u Journal, 



DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF THE PRODUCERS OF HONEY. 



VOL. XX. 



CHICAGO, ILL., APRIL 16, 1884. 



No. 16. 



Published every Wednesday, by 



THOMAS G. NEWMAN, 



Kditob and Propkietor, 



Bee-Seeping in New Zealand. 



By the Xew Zealand Herald of Feb. 

 26, we learn that the first convention 

 of bee-keepers in tl)at colony was held 

 on Feb. ii, at Pukekohe, Auckland. 

 The Herald gives the following as a 

 report of the meeting. 



It may be stated that the project 

 has been under consideration for some 

 time; many persons interested in bee- 

 keeping having expressed a wish that 

 a society might be commenced. Ac- 

 cordingly, a short time since, Dr. Dal- 

 ziel, an enthusiast in bees, sent out 

 a number of circulars, calling a meet- 

 ing for the express purpose or starting 

 such an association. This meeting 

 was held last Saturday afternoon, the 

 23d inst., in a large hall belonging to 

 Mr. Buchanan. Though the attend- 

 ance was not very numerous, those 

 present took up the matter with a good 

 deal of earnestness, and seemed fully 

 alive to the benetits which might arise 

 by associating together with a view to 

 promote the advance of the bee in- 

 dustry. 



Mr. William Morgan was called 

 upon to take the chair, and in doing 

 so, expressed the pleasure he had in 

 presiding over such an assembly. He 

 called upon the convener of the meet- 

 ing to explain tlie particular object 

 for which they had been called to- 

 gether. 



Dr. Dalziel stated that the object 

 of the meeting was to commence a 

 bee-keepers' association, of the ad- 

 vantages of which it was hardly nec- 

 essary for him to speak. The princi- 

 pal advantage would be that a society 

 of the kind would give an impulse to 

 scientific bee-keeping, and at the same 

 time be the means of diffusing tlie 

 knowledge and information required 

 by those wlio were desirous of enter- 

 ing upon the industry. Between the 

 members of the association there 

 would be, of course, an interchange of 

 ideas, and so, by mutual communica- 

 tion of facts and experiences bearing 

 upon the subject of bee-keeping, 

 might be made, at the same time, a 

 source of profit and pleasure. 



The following resolutions were 

 then passed : Tliat a Bee-Keeepers' 

 Association be formed ; that the 

 luime be the Auckland Provincial 

 Bee Keepers' Association; that the 

 association be managed by an execu- 

 tive committee, comprising the presi- 

 dent, vice-presidents, treasurer, sec- 

 retary, and three members of the 

 general committee ; that the subscrip- 

 tion'be.5s per year ; that J. C. Firth, 

 Esq., be requested to accept tlie of- 

 fice of Presulent ; that the following 

 oflScers be elected : Vice-Presidents, 

 Captain Hamlin, M. II. R., Captain 

 Jackson, R. M., Messrs. Proude, Bag- 

 nail and Hopkins ; Treasurer, Mr. J. 

 Collins ; Secretary, Dr. Dalziel. 



It was proposed that the following 

 constitute the general committee, 

 with power to add to their number : 

 Messrs. Allen, Beloe, Brown, Elliott, 

 Jamieson, Morgan, Savage, and 

 Sproul. 



1^ We have received Vol. Ill of 

 the "Proceedings of the Davenport 

 Academy of Natural Sciences." This 

 is a volume of over 100 pages, nicely 

 printed, illustrated, and bound, and 

 contiiins a lithograph of Prof. Joseph 

 D. Putnam, late President of the 

 Academy, and an eminent contribu- 

 tor to the progress of science. His 

 untimely death wasan irreparable loss 

 to the Academy as well as to the world 

 of science. 



^' The first two numbers of " The 

 Family Circle" now published in this 

 country, have been received. The 

 Family Circle is an attractive IG-page 

 weekly, liandsomely illustrated ; full 

 of interesting matter, and containing 

 no advertisements. The first six num- 

 bers will be sent fkee to all who have 

 not applied, by sending apostal card to 

 The Family Circle, Detroit, Mich. 



1^ Our readers will find the hand- 

 somely-illustrated Manual, published 

 by the American Manufacturing Co., 

 Waynesboro, Pa. , on evaporating fruit, 

 valuable and interesting, Sent free. 



1^ It will probably be welcome 

 news to Canadians to learn that E. L. 

 CtOoW & Co., Brantford, Out., keep a 

 stock of Binders for the Bee Jour- 

 nal, on hand, which can be sent by 

 mail to those who wish them. They 

 cannot be sent by mail across the 

 lines from the United States. 



1^ In a good article on the "Spring 

 Management of Bees," in the London, 

 Out., Free Press, Mr. W. H. Weston 

 remarks as follows : 



If April proves to be as cold this 

 year as it was last, there is almost 

 sure to be a serious loss of bees. The 

 warm sun of noon tempts the indus- 

 trious bees to fiy out, and many are 

 caught in the cold winds that spring 

 up, and die. This is true in a sense 

 of human life in spring. The only 

 safeguard against this is to keep the 

 hive shaded from the sun, so that its 

 deceptive rays may not decoy tlie bees 

 out into the chilling air. In a few 

 more weeks this danger will be past. 



1^ From the edition of Messrs. Geo. 

 P. Rowell & Co's American News- 

 paper Directory, now in press, it 

 appears that the newspapers and peri- 

 odicals of all kinds at present issued 

 In the United States and Canada, 

 reach a grand total of 13,402. This is 

 a net gain of precisely 1,600 during the 

 last 12 months, and exhibits an in- 

 crease of 5,6is over the total number 

 published just 10 years since. 



1^" We have received the Catalogue 

 of Arthur Todd, Germantown, Pa. — 1 

 pages— Bees and Apiarian Supplies. 



^' We acknowledge, with thanks, 

 the receipt of a copy of the Report of 

 the Commissioner of Agriculture for 

 the year 1883, sent us by Commissioner 

 Loring. 



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