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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Local Convention Directory. 



1882. Time and Place of Meeting. 



Sept. 5— N. W. 111. and S. W. Wis., at Rockton, 111. 

 Jonathan Stewart, Sec. 



19— Michigan Central, at Lansing. Mich. 



B. N. Wood, Sec. 



26. 27— Kentucky State, at Louisville. Kv. 

 W. Williamson, Sec, Lexington, Ky. 



Oct. 3-6— North American, at Cincinnati, O. 



Dr. Ehrick Parmly, Sec, New York City. 



5— Kentucky Union, at Shelbyville, Ky. 

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



Tuscarawas Yalley, at Newcomerstnwn, O. 

 J. A. Bucklew, Sec, Chirks, O. 



Nov. 1— New Jersey AEastern, at New Brunswick. 

 J. Hasbrouck, Sec. Bound Brook. N. J. 



t^' In order to have this table complete. Secre- 

 taries are requested to forward full particulars of 

 time and place of future meetings.— En. 



Norfolk, Ontario, Association. 



The fifth regular meeting of the 

 above Association, was held at Sim- 

 coe on tliP 4th inst. There was a 

 goodly number present, though not as 

 many as at some of the previous meet- 

 ings, which, undoubtedly, was the re- 

 sult of many of the members being 

 engaged in harvesting. 



The meeting was rather an interest- 

 ing one, for there were a number of 

 resolutions passed, that put the Asso- 

 ciation in good working condition; 

 and there were several experienced 

 bee-keepers present, who enlivened 

 discussions. The Assoeiation passed 

 a resolution to put forth their best 

 efifort toward making a display at the 

 next exhibition of the Townsend Ag- 

 ricultural Society, to be held at Water- 

 ford, on the 2Sth and 29th of Septem- 

 ber, the above Society kindly agree- 

 ing to establish an Apiarian Depart- 

 ment, and offer suitable prizes. This 

 seems a move in the right direction, 

 and we congratulate the above Society 

 on its early acknowledgment of the 

 importance of apiculture. 



The Association now lias 46 mem- 

 bers, with a fair prospect of large 

 additions. The next regular meeting 

 will be held in the Town Hall at Wa- 

 terford on Thursday, Sept. 2Sth, at 2 

 p. m. Elias Clouse, Sec'y. 



The National Convention. 



The following is the official call of 

 the Secretary, Dr. Parmly, for the 

 Convention of the North American 

 Bee-Keepers' Society. We hope there 

 will be a large attendance : 



The North American Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Society will hold their 13th an- 

 nual meeting at Washington Park 

 Hall, Cincinnati, O., across Washing- 

 ton Park from the Exposition build- 

 ing. Time, Oct. 3rd to Sth, 1882. 

 First session Tuesday, 10 a. m., Oct. 

 3. We are encouraged to hope that 

 this will be a very profitable meeting, 

 as we are promised papers from, and 



the presence of, a large number of 

 our most prominent bee-keepers botli 

 in the United States and Canada, and 

 essays and implements of the apiary 

 are expected from abroad to add to 

 the knowledge imparted by the re- 

 search and inventive skill and meth- 

 ods of our countrymen. 



Ehrick Parmly, Sec. 

 New York, July 12, 1882. 



i^The Central Michigan Bee- 

 Keepers' Association will meet Sept. 

 19th, at Lansing, in the Capitol Build- 

 ing. We call the meeting two weeks 

 before the Annual Fair of the Central 

 Michigan Agricultural Society meets, 

 for the purpose of making the linal 

 arrangements for a l;irge exhibit of 

 bees, lioney and apiarian supplies. A 

 cordial invitation is extended to bee- 

 keepers everywhere. The meeting 

 will be of especial interest, and a large 

 attendance is expected. 



E. N. Wood, Sec. 



^ The Kentucky State Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Convention will meet in Louis- 

 ville, Ky., at the Exposition Building 

 Press Booms, on Tuesday and Wed- 

 nesday, Sept. 26th and 27th. All bee- 

 keepers are invited to attend, and send 

 essays, papers, implements, or any- 

 thing of interest to the fraternity. 

 The Exposition will be in full blast 

 and cheap. Railroad rates from all 

 points. W. Williamson, Sec. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Care of Comb Honey.— Mr. W. M. 



Kellogg, in the Prairie Farmer gives 

 advice as follows : 



The season of 1882 has been a boun- 

 tiful one for the bee-keepers generally, 

 though some claim only an average 

 crop. But for those of us who have 

 been successful (I will not say lucky) 

 in getting a good yield of beautiful 

 honey, it is well to look to its storage, 

 so as not to lose all our hard earned 

 swggIs. 



Many will dispose of their crop at 

 once, and others will keep a part or 

 whole of it for some time. It is a rare 

 thing to Hnd a colony of bees that does 

 not at some part of the season have 

 now and tlien a moth to lay a few eggs. 

 In taking off comb honey, we many 

 times also take along with it a few 

 eggs of the moth stored in unnoticed 

 nooks and corners. These soon hatch, 

 and if we happen to be a bit careless 

 as to looking after our honey, when we 

 do go to get some, we very likely find 

 our nice comb all tunneled with little 

 flue webs, and completely ruined. To 

 avoid this, we must watch our honey 

 closelv, and as soon as we see the very 

 first signs of any moth-eating of the 

 combs, give the entire lot a smoking 

 with burning brimstone. 



Place the honey in a large box, or 

 small room ; up a little way from the 

 bottom of the box or room, put in a 

 live coal in an iron dish, dump on a 

 few spoonfuls of sulphur, and get out 

 of the way or your nose may catch it. 

 This should be repeated every few 

 days till you are sure you have settled 

 the affairs of all the hatched moth 

 worms, for mind you, it doiit kill the 

 eggs to smoke them. 



The smoke, unless too close and hot 

 will not injure the honey, will soon 

 evaporate, and tend to whiten the 

 comb still more. We should keep our 

 honey also, so that no new moth eggs 

 can be laid in it. Clean off all the 

 little bits of comb and propolis on the 

 section so that you need not be 

 ashamed to hand over your product to 

 the most stylish customer. 



Again many seem to think that 

 honey can be stored any where as re- 

 gards the place, upstairs or down cel- 

 lar. Dampness will spoil honey in a 

 short time, either comb or extracted, 

 causing it to sour and foam, the comb 

 honey bursting its caps and running 

 down in a fearful mess. All fioney 

 should be kept where it is perfectly 

 dry, if we would keep it in prime 

 order. Not one cellar in a thousand 

 is dry enough to store honey in. 



Bees Blotting' out Railway Signal 

 Light. — The Britisli Bee Journal says: 

 We have been favored with a copy of 

 a report on the above subject, which 

 will, doubtless, be read with interest. 

 It is as follows: 



I have to report that the light of the 

 down distant signal, working from 

 Barton and Walton Station, was last 

 night, at about 8.30, put out by a 

 swarm of bees which had entered the 

 outer case of the lamp through the 

 ventilation at the bottom, and also 

 smothering tlie inner petroleum case 

 that prevented the air from getting 

 to it, hence the cause of the light go- 

 ing out. The outer case was so full 

 of bees that it was impossible for any 

 more to get in, as every hole at the 

 bottom of the lamp had bees which 

 had forced themselves half way 

 through, and it was impossible for 

 them to get any further owing to so 

 many being inside. The outer case 

 was also smothered over outside with 

 bees, which made it a very difficult 

 task to drive them away so that the 

 lamp might be relighted. A greater 

 part of the bees inside we found dead, 

 owing, no doubt, to the smoke and 

 smell from the petroleum. I here- 

 with inclose you two or three hundred, 

 which prove that the bees had not 

 been burned, but merely smothered. 



Ribbon Badges, for bee-keepers, on 

 which are printed a large bee in gold, 

 we send for 10 cts. each, or $8 per 100. 



^" When changing a postoffice ad- 

 dress, mention the old as well as the^ 

 new address. 



