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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



[May, 



The orange trees will be in bloom next week, 

 and from them the bees gather the most delicate 

 of all honey ; then comes the White Clover 

 during three months, and if there is not too 

 much rain, I hope to secure a liberal supply of 

 sweets. 



I wish the Journal many years of success, 

 George Howe, M. D. 



Parish Plaquemines, Louisiana. 



[For the American Bee Journal.] 



Non-Plyin,^ Fertilization. 



Mr. Editor : — In the February issue of the 

 American Bee Journal, in the article of Mr. W. 

 R. King, on non-flying fertilization, page 178, 

 he says : "Let us now see what we have in 

 these boxes. First, a young, vmfertilized queen, 

 six or seven days old, anxious to meet the drone. 

 She passes in and out three or four times a day. 

 Second, we have twenty or more drones that 

 have never flown in the open air. Tliey are not 

 conscious of a larger, brighter worra abroad. 

 They fly around and around, and are satisfied ; 

 even glad to know that they have such a world 

 as this, free from the fiery old workers. Here 

 they have it all to themselves." 



It would have been fortunate had Mr. King 

 told us whether or not the drones passed in and 

 out of th'j boxes during the day like the queen, 

 or do they fly around and around, and die the 

 first day of their egress. Doubtless in this lies 

 the grand success of non-flying fertilization. 

 The box or nucleus can be kept strong with 

 drones of the right age, by frequently inserting 

 combs with young drones hatching, and the 

 number sufficient to keep up animal heat in the 

 absence of the workers. 



Hatch and confine queens in nursery cages 

 until the fifth or sixth day, and when the drones 

 are flying through the fertilizing house, let the 

 queen loose in the house, and if she is immedi- 

 ately fertilized, remove her. 



I have completed my fertilizing house for $B0. 



It IS permanently framed together, and can be 

 carried wherever desired. If non-flying fertili- 

 zation is a failure, as some suppo.se it will be, I 

 will have a good fruit house frame left for ray 

 part of the trouble. A. Salisbury. 



Camargo, 111. ' 

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[For Wagner's American Bee Journal.] 



Linden Plantations. 



In reading Mr. Gallup's very interesting arti- 

 cle in the April No. on Linden honey, I noticed 

 specially his remark that one variety of the Lin- 

 den near him blossomed some ten days earlier 

 than the other. The European Linden usually 

 blossoms a week or ten days earlier than the 

 American, and a bee farm covered with these 

 three varieties miglit prolong the bloom for a 

 month. Even this time might be lengthened 

 by a wise selection of other varieties. 



Tho.se who are acquainted with the superior 

 quality of the Linden honey, are aware that the 

 time is at hand when large plantations will be 

 made for apiarian purposes. The tree is easily 



propagated, grows very rapidly, and blossoms 

 quite freely when only a few years old. The 

 wood is extensively used for inside cabinet work, 

 and for all kinds of work requiring material 

 light and springy, and which can be made to 

 take and keep almost any desired shape. In 

 some sections of the country its value for lum- 

 ber is second only to that of the pine, and if 

 acres of Linden should be set out in such plfices, 

 they would soon become for this purpose, higldy 

 pi'ofitable, to say nothing of their value for 

 honey supplies. 



The attention of our National and State gov- 

 ernments has been called strongly to the dangers 

 which menace the country from the wide de- 

 struction of our native forests. Already, they 

 are proposing plans for the encouragement of 

 new plantations, and we believe that aid will 

 soon be oftered to enterprising apiarians, in 

 making extensive plantings of our best native 

 honey-producing trees. L. L. Langstroth. 



[For the American Bee Journal.] 



Central Iowa Beekcjepers' Association. 



Proceedings of the First Annual Meeting 

 HELD AT Cedar Rapids, Jan. 18 and 19, 1873. 



The As.sociation met at 10 o'clock a. m., Jan- 

 uary 18th, and was called to order by the Presi- 

 dent, W. H. Furman, of Cedar Rapids. 



A constitution was presented and adopted. 



The Association then proceeded to the elec- 

 tion of officers for the next year, with the fol- 

 lowing result : 



President— y^ . H. Furman, of Cedar Rapids. 



Firtit Vice PresU—W. F. Kirk, of Muscatine. 



Second Vice PresH—'D. W. Thayei-, of Vinton. 



Sed'y and Treas'r—G. W. Barclay, of Vinton. 



A committee to prepare subjects for discussion 

 was then appointed, and the Association ad- 

 journed to meet at 1^ o'clock p. m. 



AFTERVOON SESSION. 



The Association met pursuant to adjourn- 

 ment, and commenced the discussion of the 



Firs'. Question: — "What is the best method 

 of swarming bees artificially ?" 



Mr. May, Cedar Rapids. Asked how bees 

 could best be swarmed so as not to have them 

 chase a fellow. 



Dr. Blakesley, Anamosa. I move a strong old 

 colony to a new place ; draw cards of comb with 

 eggs, brood and honey from it ; place in a new 

 hive and si't the new hive in jjlace of the old 

 one, and when the queen cells are ready, form 

 other nuclei and furnish them with queen cells. 

 Then stock up with cards from other hives. The 

 old hive may swarm after that. 



Thos. Ilair, Marion. Agree with Dr. Blakes- 

 ley. 



J. 11. White, Monticello. Takes frames enough 

 from several colonies to make a new one, and 

 sets it where the best old colony stands. Don't 

 be too hasty in multiplying colonies. I have 

 m ide six from one in a season, and lost all. 

 Keep colonies strong, 



W. F. Kirk, Muscatine. Unless I could 



