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ony was queenless, and the other reared 

 nothing but drones, and only for some 

 " pointers " I got from a queen-breeder 

 in Texas, I should have lost both colo- 

 nies. However, I brought both through, 

 and they increased to four fine colonies, 

 and then I got one from the woods. All 

 five have plenty of stores, and are win- 

 tering well on the summer stands in 

 winter cases packed with oat-hulls. 



There is a great deal of alfalfa raised 

 here, which makes three crops each sea- 

 son ; besides an abundance of wild 

 flowers on brush and prairie, and I am 

 looking forward to a gsod yield of sur- 

 plus honey the coming season, although 

 I didn't get a bit last summer ; yet I 

 have my bees all on nice straight combs 

 of drawn foundation, and in good condi- 

 tion to commence business right, when 

 the flowers bloom. They were gathering 

 pollen from the mills last week, but to- 

 day we had a little blizzard, though it 

 has cleared off again, and will be warm 

 in a day or two, undoubtedly. I think 

 much of my bees as pets, and find a 

 peculiar excitement in "fussing" with 

 them, which I really enjoy, although I 

 get a black eye occasionally. I take 

 much interest in the Bee Journal, and 

 find it very instructive. 



0. K. Olmstead. 



Orleans, Nebr., Feb. 27, 1893. 



COWYEIVTIOIW DIRECTORY. 



My Experience in Bee-Keeping. 



I live on a farm of 93 acres, and com- 

 menced to keep bees in the spring of 

 1889. I traded a violin and some lum- 

 ber for 5 hybrid colonies in box-hives. I 

 then made some hives of my own that 

 took 9 frames 11x16 inches, inside 

 measure. I let them swarm a couple of 

 times, those that would, and then trans- 

 ferred them all. From some of the first 

 swarms I received 70 pounds of comb 

 honey in two-pound sections, and in the 

 fall I had increased to 14 colonies ; be- 

 sides, I had caught 4 runaway swarms, 

 of which one swarmed, making 5 that I 

 had got by chance; I thus had 19 colo- 

 nies to start into winter. I wintered 

 them all, and last fall I put 65 colonies 

 into my new bee-house in good condition. 

 They are wintering splendidly so far. I 

 will describe my bee-house later, if it 

 winters bees as well as I think it will. 

 Andrew M. Thompson. 



Whitney's Crossing, N. Y., March 6. 



A Binder for holding a year's num- 

 bers of the Bee Journal we mail for 

 only 50 cents ; or clubbed with th« 

 Journal for $1.40. 



1893. 



Time and pUice of meeting. 



April 5, 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. Rhees, Sec. View, Utah. 



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

 H. Knight Sec, Littleton, Colo. 



April 20.— S. W. Wisconsin, at Wauzeka, Wis. 

 N. E. France. Pres., Platteville, Wis. 



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 Bridge, N. Y 



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

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



H^" 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. 



Vice-Pres.— J. E. Crane Middlebury, Vt. 



Secretary— Frank Benton. Washington, D. C. 

 Treasurer— George W. York... Chicago, Ills. 



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ITational Bee-Keepers' Union. 



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

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



Mrs. J. P. Cookentoacli, whose 

 advertisement appears on page 387, 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. 



"The "Winter Problem in 



Bee-Keeping" is the title of a splendid 

 pamphlet by Mr. G. R. Pierce, of Iowa, 

 a bee-keeper of 26 years' experience. It 

 is 6x9 inches in size, has 76 pages, and 

 is a clear exposition of the conditions 

 essential to success in the winter and 

 spring management of the apiary. Price, 

 postpaid, 50 cents ; or given as a pre- 

 mium for getting one new subscriber to 

 the Bee Journal for a year. Clubbed 

 with the Bee Journal one year for 

 $1.30. Send to us for a copy. 



