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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Jan. 5, 19« S. 



SHENANDOAH YELLOW 



The corn that has maxle Shenandoah famous. Has 

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to know how much better those so- 

 called long-tongued red-clover bees 

 have done ? I find the golden Italians 

 quite as gentle as the 3-banded bees, 

 but the difference is small. 



A great deal has also been said about 

 poor queens, and much of the blame 

 has been put on the shoulders of the 

 queen-breeder. When the Italians 

 were first introduced into this country 

 there was no such complaint. All the 

 queens were then shipped in small boxes 

 with from about SO to 100 bees, enough 

 to form a small cluster to keep the 

 queen warm during chilly weather, 

 and to make their prison a little more 

 homelike. I fully believe the shipping 

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Powesheik Co., Iowa, Dec. 18. 



Hail-Stopms Disastrous to Honey- 

 Crops. 



The honey crop in Prowers County 

 has been only fair the past season, in 

 some parts scarcely any surplus. The 

 hail plays such havoc when it strikes 

 the bloom and nectar-yielding plants 

 that the honey crop can not be counted 

 on until harvested. 



Mr. Frank Benton's advice about 

 crossing the Italian with the Carniolan 

 bee, and raising sandy vetch for pol- 

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 John S. Semmkns. 



Prowers Co., Colo., Dec. 20. 



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 Alliance, Ohio. 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



Vermont.— The 30th annual meeting of the 

 Vermont Bee-Keepers' Association will be held 

 in the parlors of the Addison House, in Middle- 

 bury, Vt.. on Thursday, Jan. 13, 1905. 



Shoreham, Vt. W. G. Lakrabee, Sec. 



Kansas.— The annual meeting of the Kansas 

 State Bee-Keepers' Association will be held at 

 Topeka, Jan. 10 and 11,1905. All persons in- 

 terested in bees are urged to be present. 



Topeka, Kans. O. A. Keene, Sec. 



Wisconsin.— The Wisconsin State Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association will meet in the Supervisor's 

 Room in the Court House, at Madison, Feb. 1, 

 2 1905. All bee-keepers are invited to attend. 



Augusta, Wis. Gds Dittmer, Sec. 



New York.- The Jefferson County Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Society and New York State Association 

 will hold their meeting in the City Hall, Water- 

 town, N. Y., Jan. 17 and 18, 1905. The general 

 manager, N. E. France, and other prominent 

 bee-keepers, are expected to speak. 



Black River, N.Y. George B. Howe, Sec. 



New York.- A bee-keepers' institute will be 

 held Jan. 9 and 10, 1905, in Canandaigna, N. Y., 

 under the auspices of the Bureau ol Farmers 

 Institutes. Mr. N. E. France has been engaged 



