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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



idea to splice a stick that is too short, 

 but awfully easy to cut it off if it is too 

 long. For either comb or extracted. — 

 Mrs. Jennie Atchley. 



1. At present I use no hives that take 

 over eight Langstroth brood-frames. I 

 have had colonies that would profitably 

 use 12 early in the summer. Colonies 

 run for extracting may more profitably 

 use a large number of brood-combs than 

 those producing comb. — James A.Green. 



1. I do not use the Langstroth frame, 

 but I would judge that not more than 

 ten should ever be allowed, except in a 

 two-story hive, for extracted honey. 2. 

 The largest number of frames should be 

 used where there is a very prolific 

 queen, and in the height of the breeding 

 season. — M. Mahin. 



I use one set — be it 8 or 10 combs — 

 to each brood-chamber. In a warm 

 climate a 10-frame Langstroth hive I 

 believe is best for all purposes. One of 

 the problems I have to contend with is 

 how to avoid the misfortune of having 

 an empty (empty of stores) brood-cham- 

 ber at the close of the early honey har- 

 vest.— G. W. Demaree. 



COWTEWTIOIV DIRECTORY. 



Time and place of meeting. 



1893. 



Dec. 7.— Carolina, at Charlotte, N. C. 



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



Dec.l2, 13.— Illinois State, at Springfield, Ills. 

 Jas. A. Stone, Sec, Bradfordton, Ills. 



Dec. 13, 14.— Eastern Iowa, at Delmar, Iowa. 

 Frank Coverdale, Sec, Walton, Iowa. 



Dec. 19,20.— Northern Illinois, at Rockford.TU. 



B. Kennedy, Sec. New Milford, 111. 



Dec. 28, 29.— Kansas, at Ottawa, Kane. 



J. R. Barnhard, Sec,, Ottawa, Kans. 

 1894. 

 Jan. 24, 25.— Vermont, at Burlington, "Vt. 



H. W. Scott, Sec, Barre, Vt. 



Jt^~ In order to have this table complete, 

 Secretaries are requested to forward full 

 particulars of the time and the place of 

 each future meeting. — Thk Editor. 



Hortli American Bee-Keepers' Association 



Pres.— Emerson T. Abbott .St. Joseph. Mo. 



Vice-Pkes.- O. L. Hershlser.... Buffalo. N. Y. 

 Secketary- Frank Benton, Washington, D. C. 

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



Hatlonal Bee-Keepers' Union. 



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

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

 147 South Western Avenue. 



Report of the North American 

 Bee-Keeper§' Couvention. 



Heportedfor the " Atnerican Bee Journal " 

 BY R. F. HOLTERMANN. 



(Continued from page 629.) 



At this time, Mr. J. W. Pender, of 

 West Maitland, Australia, being asked 

 to give some information about Aus- 

 tralia, delivered an interesting address. 

 In substance, he spoke as follows : 



The Keeping- of Bees in Australia. 



"I am not a public speaker, but will 

 give a few facts which may interest 

 you, but first allow me to convey to you 

 the hearty greetings of the bee-keepers 

 of New South Wales. I represent the 

 Hunter River Bee-Keepers' Association 

 — it is the only one doing any good in 

 apicultural work. The fee is 60 cents. 

 Our object is to try to introduce the new 

 system of keeping bees ; the old gin-case 

 system has been in vogue. Much work 

 has been done by the association. The 

 Berlepsch hive was much in use, but the 

 American system has been introduced, 

 and is becoming popular. The Lang- 

 stroth hive is now mostly used. 



" We have a fine country for the pro- 

 duction of honey. For nine^ months in 

 the year we get honey from the bees. 

 There is no truth in the statement that 

 bees, knowing they can gather honey 

 almost the entire year, store no surplus 

 and remain idle. 



" We have many black bees, but we 

 are introducing the Italian. We find 

 them better workers, and more docile. 

 At one time no bees could bo mailed, but 

 now, owing to the efforts of my son, W. 

 S. Pender, and other members of our 

 association, they permit queens to pass 

 through the mails. We get queens 

 from America and Italy. 



" The sources of honey are white 

 clover, alfalfa or lucerne (alfalfa grows 

 luxuriantly; it is the chief fodder-plant 

 for hay making, which our farmers crop 

 six times in the season), fruit and flower 

 blossoms, and a great variety of gum 



