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I'or tlu' Aiiiorican Bee Journal. 



What Shall we Report? 



Dk.vij Editok :— Aiv IIkti' luit loo many 

 that have nothiuii- to rrpoil but tluMr fail- 

 ures, after trying to ket-)! tlie Italian bees 

 jture ? A free diseussiou of all the known 

 eauses of past failures as well as the experi- 

 ences of tliose who have been sueeessful, 

 wo think, inonU'r. Will our learned Irieml 

 W.^l. Kelloiiii ])lease state the condition 

 those four iiisiunilieant blaek stocks were 

 in at the tinu' his Italian (lueens liecanie 

 fertile, and by so doiu.n will undoubtedly 

 explain to be.n'iuners, for us. He says "one 

 black stock swarmed and the new (jueen in 

 the old hive mated with a black drone." 

 Was not this slock in precisely the sanu; 

 condition we recounuended for beginners to 

 have their Italians in when rearing (lueens? 

 We are very sure that there were black 

 swarms in tlie above condition at the time 

 his (lueens became fertile. We repeat only 

 what we know for the benefit of those that 

 wisli to keep pure Italian bees. Allow 

 those stocks to rear queens where your Ital- 

 ian drones are. at a time when there is no 

 black stocks rearing queens in your vicinity 

 if possible and you will not be troubled 

 much with black drones. We are glad W. 

 M. K. has a good opinion of chickens, for 

 we are very fond of them ourselves, but 

 prefer them stuffed. He says they will go 

 rip to a cluster of bees and pick out flies and 

 drones by the half hour. What kind of bees 

 has K. got ? We are s\n'e Hies do not cluster 

 with our bees, and if they did, woe to the 

 chicken that undertood to pick them. By 

 the way, would it not be well for beginners 

 to keep a chicken inside the hive, for pro- 

 tection ? I see that some writers find a 

 great deal of fault with C. O. Perrine. I sold 

 him a part of my crop uf honey this season 

 and found him a gentleman to deal with. He 

 was the only man I could find in Chicago 

 that would pay cash for honey. He buys at 

 his own price, of course, as there is no com- 

 petition. Is there not room for another 

 honey dealer in Chicago? 



We are aware that some of our queen 

 breeders have reconnnended Palace hives, 

 with a great number of drones. A barn full 

 of drones would not answer us, though we 

 could open the door and bid them tiy wlren 

 we wished, unless queen rearing was going 

 on in the barn ; in which case verily we 

 say your drones know what is up. 



Carson City, Mich. H. M. Roop. 



Length of Plight of Bees. 



An Irish paper has the following : — 

 " Three men were at work the other day 

 in the neighborhood of Balliugeary, some 

 three or four miles beyond Inchigeela, 

 when suddenly a swarm of bees appeared. 

 The men pursued the swarm, but two of 

 them finding their exertions were of no 

 avail, were unable to continue. The third 

 however, persevered over hills and vales, 

 brakes and brambles, after the runaway 

 insects for the enormous distance of eight 

 miles, until at length they alighted on a 

 heath stalk, convenient to Gougane Bar- 

 ra, on the borders of Kaemaneigh, com- 



monly known to the tourist, when their 

 pursuer succeeding in ellectiug a capture, 

 and brought them liome in a hive. This 

 uncommon race was run in less than an 

 liour." 



Michigan Bee-Keepers' Association. 



The seventh aiinual session of this As- 

 sociation will be held in Kalamazoo, 

 ;Mich., on the ICth and 17th of December, 

 1874. This Association has long been 

 favorably known for the practical char- 

 acter of its proceedings ; and arrange- 

 ments are being perfected which will 

 render the coming session fully equal to 

 its predecessors. Kidauiazoo is one of 

 the finest villages in the U. S. — is easily 

 accessible by rail from all portions of the 

 country, while ample arrangements have 

 been made for the free entertainment of 

 all apiculturists in attendance from 

 abroad. 



We trust that every Michigan bee-keep- 

 er, who takes an interest in improved bee 

 culture, Avill be present, and endeavor to 

 make the coming session mutually inter- 

 esting and instructive ; while we extend a 

 hearty, cordial invitation to tliose residing 

 in adjoining States to meet with us. 

 Herbert A. Burch, Sec. |jro tern. 



GOV. CARPENTER'S .ENDORSE- 

 MENT OF ANDREAS' IOWA 

 STATE ATLAS. 



State of Iowa, 

 Executive Department, 

 Des Moines, Oct. 28, 74. 

 To lohoiD it may Concern : — I have 

 examined the proof sheets of the 

 Minnesota Illustratecl Historical At- 

 las, by Capt. Aj T. Andreas, of Chi- 

 cago, and I regard it as a work of 

 superior merit, and it seems to me 

 any citizen of Minnesota could hard- 

 ly do wnthout it. I understand from 

 Mr. E. T. Phelps that Capt. Andreas 

 is now taking the preliminary steps 

 preparatory to publishing a similar 

 Atlas of Iowa, with such improve- 

 ments as past experience in this 

 business naturally suggests to his 

 mind. Having known Mr. Andreas 

 intimately and well for many years, 

 I have no hesitation in assuring all 

 who may read this that he will do 

 all he proposes, and that the public 

 will find his work fully equal to the 

 promises of his circular and adver;- 

 tisements. C. C. Carpenter. 



