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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Nortli American Bee-Keeners' Society. 



FRANK L. DOUGHERTY. 



The North American Bee-Keepers' So- 

 ciety will hold its 17th annual convention 

 Oct. 12, 13 and 14, ISSti, at Indianapolis, 

 lud. The meeting will be held in 

 Pfofflin's Music Hall, S3 and 84 North 

 Pennsylvania Street, one of the most 

 pleasantly situated halls in the city, 

 having siood ventilation and plenty of 

 light. The Society head-qnarters will be 

 at the Occidental Hotel, corner o( Wash- 

 ington and Illinois Streets. The regular 

 rates of tliis hotel are $3 per day ; special 

 rates for those in attendance at the con- 

 vention, SI..50 per day. 



The North western Bee-Keepers' Society, 

 the Indiana State Society, the Eastern 

 Indiana, with various county and joint 

 societies will meet in union with the 

 North American, making it one of the 

 most important meetings of bee-keepers 

 ever held in the country. 



Ever thing possible will be done to 

 make the meeting pleasant and entertain- 

 ing. An earnest, cordial invitation is ex- 

 tended to all. 



The following is the programme for the 

 three days : 



FIRST DAT— TUESDAY. 



Forenoon Session, 10 a.m.— Convention 

 called to order. Address of welcome, by 

 Gov. I. P. Gray; "Response " by the 

 Pre-iident, H. D. Cutting; '-Welcome to 

 the Citv," bv Mayor Caleb S. Denny; 

 "Thanks," Dr. C. C. Miller, President of 

 the Northwestern Society. Calling the 

 roll of members of last year. Payment of 

 annual does. Reception of new members 

 and distribution of badges; reports of Sec- 

 retary and Treasurer. Announcements. 



Afternoon Session, 2 p.m.. Special Busi- 

 ness.— Annual address of the President; 

 "Bee-Studies," Prot. A. J.Cook, Agricul- 

 tural College, Mich.; "xVpicultural Jour- 

 nalism," ,i()hn Aspinwall, Barrytown, N. 

 y.; "Bee- Literature," Thomas G. New- 

 man, Chicago, Ills.; "The Coming Bee— 

 Whnt encouragement have we to work for 

 its advent ?" R. L. Taylor, Lapeer, Mich. 

 Subject for discussion, has " Apis Ameri- 

 cana" been reached ? 



Evening Session, 7:30 p.m.— Announce- 

 ments. Miscellaneous business. Discus- 

 sion of questions that may have accumu- 

 lated during the day. 



SfXOND DAY— WEDNESDAY-. 



Morning Session, 9 a.m.— Announce- 

 ments. Communication. Call of the 

 Northwestern Society to elect oHicers. 

 Election of officers ot the Indiana State 

 Societv. Call to order. " Rendering Comb 

 into Beeswax," C. P. Dadant, Hamilton, 

 His.; "Foul Brood." A. J. King, New 

 York. Selection of place for holding 

 meeting in 1887. Electi(m of officers. 



Afternoon Session, 3 p.m.— Announce- 

 ments. Miscellaneous business. "Bee- 

 Keepiiig and Apiculture," Prof. N.W. Mc- 

 Lain, U. S. Afjicultural Station, Aurora, 

 Ills.; "Feeding Bees for Winter," Jas. 

 McNeill, Hudson, N. Y.; "Wintering 

 Bees," Dr. J. B. Mason, Wagon Works, 

 Ohio; .Subjects for discussion, " Is the use 

 of Foundation Necessary in Modern Bee- 

 Ciilture ?" "Are Perforated Honey-Boards 

 a Success ?" Unassigned essays. 



Evening Session, 7:'M p.m. — Announce- 

 ments. Mis(!ellaneous business. Discus- 

 sion of questions in question-box. Social 

 communications. 



THIRD DAY— THURSDAY. 



Morning Session, 9 a.m.— Announce- 

 ments. Miscellaneous business. Com- 

 munications. " .\ Talk on Hives," James 

 Heddon, Dowagiac, Mich.; "Reversible 

 Hives and Fraihes," J. E. Pond, Jr., Fox- 



boro, Mass.; "Drones and Drone Comb," 

 W. Z. Hutchinson, Rogersville, Mich.; 

 Reports of Vice-Presidents; " Progress of 

 Bee-Keeping in Indiana," Jonas SchoU, 

 Lyons Station, Ind. 



Afternoon Session, 2 p.m. — Announce- 

 ments. Miscellaneous business. Expla- 

 nation of various articles on exhibition. 



Many good things yet to be added to the 

 programme are not sufBciently developed 

 to give. 



Indianapolis, Ind. 



Local Convention Directory. 



1886. Time and place of Meeting, 



Sept. 16.— Eastern Indiana, at Rictimond, Ind. 



M. G. Reynolds. Sec, Williamsburg, Ind. 



Oct. 6, 7.— Kentucky State, at 'Frankfort, Ey. 



Jno. T. Connley, Sec., Napoleon, Ky. 



Oct. 7.— Wis. Lake Shore Center, at Kiel, Wis. 



Ferd Zastrow, Sec, Millhome, Wis. 



Oct. 12— 14.— North American, at Indianapolis, Ind. 

 F. L. Doufiherty, Sec, Indianapolis, Ind. 



Oct. 16.— Shebovean Co., at Sheboygan Fall9,Wis. 

 Mrs. H. Hills, Sec, Sheboygan Falls, Wis. 



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

 J. M. Hambaugh, Sec, Spring, Ills. 



Oct. 27-29.— Western, at Kansas <'ity. Mo. 



P. Baldwin, Sec, Independence, Mo. 



Dec. I, 2.— Michigan State, at Ypsilanti, Mich. 



H. D. Cutting, Sec, Clinton, Mich. 



IST' In order to have this table complete, Secre- 

 taries are requested to forward full particulars of 

 time and place of future meetings.- Kd. 



Earthquakes and Bees.— Dr. J. P. 

 H. Brown, Augusta,o Ga., on Sept. 



7, 1886, writes : 



For the past week old Mother Earth 

 lias had a violent attack of colic, and 

 has been " quaking " in a manner not 

 flattering to persons of weak nerves. 

 From the papers all have learned of 

 the destruction to the city of Charles- 

 ton. Augusta fared much better, but 

 still many buildings have been in- 

 jured, and chimneys knocked down. 

 At my place, four miles from the 

 city, the first shocks were very heavy. 

 The house rocked like a vessel at sea 

 for a few seconds. But we sustained 

 no damage except a few cracks in the 

 plastering, and a few broken vases. 

 Courage and valor in battle avail 

 much, but such qualities are worth- 

 less in fighting earthquakes. This 

 matter seems to be in the hands of a 

 Higher Power. Ail the negroes, and 

 very many of the whites, are very 

 much demoralized. My bees took it 

 very differently. In the morning, 

 after the " quake," they went to work 

 joyous and happy, gathering honey 

 from sumac. What little philoso- 

 phers these bees are ! 



Bee-Keeping in Kentucky.— Jno 

 T. Connley, Napoleon, 5 Ky., on Sept. 

 6, 1886, writes : 



The season has been rather an un- 

 profitable one for bee-keeping through- 

 out this State, yet all the apiaries so 

 far as heard from are in good condi- 

 tion, and the apiarists are all cheer- 

 ful and look forward for a good 

 " honey year " soon. Bee-keeping as 

 a business is gradually getting on a 

 better footing through the educa- 

 tional influence of the bee-papers and 

 bee keepers' associations, of which 

 our State society is one of the best. 



Some of Bee-Bungler's Honey.— P. 



J. England, Fancy Prairie.© Ills., 

 writes : 



Not long since I 'was in one of the 

 leading grocery stores of Springfleld, 

 and saw some tin cans containing 

 honey. They were ornamented with 

 brilliant labels on which were high- 

 sounding words. But the contents 

 were almost nauseating. It is a shame 

 for any man who claims to be a scientific 

 bee-keeper, to put such stuff on the 

 market. 



Bees Still Working.— A. Wortman, 

 Seafleld,^ Ind,, on Sept. 6, 1886, says: 



My bees have been doing splendidly 

 for the past two weeks, gathering 

 nectar from buckwheat and smart- 

 weed, and other fall flowers. I had 6 

 swarms in August. I now have 61 

 colonies and 3 nuclei. 



Value of Alsike Clover.-S. J. 

 Youngraan, Cato,© Mich., on Sept. 1, 

 1886, says : 



I wish to say in defense of the 

 Alsike clover, that notwithstanding 

 th»re has been the greatest drouth 

 known in Michigan in 2.5 years, the 

 Alsike produced a large crop of hay, 

 and yielded a large amount of fine 

 honey. I now have a piece in full 

 bloom, and the bees working on it 

 finely, from which had been cut a 

 large crop of hay in July. The 

 Alsike is a fine plant for hay, and 

 stock of all kinds relish it greatly. I 

 am now mowing it and feeding it to 

 stock confined to the stable. I also 

 regard it as one of the finest honey- 

 yielding plants known, as it yields a 

 large quantity and of the finest 

 quality. 



Curing Foul Brood with Coffee.— 

 Dr. J. W. Vance, Madison,? Wis., on 

 Sept. 2, 1886, gives his experience as 

 follows : 



I have just read Mr. Dennler's arti- 

 cle on page 5-50, on " Coffee for Curing 

 Foul Brood." 1 read last winter in a 

 German agricultural paper the article 

 quoted from the MilitarartzUchen Zeit- 

 sdirifty which gave the results of ex- 

 periments made with coffee as an 

 antiseptic. Last year I had the mis- 

 fortune to have all of my colonies 

 affected with foul brood. I discovered 

 the disease late in the fall, and at 

 that time, knowing only the destruc- 

 tive and starvation plans of cure, I 

 destroyed all but two, intending if 

 the two, which were the strongest and 

 least affected, survived the winter, to 

 treat them according to the Jones' 

 starvation method. During the win- 

 ter I read the article above alluded 

 to, and determined to try it on one , 



