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CONVENTION DIRECTORY. 



Time and place of meeting. 



1892. 



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. 

 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. — The Editors. 



North American Bee-Keepers' Association 



President— Eugene Secor.,Forest City, Iowa. 

 Secretary— W. Z. Hutchinson Flint, Mich 



National Bee-Keepers' Union. 



President— James Heddon . .Dowaglac, Mich. 

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



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Reports, Prospects, Etc. 



^P~ 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. 



A Glorious Honey Season. 



We have had a glorious honey season 

 here. I have taken 3,300 pounds so 

 far from 46 colonies, spring count, and 

 it is still coming. I have also increased 

 my number of colonies to 100. 



Walter Harmek. 



Chief, Mich., Aug. 24, 1892. 



Good Honey Season So Far. 



This has been a good honey season so 

 far. There was the best crop of white 

 clover in this part of the country that 

 was ever tnown, and the bees stored 

 surplus honey from the middle of June 

 to the present time, excepting about 

 three weeks that the weather was very 

 dry ; but we are having plenty of rain 

 now, and the prospect for a good honey- 

 flow this fall is very good. Last fall I 

 had 7 colonies to winter, and lost 2, but 

 they were weak in the fall. I have 12 

 strong colonies now. I winter my bees 

 on the summer stands, and use the 



Langstroth hive. It was very wet here 

 last spring, and so cold that the bees 

 did not get to work any on the fruit 

 bloom, but they made up for lost time 

 on the white clover. 



Charles Seckman. 

 Saltillo, Nebr., Aug. 22, 1892. 



Good Crop from Clover and Basswood. 



The Tennessee correspondent of the 

 Bee Journal that predicted a failure of 

 the honey crop for the vicinity of Glen- 

 wood, Iowa, was away off. We have 

 had a good crop from clover and bass- 

 wood. The flow from fall flowers is just 

 commencing, and the prospect is good. 



E. ^V. PlTZER 



Glenwood, Iowa, Aug. 22, i892. 



Bees and Honey-Plants in Nebraska. 



My bees did well enough after the 

 cold, wet weather, of which we had so 

 much last spring. So far I find the rape 

 the most profitable honey-plant that we 

 can raise here. I did not get a plant of 

 the Spider or Simpson honey-plant. I 

 planted seed of both. The rape is the 

 most sure to grow, as it is an oily seed, 

 and grows fast. I think my third sow- 

 ing will come to bloom in a week or so. 

 The white clover dries up in dry 

 weather, and on the alfalfa the bees 

 have not worked yet. The Colorado 

 folks claim that the bees work on it 

 there, and store nice white honey from 

 it. I have a nice patch of Russian sun- 

 flowers but my bees seem to care very 

 little about it as long as they have rape 

 or buckwheat to work on. 



Gottlieb Ballmer. 



Gothenburg, Nebr., Aug. 22, 1892. 



Fine Honey-Flow — Styles of Hives. 



We have had a fine honey-flow for the 

 past 30 days, and our bees have made 

 good use of the time. My colonies that 

 were set aside for comb honey now aver- 

 age 60 pounds each, and those worked 

 for extracted honey average 90 pounds. 

 Our sumac began to bloom on July 20. 

 It has given the bees all the work they 

 could do, and it seems to be a favorite 

 bloom among all the rest, as they left 

 white clover and various other blooms, 

 and all went for the sumac, which will 

 last about ten days longer. Golden-rod 

 is beginning to bloom, and is plentiful, 

 though I have never seen a bee at work 

 on it. 



My regular style of hives are as fol- 



