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CONVENTION DIRECTORY. 



Time and place of meeting. 



1862. 



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. 



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 Editoes. 



North American Bee-Keepers' Association 



President— Eugene Secor.. Forest City, Iowa. 

 Secretary— W. Z. Hutchinson.... Flint, Mich 



National Bee-Keepers' Union. 



President— J ames Heddon . .Dowagiac, Mich. 

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



reports. Prospects, Etc. 



^~ 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. 



An Experience in Bee-Keeping. 



We began bee-keeping in 1888 with 

 one colony, bought 3, and lost 2 in 

 winter. 



In 1889 I increased by swarming and 

 buying to 31 colonies. In the winter I 

 lost, by starvation and diarrhea, 12, 

 and by spring dwindling, after taking 

 them out of the cellar, 10 more; so we 

 began the season of 1890 with 9 colo- 

 nies, and two no more than nuclei. We 

 increased these to 15, bought 10 colo- 

 nies, and took off about 500 pounds of 

 extracted honey. We wintered these on 

 the summer stands in chaff-packed 

 outer-cases, and all came through in 

 good condition. 



In 1891 we increased to 29, took off 

 about 100 pounds of dark honey, and 

 fed 450 pounds of sugar for winter 

 stores. We wintered them on the sum- 

 mer stands as before, and lost 2 colonies 

 in the spring, one by starvation, and 

 one by robber bees. 



This summer (1892) we have in- 



creased to 43 colonies, and have taken 

 off about 3,500 pounds of light honey, 

 and all our bees are in good condition 

 for winter, with about 50 frames of 

 capped honey, which we saved to patch 

 up any that need it in the fall. We at- 

 tributed our success in wintering bees 

 the past two seasons to winter cases, 

 and a strip two inches wide under the 

 brood-chamber, and a good supply of 

 honey. 



I think the American Bee Journal 

 is about the best investment for any 

 bee-keeper who wishes to make his 

 business a success. 



Bee-keeping is a thing which I could 

 not learn by inspiration, and it was only 

 by faithful study of the " A B C of Bee- 

 Culture," " Cook's Manual of the Api- 

 ary," the American Bee Journal, and 

 close attention to business, that we have 

 had the amount of success we now en- 

 joy. E. H. Stewart. 



Niagara Falls, South, Ont., Aug. 24. 



Poor Prospect for a Fall Flow. 



Well, here we are, and no honey. This 

 has been the worst season since I have 

 kept bees, and that is 15 years. Fruit- 

 bloom did no good whatever — too wet 

 and cold ; locust did not bloom at all ; 

 and white clover was plentiful, but bees 

 gathered no honey from it. We have 

 taken no surplus honey, and there is 

 very little in the hives, with poor pros- 

 pect for a fall flow. So all our hopes 

 for this year are blasted. I think the 

 honey prophet from Tennessee missed 

 it, for this part of Kentucky. His name 

 ought to be "Jonas." 



Matthew Kebholz. 



Kane, Ky., Aug. 24, 1892. 



"Working 1 on Heart's-Ease — Moths. 



Bees are booming on heart's-ease, of 

 which there are hundreds of acres here. 

 This has been a busy season for us, and 

 is getting " worse and more of it." We 

 have not secured much honey, owing to 

 running nearly every colony for queen- 

 rearing. We expect to get a load of 

 black bees soon, and make the most of 

 them into nuclei. It is rather late in 

 the season, but we must fill our orders. 

 A fine rain is falling to-day, which will 

 insure a flow of honey from heart's-ease 

 for at least three weeks. 



On page 247, Joseph Mason tells how 

 to keep moth from combs by rain, or, as 

 one might say — " throw them out-doors 

 and let them take care of themselves." 



