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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTUEE. 



Sept. 



exchange locust seed for sweet clover or flg'wort, or 

 Simpson honey-plants, or any other honey-plants; or 

 to any one who has nothing to exchang-c, I will send 

 him some I'roc if he will pay the postage. That is 

 fair. I never saw any of these honej'-plants here; 

 so if I could obtain a few seeds I should be thank- 

 ful for them. As for -honey, I have not taken off 

 over 13 lbs. I had good swarms this spring-; they 

 have sent out a good many small swarms that I have 

 doubled up. What is the trouble? Who would let 

 me h avo some alsike clover seed for CO or 100 locust- 

 trees, from 1 to 3 ft. high, to be taken up this fall? 

 Mrs. Henrv Osborn. 

 Stoughton, Dane Co., Wis., July 31, 1SS4. 



IIILIi'S DEVICK. 



T see in a bee-convention report tluit some of the 

 bee-keepers don't like Hill's device as well as open- 

 ings through the comb, because the bees won't go 

 over the tops of the frames if the weather is cold. 

 I used 40 last winter, and examined them a great 

 many times to find out exactly how they worked, 

 and nearly always found the bees clustered right 

 under the device. When they don't do so 1 think it 

 is because they have not covering enough on. 



PAPER AS A COVERING. 



Last winter I tried paper over the frames of at 

 least lialf of my bees, and found it to answer very 

 well. First, burlap or muslin, then several thick- 

 nesses of paper closely pressed at the corners. Over 

 the paper of some of them I placed the enameled 

 cloth, to see if the moisture would pass readily 

 through the paper, and I found that it did do so. 

 Paper is used for so many purposes, why not to 

 cover the bees? " They say" that a sheet of paper 

 will keep out as much cold as a blanket. I do not 

 remember ever having seen it mentioned for this 

 purpose, in bee papers. Mrs. M. A. Shepherd. 



SOUTHERN-RAISED QUEENS EART.Y IN THE SEASON. 



In regard to queen-raising, I should like to call 

 your attention to one thing. I think you ought not 

 to be quite so general in your remarks regarding 

 friends in the South. Now, there are many of us 

 who raise queens for Northern markets, and expect 

 still to raise and sell them too. We are also aware 

 that those who send out the best are apt to send the 

 most, necessitating the keeping of the best and 

 purest stock to raise from. Now, when you come 

 out in Gleanings, and say, or imply, that such a 

 large proportion coming from the South are hybrids, 

 a3 on page 5'H, Aug. No., it will naturally have a 

 tendency to injure our trade in queens. Having in 

 my apiary but 3 or 3 colonies of hybrids, which will 

 be made pure in a few days also, with but few bees 

 for miles around, I think my chances for sending 

 out pure queens stand very fair. I have some very 

 flattering testimonials as to the value of queens 

 sent from my apiary last year, as well as this, which 

 shows thei-e could not have been many hybrids 

 among them. No doubt, friend R., you did not look 

 at it in that light; but, knowing the weight that any 

 thing of the kind would have in Gleanings, one 

 would see these little things sooner than otherwise. 

 W. J. Ellison. 



Stateburg, Sumter Co., S. C, Sept. 3, 1884. 



I beg pardon, friend E., if I was too gen- 

 eral in my remarks, and perhaps you are 

 right. My attention was first called to the 

 matter by the boys protesting against my 

 buying any more (pieens. IJesides that, no 

 matter where I got them, a great many of 



them proved to be hybrids, while those rear- 

 ed in our own apiary were, almost without 

 exception, pure Italian every time. Of 

 course, it would not be discovered until after 

 the queens were sold, for we seldom keep 

 them in our own apiary more than a week, 

 and after 1 lie brood hatched out we woulil 

 liave liyl)i ills, and tlie boys were very anx- 

 ious to liave no hjbrids ill the apiary. It if 

 l)roper and lilting tliat we slionld puichast; 

 our (juecns ffoiii the South before ilu-y ( aii 

 be ])rolitab]y raised heie in tlie JS'oriliern 

 States, it S:-! ms tome wt^ should liave more 

 large apiiries down there where drones conld 

 b:^ flying in such numbers in Maicli and 

 April that the chances of pure feitilization 

 are as great as with us in June and .J uly. 

 In fact, it seenis to me about time that l»!ack 

 bees were crowded out of intelligent com- 

 munities, much as they are in Ab'dinaCoinity. 

 Very likely, plenty of you will b;^ able to 

 give us queens that will prove, as ;i rule, 

 purely fertilized, by another spring. 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



The Whiteside Bee-Keepers' Association will meet 

 at Morrison, III., at 1 p. m., October 3, 1883. All bee- 

 keepers are cordially invited. 



A. B. Kreider, Sec'y. 



The Bee-Keepers' Association of Central Illinois 

 hold their next meeting in Bloomiugton on Wednes- 

 day, Oct. 8, 1884, at 10 A. M. 



Wm. B. Lawrence, Sec'y. 



The Boone County Bee-Keepers' Association will 

 meet in the city of Lebanon, Ind., October 11, 1884. 

 All bee-keepers are cordially invited to attend. 



S. H. Lane, Sec'y. Ora Knowlton, Pres. 



The second annual meeting of the Pike County 

 Bee-Keepei's' Association will meet at the Pittsfierd 

 House, Pittsfleld, 111., on Saturday, Oct. 11, at 10 a.m. 

 A cordial invitation is extended to all. 



T. C . Bunker, Sec'y. 



The Southern Wisconsin Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion will hold its next meeting at the court-house in 

 Janesville, Sept. 33, 1884, at 10 a.m. Statistics will bo 

 taken. All bee-keepers are cordially invited to at- 

 tend. C. O. Shannon, Pres. 



J. T. PoMEROY, Sec'y. 



The next session of the North Am. Bee-Keepers' 

 Association will be held in the city of Rochester, 

 N. Y., the 38th, 39th, and 30th of Oct., 1884. A full 

 programme will be prepared, and a general good 

 time maj- be expected. 



L. L. Langstroth, Pres. C. C. Miller, Sec. 



The Northern Indiana and Southern Michigan 

 liec'-KceiK'rs' Association will hold its next meeting 

 at fiosluMi, ind., Ovt. 3, 18S4, at 10 o'clock a. .m. Im- 

 liortaiit topics eoiu'cniiim- the inanajicinent of the 

 ai)iarv will lie discussed. A portion of time will be 

 devoted tii answiTiiiii' i|U('St ions, from the (piery- 

 lio.x. Scxoral clistintiuisli(>(l bcc-kccpcrs arc expect- 

 ed to he iii-t'sciit. A ver^- full attendance is antici- 

 pated. A. Blunt, Pres. 



northwestern convention. 



The Northwestern Bee-Keei)ers' Association will 

 hold its fifth annual convention at Owsley's Hall, 

 N. W. corner Roby and West Madison streets, Chi- 

 cago, 111., on Wednesday and Tluirsiiay, Oct. 15 and 

 16, 1884, commencing at 10 o'clock .v.-M. on Wednes- 

 da.v, and holding five sessions. 



Those who ha\e attended one of these annual re- 

 unions at Chicago will need no urging to induce 

 them to come asiain: those who have not, should re- 

 member that Father Langstroth characterized the 

 last meeting us reiiresenting the largest niimborof 

 lai'ge, jiraetieal, and successful lioiie\-])roduccrs of 

 any con\-ention that he had evei-\isite<i. Tliismeet- 

 ing being lield during the Intcr-State Industrial Ex- 

 position, reel need railroad fares may be had on near- 

 ly all the railroads. C. C. MiLLEif, Pres. 



W. Z. Hutchinson, Sec'y. 



