THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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For tbe American Uec Juumal. 



The Marshall Co,, Iowa, Coii?eiitioiL 



The Marshall County Bee-Keepers' 

 Association met at the Court House 

 in Marshalltown, Iowa, on Oct. 17, 

 1885, President O. B. Barrows in the 

 chair. The minutes of the April 

 meeting, as published in the Ameui- 

 GAN Bee Jouknal, were read and 

 approved. 



The subjects, "Fall and winter care 

 of bees," and " Care and sale of 

 honey," were discussed. It was the 

 general impression that all should 

 work together in keeping up the price 

 of honey, and also should endeavor to 

 put up honey in neat packages, and 

 pay no attention to the jammed up 

 mess that is offered for sale in tubs, 

 boxes, etc., at just any price that a 

 buyer feels disposed to give. The 

 consumers, as a rule, will give double 

 for comb honey in nice, straight 

 combs in one and two-pound sections, 

 than they will for honey of various 

 grades and cut out in all kinds of 

 shapes. We must not put our lirst- 

 class honey on the market to compete 

 with this class in price. 



A number of tlie members made 

 their reports for the past season, but 

 this is omitted at this time, as We 

 desire to get a more complete report 

 at our next meeting. 



The subject for discussion at the 

 next meeting will be " Spring man- 

 agement of bees," and the following 

 members were appointed to read 

 essays : L. Coeper, " Honey-plants ;" 

 G. W. Keeler, "Extracted honey;" 

 W. P. Covey, "Comb honey;" and 

 Mrs. J. M. Van Meter, " Bee-keep- 

 ing." 



The convention then adjourned to 

 meet at the Court House in Marshall - 

 town, Iowa, on Saturday, Jan. 16, 

 1886, at 10:30 a.m. 



J. W. Sanders, Sec. 



Local Convention Directory. 



1886. Time and place Of Meetino- 



Jan. 13— ]5.— Nebraska Stale, at Lincoln, Nebr. 

 W. F. WrlKht. Sec, Johnson, Nebr. 



Jan. 16.— Marshall Co., at Marshalltown, Iowa. 



J. W. Sanders, Sec.. LeGrand, Iowa. 



Jan. 19.-N. W. Ills. & S. W. Wis., at Freeport. Ills. 

 Jonathan Stewart, Sec, Uock City, Ills. 



Jan. 19— lil.— Maine, at Skowhegan, Me. 



Wm. Hojt, Sec, KIpley, Me. 



Jan. 20, 2!.— Indiana State, at Indianapolis. Ind. 

 F. L. Doucherty, Sec, ludlanapolia, Ind. 



Jan. 20, 21.— N. E. Ohio & N.W.Pa.,at Meadville.Pa. 

 C. H. Coon, Sec, New Lyme, O. 



Jan. 21.— Champlain Valley, at Middlehury, Vt. 



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OUR CLUBBING LIST. 



Holmes, Sec, Shoreham, Vt. 



Jan. 23.— Hancock County, at Findlay, O. 



S. H. Bolton, Sec, Stanley, O 



Jan. 26— 28.— Eastern New York, at Albany, N. Y. 

 E. W. Philo, Sec, Ualtmoon, N. y. 



Feb.4.— Wisconnin State, at Madison, Wia. 



Dr. J. W. Vance, Sec, Madison, Wis. 



Feb. 3.— N. £;. Michigan, at East SaKinaw, Mich. 

 W. Z. Hutchinson. Sec, Uogersville, Mich. 



Apr. 27.— Des Moines County, at Burlineton, Iowa. 

 Jno. Nau, Sec.Middletown, Iowa. 



Oct. 19, 20.— Illinois Central, at Mt. Sterling, Ills. 

 J. M. UambuuRb, Sec, Spring, Ills. 



|y In order to have this table complete, Secre- 

 taries are requested to forward full particulars of 

 time and place of future meetlnes.— Ed. 







No Sign of Disease.— B. F. Holter- 

 mann, Fislierville, Ont., on Jan. 4, 

 1886, says : 



My bees (in clamps) had an oppor- 

 tunity for a flight on Dec. 30, the 

 weather being sufficiently mild, but 

 only the very strongest availed them- 

 selves of the warmtti. I consider this 

 a very favorable omen ; if the others 

 had been restless they doubtless would 

 have shown themselves. Those flying 

 showed no sign of diarrhea. 



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American Poultry Journal ...2 25.. 175 

 Journal of Carp Culture 150.. 1 40 



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Mild Weather, etc.— John Morris, 

 Mauston,© Wis., on Jan. 1, 1886, 

 writes : 



The winter, so far, is getting to be 

 what I woum call a very mild one, 

 and it should make bee-keepers happy. 

 Wisconsin is not so bad alter all, but 

 when she does her best we generally 

 shrink before the wintry blasts. To 

 get the American Bee Journal 

 for one dollar a year seems like get- 

 ting a good paper for half what it is 

 worth. The questions that are an- 

 swered in the Query Department 

 alone make the paper worth more 

 than the subscription price to any one 

 having a few or more colonies of bees. 

 They cannot well afford to get along 

 without it. 



Good Swarming Season, etc.— W. 

 G. Russell, Millbrook, Ont., on Dec. 

 31,188.5, writes: 



I have now about 140 colonies of 

 bees packed for winter, 122 of which 

 are in chaff or sawdust hives, and the 

 balance are packed in forest leaves in 



a long bin or house. Last winter I 

 lost only 7 light colonies out of 84, 

 The past season has been only a 

 medium honey season, but an extra 

 good swarming season. We have had 

 an open, warm fall, and we liave had 

 only about ten days of sleighing so 

 far this winter. It all went off about 

 a week or ten days ago, and has not 

 returned yet. IJees are flying a Utile 

 to-day. The temperature is about 4,8-'. 



Bee-Keeping for Women, etc— 

 Mrs. Dr. E. II. Mason, New York,o» 

 N. Y., on Jan. 1, 1886, writes ; 



I am still engaged in bee-culture, 

 and must insist that it is a pleasant 

 occupation and healthful for women. 

 I still own property in Vincennes, 

 Ind., and I go there the last of April 

 to set my bees to work. I manage 

 them .entirely myself all summer. On 

 Sept.l I prepare them for winter under 

 water-proof sheds, facing them south, 

 with a close board-fence at the back. 

 I allow them to fly when it suits them, 

 and forbid my tenant to even go into 

 that part of my premises. I think 

 that the reason 1 am so successful is- 

 that I put my bees up in September, 

 and never allow them even to be 

 jarred or moved until spring. I have 

 always managed my bees that way, 

 and I have never had them freeze 

 even in the coldest weather. I have 

 at present 80 colonies. I have re- 

 sided in New York from September 

 until April, for the past three years, 

 so I am a citizen of the East for eight- 

 months of the year, and a citizen of 

 the West the balance of the year. 



Light Honey Crop.— H. N. Graves^ 

 Palmyra,o>Wis., on Jan. 1,1.886, says : 



On April 8, 188-5, 1 took 10 colonies- 

 of bees out of the cellar, .5 of which 

 died with " spring dwindling," and Z 

 more were robbed, so that left me 3. 

 I bought 15 colonies more, and have 

 had very good success, considering 

 the season. It has been very rainy, 

 and the honey crop was very light. I 

 put -10 colonies in the cellar on Dec. 6, 

 188.5. My crop consisted of 700 pounds- 

 of comb honey, from 18 colonies, 

 spring count. I have sold all my 

 honey at 15 cents per pound at home. 



My Experience in 1885.— S. J. 



Church, Cedar Ilapids,o Iowa, on 

 Jan. 4, 1886, writes : 



I commenced the season of 1885- 

 with 78 colonies, some of which were 

 very weak, but tlie most being in fair 

 condition. My winter losses were 6 

 in the cellar and 9 after putting thera 

 on the summer stands on April 1. 

 After a few days I moved them about 

 % of a mile, into an orchard of apple 

 and cherry trees. They built up 

 finely on fruit-blomu. On June 1 the 

 white clover began to open a little, 

 and it bid fair to be a large crop ; also 

 the basswood was very promising ;. 

 then came a fearful hail-storm that 

 cut everything down clean, trimmed 

 the fruit-trees and basswood badly, 

 and the clover looked as if the life had 

 been pounded out of it ; and when I 

 " viewed the landscape o'er," and saw 



