THE AMERICAiN bee JOURNAL. 



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operations and demonstrations in res- 

 ponse to inquiries addressed to them ; 

 after wliieli discussions and tlie an- 

 nual meeting was held at Cxreneth 



Hall. . . , . ■ 



The National Coiirention. 



The Nortli American Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Society will hold their 13lh an- 

 nual meeting at Washington Park 

 Hall, Ciiu'inuHti, O., across Washing- 

 ton Park from ttie Exposition build- 

 ing. Time, Oct. 3ni 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 p.ipers 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. 



KiiiuCK Parmly, Sec. 



New York, July 12. 1882. 



i^rThe 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. COFFINBEKRY, Hec. 



i^Tlie Union Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation of Maryland, Virginia and 

 West Virginia, will meet at Ilagers- 

 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 nn opportunity to attend the 

 exhibition. All persons intending to 



fo will please drop me a card, so that 

 may secure for them half-fare rates. 

 J. Luther Bowers, Sec. 



^"The (ifth 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 II. & xM. R. 

 Il.,it will be accessible by rail. The 

 members will do all in their power to 

 make the meeting interesting. 



H. M. Roop, Pres. 



O. R. GooDNO, A'ec. 



^"The Tuscarawas Valley Bee- 

 Keepers' Association will hold their 

 next meeting in Wilgns Hall. New- 

 comerstown, O.. on Tuesday. Oct. 10, 

 instead of Oct. 5th. This change is 

 made in order to allow members to 

 visit the National Convention at Cin- 

 cinnati. J. A. Buckle w, ijec. 



^" The bee-keepers of Boone Co., 

 Ind., are cordially invited to meet at 

 the office of Barton Iliggins, in Leba- 

 non, Oct. 9, at 9 o'clock, a.m., to com- 

 plete the organization of the auxiliary 

 County Bee-Keepers' Society. The 

 bee-keepers of Hendricks county, Ind., 

 are invited to be present. By request 

 of the Committee. 



leilarshall County, Iowa, Bee- 

 Keepers' Association will hold its 

 regular session at the Court House in 

 ilarshalltown on Saturday, Oct. 7. at 

 10 a.m. Subject for discussion. "How 

 to prepare for wintering." We hope 

 to have a good meeting. 



J. W. Sanders, Sec. 



Vice President for Kansas. — Mr. D. 



P. Norton having peremptorily re- 

 signed, I hereby appoint Mr. S. J. 

 Miller, of .314 Kansas avenue, Topeka, 

 Kansas, as his successor to the Vice 

 Presidency for Kansas of the N. A. 

 B. K. Society. 



A. J. Cook, President. 



i^The Southern California District 

 Bee-Keepers' Association will hold 

 their annual Convention in Union 

 Hall, Los Angeles City, Oct. 19, 20, 

 1882, during the week of the Agri- 

 cultural Fair. The Convention prom- 

 ises to be of so much interest that no 

 bee-keeper should miss it. Ladies are 

 pressingly invited to attend. 



J. E. Pleasant.s, Pres. 



^■The fall meeting of the North- 

 ern Ohio Bee- Keepers' Association 

 will be held in Whittlesey Hall, Nor- 

 walk, O., Saturday. Oct. 21, com- 

 mencing at 9 a. m. A full attendance 

 is solicited, as it will be a meeting of 

 more than usual interest. Principal 

 subject for discussion : " How shall 

 we winter our bees without loss "r"' 

 S. F. Newjian, Sec. 



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Saving Combs.— Do bees make any 

 comb after Augu.st? I have been act- 

 vised to take from each hive all frames 

 with comb that bees cannot cover. 1. 

 Is it wise to do so ? 2. If I do. how 

 can I preserve this comb until spring? 

 ;i. Will it injure the comb to fumigate 

 it with suiiibnr to destroy worms V 

 This is my lirst years' experience with 

 bees ; am much interested, but have 

 had great trouble with worms in my 

 weak colonies. My experience will, I 

 trust, enable me to do better next 

 year. John II. Boss. 



Glenville. Ala.. Sept. 13, 1882. 



[1. It is better to remove all combs 

 that the bees cannot cover, leaving 

 those in the hive which are well tilled 

 with honey. 



2. Put them in a cool, light room ; 

 or in a tight room where you can easily 

 fumigate them with sulphur. 



3. No ; and for this purpose you can 

 use empty hives, fitting the combs in 

 nicely, closing all cracks, and with a 

 good smoker charged with sulphur, 

 fumigate them thoroughly from the 

 entrance. If the bees do not cover all 

 the combs, it will be no protection 

 against moths to leave the extra 

 combs in the hives, but rather des- 

 truction to the combs and the bees as 

 well.— Ed.] 



Poisoned.— I have two August colo- 

 nies of bees that have done splendid 

 work, and two July colonies that are 

 perfect failures. Tfiev have dwindled 

 to a few handfuls. One colony I gave 

 a comb with eggs and larva?, but they 

 failed to rear a queen. In the other I 

 fear the queen is worthless. 1. What 

 shall I do with both colonies to save 

 what I have ? 2. Would it be best to 

 consolidate them both with my strong 

 colonies V .". What is the trouble 

 with the bees, when a dozen at a time 

 may be seen upon the ground reeling 

 around as if drunken, and apparently 

 in distress'? Bees in this quarter have 

 swiuined late, but done remarkably 

 well. We have had no rain here since 

 the 8th of August, and, in conse- 

 quence, flowers are dried up. Please 

 answer the above questions and oblige 

 A Beginner. 



Malvern, Iowa, Sept. 18. 1882. 



[1 and 2. Unite them with the 

 stronger colonies, removing their 

 queens first. By this process you will 

 strengthen the already good colonies, 

 and will sacrifice nothing in doing so, 

 as the July colonies would probably 

 die if left to themselves. 



3. Most likely it is the result of 

 some peculiar food which is a destruc- 

 tive poison, and the bees come out of 

 the hive to suffer and die. — Ed.] 



