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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



Dee. 7, 1899. 



read in an article that bees should not see 

 sunlight in the winter; then my plan of 

 last winter, of setting a wide board in front 

 to keep snow from stopping the entrance, 

 will answer two purposes — keep out the 

 snow and also the sunshine. 



I had only four swarms last season, and 

 two of them left. That seemed to be the 

 style around here, if the beekeeper did not 

 see them as soon as they came out; so I had 

 an increase of only two colonies. I had 

 made a number of hives last winter expect- 

 ing to fill them with bees, so I will not need 

 to make any this winter. 



Sarah J. Griffith. 



Cumberland Co., N. J., Nov. 13. 



A Short Experience with Bees. 



1 have been keeping bees about 3 years, 

 beginning with blacks. Last spring I got a 

 golden Italian queen and also two .5banded 

 queens, and they are all doing well. I now 

 have 2.5 colonies in Sframe hives. The 

 weight of one frame of honey was 10 pounds, 

 which would make SO pounds to the colony, 

 and this has been a bad season here for 

 honey, altho this is the best country in the 

 world for bees. 



The way 1 manage swarming is to take 

 the old hive away and put the new one in 

 its place. I take one frame, with the queen, 

 out of the old hive and put it into the new, 

 letting the bees in the old hive rear a new 

 queen. I think I can, from one good laying 

 queen, rear a hundred during the season. 

 E. E. Wilson. 



Swain Co., N. C. Oct. 12. 



The!Dead Bee. 



Dead amid the dewy clover 

 Lies a bonny little rover. 

 Who could shape her course afar, 

 Without compass, without star. 



Nevermore across the azure 

 Shall she sail in search of treasure: 

 Nevermore, when day is gone. 

 Home shall hie her galleon . 



From the jonquil's golden chalice, 

 And the lily's ivory palace, 

 And the violets' divine 

 Cups of white and purple wine. 



Smile, smile on, thou faithless summer, 

 To forget thine early comer. 

 Say. if thou hadst first departed. 

 Had she still been merry hearted ? 



On the boughs in rapture swinging 

 Gleefully the birds are singing. 

 I. who mourn thee, little bee, 

 Will pronounce thine elegy: 



Be it meetness or unmeetness. 

 Thou didst garner up life's sweetness. 

 Wiser than the sages wist; 

 Earth has one less optimist. 



—Alice Lena Cole, in Century. 



[Mr. Peter Westrum, of Hamilton Co.. 

 Iowa, kindly sent us the above poem.— 



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Couveutioii' Notices. 



New York.— The annual meeting' of the Onta- 

 rio County, N. Y., Bee-Keepers' Association 

 will be held in Canandaigua, Dec. 14 and 15, 

 IS'i''. All interested in bees or lionev are invi- 

 ted to attend. Ruth E. Taylor, Sec. 



Bellona, N. Y. 



Illinois. — The executive committee of the Illi- 

 nois State Bee-Keepers' Association hare 

 chatig"ed the date of the ninth annual meeting' 

 to Dec. 26 and 27, 18')9. It is understood that all 

 the railroads will make half rates during^ the 

 holidays. The State Horticultural Society and 

 the State Teachers' Institute hold their annual 

 nieetiuf^s at the same time, and all at the State 

 House, so that it will be a great inducement for 

 a good attendance. We expect to have a fine 

 program for the occasion, and a good time, as 

 bee-keepers always do when they get together. 

 Come, evervbodv! J as. A. Stone, Sec. 



Bradfordton, 111. 



Vermont.— The Vermont Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation and the Vermont Horticultural Society 

 will meet in Burlington, Dec. 12 and 13. 



Tuesday evening, Dec. 12, the program in- 

 cludes, "Bees, flowers and fruits," (with stere- 

 opticon), by Prof. L. R. Jones, Vermont Exper- 

 iment Station; and "How to begin bee-keep- 

 ing," by R. H. Holmes. 



On Wednesday, Dec. 13, among the various 

 numbers on the program are these; General 

 discussion — "What have we learned the past 

 season about bee-keeping?" "Most economi- 

 cal way to change queens, and best method of 

 introducing them?" by W. G. Larrabee. "Are 

 bees as capable of improvement as horses, cat- 

 tle, or other animals or birds under domestica- 

 tion ?" by J. E. Crane. "Is it desirable for 

 honey-producers to adopt the Doolittle method 

 of queen-rearing?" by R.H.Holmes. "Best 

 method of building up colonies in the spring," 

 by O. J. Lowrey. "Report on work done at Ex- 

 periment Station apiary the past season," by 

 Cassius R. Peck. "Best method of disposing' 

 of the honej' crop in years of plenty," by Geo. 

 W. Fassett. "Can the swarming impulse be 

 bred out?" by H. L. Leonard. 



There will be exhibits of fruit and of bee- 

 products. These will be displayed in the as- 

 sembly room. Experiment Station building, 

 where the meetings are held. Everyone is 

 strongly urged to bring something for these ex- 

 hibits. The Central Vermont and the Rutland 

 railroads have signified their willingness to 

 grant the usual convention rates t>f one and one- 

 third fare for round trip. Consult your station 

 agrent before buying your ticket. Burlington 

 has several excellent hotels. Hotel headquart- 

 ers will be at the Van Ness House, where the 

 usual reduced rates will be granted. Everybody 

 is cordially invited to attend. Ladies are es- 

 pecially welcome. It is believed that any one 

 who will come will find the meetings interest- 

 ing. M. F. Ckam, Sec. 



West Brookfield, Vt. 



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