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more young bees and even drones out, 

 and had more honey than the sound 

 one. The lioney was so old it was 

 almost red. 



Here was a case without any pro- 

 tection on top save rotten plank, 

 glued together, and the side and 

 corner open, which wintered safely 

 through 1880-81, and after the dry 

 year to winter again and have more 

 honey than my Langstroths blan- 

 keted up and closed all but a very 

 small entrance. It must have been 

 the good old honey stored away that 

 saved them, and it must be tlie bad 

 honey that gives the bees dysentery 

 and probably produces bacterium, 

 and all the diseases known to the bee 

 race. Here were mice, moths, and 

 plum seeds carried in by the mice 

 and glued up by the bees, with ants in 

 abundance, all housed together. The 

 bees look large and stout. Beally, 

 they are lively pets. 



This case shows plainly, I think, 

 that bees ought not to have the warm 

 rays of the sun to cause them to fly 

 out when the air is so cold as to cause 

 them to fail and never rise again, 

 thereby depleting the colony in the 

 spring. This I count a rare case in- 

 deed. I have been keeping bees for 

 upward of 2-5 years ; in fact, worked 

 with them when a boy, but I never 

 saw such carelessness on the part of 

 any man before. 



Valley Station, Ky. 



Barren County, Ky. 



Local Convention Directory. 



1882. Time and Place of Meeting. 



April 19, 20— Tuscarawas and Muskingum Valley, 

 at Coshoct<in. O. 



J. A. Bucklew. Sec, ClarUs, O. 



Southeastern Mich., at Jackson, Mich. 



J. H. Murdock, Sec, Dexter, Mich. 



25— Texas State, at McKinney, Texas. 



Wm. R. Howard. Sec. 



26,27, — Western Mich, atlirand Rapids, 

 W. M. S. Dodge, Sec, Ctiupersviile, Mich. 



2(1. 27— Western Michitian, at Grand Rapids. 

 Wm. M. S. DodKe, Sec, Co<jpersville, Mich. 



27— Kentucky Union, at Eminence, Ky. 

 G. W. Demaree, Sec, Christiansburg, Ky. 



29— Muskingum Valley, at Berlin Center, O. 

 Liconidas Carson, Sec, Frederick, O. 



May 2, 3-Eastsrn N. Y. Union, at Cohleskill, N. Y. 

 C. Quackenbush, Sec, Barnesville. N. Y. 



U— Champlain Valley, at Middlebury, Vt. 

 T. Brookins, Sec, East Shoreham, Vt. 



16-N. W. ni. and S. W. Wis., nt Rock City, Ul. 

 Jonathan Stewart, Sec, Rock City, 111. 



25— Iowa Central, at Winterset. Iowa. 



Henry Wallace. Sec. 



1^" In order to have this table complete, Secre- 

 taJTies are requested to forward full particulars of 

 time and place of future meetinKS.- Ed. 



i^The semi-annual meeting of the 

 Tuscarawas and Muskingum Valley 

 Bee-Keepers' Convention, will be held 

 in the Town Hall at Coshocton, 0.,on 

 April 19 and 20, commencing at 10 a. 

 m. A cordial invitation is extended 

 to bee-keepers everywhere. 



J. A. BrcKLEW, i'ec, Clarks, O. 



^ The bee-keepers of Barren Co., Ky., 

 met in Convention at the Sinking 

 Spring School House, near Glasgow, 

 oil the first Saturday in April. The 

 house was called to order by the Hon. 

 Tresident, I. N. Greer. The roll-call 

 being dispensed with, the President 

 called for new members, and several 

 came forward and gave their names. 

 The minutes of the previous meet- 

 ing were called for, read by the Secre- 

 tary, and approved. 



The Convention then proceeded to 

 elect their oflicers tor the next year, 

 which resulted as follows : I. N. 

 Greer, President ; Mike Wynager, 

 Vice President, and H. C. Davis, Sec- 

 retary. 



The following subjects were then 

 discussed : What is the best plan to 

 prepare bees for winter to prevent 

 dysentery in the spring '? 



N. H."Holmaii said he wintered on 

 summer stands, by placing a box over 

 the hive with about inches space be- 

 tween the box and hive, with the 

 entrance open ; he confines his bees in 

 the lower story with the honey-board ; 

 has holes in the honey-board covered 

 with perforated tin, to let the mois- 

 ture escape. 



Mr. Wynager said he removes the 

 combs from the walls of the hives, 

 and inserts an inch plank with quilt 

 on top, with leaves or chaff for ab- 

 sorbents. 



Dr, Allen said dysentery was caused 

 by impure honey and too long confine- 

 ment ; give your bees plenty of good 

 sealed honey, and keep them dry ; 

 winter on honey gathered early, and 

 not on fall honey. 



The President appointed the fol- 

 lowing committees to report after din- 

 ner: 1st. To arrange for honey show, 

 R. J. Parker, W. J. Bradford, Wm. 

 Arnot. Mike Wynager. 



On questions for discussion : N. H. 

 Holman, M. S. Reynolds. 



Dr. Allen being called for, gave a 

 very interesting lecture on the pro- 

 duction of bees and honey. Among 

 the many things he said, honey was a 

 god-given sweet, and good enough for 

 the gods to eat, and that all farmers 

 could have lioney, and many others, 

 if they would give a little time and 

 attention to bees. 



The committee on time and place of 

 meeting report Browder's Chapel as 

 the place, and the second Saturday in 

 August as the time. The report was 

 received and the committee dis- 

 charged. 



The Convention ^discussed the sub- 

 ject which is better, natural or artifi- 

 cial swarming? 



Mr. Wynager said, let your bees 

 swarm if "you are not an expert. 



N. H. Holman said he prefers arti- 

 ficial swarming. 



A. C. Davis said he thought artifi- 

 cial swarming the most desirable. 



Wm. Arnot prefers natural swarms. 



Question— Will it be profitable for 

 every farmer to keep 10 or 12 colonies 

 of bees, or is there any danger of be- 

 ing over-stocked y 



N. H. Holman said we may over- 

 stock by all keeping bees. 



M. S. Reynolds said we might over- 

 stock if we do not provide bee pas- 

 ture. 



Mr. Wynager thinks there is no 

 danger of over-stocking, if they are 

 looked after as you do other stock. 



Question — Which is the most profit- 

 able, extracted or comb honey V 



N. H. Holman said if you wish to 

 increase, extracted is the most profit- 

 able ; if you want no increase, comb 

 honey is the most profitable. 



Mr. Wynager said extracted was 

 the most profitable, unless you use 

 comb foundation. » 



J. T. Gray said he sells his extracted 

 honey for 15 cents per lb.; thinks you 

 may get double the amount in ex- 

 tracted. The discussion then closed. 



On motion, J. H. Adams, of Glas- 

 gow Junction, Barren Co., Ky., was 

 appointed purchasing agent for apiar- 

 ian supplies. 



On motion, the Secretary was 

 ordered to furnish the American 

 Bee Journal, Farmers'' Home Jour- 

 nal, Bee-Keepers' Instructor, and the 

 Glasgow Times, with a copy tor publi- 

 cation. 



The thanks of the Convention were 

 tendered to the above papers, also to 

 the neighborhood of Sinking Spring 

 School House for their good attend- 

 ance, and especially the ladies for 

 their presence and tlieir good dinner. 



Adjourned to meet at Browder's 

 Chapel the second Saturday in Aug- 

 ust. I. N. Greeu, Prest. 



H. C. Davis, Sec. 



1^ The Mahoning Valley Bee- 

 Keepers' Association will meet at 

 Town Hall in Berlin Center, Mahon- 

 ing Co., Ohio, on Saturday, April 29th, 

 1882, at 1 p. m., sharp. AH interested 

 in the busy bee are invited. 



Leonidas Causon, Sec. 



i^Tlie Central Michigan Bee- 

 Keepers' Association will meet April 

 20, at Lansing, in the Capitol building. 

 Programme.— President's annual ad- 

 dress. Rev. J. Asliworth; bee hives 

 and fixtures, E. W. Wood ; Cyprian 

 bees, J. Harper; the coming bee, 

 Prof. A. J. Cook ; care of old combs, 

 Stephen C. Perry. 



Rev. J. AsnwoRTii, Pres. 



1^" A special meeting of the West- 

 ern Michigan Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion, will be held in Supervisors' 

 Hall, Grand Rapids, Mich., Wednes- 

 day and Thursday, April 26 and 27, 

 1882. Wm. M. S. Dodge, Sec. 



i^ 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. 



i^°The Texas State Bee-Keepers' 

 Convention will hold its meeting at 

 Judge W. H. Andrews' Apiary, at 

 McKinney, Texas, April 25, 1882. 



Wm. R. Howard, Sec. 



i^-The Champlain Valley Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association will hold their semi- 

 annual meeting at Middlebury, Vt., 

 May 11, 1882. T. Bkookins, iSec. 



