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queen released. Let them work not less 

 than three days, then remove this hive, 

 bees and all, and put in its place another 

 clean hive filled with combs, foundation, 

 or empty frames, as you choose ; again 

 find the queen, place her in the new 

 hive, and shake all the bees in front of 

 it. If you have done this carefully, you 

 will see no more foul brood in that hive 

 until it is carried in again. 



Let the old diseased hive stand until 

 the brood is all hatched, then repeat the 

 process, and you have two healthy colo- 

 nies, if the old colony has reared a 

 queen ; if not, give them one, and de- 

 stroy or tlioroughly cleanse the two hives 

 with boiling water. A boiled hive, 

 honey-board,, excluder, or other imple- 

 ment, will not carry the disease. Boiled 

 honey is safe to feed. 



I have no doubt the disease can be 

 cured in the old hive, as Mr. McEvoy 

 says, but don't risk it. Cholera, diph- 

 theria, typhoid fever, and many other 

 germ diseases can be cured in a house, 

 but don't live in it without disinfecting 

 it ; it is not safe. 



Wausau, Wis., July IT, 1893. 



COWYENTION DIRECTORY. 



Time and place of meeting. 



1893. 



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

 B. Kennedy, Sec, New Milford, 111. 



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. — Thb 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' Union. 



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

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



Your Xeigflibor Bee-Keeper 



— have you asked him 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 131. 



Do not write anything for publication 

 on the same sheet of paper witn business 

 matters, unless it can be torn apart without 

 interfering with either part of the letter. 



Gathering Lots of Honey. 



Bees are doing well. My bees are gath- 

 ering lots of honey, but not swarming 

 much. I left seven acres of alfalfa for seed, 

 and the bees are on it from daylight until 

 dark. C. C. Zinn. 



New Windsor, Colo., June 25, 1893. 



White Clover a Failvire. 



White clover is an entire failure. Bass- 

 wood lasted only about a week. The 

 weather is extremely dry and hot, and no 

 prospect of rain. We have no surplus honey 

 except from basswood near river bottoms. 

 A. M. Southworth. 



Lacon, Ills., July 23, 1893. 



Has Taken No Honey. 



Is there iu fart the large crop of honey- 

 that the reports (especially in Gkniihigs) in- 

 dicate ? Those getting honey rejjort, while 

 those getting none do not feel like saying 

 anything that costs a Columbian stamp. I 

 have taken no honey, and there is none on 

 the market here. J. Wes. Clark. 



Clarksburg, Mo., July 20, 1893. 



The Season, Prospects, Etc. 



The past winter and spring were the 

 worst of which I have any recollection, and 

 proves that small colonies cannot be win- 

 tered out-of-doors; no matter how well 

 packed, or how mucli stores, they will clus- 

 ter in one end or side of the hive, and con- 

 sume all the stores within reach, and then 

 starve with plenty of honey in the next 

 comb. 



The past winter was very long and 

 severe. The bees on the summer stands 

 did not have a general flight from Nov. 1st 

 till April 4th, then cold, high winds were 

 the order for the next three weeks. 



My bees brought in the first natural pol- 

 len on April 28th, it being 14 days later 

 than usual. It was very rainy until fruit- 

 trees and dandelions bloomed, the first of 

 June, they being 10 days late. My bees 

 have done first-rate since then, on the fruit- 

 bloom. I think they are in as good condi- 

 tion as in other years, but some of my 



