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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



April 



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mistake. How was I to take oS those sec- 

 tions without getting stung? They were 

 across the hive, with glass front and back. 

 My folks kept asking me when I was going 

 to take the honey oft, expecting to see a fra- 

 cas, and I expected the same. I got to work 

 and removed one light of glass. No fight. I 

 lifted one section with my knife, and with a 

 turkey-wing feather I brushed the bees off en 

 the front of the hive. I removed every sec- 

 tion in this way, but in taking off the last a 

 sections I struck the one 1 had in my hand 

 against another, and was stung. 



From the other Carniolan colony I had 

 been taking out brood for queen-rearing, so 

 on its hive I put 6 sections crosswise of the 

 hive, with two lights of glass. Inside of a 

 week those 6 sections were plump full of bees 

 working on the strips of foundation. So I 

 made a super with 9 frames holding 3 sections 

 each, had 2 frames to put those 6 sections in 

 and removed the glass, picked up the 6 sec- 

 tions and bees, placed them in the frames, 

 and hung the frames in the super. Not a 

 bee tried to sting— they were too much 

 engaged in comb-building. Every time I 

 took off sections from the black colony I got 

 stung. 



We had white clover from- June 15 up to 

 the 1st of September. I saw one lonely black 

 bee gathering from it. The blossoms were 

 plentiful on the roadsides, in the fields, and 

 anywhere one might look for it. The bass- 

 wood yield was good. In a big basswood 

 tree near by bees could be seen going home 

 after sundown. We could see the nectar in 

 the blossoms, and I should judge that one 

 flower's nectar would be all that a bee could 

 take in one load. 



I have 5 Carniolan colonies, 1 Italian, and 3 

 blacks. I have not lost any yet this winter. 



E. Tucker. 



Genessee Co., N. Y., March 7. 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



Connecticut.— The 14th annnal spring meet- 

 ing of the Connecticut Bee-Keepers" Associa- 

 tion will be held in Room 50 of the Capitol, in 

 Hartford, Tuesday, May 2, 1905. 



Mfs. Edwin E. Smith, Sec. 



Watertown, Conn. 



New York.— The annual spring meeting of 

 the Fulton and Montgomery Counties Bje- 

 Keepers' Society will be held in Amsterdam, 

 N. Y., at ihe Central Hotel, on Tuesday, May 2, 

 190S, at 10 o'clock a.m. All are invited. 



West Gal way. N. Y. T. I. Dugdale, Sec. 



Next National Convention at San Antonio, 



Texas.— For years Texas has been askii g that 

 the National Bee. Keepers' Association hold its 

 convention within her borders, but there has 

 always seemed to be some reason why the meet- 

 ing should be elsewhere. There is now no rea- 

 son why it should not be held in Texas this 

 year, if it is ever to be held there. Texas is the 

 largest state in tbe Union, and stands at least 

 second, if not first, in honey-production, while 

 she has a good list of members in the National 

 Association. Considering all of these facts the 

 Executive Committee has decided upon Sao An- 

 tonio as the place fur holding the next conven- 

 tion. The exact date has not yet been decided 

 upon, but it will probably be the latter part of 

 October, after the busy season is over with the 

 bees, when the weather is comfortable, even in 

 the South, and when cheap excursion rates can 

 be secured. W. Z. Ht^tchinson, Sec 



%'^i§k%. BROWN LEGHORNS 



Noted Winter-Laying Strain. Cockerel Ma- 

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Single Comb Bu£E Orpingtons. The grand 

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MRS. MILLIE ttONflKER, Viroqua, Wis. 



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