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cussing the winter problem, we are try- 

 ing to prevent robbing ; while he is 

 springing his bees, we are in the midst 

 of the honey harvest ; and when his 

 harvest begins, our bees are hanging out 

 on the hives, "lazy" we call them; but 

 let a flow of honey come, and we soon 

 find it is enforced idleness, and not lazi- 

 ness that leads them to cluster on the 

 hives. 



When the flow from fall flowers in the 

 North is over, our bees are still busy 

 gathering their winter stores, and in- 

 deed there is not a month in the year 

 when there is no honey gathered — not 

 enough to support them without their 

 fall stores, but some. 



It has been, and is, to our great dis- 

 advantage that no text-book has ever 

 been written expressly for the South. I 

 am informed that a text-book will soon 

 be issued, and hope all who need it will 

 avail themselves of it as soon as it is 

 published. While there are many good 

 text-books for the North, they are only 

 of use here in a general way. We need 

 something of our own, and for ourselves. 



Then, too, I hope many will take ad- 

 vantage of the opportunity to communi- 

 cate through the columns of the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal, for we need to know 

 each other better, and this is a good way 

 to become acquainted. 



Long live the American Bee Jour- 

 nal, Mrs. Atchley, and "In Sunny 

 Southland." 



Mrs. Minnie Wood Gordon. 



Bloomfield, Fla. 



Granulation of Honey, Etc. 



Before I commenced keeping bees I 

 thought, from what I had read and 

 heard (mostly from honey labels, per- 

 haps) that all pure honey would granu- 

 late in winter in the North, and that no 

 kind would do so here in the South, be- 

 cause it never got cold enough. My ex- 

 perience has been that all spring and 

 summer honey — all honey gathered up 

 to the rainy season — will not granulate 

 here, no difference how long it is kept, 

 or how cold or hot it may be. 



Our rainy season, as a general thing, 

 begins in June, and ends in September. 

 All honey gathered during and after the 

 rainy season will granulate more or less, 

 and it doesn't take cold weather to do it, 

 either. In the bottom of the vessel it 

 will be thick and sugary, and -the top 

 will be thin. Hence, we have been ac- 

 cused of adulterating our honey ; there- 

 fore, I have quit extracting after the 

 rainy season sets in, i. e., for market. 



I don't remember ever seeing sealed 

 honey (in the comb) that was granu- 

 lated, but I find in my hives now (Feb. 

 6th) unsealed honey that is granulated, 

 thick and sugary, yet moist, but not 

 liquid. It is not sugar, either, for I 

 have not fed an ounce of anything the 

 past winter, neither have the bees had 

 access to anything of the kind. 



Others think the difference lies in the 

 different kinds of bloom from which the 

 honey is gathered, as to whether it 

 granulates or not, but I am inclined to 

 think it is the weather, rain, atmos- 

 phere, etc. 



My report for 1892 is as follows: I 

 had 35 colonies, spring count. I ex- 

 tracted 2,052 pounds of very fine pal- 

 metto honey, and increased to 47 colo- 

 nies. I have a fine strain of Italians 

 that are beauties, and for gentleness and 

 honey-gathering qualities they are far 

 ahead of the blacks. 



I am glad Mrs. Atchley has " In Sunny 

 Southland " in the American Bee Jour- 

 nal. That is what we of the South 

 have long needed. J. H. Hill. 



Grove City, Fla. 



COWVE^TIOK OIKE€JTOR1. 



1893. 



Time and place of meetintj- 



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

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



May 2,— Connecticut, at Hartford, Conn. 

 Mrs. W. E. Riley, Sec, Waterbury, Conn. 



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.— Soutii 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. — Thb Editob. 



North American Bee-Keepers' Association 



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



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



Secretary— Franli Benton. Washington, D. C. 

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



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National Bee-Keepers' Union. 



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

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



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