AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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The Ladies' Home Journal, 



of Philadelphia, Pa., is perhaps the 

 finest monthly home magazine in the 

 world. If ordered before Dec. 30th, 

 1892, we can club it with the Bee 

 Journal — both Journals for one year — 

 for $1.60, to either old or new subscri- 

 bers. If you are a new subscriber to 

 both Journals, you will receive ours the 

 rest of this year free ; and the " Ladies' 

 Home Journal " will begin with the 

 January number. 



The Ohio State Bee-Keepers' 

 Convention was held on Tuesday and 

 Wednesday of this week, as at first an- 

 nounced. We state this, because the 

 notice that it would not be changed from 

 Dec. 27th and 28th to Jan. 2nd and 

 3rd was received too late for insertion 

 last week's Bee Journal. 



The Eighth Annual Report 



of the National Bee-Keepers' Union is 

 now issued, and sent to all the members. 

 Next week we expect to publish a part 

 of it for the benefit our readers who are 

 not already members of the Union. 



CONVENTION DIRECTORY. 



Time and place of meeting. 



1893. 



Jan. 10-12.— Ontario, at Walkerton, Ont. 



W. Couse, Sec, Streetsville, Ont. 



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

 Edwin Pike, Pres., Boscobel, Wis. 



Jan. 12-14. — Minnesota, at Minneapolis. Minn. 

 A. K. Cooper, Sec., Winona, Minn. 



Jan. 16, 17.— Colorado, at Denver, Colo. 



H. Knight, Sec, Littleton, Colo. 



Jan. 18, 19,— Indiana, at Indianapolis, Ind. 

 G. P. Wilson, Sec, Tolgate, lnd. 



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 Editor. 



North American Bee-Keepers' Association 



President— Eugene Secor.. Forest City, Iowa. 

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



National Bee-Keepers' Union. 



President— James Heddon ..Dowagiac, Mich. 

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



CONDUCTED BY 



Greenville, Texas. 



More About Introducing Queens. 



In my directions for introducing 

 queeens to colonies that were hard to 

 get to accept a queen, Henry Alley 

 wishes to know who would take all the 

 trouble to introduce a queen the way I 

 directed. As he wishes me to reply, I 

 will say that it seems to me that he 

 ought to have learned in 30 years, the 

 " nater " of bees. Doesn't he know that 

 to shake or cluster bees, and mix them 

 up and take away their brood, they will 

 take one or more queens, the same as 

 they will when they swarm, and two or 

 more swarms unite. Queens and all will 

 live peaceably together until they are 

 hived, and they go to house-keeping. 



Well, if he wishes to take all this 

 pains to introduce, why, it is safe to 

 shake them all out on the ground a time 

 or two, and let them run into the hive 

 together, on combs of honey, or an 

 empty hive, for doesn't he know that 

 bees will fight a queen, workers, or any- 

 thing else when they have brood to 

 protect ? He certainly ought to have 

 learned this. If not, try and see. 



Then when the queen is accepted, 

 give them brood. I do not have to do 

 this often, but when I undertake to in- 

 troduce a queen I introduce her, that's 

 all. 



This was given in this department of 

 the Bee Journal, page 365. I only 

 meant to do this way when it was neces- 

 sary. I don't lose queens in introduc- 

 ing. I have just successfully introduced 

 over 50, all at the same time, without 

 the loss of one, and it has been years 

 since I lost one by introducing. But to 

 successfully do so, we must carefully 

 study the nature of the creature. 



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