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into hives. Two colonies were Italians, 

 and one was white-ringed. The white- 

 ringed bees seem to know just how to 

 take care of their honey. 



Two years ago I wanted some of their 

 honey, and went to a hive, opened it, 

 and began to take out honey, but I was 

 obliged to drop it and take the " white- 

 rings "out of my hair and clothing. I 

 thought they would sting me to death, 

 sure. I ran, I rolled, I hallooed, I kicked 

 and I jumped. Finally, my wife came 

 to my assistance with pails of water, 

 and began throwing it on me, which 

 soon made the bees let go. 



I then set a day when I would try 

 them again, but I went prepared with 

 netting and tub of water. I opened the 

 hive and began by throwing water on 

 them, and in five minutes there was not 

 a dry bee in the hive. It conquered 

 them, so that they are now just us quiet 

 as any of the rest of my bees. They are 

 the longest, and have rive distinct white 

 rings, and will winter out-of-doors. My 

 best white-ringed colony, last year, 

 stored 112 pounds of surplus honey, 

 while the I talians stored 72 pounds. 



I would like to know if this white- 

 ringed bee is known', and what its race is. 



Rodney, Mich., Aug. 4, 1892. 



[Will Prof. Cook please give some 

 light on the "white-ringed bees?" It 

 might be well for Mr. Miller to mail a 

 sample of the bees to Prof. Cook, at 

 Agricultural College, Mich., for exami- 

 nation. — Eds.] 



Convention Notices. 



COLOR ADO— The Colorado State Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association will hold their " Honey-Day " 

 in Longmont, Colo., on Sept. 28th, 1892. 



Littleton, Colo. H. Knight, Sec. 



PENNSYLVANIA. -The Susquehanna Co. 

 Bee-Keepers' Association will hold their 11th 

 annual meeting: at Rush, Pa., on Thursday. 

 Sept. 1, 1892, at 10 a.m. All are cordially in- 

 vited. Bring- along- any new fixtures of inter- 

 est that you may have. H. M. Seeley, Sec. 



WISCONSIN.— The Southwestern Wisconsin 

 Bee-Keepers' Association will hold its next 

 annual meeting- as Boscobel, Grant Co., Wis., 

 on Jan. 13 and 14, 1893. All members of the 

 Association are requested to be present as the 

 following officers are to be elected ; President. 

 Vice-President, Secretary. Assistant Sec, and 

 Treasurer. Blank Reports will be sent each 

 member, for the year 1892, with instructions. 

 A cordial invitation is extended to all bee- 

 keepers, and especially to those that would 

 like to join with us. Each member will be no- 

 tified at least one month before the meeting-. 



Boscobel, Wis. Edwin Pike, Pres. 



CONVENTION DIRECTORY. 



Time and place of meeting. 



1892. 



Aug. 19.— Darke Co. Union, at Greenville, O. 

 Geo. H. Kirkpatrick, Sec, Union City, Ind. 



Aug. 27.— Haldimand, at S. Cayuga, Ont. 



E. C. Campbell, Sec, Cayuga, Ont. 



Aug. 30, 31.— Iowa State, at DesMoines, Iowa. 

 J. W. Bittenbender, Sec, Knoxville, Iowa, 



Sept. 1.— Susquehanna Co., at Rush, Pa. 



H. M. Seeley, Sec, Harford, Pa. 



Sept. 7, 8.— Nebraska, at Lincoln, Nebr. 



L. D. Stilson, Sec, York, Nebr. 



Oct. 7.— Utah, at Salt Lake City, Utah. 

 John C. Swaner, Sec, Salt Lake City, Utah. 



1893. 



Jan. 13, 14.— S.W.Wisconsin, at Boscobel.Wis. 

 Benj. E. Rice, Sec, Boscobel, Wis. 



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 Editors. 



North American Bee-Keepers' Association 



President— Eugene Secor.JTorest City, Iowa. 

 Secretary— W. Z. Hutchinson Flint, Mich 



National Bee-Keepers' Union. 



President— James Heddon . .Dowagiac, Mich. 

 Sec'y and Manager— T. G. Newman, Chicago. 



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Reports, Prospects, Etc. 



EST" Do not write anything for publication 

 on the same sheet of paper with business 

 matters, unless it can be torn apart without 

 interfering with either part of the letter. 



Best Season Ever Known. 



Last season was one of the poorest 

 honey seasons we have ever had in this 

 section of county. From 90 colonies I 

 did not get one pound of nice honey. 

 This season is one of the best that I 

 have ever known. Last year I did not 

 have one swarai from 90 colonies — this 

 year they have swarmed all the time. 

 They would commence swarming before 

 breakfast, and keep it up until supper- 

 time. I think that last winter and 

 spring at least 50 per cent, of the bees 

 in this section of country died. The 

 amount of surplus honey per colony is 

 not as good as were in hopes of getting 

 this year. Edwin Rick. 



Chaffee, N. Y., Aug. 1, 1892. 



