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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Controlling Swarms.— The Grange 

 Bulletin says : 



It requires the patience of Job and 

 a large amount of perseverance as 

 well as hard work to manage a large 

 apiary during the month of August, 

 unless you use a good honey extractor, 

 which will greatly assist in controling 

 late swarming. 



We often find it a difficult matter to 

 control the swarming fever of bees, if 

 the buckwheat blooms and secretes 

 honey plentifully during the latter 

 part of August. 



Profits of Bee-Keeping. — The To- 

 ronto Mail collates the following from 

 D. A. Jones' correspondence : 



There may be saved .flO.OOO a year 

 in every township from the keeping 

 of bees. He would undertake to make 

 more honey than any farmer in the 

 world out of the same capital, and it 

 would appear that this is no unwar- 

 rantable assertion. His expenses are: 

 The cost of hire of the acre of land for 

 each bee yard, equal to about $50 

 down to $4 a year ; the cost of a cot- 

 tage, $500 at the outside ; annual in- 

 terest on the two, $(i5 ; of interest on 

 the capital represented by 620 colonies 

 of bees at $10 each, $6,200, interest 

 $620; interest on cost of extractor, 

 foundation machine, tools, barrels, 

 tins, etc., total cost say $1,000, interest, 

 $100 ; wages and board of four skilled 

 assistants for six months, say $1,200; 

 extra help at extracting time, $100; 

 giving a total outlay of about $2,100, 

 nearly halt of which is in the form of 

 interest on capital which lias grown 

 up along with the business. 



Of course it will not do for every- 

 body to rush into bee-keeping with an 

 idea that he can make a fortune every 

 year bv it. Mr. Jones' success is the 

 result "of a^ lifetime of close and la- 

 borious investigation, of the most 

 patient studying of the ways of in- 

 sects, and a readiness to adopt and 

 utilize the experience of others which 

 very few men possess. An essential 

 quality for a large apiarist is that he 

 be an excellent judge of men. 



Wtiile it would be the most hopeless 

 thing in the world for any person witli- 

 out experience to go into bee-keeping 

 on a large scale, there is every induce- 

 ment for embarking in the businss in 

 a small way. Fifty colonies of bees 

 could be made to yield 150 to 300 pounds 

 of honey each, value $1,125 to $2,2-50. 

 Colonies to the value of $50 a year 

 could be sold, and still the number on 

 hand would be nearly doubled. All 

 this can be done at a very small ex- 

 penditure of money. A cottage and 

 an acre of land must be rented where 

 there is good range. Black bees and 

 Italian queens can be bought accord- 

 ing to the means of the new bee-keeper. 

 An extractor must be purchased and 

 also the tools and lumber for making 

 the hives and frames ; or he can buy 



these. The foundation-machine is 

 too costly sn implement for a small 

 bee-keeper to purchase, and he would 

 therefore have to purchase his comb 

 foundation already made. This can 

 be done at a cost about double the 

 value of the wax. Then the new hand 

 must be willing to accept, as proven, 

 certain traits of bees which older 

 heads have proved. He must not go 

 over grounds on which the lifetime of 

 many trained observers has been 

 passed. He must study closely the 

 bee literature of the age. 



By patient study, aided by the per- 

 sonal superintendence of one or two 

 colonies, the operator will in time be 

 able to go into bee-keeping as a busi- 

 ness, and he or she, for there is no 

 business so especially adapted to 

 women as bee-keeping, will possess a 

 certain means of livlihood of which 

 nothing can dispossess him. His in- 

 come will fluctuate with the seasons, 

 but no more so than the income of 

 every farmer. If he is not above ped- 

 dling around his honey he can get a 

 much higher price for it than if he 

 sends it to a commission merchant, 

 and, moreover, his customers will then 

 be sure of getting the unadulterated, 

 and will become regular customers of 

 stated quantities. 



Local Convention Directory. 



I88i. Time and Place oj Meeting. 



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

 Jonatbnn Stewart, Sec. 

 19— MichiRan Central, at Lansing, Mich. 



E. N. Wood, Sec. 

 lifi, :27— Kentucky State, at l-ouiyvUle, Ky. 



W. Williainson, Sec, Le-xington, Ky. 

 28— Norfolk, Ont., at Waterford, Ont. 



Elias Cloxise, Sec. 

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



Dr. Ehrick Paruily, Sec, New York City, 

 .'i— Kentucky Union, at Shelbyville, Ky. - 



G. W. Demaree, Sec, Christianaburg, Ky. 

 10, 11— Northern Michigan, at Pewanio, Mich. 



O. K. Goodno, Sec, Carson City, Mich. 

 17, 18— Northwestern, atChicago. Ul. 



C C. Cofflnberry. Sec, Chicago, III. 

 Tuscarawas Valley, at Newcomerstown, O. 

 J. A. Bucklew, Sec, Clarks, O. 

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

 J. Hasbrouck, Sec, Bound Brook, N. .1. 

 jy In order to have this table complete. Secre- 

 taries are requested to forward full particulars of 

 time and place of future meetings.— ED. 



i^The second annual general meet- 

 ing of the Ontario Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation, will be held in the City Hall, 

 Toronto, on the 13th of Sept., at 7 

 o'clock p.m. If any cliange is made 

 in the time of the meeting due notice 

 will be given. K. McKnight, Sec. 



^"The Kentucky State Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Convention will meet in Louis- 

 ville, Ky., at the Exposition Building 

 Press Rooms, 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 traternity. 

 The Exposition will be in full blast 

 and cheap. Ilailroad rates from all 

 points. W. Williamson, Sec. 



The Ntitiun.ll Convention. 



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 5th, 1882. 

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

 3. We are encouraged to hope that 

 this will be a very prolitable meeting, 

 as we are promised papers from, and 

 the presence of, a large number of 

 our most prominent bee-keepers both 

 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. 



Northwestern Bee-Keepers' 

 Convention will meet at Chicago, 111., 

 on Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. 17 

 and 18, 1882. The office of the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal has been kindly ten- 

 dered as a place of meeting. A cordial 

 invitation is extended to all bee-keep- 

 ers, and especially those of the North- 

 western States, to be present. The 

 meeting takes place during the last 

 week of the Inter-State Industrial 

 Exposition, to enable all to obtain re- 

 duced railroad rates. First session at 

 10 a. m. C. C. Miller, Fres. 



C. C. COFFINHERRY, SeC. 



i^The Union Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation of Maryland, Virginia and 

 West Virginia, will meet at Hagers- 

 town, in the room of the County Com- 

 missioners, at the Court House, on 

 Wednesday, Oct. 18, 1882, at 1 o'clock, 

 p. m., the session to last two days. 

 The Washington County Fair will 

 then be in progress, which will give 

 persons an opportunity to attend the 

 exhibition. All persons intending to 

 go will please drop me a card, so that 

 1 may secure for them half-fare rates. 

 J. Luther Bowers, Sec. 



Berryville, Va. 



l^"The Ufth annual meeting of the 

 Northern Michigan Bee-Keepers' Con- 

 vention will be held at Pewamo, 

 Ionia County, Mich., on the second 

 Tuesday and Wednesday {10th and 

 11th) of October, 1882. Pewamo be- 

 ing on the D. & M. and H. & M. R. 

 R., it will be accessible 6y rail. The 

 members will do all in their power to 

 make the meeting interesting. 



II. M. Roop, Pres. 



O. R. GooDNO, Sec. 



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 final 

 arrangements for a large exhibit of 

 bees, honey 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. 



