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gan to kill the drones — a sure sign of 

 a scarcity of forage— and he began to 

 feed some, butstill they did not swarm, 

 and away along into August and Sep- 

 tember his bees began to swarm, and 

 then the crop of honey was cut off 

 again by cool nights, and the bees be- 

 gan to think that winter was coming, 

 so they began to kill drones and ceased 

 swarming again. Some bee-keepers 

 had two or three swarms, some one, 

 and some none. Another bee-man had 

 a lot of bees, and got only a few 

 swarms ; he said that he did not want 

 any, and would not let them swarm — 

 as though he could keep them from it, 

 when he has some in the Langstroth 

 hive, some in other hives, and some in 

 box-hives without any frames ! But he 

 says that it is a good season for honey, 

 but not good for swarming. Tne bees 

 had only about three days to gather 

 basswood honey, so Di-. Porter says ; 

 he lives in a good place for that kind 

 of honey, and has a great many bees. 

 I live about nine miles from linden 

 timber, but we have an innumerable 

 variety of blossoms alongthe East Bow 

 creek, that are good honej'-producing 

 blossoms. I will report tlie amount of 

 honey gathered after awhile, when it 

 is taken off of the hives, if I can get 

 the estimate near enough to be worth 

 while to report. 



Bee-Keepiiijs in Texas. — W. S. 



Douglass, Lexington, Texas, on Sept. 

 4, 1889, writes : 



Bees in this section have done poorly 

 so far. There was too much rain dur- 

 ing June and July. Some of my Ital- 

 ian colonies worked in the sections, 

 although they did not complete them. 

 Morning-glory is yielding splendidly 

 now, and I expect a few pounds of tine 

 honey yet. This is a splendid honey- 

 plant. Bees accumulate honey very 

 fast from it, and tlie honey has a beau- 

 tiful clear color, and is well-flavored. 

 We also have rich-weed, privet-bush, 

 and a few others to come yet. My 

 apiary consists of 80 colonies, being 

 Italians, hybrids. Albinos and blacks. 

 The spring opened very early, and 

 swarms began to issue early in March 

 — one month earlier than I have ever 

 known. 



AL,FRC:i> H. NEIVIVOlN, 



BUSINESS MANAGER. 

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Dry AVeatlier Thos. A. Ander- 

 son, Gamma, Mo., on Sept. 3, says : 



The weather was very dry until yes- 

 terday. Spanish-needle is yielding no 

 honey. Yesterday and to-day we had 

 nice showers of rain. There is slow 

 sale for extracted honey, but the de- 

 mand for comb honey is better. 



Convention JVotices. 



The Stinging-Bug. — R. S. Rus- 

 sell, Zionsville, Ind.,on Aug. 26, 1889, 

 writes : 



I send you a pair, male and female, 

 of our Indiana bee-catchers. Please 

 give their name in the valuable Bee 

 Journal. They resemble a pair of 

 small bull-stags, under the glass. 



We requested Prof. Cook to reply to 

 this, and here is what he says about 

 the insects : 



The pair of insects sent by Mr. Rus- 

 sell, are male and female of the sting- 

 ing-bug, described and illustrated in 

 my book, on page 419. This is Phymata 

 erosa. Because of its yellow color, it 

 can hide in yellow flowers, like golden- 

 rod, etc,, and so all unobserved, can 

 easily grasp and hold the luckless bee 

 or other insect that comes within its 

 reach. It sucks its victims bloodless 

 by use of its powerful beak. Its thrust 

 is very painful, and hence the term 

 stinging -bug. Its forward or anterior 

 legs are modified into jaw-like clasp- 

 ers ; thus it is able to secure its prey. 

 As with most insects, the female is 

 considerably larger than the male. 

 From its hiding habit, its modified 

 legs (see figure in my bee-book), its 

 stinging bite, and its destruction of 

 bees, it is a very interesting insect. 

 A. J. Cook. 



B^^ The Northwestern Bee-Keepers' Society win 

 hold its annual convention at the Commercial Hotel, 

 corner of Lake and Dearborn Sts., in * hicat'o. Ills., 

 on Friday and Satnrdity. Oct. 11th and 13th, 

 at 9 a.m. Arrangement-* have been made with the 

 Hotel for back room. one bed, two persons, tl.75 per 

 day, each ; front room, %-l.w per day for each per- 

 son. This date occurs durintz the Exposition, when 

 excursion rates on the railroads will be one fare 

 for the round-trip, good from Oct. 10 to 14, inclusive. 

 There has been a fair crop of honey in the West, 

 and an old-time crowd may be expected at triis revi- 

 val of the Northwestern from Us " hibernation." 



W. Z, HDTCHINSON, Sec. 



It^* The annual meeting and basket picnic of tbe 

 Profiressive Bee-Keepers Association will be held 

 at tne residence of Mr. F, K. Dutton, near South 

 Newbury, Geauga Co., Ohio, on Thursday, Oct. 3, 

 1889. All Interested are invited to attend. 



Miss Dbma Bennett, Sec. 



ZW The bee-keepers of Sangamon and adjoining 

 counties are requested to meet in the Supervisors' 

 Room of the Court House in Springfield, Ills., on 

 Wednesday, Sept. 25, I8S£t, at 10 a.m., tor the purpose 

 of organizing a bee-keepers' association. AU are in- 

 vited.— U. D. Cooper, fieo. F. RobblDB, C. B. Tocum. 



yw The International Bee-Keepers' Association 

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

 Canada, on December 4, 5, and 6, 1889. 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 *1.00 to 

 tbe Secretary.— R. F. HOLTKRMANN, Sec. Romney, 

 Ont., Canada, 



iKew Posters for the American Bee 

 Journal, printed in two colors, have just 

 been printed, and will be sent free to all 

 who can use them. Thev are very hand- 

 some, and will "set off" an exhibit at 

 Fairs. It will tell Bee-Keepers how to 

 subscribe, for "Subscriptions Received 

 Here " is quite prominent at the bottom. 



We will also send sample copies of the 

 Bee Journal, for use at Fairs, if notified 

 a week or ten days in advance where to 

 send them. 



^usiwjess %is\xtts. 



Your Full Address, plainly written, 

 is very essential in order to avoid mistakes. 



It Yon Uve near one post-office and 

 get your mail at another, be siure to give the 

 address that we have on our list. 



Give a Copy of " Honey as Food and 

 Medicine " to every one who buys a package 

 of honey. It will sell lots of it. 



I»r. Bliller's Book, "A Year Among 

 the Bees," and the American Bee Jour- 

 nal for one year— we send both for $1.50. 



It yon liose Money by carelessly en- 

 closing it in a letter, it is without excuse, 

 when a Money Order, which Is perfectly 

 safe, costs but 5 cents. 



New Subscribers can obtain the full 

 numbers for 1888 and 1889 tor »1.80, if appli- 

 cation be made at once, before all the sets 

 of 1888 are gone. 



Paper Boxes— to hold a section of 

 honey for retail dealers. We have two sizes 

 on hand to carry sections i^ixi^ and 5}4x5}4. 

 Price, $1.00 per lOO, or 88.50 per 1,000. 



Preserve Yonr Papers for future 

 reference. If you have no BINBER we 

 will mail you one for 60 cents ; or you can 

 have one FREE, if you will send us 3 new 

 yearly subscriptions for the Bee Journal, 



Please -write Americcm Bee Jcmrnal 

 on the envelope when writing to this office. 

 Several of our letters have already gone to 

 another firm (a commission house), causing 

 vexatious delay and trouble. 



Pure Phenol lor Fonl Brood.— 

 Calvert's No. 1 phenol, mentioned in Che- 

 shire's pamphlet on pages 16 and 17, can be 

 procured at this office at 25 cents per ounce. 

 Not being mailable, it must go by express. 



In order to pay you for getting new 

 subscribers to send with your renewal, we 

 make you this offer. For each yearly sub- 

 scriber, with 81.00, you may order 25 cents 

 worth of any books or supplies that we have 

 for sale— as a prerainm. 



A Home Market for honey can be 

 made by judiciously distributing the 

 pamphlets, "Honey as Food and Medicine." 

 Such will create a demand in any locality at 

 remunerative prices. See list on the second 

 page of this paper. 



