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rank as a liouey-producing tree of 

 rapid growth iuid luxuriant foliage, it 

 is truly a beautiful tree for shade. To 

 every bee-keeper I would say, plant 

 many linden trees. It will pay to 

 plant the tulip tree, known in this lo- 

 cality as poplar or white-wood. The 

 tulip tree is a good honey-producer, 

 the flowers expand in sucoession, thus 

 affording more time to the bees in 

 which to gather the rich harvest. The 

 tulip tree blooms when 10 years old. 

 Those who own rough, broken or 

 waste land, should try sweet or meli- 

 lot clover. Sow it in fence corners 

 and along the roads. This plant yields 

 a delicious honey. Do not forget to 

 sow cleome ur Rocky Mountain bee 

 plant. It yields rich honey in profu- 

 sion. In the driest seasons it has 

 never failed to secrete honey. The bees 

 visit it from dawn till dark. It will 

 pay to plant the ligwort, often known 

 as the Simi)Son honey plant. The 

 pretty little ball-shaped flowers, v.itli 

 a lip somewhat like the pitcher plant, 

 is usually found filled with honey. 



Sow buckwheat of the silver-hull 

 variety from the 26th of June to the 

 4th or oth of .July. This cereal upon 

 fair soil will yield all the way from 10 

 to 25 bushels of seed per acre, and if 

 the season is favorable, a bountiful 

 supply of honey. 



If you have no golden rod in your 

 locality, get a few roots and plant 

 tlieui, especially if you live close to 

 some stream . where waste land is 

 plenty. This, in some localities, fur- 

 nishes the bulk of the grear yield of 

 fall honey. Last fall golden rod failed 

 to secrete honey, on account of the dry 

 weather. The aster is another fall- 

 yielding honey plant. Ton may fre- 

 quently llnd a half dozen varieties 

 growing side by side. 



There are many other plants and 

 irees yielding honey, for instance, the 

 box elder and catalpa. Tlie last 

 named would pay farmers to grow for 

 timber, it being very lasting, and in 

 its season is covered with honey 

 yielding blossoms. 



It will pay to plant the common lo- 

 cust both for timber and honey, and 

 the honey locust for hedges and for 

 the honey it produces. Plant catnip 

 for honey. 



I have only attempted to give a list 

 of some of the most important honey- 

 producing plants and trees. The most 

 of which have a double value. Again 

 I say, plant for a continual honey 

 harvest. 



Tuscarawas Valley, 0., CouTention, 



The Tuscarawas Valley, O., Bee- 

 Keepers' Association met at Coshoc- 

 ton. O., April 19, and was called to or- 

 der by the President, who delivered 

 his annual address. 



No minutes were at hand, and a 

 discussion ensued as to the propriety 

 of striking out Guernsey and JSlusk- 

 ingum Ooimties, these Counties hav- 

 ing failed to be represented in the 

 Convention. The motion was carried 

 and the body will hereafter be known 

 as the Tuscarawas Vallev Bee-Keep- 

 ers" Association, compose'd of Tusca- 

 rawas and Coshocton counties. 



Moved and carried that all persons 

 who are connected with this Conven- 

 tion and live in Muskingum and 

 Guernsey Ccninties, can, if they wish, 

 withdraw from the Convention and 

 have their fees returned to them. 



Election of officers : L. B. Wolfe, 

 of Coshocton, was re-elected for Pres- 

 ident; J. B. Wolfe for Vice Presi- 

 dent ; Joseph Love for Treasurer, and 

 J. A. Bucklew for Secretary. 



The following subjects were dis- 

 cussed : ^Vhich is tlie best mode of 

 obtaining surplus honey, side or top 

 storing? No conclusion. 



Knowing that the bees will store 

 more honey without the use of divis- 

 ion boards, how can we prevent the 

 queen from entering the suri)his de- 

 partment y No conclusion. 



What is best, natural or artificial 

 swarming V 



It is the opinion of this Convention, 

 after hearing the experience of the 

 members present and their modes of 

 swarming, that artificial swarming is 

 the best, " all things considered," if it 

 is done intelligently. 



Adjourned till 10 o'clock a. ni. to- 

 morrow. 



The attendance in the morning be- 

 ing small, the morning was occupied 

 in giving the experience ot each other 

 on different tojiics of interest to bee- 

 keepers, and a friendly and proHtable 

 chat was indulged in till noon. 



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AFTEUNOON SESSION. 



Which is the best, the black or Ital- 

 ian bee, and why V 



J. A. Bucklew said his experience 

 with Italians is, they are more docile 

 to handle than the blacks. Lift a 

 frame of them out of the hive and the 

 bees tenaciously cling to their comb, 

 the moving not disturbing them from 

 their labors, but it is not so with the 

 blacks ; the moment you raise the 

 frame they become greatly agitated, 

 quit work and run off the frame thor- 

 oughly demoralized. An Italian queen 

 is notthe least disturbed by the re- 

 moval of the frame, but continues to 

 perform her duties. When a black 

 quten is sought, she is not to be 

 found, and .seeks concealment in some 

 nook or corner. The Italians are 

 greater workers than the blacks, 

 working later and earlier, going 

 farther in search of honey, and guard- 

 ing themselves Ijetter against robbers 

 and the ravages of the bee moth. 



How to make apiculture a success ? 



Mr. L. B. Wolfe said to be success- 

 ful, the keeper must be interested in 

 his business, must study it, read and 

 be informed as to liow and when to do 

 the needed work. Have the bestbees, 

 and movable frame hives. 



Best mode to increase yourcolonies, 

 and how to defeat the moth wormV 



Divide cohniies instead of allowing 

 natural swaruiing. 



Mr. Wolfe said, never allow the 

 bees any more frames than they can 

 cover, and contract their hives with 

 division boards to suit the number of 

 frames left with them. Be sure that 

 tlie colony has a healthy. proliUc 

 queen, then the bees will take care of 

 the moth worm. 



Best mode of obtaining surplus 

 honey to realize the greatest proflts ? 



Estimates made by J. A. Bucklew, 

 T. Wolfe and others on the product of 

 one hive as a test, was as follows : 

 Number of pounds of comb honey, 

 100; value, $20; expense, $2.45. Num- 

 ber of pounds of extracted honey, 500; 

 value, SoO ; expense, S26.75. 



Is it advisable to plant for bee 

 pasture V 



Opinions i)revailed that it was 

 highly necessary to plant something 

 to bridge over the time between apple 

 bloom and white clover, and between 

 basswood bloom and fall flowers. 



The next meeting of the Associa- 

 tion will be held at Newcomerstown. 

 on Friday, Oct. 6, 1882. 



L. B. Wolfe, Pres. 



J. A. Bucklew, Sec. 





Drone Trap. — Since my inquiry re- 

 garding a drone trap, 1 have invented 

 one. to be placed at the entrance of 

 the hive. The worker bees can get 

 in and out of the trap, but the drones 

 cannot get out of the hive without 

 getting in the trap, and when in they 

 cannot get out. I have just come in 

 from my apiary, and found the trap 

 half full ot drones. By this trap I can 

 catch all of the drones that I do not 

 want my albino queens to mate with, 

 or catch all but the albino drones. 

 My bees are in good condition, win- 

 tered without the loss of any. Now 

 for Apis Americana. No more worth- 

 less drones. L. A. Lowmaster. 



Belle Vernon, O. 



Promising. — The season continues 

 very cold here ; weak colonies are suf- 

 fering, but tliose that have wintered 

 well are very strong and promising. 

 J. Anderson. 



Tiverton, Out., May G, 1882. 



Bees Doing Well in Wisconsin. — Bees 

 are doing well, with plenty of dande- 

 lions, and the fruit trees nearly in 

 blossom. John Corscot. 



Madison, Wis., May 9, 1882. 



Wintered Well.— Bees wintered well 

 — strong and weak alike survived. It 

 is still freezing almost every night, 

 although fruit trees are trying to put 

 forth their bloom. C. H. Hue. 



Manalapan, N. J., May 4, 1882. 



Free Advertising. — I have a few 

 words to say in reiily to that correc- 

 tion in the Bi5E Journal for Feb. 15, 

 page 98. 1 think it was hardly fair to 

 attribute all my comi)laiiits"to that 

 one mistake. The two words " lose " 

 and " have " might be written to look 

 alike, and I thought that was ;i mis- 

 take, but the omission of words, parts^ 

 of sentences, and the name of the 

 manufacturer of the winter hive 

 (which did not change ideas, but 

 made my jireference for those hives 

 much less conspicuous), made it ap- 

 parent to me that there was a reason 



