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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



is pure. Did you ever iiear of a 

 queen laying drone-eggs only in win- 

 ter. I have had bees quite a while, 

 and this beats me, what do you think 

 about It? J. r. KiGHT. 



Poseyville, Ind., Jan. 23, 1882. 



[We think you have no queen in the 

 hive now; if there is one, she lias 

 been reared since the fall set in, and 

 has not been mated. It often happens 

 that queens become what are called 

 drone-layers, but not a young, proper- 

 ly-mated, prolific queen. — Ed.] 



From a "four-year-old" Apiarist. 



—Permit me to say voui- .Journal for 

 1882 "just Hlls the bill," is both mag- 

 azine and paper, is weekly but not 

 weak, and is just the shape to bind 

 for future use. For two years I leaned 

 on the capacious breastof Novice, but 

 after leaving the infantile stage of 

 bee-culture, I natuniUy struck to the 

 more solid food in the I5ek .Journal,. 

 I am only four years old yet (in the 

 sweet industry), but I read your 

 Journal with great pleasure. I have 

 a vacation every we ik from my jiastoral 

 cares when I get hold of thiit. 



D. D. Marsh. 

 Georgetown, Mass., Jan. 17, 1882. 



Terribly Severe.— Yesterday we had 

 the worst day of the season. The 

 mercury was "below zero, with the 

 wind blowing a perfect gale from the 

 northwest, and the air was filled with 

 whirling snow. It has cleared off 

 now, but the mercury stands at 2fi de- 

 grees below zero, while I write. This 

 is the coldest that we have had in 

 Borodino since I have kept bees. At 

 such times as this, I can but think 

 bees are far better off in a, cellar of 

 even temperature, standing at 4.5 de- 

 grees, or above. 



G. M. DOOLITTLE. 



Borodino, N. Y., Jan. 24, 1882. 



Bees Have Devoured Little Honey.— 



Bees, so far, have wintered well, with 

 but little consumption of honey, con- 

 sidering the mild weather and the 

 many flights they have had. 



John C. Peden. 

 Lawrenceburgh, Ky., Jan., 25, 1882. 



Feed the Bees.— Look at your bees 

 the first warm day, and if they have 

 not sufiicient honey, at once get some 

 coffee A sugar and take 4 measures of 

 sugar and 1 of water (hot), put it on 

 the stove and cook about 3 minutes, 

 and feed the bees. If you have no 

 feeder, make one; if your cushions are 

 wet dry them; if you take no bee pa- 

 per send for the Bee Journal for 3 

 months at least, it may save you a 

 colony of bees. G. N. Phakes. 



Kempton, Ind., Jan. 26, 1882. 



The First Blood.— On Jan. 7and 15, 

 1882, my bees were bri'nging in pollen 

 and honey from mustard, which was 

 sown in September last. Continuous 

 rain for thirteen days past, except 

 those named, when the sun shone out 

 near noon. A. B. McLavy. 



Bastrop, Tex., Jan. IG, 1882. 



Ants in the Apiary. — In answer to 

 Mr. Beath's inquiry I would say: 

 Sprinkle the salt wherever the ants 

 are; which is generally on the honey- 

 board and under the edges of the cap. 

 As it is not offensive to bees, it may 

 be put on the bottom-board or any- 

 where about tlie hive. 



J. L. WOLCOTT. 



Bloomington, 111., Jan. 24, 1882. 



Bees Doing Well.— My bees are win- 

 tering finely, so far ; even the small 

 two- frame nuclei are doing splendidly. 

 They are all in the cellar, with ther- 

 momter at 50-' most of the time. 



D. G. Webster 



Blaine, 111., Jan. 27, 1882. 



Dreadful, Whew !- It is 20^ below 

 zero here. I think some of my bees 

 must be dead, or else I have a tough 

 lot. I dare not look at them till the 

 weather is warmer. The Journal 

 now ought to suit everybody, with the 

 improvement on last year's style. 

 Somehow, I think the first number, 

 for 1882, was the best I have seen for 

 a year. I like the idea of putting all 

 the advertisements at the back end, 

 they appear more at home then. 



H. Alley. 



Wenham, Mass., Jan. 25, 1882. 



Local Convention Directory. 



1882. Tivie and Place of Meeting. 



Feb. S, 9-N. E. O. AN. W. P^.. at Jamestown. Pa. 

 W. D. Howells, Sec, Aslitabula, Ohio. 



9— Northeastern Maine, at Dexter, Maine. 



April 11— Eastern Michiean, at Detroit, Mich. 

 A B. Weed, Sec, Detroit, Mich. 



25— Texas State, at McKinney, Texas. 



Wm. R. Howard, Sec 

 20. 27— Western Michigan, at (irand Ranids. 

 Wm. M. S. DodKe, Sec, Cooper.-.viiie, Mich. 



27— Kentucky Union, at Eminence. Ky. 

 G. W. Demaree, Sec, ChristiansburK, Ky. 



Champlain Valiey. at Bristol, Vt. 



T. Brookins, Sec 

 IG-N. W. ni. and S. W. Wis., at Rock City, 111 

 Jonathan Stewart, Sec, Rock City, lil. 



25— Iowa Central, at Winterset. Iowa. 



Henry Wallace, Sec. 



May 



tW~ In order to have this table complete. Secre- 

 taries are requested to forward full particulars of 

 time and place of future meetinKB.— El>. 



I®" The Northeastern Bee-Keepers' 

 Association of Maine, will hold its 

 second annual meeting at Grange 

 Hall, Dexter, Me., Feb. 9, 1882. An 

 invitation is extended to all persons 

 interested in bees and honey, to at- 

 tend, and bring their pet bee hives, 

 smokers, extractors, etc., that we may 

 compare the merits of each different 

 kind. The President will give an 

 address, and we shall hear the Secre- 

 tary's report, and elect officers for the 

 ensuing year. Wm. Hoyt, Sec. 



m" The T«;xas State Bee-Keepers' 

 Convention will be held at McKinney, 

 Texas, on Tuesday, April 25, 1882. 



N. W. IlKnois and S. W. Wisconsin. 



The Sixth Annual Meeting of the 

 Northwestern Illinois and Southwes- 

 tern Wisconsin Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion, was held at Freeport, on Jan. 17, 

 18. There was a pretty good atten- 

 dance, and a very interesting time. 

 Several new members were admitted, 

 and many questions discussed; one 

 being the best means of discrimina- 

 ting information that is to be obtained 

 from the experience of different per- 

 sons in the way of handling and car- 

 ing for bees, and procuring the best 

 results. 



Mr. Pratt, of Dixon, gave quite 

 graphic descriptions upon several 

 questions which were very interest- 

 ing. The objects of these Associa- 

 tions Is to help and be helped by the 

 experience of practical men, and we 

 had men there with us who are doing 

 the best to make bee-keeping a suc- 

 cess that they can, and are willing ta 

 tell of their mistakes and failures as 

 well as to tell of their success. You 

 may rest assured that when such per- 

 sons assemble together in Convention 

 it makes an interesting meeting. 



The Association has 98 members. 

 The attendance was small consider- 

 ing the membership, there only being 

 at any one time during the meeting 

 42 members, but what were there 

 seemed to be enthusiastic. The 

 following persons were chosen as 

 odicers for the year 1882 or until their 

 successors are elected; R. M. Milliken, 

 President; Levi Keister, Vice Presi- 

 dent; Pliares Kleckner, Treasurer; 

 Jonathan Stewart, Secretary. The 

 number of colonies of bees repre- 

 sented was 845 that were prepared 

 for winter; all of them were reported 

 to be doing nicely, having plenty of 

 good honey, and they will no doubt 

 come out all right in the spring in 

 good condition to gather the best of 

 sweets for the owner and those who 

 love honey — not glucose. 



The next meeting will be held in 

 Rock City, on May 16. 1882. The next 

 Annual Meeting will be held on th» 

 third Tuesday in January 1883, at 

 Freeport, Illinois. J. Stewart, Sec. 



1^ The Union Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation will meet at Eminence, Ky., 

 on the 27th day of April, 1882. A full 

 attendance is very much desired, as 

 important business will be transacted. 

 G. W. Demaree, Sec. 



Christiansburg, Ky. 



Change of Time.— So as not to con- 

 flict with other meetings, the time of 

 holding the Bee-Keepers' Convention 

 at Jamestown, Pa., has been changed 

 from Feb. 1st and 2d, to Feb. 8th and 

 9th. This promises to be one of the 

 most interesting meetings yet held. 

 A good programme has been made 

 out. and all interested in bee-keeping 

 will find it to tlieiradvantage to attend. 

 M. E. Mason, Pres. 



W. D. HowELLS, Sec. 



®° When changing a postoflice ad- 

 dress, mention the old as well as the 

 new address. 



