AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



685 



can be done — I have done it, and made 

 a success, under very adverse circum- 

 stances, and now, w^hile I write these 

 lines (March 23rd), my pets are busily 

 at work not four feet from me. 



This is an eye-opener to the " Florida 

 cracker," and many explanations of sur- 

 prise and wonder we hear as they pass 

 our door, and see my bees all around 

 me, in a cloud. As one colored man 

 said to-day, " Seems to me these Yanks 

 can do 'most anything they sets their 

 hands on." 



In transferring I received a dozen 

 stings, and being a sufiferer from sciatic 

 rheumatism, this will be a good test as 



Report of the Texas State Bee-Keepers' 

 Convention. 



(Continued from page 632). 



SECOND DAY— Concluded. 



A general Invoice was taken of the 

 number of colonies, spring count, in 

 1892, honey produced, and the number 

 of colonies now owned, spring of 1893. 



Dr. Marshall stated that he took the 

 first premium at the Dallas Fair, and 

 had one colony. Dr. Howard, through 

 the kindness of Bro. Graham, had one 

 colony of the best bees he had ever seen; 



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to its being a "sure cure." No. benefit 

 has so far appeared as the result. 



I have to-day put on supers with 21 

 sections, IX pounds each, and will soon 

 surprise the " crackers" with some sec- 

 tion honey from orange blossoms, which 

 they have never seen. Bee-keeping in 

 Florida seems to be a kind of "go-as- 

 you-please " business. 



C. F. Gbeening. 



Orange Park, Fla, 



A Binder for holding a year's num- 

 bers of the Bee Jouknal, we mail for 

 only 50 cents ; or clubbed with the 

 Journal for $1.40. 



they were uniformly 5-banded Italians. 

 The others reported as in the table. 



A call was made for the charter mem- 

 bers present, and Dr. W. K. Marshall, 

 W. R. Graham, Dr. Wm. R. Howard^ 

 George Wilson, and I. H. Hightower re- 

 sponded. 



The election of officers for the ensuine 

 year was next held, which resulted as 

 follows : 



President— Dr. W. K. 



Marshall. 



1st Vice-President— W. E. Graham of 



Greenville. ' 



2nd Vice-President— A. M. Tuttle of 

 Gainsville. ' 



Marshall, of 



