THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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Local Convention Directory. 



Time and place of Meeting. 



-Northeast Mo., at Uunnewell, Mo. 



A. Noland, Sec. 



-Iowa Central, atWlnterset. Iowa. 



J. E. l*ryor. Sec. 



—Win County. 111.. at Beecher, III. 



Qustarus Kettering, See. 



—Southern lllinolB, at Duquoin, Ills. 



K. H. Kennedy, Sec. 



— MahonlDK Valley, O., at Ravenna, O. 



E. W.Turner, Sec. 



.—Western Michigan, at Fremont, Mich. 

 Geo. E. Hilton, Sec. 



-Southeastern Mich., at Adrian, Mich. 



A. M. Gander, Sec. 



1 1.— Michigan State, at Lansing. 



H. I). CuttiuK, Sec, Clinton, Mich. 



—Northeastern Kansas, at Hiawatha, Kan. 



-Central Illinois, at Bloomlngton, Ills. 



W. B. Iiawrence, Sec. 



^" In order to have this table complete, Secre- 

 taries are requested to forward full particulars of 

 time and place of future meetlnKs.— Ki>. 



Wlxat autl Bcriu. 



ANSWERS BY 



James Heddon, Dowagiac, Mich. 



Rules for tills Department. 



1. Give your name and post-office address. 



2. Be brief, and to the point. 



.3. Send no simple questions, such as are 

 answered in the bee-boolis. 



4. Ask only such questions as are of 

 general interest. 



.">. This department is not intended for 

 advertising: any one's wares — therefore 

 questions concerning the manufacture of 

 jjoods for sale are not appropriate. 



6. Direct all questions to the editor— 

 THOS. G. NEIVinAIV, 

 925 West Madison St., CHICAGO, ILL. 



Is it Foul Brood ? 



I seud you two samples of comb 

 which I took from a colony of bees In 

 my apiary. I found tlie same in 4 

 colonies which were in different parts 

 of the yard with good, strong colonies 

 between them. Will Mr. Heddon 

 please answer, through the Bee 

 Journal, the following questions 

 concerning it : 



1. Is it foul brood 'i 



2. If so, will it injure my apiary 

 after giving the bees new hiyes and 

 new combs from healthy colonies V 



3. If it is not foul brood, what is it, 

 and what had I better do with itV 



4. Is the white substance in the one 

 piece dry pollen V and will it do any 

 harm in my extracting combs V 



•5. Do jou recommend ground cork 

 for cushions to absorb the moisture of 

 bees in winter V 



CnAS. AV. Vandervoort. 



Napanee, Ont., Oct. 17, 1884. 



Answers. — 1. The two pieces of 

 comb I have examined, and one con- 

 tains some cells of bee-bread moldy 

 on top; the other, dead, dried-up 



brood. While I have never had a 

 case of foul brood to look at, I do not 

 hesitate in saying that there is no 

 foul brood about either comb. 



2. The method you speak of for 

 saving the bees, would not be safe if 

 it were foul brood. 



3. I do not know what caused the 

 moldy bee-bread or dead brood, be- 

 cause I know nothing of the condition 

 of your colonies. 



4. The bees will take care of your 

 trouble, and clean up the combs if the 

 colony is strong in numbers. 



5. Cork is not an absorbent. 



Moving Bees. 



I have 7 colonies of bees in good 

 condition in sawdust hives, and all 

 nicely packed for the winter. I expect 

 to move two blocks from my present 

 residence on Nov. 1-5 ; would you ad- 

 vise me to move the bees 2 or 3 miles 

 away at once, and return them in the 

 spring to my new residence V or do 

 you think that I can safely take them 

 direct to the new location, two blocks 

 distant, after they have been confined, 

 say 3 or 4 weeks V 



r. A. GEMJnLL. 



Orangeville, Ont. 



Answer.— I should feel safe in 

 moving them very Quietly as soon as 

 they are closed in by winter to stay 

 until spring. When they first fly, 

 lean a board up partially in front of 

 the entrance, and all will mark their 

 new location. Remove from the old 

 location as many old marks as pos- 

 sible. 



Selling Glass as Honey. 



Will Mr. Ileddon please answer the 

 following questions : 



1. In glassed sections, does the glass 

 sell as honey V that is. should it be 

 weighed as " net V" 



2. If so, would it pay for itself with 

 honey at 15 cents per pound and glass 

 $3 per .50 square feet ? 



3. What is the outside measure of 

 the half-pound sections V 



4. Do bees ever cap cells containing 

 pollen covered with honey ? 



C. A. Knowlton.0 

 Hope Villa, La. 



Answers.—]. With glassed sec- 

 tions the glass is always sold and 

 weighed as so much honey. 



2. Yes. 



3. Ours are 43.4x2 13-16 with 7 to the 

 foot, with separators, and 8 to the 

 foot without separators. 



4. Certainly. 



(^ Our rates for two or more 

 copies of the book," Bees and Honey," 

 may be found on the Book List on 

 the second page of this paper. Also 

 wholesale rates on all books where 

 they are purchased " to sell again." 

 The time for reading up will soon be 

 here, and in anticipation of this, we 

 now have a very large stock of books 

 on hand, and can fill orders for them 

 in any quantity, on receipt of orders. 



Create a Local Honey Market. 



Now is the time to create Honey 

 Markets in every village, town and 

 city. Wide - awake honey producers 

 should get the Leaflets " Why eat 

 Honey" (only 50 cents per 100), or else 

 the pamphlets on " Honey as Food 

 and Medicine," and scatter them 

 plentifully all over the territory they 

 can supply with honey, and the result 

 will be a demand that will readily take 

 all of their crops at remunerative 

 prices. The prices for "Honey as Food 

 and Medicine " are as follows : 



Single copy 5 cts,; per doz., 40 cts ; 

 per hundred, $2.50. 500 will be sent 

 postpaid for $10.00 ; or 1000 for 

 $15.00. On orders of 100 or more, 

 we will print, if desired, on the 

 cover-page, "Presented by," etc., 

 (giving the name and address of the 

 bee-keeper who scatters them). This 

 alone will pay him for all his trouble 

 and Expense— enabling him to dispose 

 of his honey at home, at a good profit. 



Apiary Register— New Edition. 



All who intend to be systematic in 

 their work in the apiary, should get a 

 copy and commence to use it. The 

 prices will hereafter be as follows : 



For 50 colonies (120 pages) $1 00 



" 100 colonies 220 pages 1 25 



" 200 colonies (420 pages) 1 50 



The larger ones can be used for a 

 few colonies, give room for an increase 

 of numbers, and still keep the record 

 all together in one book, and are there- 

 fore the most desirable ones. 



Trial Subscribers.— The Weekly 

 Bee Journal will be sent to any new 

 subscriber in North America from now 

 until the end of 1884 for 25 cents. 

 This offer is intended to aid those who 

 are getting up clubs at Fairs, Conven- 

 tions, etc., and should add several 

 thousand to our readers during the 

 next month. 



i^For $2.75 we will supply the 

 Weekly Bee Journal one year, and 

 Dzierzon's Rational Bee-Keeping, in 

 paper covers ; or the Monthly Bee 

 Journal and the book for $1.75. Or, 

 bound in cloth, with Weekly, $3.00 ; 

 with the Monthly, $2.C0. 



i^ To Canadian subscribers let us 

 say that we have made arrangements 

 so that we can supply the Farmer''s 

 Advocate of Loudon, Ont., and the 

 Monthly Bee Journal for one year 

 at $1.25 for the two. This is a rare 

 chance to obtain two good papers for 

 about the price of one. 



