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them one inile in the woods, and I could 

 see them go straight to my bees. There 

 was not one tree between my bees and 

 the marsh, so I was not sure. I began 

 to work them on my combs, to see if I 

 was right, and I moved to my bees at 

 home. It was a poor season here. 



I found, in my experience in hunting 

 bees the past 12 years, over 50 swarms. 

 I did not receive much honey in the year 

 of 1892. I had about 40 colonies, 

 spring count. The clover did not yield 

 very much here last season. I got about 

 300 pounds of extracted honey, and 

 about 50 pounds of comb honey from 

 asters, and some from horse-mint. The 

 mint does not yield honey well every 

 year here. When it does yield, it is 

 splendid. I hope we will have a better 

 season this year. I have my bees in the 

 cellar, and they are very quiet at pres- 

 ent. Frank Stephens. 



Hageman, Ind., Jan. 20, 1893. 



Honey-Dew Did It. 



In the fall of 1891 I had 72 colonies 

 of bees on the summer stands, packed 

 in good condition ; in the spring of 1892 

 I had 2 colonies left. So much for 

 honey-dew. Wm. Alldritt. 



Morrison, Ills., March 3, 1893. 



Moving Bees in Winter. 



I commenced bee-keeping in 1890. 

 My whole delight is in reading the Bee 

 Journal carefully every week. As it 

 may interest Mr. F. H. Richardson, I 

 would say that I moved my bees on Jan. 

 7, on a mud-boat, and the snow was 10 

 inches deep. I don't think It injured 

 the bees any at all. I noticed with 

 pleasure, on page 204, that Mrs. 

 Atchley is going to teach me something 

 about keeping bees. 



John V. Emmert. 



Lebanon, Ind., Feb. 18, 1893. 



Bees as Weather Prophets, Etc. 



I see that the Bee Journal, of March 

 2nd says that the name of Quinby, to 

 most of the readers of the American 

 Bee Journal, is unknown. I could 

 hardly keep still when that came at me 

 so sharp as that ; I am only a boy in the 

 business, and I thought that I could 

 hardly write anything interesting to the 

 readers, but I will try. 



The second year that I had bees I dis- 

 covered that they were good weather 

 prophets. I could tell near sunset just 

 what kind of weather we would have the 



next day. Of course I had to watch 

 them very close, so that I could tell. My 

 father often sent me from the harvest 

 field to tell what the weather would be 

 the next day. I never made but one 

 mistake. We often got our hay in dry 

 by working a little late, having the bees 

 to guide us. They will work later, and 

 the way that they leave the hive with a 

 whiz at almost dark some times. Some 

 may say that It is not so, bnt I have 

 proved it for three years. But I am not 

 going to let the name Quimby die out. 



W. R. Quimby. 

 Liberty Corner, N. J., Mar. 7, 1893. 



CONYEIVTIOX DIRECTORY. 



1893. 



Time and place of meeting. 



April o, 6.— Texas State, at Greenville. Tex. 

 A. H. Jones, Sec, Golden, Tex. 



April 6, 7.— Kansas State, at Ottawa, Kans. 

 L. Wayman, Sec, Chanute, Kans. 



Apr. 10, 11.— Utah, at Salt Lake City, Utah. 

 R. T. Khees, Sec. View, Utah. 



April 18.— Colorado State, at Denver, Colo. 

 H. Knight Sec, Littleton, Colo. 



May 4.— Susquehanna Co., at Montrose, Pa. 

 H. M. Seeley, Sec, Harford. Pa. 



May 4.— Allegany Co., at Belmont, N. Y. 

 H. C. Farnum, Pres., Transit JJridg-e. N. Y 



May 18, 19.— South Texas, at Wharton, Tex. 

 T. H. Mullin, Sec, Eagle Lake, Tex. 



In order to have this table complete, 

 Secretaries are requested to forward full 

 particulars of the time and the place of 

 each future meeting. — The Editor. 



North American Bee-Keepers' Association 



President— Dr. C. C. Miller Marengo, Ills. 



VicePres.— J. E. Crane Middlebury, Vt. 



Secretary— Frank Benton, Washington, D. C. 

 Tkeasubek— George W. YorK... Chicago, Ills 



National Bee-Keepers' Union. 



President— Hon. R. L. Taylor.. Lapeer, Mich. 

 Gen'l Manager— T. G. Newman, Chicago, 111. 



Mrs. J. IP. Cooltenbacli, whose 

 advertisement appears on page 355, will 

 be glad to have you write to her to 

 secure a good place to stay during your 

 visit to the World's Fair the coming 

 summer. The Bee Journal refers its 

 readers and friends, with much pleas- 

 ure, to Mrs. C, who will do the right 

 thing by all who give her an opportunity 

 to help them. 



