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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



clover foiir miles from the apiary. In 

 the direction they worked the clover 

 was two miles distant, where it com- 

 menced ; it was along a roadside, so 

 they followed it up, and were storing 

 honey quite fast. A man in this 

 place claims that he had known bees 

 to work on sweet clover a distance of 

 not less than eight miles, but I can- 

 not vouch for it. H. S. Hackman. 

 Peru, 111., Jan. 24. 1884. 



No Signs of Dysentery Yet. 



I commenced last spring's work with 

 74 colonies, many of them very light. 

 I got 1.000 lbs. of comb honey in 1-lb. 

 sections, and 3,500 lbs. of extracted, 

 nearly all white clover; no basswood. 

 About 900 lbs. of it light fall crop, all 

 is now sold except about 600 lbs. I 

 have realized about SGOO. I use the 

 Golden bee hive, and think it an ex- 

 cellent hive for this latitude ; no 

 trouble to get bees to work in the sec- 

 tions with it. I put 104 in the cellar. 

 and have 3 colonies buried in the 

 snow. The winter has been very cold; 

 no signs of dysentery yet. 



B. F. Little. 



Brush Creek, Iowa, Feb. 1, 1884. 



some of the more advanced keepers. 

 Bees went into winter quarters gener- 

 ally with light supplies, and many 

 colonies will require feeding to bring 

 them out in the spring alive, and in 

 working condition. The winter, since 

 Christmas, has been almost continu- 

 ously cold, and of more than average 

 severity. In the end this may work 

 in the "interest of bee-culture, for it 

 may so retard the business as to 

 force a better understaniling of it. 

 in aU its details, which is necessary 

 to success. If discouragements in the 

 beginning, do not drive one from an 

 enterprise, they usually form the 

 basis of succe.ss. Let us hope this 

 will be the case with young bee-keep- 

 ers under the unfavorable circum- 

 stances and difficulties encountered 

 the past season in this part of Texas. 

 With the experience thus gathered, 

 and the hope of a better time ahead, 

 let us use the coming year in over-com- 

 ing the failures of the past, and place 

 bee-keeping furtlier on the road to 

 success than it has been before. 



W. P. Hancock. 

 Salado, Texas, Jan. 26, 1884. 



The Old Plague. 



Some of our colonies begin to show 

 signs of the old plague, dysentery or 

 diarrhrea. "We are glad that we have 

 had winter enough to make our test 

 of some value. "We shall study closely 

 the effects, as auxileries, that cold 

 confinement, and humidity have to do 

 in connection with the main cause, 

 when we are sure of this cause. We 

 have seen colonies come through in 

 good condition, when cold had done 

 Its worst, when continement had also, 

 and when humidity had drenched the 

 combs, and we cannot think any or all 

 of these can be the main cause, be- 

 cause further, we have lost our colo- 

 nies by the majority when none of 

 these conditions were present. How 

 they act as aggravations to the cause. 

 we are carefully studying. I will re- 

 port later. James Heddon. 



Dowagiac. Mich., Feb. 1, 1884. 



Bees winter as Safely as Sheep. 



My 300 colonies of bees are winter- 

 ing all right in my bee cellar. 16x16 

 feet, inside measure, tiered up 4 tiers 

 high, with no upward ventilation in 

 the hives ; the hives rest on scantling 

 3 inches thick ; no tight bottom boards 

 for me. I have in this way wintered 

 my bees for the past 6 years, without 

 any loss to speak of. lean winter bees 

 as safely as 1 can sheep, with plenty of 

 hay and oats. A. Jennings. 



Medusa. N. Y., Jan. 29. 1884. 



Bees Wintering Well. 



The bees are all lively up to this 

 time. I think they well wniter all 

 right. I have my bees in a building 

 in a side hill, with a ventilator at the 

 top of the building. I feel disgusted 

 at some who are so blind as not to 

 take any bee papers. I know of some 

 not far from me that have, this win- 

 ter, lost enough to have paid for the 

 Bee Journal several years. I ex- 

 pect to give all my time^to the^care of 

 bees after this season. 



W. A. Carmack. 



Marengo, 111., Feb. 2, 1884. 



transact any business that may come 

 before the meeting. Fourteen names 

 were enrolled as members. The fol- 

 lowing subjects were discussed in a 

 very social, enthusiastic way : " Who 

 should keep bees V" " "\\ inter and 

 spring management ;"' " Early stimu- 

 lative feeding ;■" '• Cellar and out-door 

 wintering ;'" " The best hive to use ;" 

 •' The best way of increasing ;■' " How 

 to feed and what to feed." All went 

 home feeling that they had a pleasant 

 and profitable meeting. We wish to 

 extend a cordial invitation to all in- 

 terested in modern bee-culture to at- 

 tend the meeting in Mav. 



Pniup P. JfELSoN, Sec. 

 Monee, 111., Jan. 28. 18s4. 



Register for the Apiary. 



I have received the Apiary Kegis- 

 ter, and feel well satisfied with it. I 

 like the arrangement of the book first 

 rate. S. D. Reigel. 



Adelphi, O., -Jan. 31, 1884. 



Bee-Keeping in Middle Texas. 



For the past year or two bee-keep- 

 ing has received increased attention 

 hi the improved methods as well as 

 enlarMd apiaries and additional 

 friends, in this part of Texas. The 

 past season was very unfavorable for 

 bees, in fact the most so of any in 

 quite a number of years, and has" had 

 a tendency to discourage beginners, 

 and, perhaps, abate the enthusiasm of 



Bees Flying. 



After about seven weeks in a snow 

 bank, and lots of cold weather, my 16 

 colonies of bees had a tly to-day, and 

 seemed to enjoy it : 7 are in chaff 

 hives, and 9 packed in a low shed with 

 shavings all around. All are appar- 

 ently doing nicely, so far. 



C. W. YOTJNQ. 



Hartford, Ont.. Feb. 1, 1884. 



Bees doing Nicely— No Dysentery. 



The snow is all gone, after a three- 

 days' thaw, and to-day the thermome- 

 ter stood at .54- : bees had a good 

 flight, and all responded to roll call. 

 Xo dysentery yet. They have plenty 

 of stores, and" had a good chance to 

 change their position in the combs. 

 Some of my box- hive neighbors lost 

 some of theirs, and they want to 

 change to; frame hives in the spring, 

 those that are left. If mine will piul 

 through the rest of the winter and 

 spring as well as they have done so 

 far, I can be thankful. 



J. W. Sturwold. 



Haymond, Ind., Jan. 31, 1884. 



Will County, 111., Association. 



The meeting of bee-keepers at 

 Monee, Will Co., was not as well at- 

 tended as expected, owing to the 

 snow drifts that blocked the roads, 

 and made it impossible for farmers in 

 the neighborhood to attend. How- 

 ever, there were quite a few bee-keep- 

 ers present. It was decided to or- 

 ganize a society to be called the Will 

 County Bee-Keepers' Association. A. 

 Wicherts, of Mattison. was chosen 

 President, and P. P. Nelson, of Man- 

 teno. Secretary, to serve temporarily. 

 There will be a meeting at Monee on 

 Monday, May 26, to fully organize, 

 adopt a constitution and by-laws and 



i^° A bee-keepers" meeting will be 

 held at the Pember house, Janesville, 

 Wis., on the second Tuesday in Feb- 

 ruary, at 10 a. m., for the purpose of 

 organizing a bee-keepers' association. 

 We hope the meeting will be well at- 

 tended by all that are interested in 

 bees and honey. 



Mack & Fatzinger, Codi. 



Local Convention Directory. 



18S4. Time and place of Meeting. 



Feb. 12.— Meeting at JaDesville, Wis. 



Macl( & KatziDger, Com. 



Fet). 12, 13. — Conrention at Arcadia, Wis. 



E. A. Morgan. Sec. 



Feb. 14. 15.— Maine State, at Lewiston, Me. 



Wm. Hoyt, Sec. 



Feb. 21-33.— E. Iowa, & W. Illinois, at Davenport.la. 

 J. V. McCagg. Pres. 



Marcb 5.— N. E. Michigan, at Lapeer, Micb. 



W. Z. Hutchinson, Sec, Rogersvilie, Micb. 



March 20.— Southern Indiana, at Madison. Ind. 

 H. C. White, Sec. 



Mar. 29.— Union Association, at Dexter, Iowa. 



M. E. Darby, Sec, De.vter. Iowa. 



April 18.— Iowa Central, at Winterset, lowa, 



J. E. Pryor. Sec. 



April 22.— Des Moines Co., at Middleton. Iowa. 



John Nau, Sec. 



April 24.— Western, at Independence. Mo. 



C. M. Crandall, Sec. 



April 24, 2o.— Texaa State, at McKinney. 



W.R. Howard, Sec. 



May 26.— Will County, at Monee. IM. 



P. P. NelsoH. Sec. 



Oct. 11, 12.— Northern Mich., at Alma, Mlcfa. 



F. A. Palmer, Sec, McBride, Mich. 



Oct. 15, 16.— Northwestern, at Chicago, 111. 



W. Z. Hutchinson, Sec. 



Dec. 10, 11.— Michigan State, at Lansing. 



H. D. Cutting. Sec. Clinton, Mich. 



1^" In order to have this table complete. Secre- 

 taries are requested to forward full particulars of 

 time and place of future meetings.— Kd. 



