1884 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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clean room, put it in the middle of the floor. 

 Do not have any children about, nor meddle- 

 some people, uiitil you have carefully check- 

 ed off eacl> article, and know you" are all 

 right. After that, call in tlie children and 

 neighbors, and .show them the things. Then 

 if you want to put them out of the way 

 somewhere, put them in the corn-crib or 

 granary, or down among the shaviugs, if you 

 choose'; for if any tiling should be lost after 

 you have once seen it, it clears me and our 

 poor clerks. Why, just think of it ! if that 

 knife had never been found, it might have 

 spoiled the money value of some iiuiocent 

 clerk by ten cents" a day ; for every blunder 

 tliat co'uies up is traced l>ack, and" the mat- 

 ter is never dropped until I find just who 

 was at fault— that is. if 1 can find out. When 

 a clerk has made three or four blunders by 

 leaving out goods. I begin to decide that he 

 is not worth' the wages he receives. Now, 

 before another season sluill we not all re- 

 solve to be very cai'eful V Why. we have 

 sometimes had a lengthy correspondence. 

 an"d a good deal of ill tVeling. just l)ecause 

 something was dropped and got out of sight, 

 something after the fashion of the above 

 honey-knife. I do not mean to be fault-lind- 

 ing in what I say, dear friends, but 1 want 

 to impress upon "you how many ways there 

 are in which you may be mistaken, when you 

 are inclined to be very positive. 



]^EP0]^Tg Dl?C0U1^36IN6. 



THE OTHER SIDE OF BEE CUCTURE. 



WENT into winter quarters last fall with 133 

 j[; colonies; wintered all. I sold this spring- 26 col- 

 onies; lost by robbers, 5 colonies; commenced 

 the season with 92; increased to 103. Iran T6 

 for corab honey. I got 259 lbs. of section hon- 

 ey- a fraction over 3' J lbs. per colony. But I do 

 not wish to exaggerate, so I will have to acknowl- 

 edge that 1 had about 200 lbs. of that honey in the 

 sections from last year, when I jnit them on. 1 

 sold this honey at 15 cts. per lb. 1 extracted 12J0 lbs. 



there were once in a while a bee-man to be 

 found who would be glad to borrow some 

 money. I don't believe he would feel like pay- 

 ing a heavy interest on it, though. Along the 

 rivers we generally have pasturage, even when 

 it fails on account of drotight on the upland ; 

 but it seems in your case it did not work 

 tluit way. Eveii your increase was down 

 [hill instead of up." As you put it, I suppose 

 I it took the whole nine colonies to get up that 

 11 lbs. of honey. Well, well ! just bear in 

 mind we want a report from you next season. 

 May be it will be for another department. 



I CONVENTION" NOTICES. 



I NOUTH-KASTERN BEE-KEEPERS' CONVENTION. 



i The si.xteenth annual convention of the North- 

 Eastoni l?.'<.-KiM.i,(rs' Association will be held in 



1 the City Hall at S.M'iiciisc. X. V.. on tlii' 21st. 23d, 

 anil 2;Sil days or .laiiiiai-.w iss'i. 'I'lic cxcMMitix-e com- 

 niittce arc ileicniiini'il to iiiiiintain tlii' liiHli stand- 

 ing and enviable rcinitation the association has 

 justly gained In the past, and proposes to outdo all 

 former ettorts, at the coming convention. The 

 meeting will surely be the largest and most inter- 

 esting ever held in America. No bee-ki'ciici- c:in mJ- 

 ford to stay at home. All are invited AlliiMp'c- 

 ments of the api-iry sent to the society \v ill he prop- 

 erly arranged, to compare favorably with others on 

 exhibition, and will be disposed of or returned as 

 the owner directs. Reduced rates for board at 

 hotels. L. r. Root. Fres. 



Geo. W. House, Sec. 



ins. ot pure bug juice 



100 " '• hybrid 7 



too " •• Spanish needle " !! 



2r,0 •• '• section lione-i " 1.'^ 



2S.00 

 36.00 

 37..50 



Total .' .5124.0J 



This would make about 4=1.3;) per colony. How is 

 that for high? 1 extracted two combs from each 

 colony that 1 ran for comb honey, (iet away, Mr. 

 W. S. Hai-t, with your old .W bbls. '. 



Now, Mr. Root, if this report gi\es any one the 

 bee fever, just let me know, and 1 will re|)ortmy 

 River apiary. M'hich is not included in this. 1 think 

 a report from that will do the business; that is, if 

 something fi'oni the dark side would ha^■e a tenden- 

 cy to cool the fever. 1 wonder if any of my brother 

 iK'c-keepers want to l)orrow any money. 



P. S.— I believe 1 will say this much about my 

 River apiary. I had 9 colonics; increased to.scivii; 

 got I'j lbs. of honey, nice enough for the king's ta- 

 ble ; and if there had been three months less drought, 

 we should have done still better. R. Rkiunso.v. 



Laclede, HI., Nov. 7, ISS-t. 



Why, friend R., you have given us the 

 best showing for this department, I believe, 

 we have ever had. 1 shouldn't wonder if 



MICHIO.VN STATE BEE-KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION. 



The annual meeting of this association will occur 

 in Lansing, in the Senate chamber of the State 

 Capitol. Dec. 10 and H. 1884, first session 10 a.m., 

 I Dec. 10. 



This being the home of Prof. A. .1. ("ook, and the 

 location of the State Agricultural College, it is ex- 

 pected this will be the most interesting meeting 

 ever held by this society. 

 I A programme is being prepared, including several 

 ! very importaiU and interesting papers fi-om Prof . 

 Cook, T. .1. Hunill. Dr. Real, R. L. Hewett, and 

 several prominent a|iiarists from other States. A 

 : large deiea-ation is expected from Cnnuda. 



The (|uestion-box will l)e one of the impoi-tant 

 features. <';inie in-epared to ask and answer (jues- 

 tions. 



Reduced rates on all Michigan railroads, and at 

 hotels in Lansing. The I'resident and Secretary will 

 be at the Hudson House. 



.\otit.> nie as soon as i)0ssible how many railroad 

 cciiiieates you will want, and over what road you 

 will go. so I shall have time to ju-ocure them. A 

 cordial in\itation is extended to all. Please come, 

 and bring iour bee-ki'cping friends with you. 



H. D. Ci'TTiNO. Secretary. 



Accompanying the above notice comes the 

 following pleasantry from friend Cutting : 



Fik)t(l li()()t:~l have just finished reading your 



article on p. 774. Now, if you have Iwcome so " use- 



[ less" around home, why can you not say, in your 



, next issue, that you are .going to Lansing to attend 



the Michigan State nee-keej)ers' Convention, and 



we will make you useful as well as welcome? You 



know, we have most excellent meetings. We need 



your presence and counsel. We expect a very large 



jneeting, and are doing all we can to make it useful 



and interesting to all who will come. Please say 



you will come. H. D. Citttinc. 



Clinton, .Mich., Nov. 18, 1881. 



After so kind an invitation, frieiul C. it 

 does not seem that I can say less than that I 

 will t)'!/ to be with you. 1 have not succeed- 

 ed, ho"wever. l)y (piite a long way, in making 

 ', myself useless in the " Home of" the Iloney- 

 Bees ; " but I will keep trying, nevertheless. 



