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our combs must all be built out of foun- 

 dation. 



These are the conditions and cii'cum- 

 stances in which I find myself. I can 

 stand it better than my friend. I ofifered 

 him my bees to build up a start from, 

 and I would do what I could in getting 

 queens to help. John Y. Detwiler. 



[Who will volunteer to help the friends 

 in Florida, that could soon be "on their 

 feet" again, if a little aid were given at 

 this time ? Please correspond with Mr. 

 Detwiler at once, and see if you can 

 help them any. Mr. D. was at the 

 North American convention last month, 

 and doubtless little dreamed that his 

 apiary was being destroyed at that very 

 time. — Ed] 



Contention IVotice^. 



NORTH CAROLINA. — The Carolina Bee- 

 Keepers' Association will hold its 3rd annual 

 session at the Court House In Charlotte, N. C. 

 on Dec. 7th, 1893. at 10 a.m. 



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



KANSAS.— The Kansas State Bee-Keepers' 

 Associatiou will meet at Ottawa, Kans.. on 

 Dec. 28th and 29th. 1893. Free entertain- 

 ment to all members in attendance. Come 

 and get acquainted. J. R. Barnhard, Sec. 



Ottawa, Kans. 



IOWA.— The Eastern Iowa Bee-Keepers' As- 

 sociation will meet at Delmar. Iowa, on Dec. 

 13 and 14, 1893. All interested in bee-culture 

 are requested to be there, and to bring with 

 them any thing or fixture that might be of 

 Interest to bee-men. 



Welton. Iowa. Frank Coverdale, Sec. 



VERMONT.— The 19th Annual Convention 

 of the Vermont Bee-Keepers' Association will 

 be held in Burlington, Vt., on Jan 24 and 25, 

 1894. Programmes later. All interested in 

 apiculture are invited to be present. Whether 

 you live in Vermont or outside, come to the 

 Burlington meeting. H. W. Scott, Sec. 



Barre, Vt. 



ILLINOIS.— The Illinois State Bee-Keepers' 

 Association will meet at Springfield, 111., on 

 Dec, 12 and 13, 1893. in the Senate Judiciary 

 room at the State House. The Illinois State 

 Grange, the Illinois State Horticultural Soci- 

 etj'. and the various Stock Breeders' Associa- 

 tions meet at the same time, and In the, 

 several rooms of the State House. Railroad 

 fare has been secured on the Certificate plan, 

 IH rate. Those attending, to get the rate, 

 must pay full fare going, and get a Certificate 

 of the agent where the ticket is purchased. 

 Rates at the hotels are secured at $1.50 per 

 day, where two or more days' board is paid. 

 The Horticulturists and Bee-Keepers are to 

 make their head-quarters at the Hotel Palace. 

 Come, everybody, and have a good time. 



Bradfordton, His. Jas. A. Stone, Sec. 



EP~ Do not write anything for publication 

 on the same sheet of paper wltn business 

 matters, unless it can be torn apart without 

 interfering with either part of the letter. 



From a Minnesota Iiady Bee-Keeper. 



I am in receipt of letters from readers of 

 the Bee Journal who ask why I do not 

 write any more for its columns. One asks 

 if my "enthusiasm played out the first 

 year.'" No. indeed! I am getting to be 

 more of a crank in bee-culture every day. 

 But I am too busy with my 40 colonies, be- 

 sides my farm-house work, to write. Then, 

 too, some one else is always saying "if 

 better than I could. 



But I would like some one familiar with 

 the honey-plants of this latitude (the State 

 line between Iowa and Minnesota, 180 miles 

 west of the Mississippi), to tell me what 

 the bees gather white honey from after 

 Aug. 25th. Some of my strongest colonies 

 gathered over 30 pounds each, of beautiful 

 water-white honey, of very delicate flavor. 

 There was not a pound of it to be found 

 until after Aug. 25th, when 1 took up my 

 buckwheat honey. 



I had 32 colonies last spring, and they 

 only increased to 40. I use the lO-frame 

 Langstroth hive. When the hive gets to 

 be overflowing with bees. I raise it up from 

 the bottom-board and put a little piece of 



iath across the corners so as to leave a 

 rack clear around the hive the width of a 

 lath. This has checked swarming, in a 

 great measure, the past two years. 



I harvested over a ton of honey this year, 

 mostly in pound sections, which I am dis- 

 posing of in our own vicinity for 10 cents a 

 pound. Most of the bees died here the last 

 two winters, of bee-cholera. So I received 

 20 cents a pound for the first few cases of 

 honey this fall. Mrs. B. J. Livisgstox. 

 Center Chain, Minn., Nov. 20, 1893. 



Read our great offers on page 703. 



Glucose with a Little Honey in It. 



I have thought for some time that adul- 

 terated honey was being sold in this State, 

 and through the kindness of the State 

 Dairy and Food Commissioners, and State 

 Chemist. I have been able to find that F. H. 

 Hunt, of Redlands, Calif., is now selling 

 honey here that the State Chemist says is 

 " almost pure glucose." I refer you to the 

 State Dairy and Food Commissioners of 

 this State. 



I have been selling honey for several 

 years, and have never sold anything but 



