i£. C. Campbell, Sec, Cayuga, Ont. 



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



,r. F. Fuller, Sec, Oxford, Me. 



Sept. 5.— Brie County, at BufTalo, N. Y. 

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



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

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



t^" In order to have this table complete. Secre- 

 taries are requested to forward full particulars of 

 time and place of future meetings.— Bd. 



Pleai^e to get your IVeiglibor, 



who keep.'! bees, to also take the American 

 Bek Journal. It is now so cheap that 

 no one can afford to do without it. 



AVIiite Clover and Bas§ivood. 



— S. G. Soverliill, Tiskilwa, Ills., on 

 July 19, 1889, ^vrites : 



I had 30 colonies of bees to start 

 with the past spring, and have (.iS now. 

 I have taken oil" 1,800 pounds of comb 

 hone}', and extracted 1,140 pounds, be- 

 sides there is more readj' to take off 

 now. The bees are still storing from 

 wliite clover. The flow from Ijass- 

 wood is over. There is plenty of rain, 

 and White clover will last sometime yet. 



A Conliniicd Honcy-Fluw S. 



J. Youngnian. Lakeview. Mich., on 

 July 21, 1889, says : 



I pretlictcd, a short time ago, that 

 we would liave a gre.at flow of hone}' 

 from the basswood bloom ; excessive 

 swarming lias, however, interfered 

 willi the honey gathered, to a great 

 extent. Tlie basswood flow is over, at 

 this date, but there is no stop to the 

 liouey-flow, as the clover on all pas- 

 tured lands is blooming profusely 

 again, and seems to yield honey the 

 same as in early spring. Many swarms 

 have gone to the woods. 



Plenty of Bee-Forage A. W. 



Cumins, Woodstock, Ills., on July 22, 

 1889, says : 



Bees are doing well. There seems 

 to be more forage than they can 

 handle — white clover, sweet clover, 

 and basswood ; but I notice very few 

 on either of the last two plants. I had 

 7 colonies in the spring, and I now 

 have 19. 



Good Yield of Honey — C. W. 



McKown, Gilson, Ills., on July 22, says : 



My bees have done unusually well 

 this season, and still the good work 

 goes on. I liad 98 colonies in the 

 spring ; now I have 140. Over half 

 the old colonies have not swarmed at 

 all. They seemed to be too busy to 

 think about swai'ming. The white 

 clover crop was very abundant, and 

 the honey is of excellent quality. We 

 have taken over 7,000 pounds from 

 the hives — one-third of it comb, and 

 two-thirds extracted ; and there is a 

 large quantity almost ready to take off 

 now — in fact considerable of it ought 

 to come off to-day — but, oh ! we are 

 so busy. My hired man took from the 

 hives 700 pounds of extracted honey, 

 and I'eturned the empty combs, all by 

 himself, one day last week. The sec- 

 tions h.ave been filled more uniformly 

 with straight combs this year than 

 ever before for me. 



Tlie Ba§sw'ood Honey-Flow. — 



S. D. Haskin, Waterville, Minn., on 

 July 23, 1889, writes : 



Bees began to work on basswood on 

 July 4 a little, and on July (i they were 

 in full blast ; it closed on July 20, with 

 no interruption except a couple of light 

 showers. I never saw any vegetation 

 so weighted down with bloom as it 

 was this year ; but the nectar-flow 

 was not over-abundant — only just tol- 

 erable, and during none of the time 

 did the bees work strong on it all day. 

 At the first it was in the morning or 

 forenoon, and tlie last was in the 

 afternoon. It was very warm weather. 

 The honey is of the very finest (piality, 

 thick and heavy, ready to seal .as soon 

 as gatliered. 



Strong Colonies. — S. N. Black, 

 Clayton, Ills., on July 20, 1889, says: 



On June 1 bees were in a starving 

 condition, but I never had so strong 

 colonies in my life as I have to-day. I 

 have hived but 3 or 4 second swarms, 

 having put back the re.st. A great 

 many bees have swarmed 3 or 4 times. 

 Tlie increase is greater tlian I ever 

 knew. I have 400 to 500 pounds of 

 comb honey. 



