THE AMERICAJN BEE JOURNAL. 



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m. At that meetiiif; the best methods 

 of wintering bees will be discussed. 



J. T. POMEUOY, ike. 



C. O. Shaxnon, Pies. 



For Iho American Bco Jtmrnal. 



Bee and Honey Show at London, Ont. 



WJI. II. WESTON. 



The bee and honey show at the 

 Western Fair, which was held at 

 London, Ont., during last week, was 

 far from what it should have been. 

 I had been led to suppose that if the 

 directors would only give a good pre- 

 mium list, that the beekeepers of 

 this section would make a very large 

 display, but my anticipations were 

 far from what was realized. The ex- 

 hibit, although small, was very tastily 

 arranged on \he shelves prepared for 

 the purpose, in a neat building kindly 

 set apart for the bee and honey show. 



Upon entering the building the first 

 exhibit was that of Mr. .Jos. Aches, 

 of Amiens, who had the largest show 

 of comb honey in the building. He 

 also exhibited extracted honey, 

 queens, beeswax, and a full colony of 

 bees. His exhibit was a very attrac- 

 tive one, and calculated to teach the 

 public that advanced bee-keeping has 

 come to stay, and that by careful at- 

 tention money can be made at the 

 business. His exhibit of queens of 

 his own rearing, was splendid. 



The next was that of Mr. D. P. 

 Campbell, of Parkhill. who showed a 

 large amount of extracted honey, also 

 comb honey, hives, queens, extrac- 

 tors, smokers, etc. ; also an 01m comb 

 foundation mill, and foundation with 

 it. Mr. Campbell displayed very fine 

 queens of his own breeding. I might 

 say that Mr. Campbell is President of 

 the Korth Middlesex Bee-Keepers' 

 Association. 



Mr. G. B. Jones, of Brantford, rep- 

 resenting E. L. Goold & Co., next at- 

 tracted our attention, and pleases us 

 very much with his large show of 

 apiarian supplies. It was the most 

 comprehensive exhibit ever shown in 

 this part of Canada. Mr. .Jones was 

 kept very busy all the week explain- 

 ing the many articles used by bee- 

 keepers. It is not necessary to men- 

 tion that he had to explain a great 

 many times that his honey extractor 

 was not a new style of '"churn" or 

 " ice cream freezer ;" or that his wax- 

 extractor was not a " coal-oil stove." 



We now come to a very nice display 

 of extracted honey in Gem jars, which, 

 I have no doubt, made many thou- 

 sand mouths " water " during the 

 week, as it looked simply delicious. 

 Mr. Smith, of Ealing, who has it, 

 says that the people like to see what 

 they buy, and, therefore, glass jars 

 are the best for the purpose. He also 

 showed hives, both wax and honey 

 extractors, and a very fine cake of 

 wax. Mrs. John Rudd, of London, 

 Ont., exhibited a quantity of extracted 

 honey on which she took the first 

 prize. Mrs. Wm. Bigg, of Granton, 

 also took the prize for comb honey. 



Mr. John Iludd showed hives, ex- 

 tractors, smokers, bee-feeders, etc. ; 

 also queens and a full colony of Italian 



bees, lie did a large trade in selling 

 honey by allowing persons to eat 

 what they wanted to for 5 cents each, 

 which caused nuich merriment for 

 the spectators. Many thought that 

 they could eat more than what was 

 set before them, but went away 

 satisfied. 



Mr. Alex. Scott, of Ealing,displayed 

 a honey cake, honey vinegar, and 

 comb and extracted honey. There 

 was also a number of other exhibits, 

 but nothing worthy of special remark. 

 The North Middlesex Bee-Keepers' 

 Convention was to have been held 

 during the week, but the other attrac- 

 tions were greater, and only a small 

 number made their appearance, who 

 held an informal meeting in the hall 

 of the Masonic Temple, where they 

 talked over matters pertaining to bee- 

 culture to the edification of all present. 



London, Ont. 



For the American Bee JoumaL 



Bee-Diarrhoea— Hot Weather. 



B. F. CAIIKOLL— 115. 



I wrote an article for the Bee Jour- 

 nal about April 1, giving the condi- 

 tion of my bees at that time, with my 

 experience on the pollen theory as 

 advanced by Mr. Heddon ; but, as so 

 much had been already said, I thought 

 I would not send it, and as I see a 

 statement in the late number of the 

 Bee Journal, that bees are not 

 bothered with diarrhoja South of Ken- 

 tucky, I write to correct this mistake. 



It is true that we bee-keepers 

 " down South " have no long winters 

 and severe freezes to keep our bees 

 confined longer than eight to twenty 

 days at a time. Our bees are not 

 often bothered with " spring dwind- 

 ling " and diarrha?a, but last winter 

 they began bringing in pollen on 

 Feb. 2, and continued to do so up to 

 Feb. 12, during which time the queens 

 began laying rapidly, and everything 

 was lovely. The mercury stood at 

 65° Fahr. in the shade. A regular 

 Texas norther comes howling from 

 the nortliwest with sleet and hail 

 until the ground was covered with 

 ice. The mercury went down to 20° 

 Falir., and my bees were confined six 

 days. The cold broke off as suddenly 

 as it came up, and the bees all tried 

 to come out at once. The earth was 

 fairly sprinkled with little worm-like 

 pollen-masses voided by the bees, 

 showing plainly that every colony (80) 

 in the yard was diseased ; and had the 

 cold lasted ten days longer, I truly 

 believe that every colony would have 

 died. One colony was attacked by 

 robbers, and in order to keep it down, 

 I tacked a piece of wire-cloth over the 

 entrance, and put on an empty story 

 above, after removing the enamel 

 cloth, so the bees could have all the 

 air that they needed. 



I did not look at them again for two 

 days, when I found that nearly all of 

 the bees were dead or dying. The 

 hive was badly besmeared with the 

 same pollen-masses, only thinner, and 

 what few bees that were left, were so 

 badly swollen that but few of them 

 could fly. The proof is this : That a 



colony must lirst start to brood-rear- 

 ing — active for awhile, and then sud- 

 denly stopped by cold, with plenty of 

 pollen and confinement— and diarrhtea 

 is inevitable. Pollen, confinement and 

 cold is the true cause of bee diarrhoea; 

 and if the Northern bee-keepers can 

 overcome one or all of the above by 

 plenty of warm packing and warm 

 rooms. I think that they may be able 

 to winter their bees well. 



An item about the weather. Early 

 in June the rains ceased, and it is- 

 still dry. For 08 days the thermom- 

 eter has shown 100^ Fahr. and up- 

 wards. Aug. 29 was the hottest day 

 ever known in Texas, Pop- corn, in 

 the ear, popped in the fields. I lost 

 over 200 frames of comb by melting 

 down, and the hives were in the shade 

 of peach trees. Many combs built on 

 wired frames, melted down as badly 

 as those without wires. The bees 

 were gathering honey-dew at the 

 time very rapidly, and the hives were 

 all full. As soon as I discovered that 

 the combs were tumbling, I began to 

 throw water on the hives, and by this 

 means I partially kept down robbing. 

 I lost only 4 three-frame nuclei. The 

 thermometer at i p. m. indicated 107° 

 Fahr. in the shade. On every day of 

 September the mercury has been from 

 100° to 103° Fahr. in the shade ; to- 

 day, Sept. 22, it was at 102° Fahr. 



Dresden, Tex. 



For the American Bwe Journat 



Kentucky State Convention. 



The Kentucky State Bee-Keepers' 

 Association met in Helm's Hall, at 

 Eminence. Ky., on Sept. 2, 1884, and 

 was called to order by President 

 Demaree. Mr. E. Drane was elected 

 Secretary pro tern. In the absence of 

 the Secretary the calling of the roll 

 and reading of the minutes of the 

 preceding meeting was dispensed- 

 with. The attendance was slim. 



President Demaree explained the' 

 action of the committee on the honey 

 resources of Kentucky. It was the 

 wish of those present that the com- 

 mittee endeavor to raise money to 

 have the report published in pamph- 

 let form. The President delivered a 

 short and interesting address. 



Rev. L. Johnson, of Walton, Ky., 

 was unanimously chosen President 

 for next year ; Wm. Cook, of Bowling 

 Green, Vice-President ; J. T. Con- 

 nelly, of Sherman, Secretary ; J. B. 

 Nalt, of Louisville, Treasurer. 



The following gentlemen were ap- 

 pointed Comity Vice-Presidents to 

 look after the interests of bee-culture 

 in their sections, and report to the 

 next meeting : 



W. p. Gibson, Grant (.'o. 



Geo. L. Beach. Kenton Co. 



Dr. N. P. Allen, Smith's Grove. 



W. F. Storm. LexinKton. 



A. w. Stitli, Dividint: liidKe, Pendlf^ton Co. 



G. W. Ashby, Valley Station, Jefferson Co, 



W. B. JIoo<ly. New t'astle, Henry Co. 



Enoch Brown. Little Mount, Spencer Co. 



Wm. Wilson, Nelson (.'o. 



E. Drane, Eminence, Henry Co. 



R. M. Areo. Paint Lick. Garrard Co. 



W. T Stuart. Madison. Ind. 



Covington. Ky.. was chosen for the 

 place of the liext meeting, and the 

 time Sept. 23 and 24, 188.5. 



E. Drane Sec. pro tern. 



G, W. Demakee, Pres. 



