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the cellar. The other 7 I took out to-day. 

 Those I took out on April 29th gathered the 

 first pollen to-day from willows. Seven of 

 the 14 are very strong, 4 are medium, and 

 3 are weak. 



The sun has not been shining all day at a 

 time for over a month. It rains or snows 

 about four days in a week. Some of the 

 snow of April 20th is with us still. The 

 mercury hovers between 30 and 40 degrees 

 above, but to-day it got up to 52 degrees, 

 with prospects of better weather. 



I like the American Bee Journal, but 

 there are some things in it that won't fit 

 this climate. When the mercury shrinks 

 to from zero to over 30 degrees below, and 

 stays below for a month at a time, and the 

 wind blowing a gale for three or four days 

 at a time. I think it would take a pretty 

 tough bee, with good flannel clothes on. to 

 stand it packed on the summer stands. But 

 as a whole, the Bee Journal is a good 

 paper. Long may it prosper ! 



John M. Seiler. 



©hanhassen. Minn., May 2, 1892. 



Large Yield from Clover Expected. 



We have had a very hard winter on bees, 

 and the loss has been very heavy. I have 

 lost 8 out of 52 colonies. They were in poor 

 condition this spring, but are building up 

 fast. The strongest are making prepara- 

 tions for swarming. I think I will have 

 some swarms by another week. The clover 

 looks fine, and I expect a large yield from 

 that source. Wm. Housel. 



Wertsville, N. J., May 22, 1893. 



Quite Heavy Losses — Rainy Weather. 



Reports from bee-keepers around here 

 indicate quite heavy losses the past winter. 

 Some lost J4, some Vo, and some all. My 

 own loss is but one colony. The bees came 

 out for a flight the latter part of February, 

 and one entire colony left the hive and en- 

 tered another close by. that was the same 

 color. That was all the loss I had in 10 col- 

 onies. They left about 25 or 30 pounds of 

 honey. We are having very rainy weather, 

 and fruit-trees are not yet in blossom. 



J. R. Common. 



Angelica, N. Y., May 17, 1893. 



Uses Common-Sense Principles. 



I have been working with bees for the 

 past ten years. I keep about 30 colonies in 

 ''Modest" hives, and work for extracted 

 honey. I winter my bees on the summer 

 stands without much loss, without extra 

 packing. 1 am not a specialist, but try to 

 run them on common-sense principles, and 

 they have given fair returns for my trouble. 



We have a Mr. Shirley traveling the 

 country over, transferring bees and selling 

 a hive which he claims works wonders. He 

 transfers all winter, and claims that is the 

 right time for transferring! He says bees 

 will build comb every month in the year in 

 his hive! T. C. Mooun. 



Green Hill, Ind., May 7, 1893. 



Wintered in Fine Condition. 



My bees came through in fine condition. 

 They commenced gathering natural pollen 

 May 1st. They had been working on bran 

 since March 10th. I bought 75 pounds of 

 extracted honey last week for 9 cents per 

 pound. I hauled it 10 miles, and then sold 

 it for 12 cents per pound. Comb honey is 

 selling at 15 cents per pound. 



My neighbors lost from .'.j to % of their 

 bees the jiast winter. It is snowing to-day. 

 We have had a very dry winter. There 

 has not been more than "three weeks at a 

 time but what I have seen bees out. 



In regard to that horse-blanket mentioned 

 by Mr. Reynolds, on page 405, I would say 

 that it was the sweat on the blanket. You 

 may drive a dry horse right through the 

 apiary, and the bees will not notice it ; but 

 drive a sweaty one within a few rods of a 

 hive, and the bees will go for it at once. 



C. C. ZiNN. 



New Windsor, Colo., May 8, 1893. 



No Swarming in Four Years. 



I have many queens that are doing excel- 

 lent work, but I have one that I know to be 

 four years old, that I wish to tell about. 

 Her colony has never swarmed, but gives 

 200 pounds of honey each year. She is now 

 occupying 32 Langstroth frames, and the 

 last given them is nearly ready for the ex- 

 tractor. Now, don't everybody go to or- 

 dering non-swarming queens. If you knew 

 as well as I do the cause of swarming, you 

 would not want non-swarmers. Bees have 

 been swarming all around me for two 

 weeks. F. C. Morrow. 



Wallaceburg, Ark., May 2, 1893. 



COWVENTIOW DIRECTORY. 



Time and place of meeting. 



1893. 

 June 16, 17.— S. E. Kansas, at Brouson. Kans. 

 J. C. Balch, Sec. Bronson. Kans. 



Oct. 11, 12, 13.— North American (Interna- 

 tional), at Chicago, Tils. 

 Frank Benton, Sec. Washing-ton, D. C. 



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. 



National Bee-Keepers' ITnlon. 



President— Hon. R. L. Taylor.. Lapoer. Mich. 

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



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