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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



To all Bee-Keepers in Iowa.— At Uie 

 next iiniiiml meeting of the Xortli 

 Araei-ican Bee-Keepers' Society, to 1)6 

 held Oct. 3d, in Cincinnati, Vice 

 Presidents are expected to report the 

 status of the industry in their respect- 

 ive States. This can only be done by 

 the lielp of bee-keepers in different 

 parts of tlie State, and I wish tliat 

 every person interested in bees would, 

 as soon as they .see this notice, send me 

 by postal or letter a report of the con- 

 dition of bee culture in their section, 

 from the clo.se of last year's honey 

 season until the present time. I hope 

 all who see this will respond, as I will 

 not even attempt to make the report 

 expected of me, unless I have suffi- 

 cient information so as to make a rea- 

 sonably correct one. 



O. O. POPPLETON, 



Vice P. for Iowa. 

 Williamstown, Iowa, Aug#25, 1S82. 



1^ The Kentucky State Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Convention will meet in Louis- 

 ville, Ky., at the Exi)Osition Building 

 Press Rooms, on Tuesday and Wed- 

 nesday, Sept. 26tl) and 27tli. 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, llailroad rates from all 

 points. W. WiLLiAM.soN, /b'ec. 



^The Ohio State Bee-Keepers' 

 Association will meet in convention in 

 ■Columbus, on the Fair Grounds, dur- 

 ing tlie week of the State Fair ; meet- 

 ings to be held on Thursday and 

 Friday, Aug. 31 and Sept. 1, 1SS2. 

 Rooms have been provided in the Fair 

 Grounds for the use of the Associa- 

 tion. A full attendance is requested 

 of all who are interested. 



Daniel Spear, Sec. 



Cardington, O. 



Local Convention Directory. 



1882. 



Time and Place oS JVf«tinfl. 



Aug. 31— Ohio State, at Oolumbus, O. 



Daniel Spear, Sec, Cardinjiton, O. 

 Sept. 5-N. W. 111. aud S. W. Wis., at Rockton, III. 

 Jonathan Stewart. Sec. 

 19— Michigan Central, at Liansinp, Mich. 



E. N. Woiid, Sec. 

 26. 27— Kentucky State, at liOuisville. Ky. 



W. Williamson, Sec, Lexingtuu, Ky. 

 28— Norfolli, Out., at Waterford. Ont. 



Blias douse. Sec. 

 -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, ('hristiansburg, Ky. 



Tuscarawas Valley, at Newcomerstown, O. 



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



Nov. 1— New Jersey &Kastern, at New Brunswick. 



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



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

 taries are requested to forward full particulars of 

 time and plac^of future meetinKS.- ED. 



Ribbon Badges, for bee-keepers, on 

 which are printed a large bee in gold, 

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



1^ The Bee Journal is mailed at 

 the Chicago Postoflice every Tuesday, 

 and any irregularity in its arrival is 

 due to the postal employes, or some 

 ■cause beyond our control. 



StUCT^i^ 



Clipping Qneens.— 1. In handling 

 brood frames, does it hinder the bees 

 or disturb them to place the frames 

 back proniicuously ? 2. What is the 

 safest way to clip queens" wings? I 

 notice the usual way is to clip one 

 wing only. 3. Why not clii) Ijoth V 

 4. Is there any danger of injuring the 

 queen by too close clipping y Quiz. 



St. Paul, Minn., Aug. 21, 1SS2. 



[1. It may cause momentary confu- 

 sion, but no harm i£ they are placed 

 back with the brood in the center. 



2. Lift the frame with the queen 

 and stand it lown or hang it, so as to 

 leave both hands free ; with the 

 thumb and fore- linger of the left 

 hand deliberately catch hold the end 

 of one primary wing, and lifting out 

 gently, with a sharp pocket knife cut 

 off about one-third. 



3. Because she can make a better 

 attempt at flying with the ends of 

 both wings clipped, than if a third of 

 only one is taken off. 



4. Yes, where botli wings are cut 

 close, as she is more helpless. If she 

 is jostled off the comb by the bees, as 

 is sometimes the case, she has more 

 difficulty in regaining her position. — 

 Ed.] 



Preference for Catnip. — Bees were 



on tlie verge of starvation here till 

 about -June 1st. and then it was too 

 wet, so that the nectar was too thin. 

 July showed the "silver lining,"' how- 

 ever, and August has turned the sil- 

 ver to gold. My tirst swarm came 

 June 30th ; now, from 17 in the spring, 

 I have 54, but the increase came from 

 13 colonies, and two wild swarms 

 caught. From one Syrian colony I 

 have now 11, and all doing well. In- 

 creased mainly by natural swarming, 

 but also divided and formed several 

 nuclei, tliat have now grown into full 

 colonies. A Cyprian colony I divided, 

 and .5 days afterward, the new colony 

 swarmed, and they have continued to 

 swarm nearly every day this week. I 

 let the yist swarm hang in a tree till 

 I tore out all the cells, but found the 

 colony was still so strong that 1 hived 

 the swarm by itself. Tlie cells were 

 ill bunches and the children took 

 from them half a dozen line looking 

 and lively queens. I tilled all frames 

 half way down witli foundation, and 

 sometimes they were all ch'awn out 

 and contained "honey, pollen and eggs 

 in less than 24 hours. I have one 

 queen with 10 frames of brood, and 

 nearly every upper story has been 

 badly brooded. Have only taken 

 about 1-50 lbs. of extracted, and have 

 about 100 lbs. of comb honey nearly 

 ready, but white clover, red clover, 

 alsike, melilot, catnip, sniartweed and 

 buckwheat are yet in profusion, and 



will be till frost. If there is any 

 plant that I feel sure it will pay to 

 plant for honey alone, whether the 

 season be wet "or dry, it is catnip. I 

 cultivated it this year, and shall plant 

 all I can another season. 



Wm. Camm. 

 Murrayville, 111., Aug. 19, 1882. 



Bees and Amber Syrnp. — After an 

 absence of about 2 years, I will again 

 ask space in the Bee Journal to in- 

 form its numerous readers what the 

 prospects are in tliis part of Missouri. 

 I began the season with 100 strong 

 colonies, besides some 20 nuclei that 

 I brought through the winter. I left 

 my bees on the summer stands, and 

 they all came through without any 

 loss. I have now over 200 strong colo- 

 nies, mostly Italians and Cyprians. 

 This has been the finest honey season 

 I have ever seen — one continual flow 

 from March up the present, and the 

 prospects are very line for fall honey. 

 I have taken off l,.500lbs. of box honey, 

 in 1 and 2 lb. boxes, and about the 

 same of extracted, and expect as 

 much more. I am putting up an ap- 

 paratus for manufacturing syrup and 

 sugar from early amber cane, do you 

 tliink the bees will trouble any; I 

 have heard that they will, but I would 

 like to hear from yoir:* I consult the 

 Weekly Bee Journal witli interest,' 

 and hope it may continue its weekly 

 visits for many years yet to come. 

 J. L. Smith. 



Lawson, Mo., Aug. 1.5, 1882. 



[We are afraid you will experience 

 considerable annoyance from and 

 with the bees on account of your am- 

 ber sugar works, especially if there 

 should be any interruption in the 

 lioney flow.— Ed.] 



Bees Booming. — We have had no 

 surplus honey from our bees for three 

 years. But about a week ago they 

 commenced "booming," and I now 

 look for a good fall crop. I have 60 

 colonies in excellent condition, mostly 

 with upper stories full of comb. 



J. W. Green. 



Chillicothe, Mo., Aug. 19, 1882. 



Less tlian an Average.— The peculiar 

 honey season is still continuing. On 

 the ISlh or I'.illi of July a heavy flow 

 of lioney suddenly commenced, and 

 continued without interruption until 

 the 30th, when it just as suddenly 

 terminated. I obtained a surplus of 

 about .30 lbs. of honey per colony dur- 

 ing that short flow. Since July 30th, 

 honey has been coming in so slowly 

 that robber bees have troubled us 

 very much about our work. Fall 

 flowers are just commencing to bloom, 

 and if we should be fortunate enough 

 to have a month of fair weather yet, 

 may make a medium crop; but I do 

 not" think it at all probable that we 

 can get what 1 call an average crop, 

 viz. : 100 lbs. per colony. Please send 

 us a portion of that " cloud with a 

 silver lining.'" We would give it a 

 most hearty w^elcome, I assure you. 

 O. O. Poppleton. 



Williamstown, Iowa, Aug. 15, 1882. 



