DEVOTED EXCLUSIVELY TO PROGRESSIVE BEE CULTURE. 



VoL XVIII. Chicago, 111., November 1, 1882. 



No. 44. 



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TOPICS PRESENTED THIS WEEK. 



Editorial- 

 Editorial Items Bft9 



The LanRstroth Fund 689 



Preparing Bees for Winter. 689 



Sowing Alsike Clover 689 



The I'uritv of Ilnney 690 



€nip Kepbrt in Ia>8 Angeles Co.. Cal 691 



Among Our Exchanges- 

 seasonable Hints 691 



Making Tin Cans Tight 692 



Best Size fur a Colony In Winter Gi*'2 



The Ni>rthwe8tern Convention 692 



Crop Reports for 1882 693 



Georgia 693 



Iowa 693 



California 693 



Connecticut 693 



Missouri..: 694 



Dakota 695 



Maine 695 



Wisconsin 695 



Correspondence — 



Bee and Honey Ueport for 1882 696 



Bee;* and Honey Shows at Fairs 696 



S^prlng Manayementof Bees 697 



Purity ..f the Atmosphere 697 



Gleanings from Germany 698 



Conrentiou Notes— 



Local Convention l>irectory 698 



Convention Notices 698 



Selections from Our Letter Box- 

 winter Depository 6H9 



A Good lieport from Canada 699 



Iowa Honev Crop for 1882 699 



WinterlOK Bees in Clamps 699 



Well Satisfied 699 



His First Report 699 



Late Breeding of Queens 699 



Botanical 699 



How to Keep Honey 699 



Two-Story Hives for Winter 699 



Good Honey Crop in New York 699 



Best Crop ever had in Illinois 699 



Almost a Failure 699 





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Sowing Alsike Clover.— A corres- 

 pondent asks for information on 

 this subject. VVlien planted alone sow 

 in the spring from 3 to 4 pounds to the 

 acre. When mixed with white or 

 red clover, sow about 2 lbs. to the 

 acre. Timothy or red clover will do 

 no harm, as they may be cut early 

 enough, so that the Alsike will be the 

 only plant ripe enough to furnish 

 seed. Moist land is best for it. It 

 should not be sown with grain. Some 

 advocate its being sown in drills, in 

 order to keep the weeds down. 



Mr. Baldridge, who has had consid- 

 erable experience with Alsike as a 

 honey plant, says : 



It is much the better way to mix 

 Alsike with timothy, or the common 

 red clover, or both. When thus mixed 

 they are a help to each other. The 

 Alsike beinga native of a cold climate, 

 does not winter-killj and besides, it 

 acts as a mulch in wmter and spring 

 to the common red, and keeps the lat- 

 ter from being destroyed by the heav- 

 ing-out process. As the red clover 

 shades the roots of the Alsike, which 

 grow close to the surface, it protects 

 the latter from the effects of drouth. 



The timotliy and red clover being 

 both upright growers, lift and keep 

 up the Alsike from the ground, which 

 is very desirable. The stem of the 

 Alsike is too fine to support its many 

 branches in an upright position, and 

 hence is more inclined to lodge than 

 the common red. 



For the reasons given, the combina- 

 tion of the three named plants is very 

 important, and will prove successful 

 wherever tried. 



^" The Vice President for Conn., 

 Mr. Jeffrey, reports 80,000 colonies of 

 bees in that State, and then adds that 

 95 per cent, of them are in box hives '. 

 Talk about progressive bee-keepers ! 



Preparing Bees for Winter.— Quite 



a number of queries have been pro- 

 pounded, besides those answered in 

 this issue of the Bee Journal, on 

 this very important subject. In order 

 to answer them all, without repeating, 

 we shall, in the next issue, give some 

 very full instructions on the subject, 

 including Mr. D. A. Jones' plan for 

 preparing bees for winter by five dif- 

 ferent methods. He says : 



I have tried all the different meth- 

 ods ; spent thousands of dollars in ex- 

 perimenting, and have no hesitation 

 in saying I have had a larger and 

 more varied experience than any other 

 bee-keeper. I have succeeded for 

 years in wintering by the system 

 which I have adopted, and hundreds 

 of others have been successful who 

 have carefully followed the same in- 

 structions and directions. 



W On page 676, tenth line from the 

 top of the last column, for 400 pounds 

 to the colony, read 100 pounds. Here, 

 at least, one figure makes a vast differ- 

 ence. Thanks to Mr. Scudder for call- 

 ing our attention to it. 



The Langstroth Fund.— The money 

 raised at Cincinnati,0., and forwarded 

 to Mr. Langstroth, was as follows, as 

 far as we can determine : 



E. Parmly, 19 W. 38th St., N. Y., 

 $50 ; D. A. Jones. Beeton, Ont., Can., 

 $20.00 ($10.00 cash and a queen that 

 afterwards sold for $10) ; A. J. Cook, 

 Lansing, Mich., and A. I. Root, Me- 

 dina, Ohio, $10 each ; Dr. C. C. Miller, 

 Marengo, 111., $5.00; Dr. Blanton, 

 Greenville, Miss., $2.00. The follow- 

 ing persons contributed $1.00 each ; 

 E. B. Vincent, Sunman, Ind.; J. M. 

 Hyne, Stewartsville,Ind.; Christopher 

 Grimfflj Jefferson, Wis.; B. Price, 

 Iowa City, Iowa ; Rev. L. Johnson, 

 Walton, Ky.; H. B. Harrington, Med- 

 ina, O.; four "friends," each; Her- 

 rick ; E. Peleman ; E. G. Lewis, Ben 

 Mullen, T. B. Hunt, and a friend, 50 

 cents eacli. Two " friends," 25 cents 

 each. Total, $112.50. We have given 

 full addresses where they were given 

 to us.— Gleanings. 



