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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



CONVENTION DIRECTORY. 



Time and place of meeting. 



1892. 



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. £». 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. 

 Edwin Pike, Pres.. 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. — Thb Editors. 



North American Bee-Keepers' Association 



President— Eugene Secor.JPorest 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. 



E^~ -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. 



Bees are Doing Well. 



I have 82 colonies of bees in good 

 condition. Bees are doing well here this 

 summer. The most of mine will store 

 from 50 to 60 pounds of comb honey 

 per colony this year. 



Thompson Kirby. 



Ashley, Mich., Aug. 11, 1892. 



Methods of Preventing- Increase. 



For the past two seasons I have fol- 

 lowed the plan of the Dadants to pre- 

 vent increase, viz. : To hive the new 

 swarm beside the parent colony, and 

 after 48 hours, at the same time giving 

 more room by adding empty supers. 

 This works fairly well, but is not a sure 



preventive of after-swarming, especially 

 where one is running for comb honey. 



I tried a new way this season, putting 

 the newly-hived swarms into a dark, 

 cool cellar, and leaving them there for 

 30 to 48 hours. They were perfectly 

 quiet in the cellar, and went to work 

 builidng comb, and I was surprised at 

 the amount they made, and I found 

 some honey stored in the new comb. 

 When taken from the cellar and shaken 

 in front of the parent colony, they 

 marched in in a very cool and quiet 

 manner, and there was no after-swarm- 

 ing in the 4 colonies so treated. I shall 

 try the plan another season with all new 

 swarms. 



I have been using the Porter and Tay- 

 lor bee-escapes the past two seasons, 

 and shall have to give the preference to 

 the Taylor, as it has never clogged or 

 failed to do its work. 



N. P. Aspinwall. 



Harrison, Minn., Aug. 11, 1892. 



Have Done Nothing' for a Week. 



I began this season with 12 colonies, 

 and increased them to 17 by natural 

 swarming. I have taken only 40 pounds 

 of honey so far. Bees have done noth- 

 ing for a week. G. W. McConnell. 



Pembroke, N. H., Aug. 15, 1892. 



Bee-Forage Drowned. 



Bees did not do as well here last spring 

 as formerly in March, but the other two 

 crops promised a big yield, had not our 

 levees broke and drowned all the forage 

 for the balance of the season. I got, in 

 March, 10 barrels of honey, each hold- 

 ing 50 gallons. E. Stahl. 



Kenner, La., Aug. 7, 1892. . 



My Experience in Bee-Keeping. 



I am a novice in bee-keeping, but was 

 brought up in a "bee-yard" in West 

 Virginia. I came to Kansas in 1880, 

 but did not have a good chance to " try 

 my hand " at bee-keeping until 1891, 

 when I bought a stray swarm for $1, 

 which a farmer found clustered on a 

 sumac bush. Then a neighbor gave me 

 one, which, in a short time, cast a 

 swarm, and I then considered myself 

 rich in the possession of 3 colonies. 



Last fall I bought 13 colonies, 4 or 5 

 of which were in soap or cracker boxes. 

 At the opening of the honey season I 

 transferred them to 10-frame Lang- 

 stroth hives, which are good enough for 



