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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Getting Honey— Worms on Basswood. 



After last season's reverses iu our chosen 

 pursuit, it is encouraging to hear the con- 

 tented hum of bees gathering honey from 

 white clover. I put into winter quarters 

 23 colonies, and lost one in the cellar, and 

 two by dwindling on the summer stands. I 

 now have 25 colonies in fine condition stor- 

 ing honey in the supers. My neighbors lost 

 from 25 to 100 per cent. Most of our bee- 

 men are discouraged, but I hope for better 

 returns this season. 



There is a worm (commonly called 

 "measuring worm"), working on the 

 trees — maples, basswood, and fruit-trees. 

 Can any one tell whether they ever destroy 

 the blossoms on basswood ? I can't do 

 without the Bee Journal. Long may it 

 live. Daniel Sprague. 



Hub City, Wis., June 15, 1893. 



Storing Surplus Honey Fast. 



Bees are doing well — never better. They 

 are storing surplus very fast. I think that 

 Kansas will soon take rank with the first 

 honey-producing States. J. H. Rupe. 



Williamsburg, Kans., June 19, 1893. 



Red Clover Preferred to the White. 



I would be pleased to hear more from 

 Northern Michigan. In my locality, or 

 rather, my bees do not work on white 

 clover. We couldn't be blessed with more 

 white clover than at present, and it is en- 

 tirely unnoticed by the bees, but the red 

 clover is all alive with the busy little 

 workers. 



Many thanks for publishing such a val- 

 uable paper. I have "A B C of Bee-Cul- 

 ture," and other books, but I can get more 

 information out of the American Bee 

 Journal than all the books, as it gives ex- 

 perience from all over the world in bee- 

 culture. J. W. Miller. 



Rodney, Mich., June 26, 1893. 



Contention Notices. 



NORTH CAROLINA.— The Carolina Bee- 

 Keepers' Association will hold its sixth semi- 

 annual meeting on July 20, in Charlotte, N. 

 C., at the Court House, at 10 o'clock a.m. All 

 persons interested in bee-keeping are invited. 



Steel Creek, N. C. A. L. Beach, Sec. 



ILLINOIS.— The summer meeting of the 

 Northern Illinois Bee-Keepers' Association 

 will bo held at the residence ot O. J. Cum- 

 mings, 2 miles northeast of Roekford, Ills., on 

 Aug. 15th, 1893. A good meeting is antici- 

 pated. Everybody is invited. Come and see 

 Mr. Cumming's methods of handling bees. 



New Milford, Ills. B. Kennedy. Sec. 



INTERNATIONAL.-The North American 

 Bee-Keepers' Association will hold its 24th 

 annual convention on Oct. 11, 12 and 13, 1893, 

 iu Chicago, Ills. Not only i& every bee-keeper 

 In America, whether a member or the society 

 or not. invited to be present, but a special in- 

 vitation is extended to friends ot apiculture 

 it every t'orolgn laud, 1''i{Ank Uknton. Sec. 



VVashingtOQ, 1>. C. 



COIWy£]WTIO]« DIRECTORY. 



Time and pUxce of meetiUQ. 



1893. 



July 20.— tiarolina, at Charlotte, N. C. 



A. L. Beach, Sec, Steel Creek, N. C. 



Aug 15.— Northern Illinois, at Roekford, 111. 



B. Kennedy, Sec, New Milford, III. 



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

 tional), at Chicago, Ills. 

 Frank Benton, Sec, Washington, 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, 13. C. 

 Treasurer— George W. York.. .Chicago, Ills. 



XTational Bee-Keepers' Union. 



President— Hon. B. L. Taylor.. Lapeer, Mich. 

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



Please l>on^t send to us for bee-sup- 

 plies, as we do not deal in them, and your 

 order, if sent to us, must necessarily be de- 

 layed in filling. Just patronize those sup- 

 ply dealers who advertise in our columns, 

 and you will thus please us most. We shall 

 be glad to furnish you any bee-book and 

 the Bee Journal, but when it comes to 

 supplies — well, we are not " in it." 



Your ]Veis:lil>or Bee-Keeper 



— have you asked hvm or her to subscribe 

 for the Bee Journal ? Only $1.00 will 

 pay for it for a whole year. And, be- 

 sides, you can have Newman's book on 

 " Bees and Honey " as a premium, for 

 sending us two new subscribers. Don't 

 neglect your neighbor ! See page 3. 



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