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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 



idly until frost apppared. A ^reat 

 many swarms absconded in this vicin- 

 ity, many of which will starve, as 

 tliere are few trees left along the 

 streams large enough to contain a 

 winter supply of honey for a colony 

 of bees. 



David M. Imlay, 1.^—39. 

 Seward, <x Nebr., Dec. 15. 1881. 



Pollen not Harmful. 



I liave 129 colonies of bees in good 

 condition for wintering on the sum- 

 mer stands in double-walled hives 

 packed with tow. I have not lost a 

 single colony in wintering in these 

 hives since 1S81. I have no trouble 

 •with spring dwindling or bee-diar- 

 rhiea. 1 wintered my bees on honey 

 and all the pollen that I could give 

 them, and they have come out all 

 right, nice and bright every spring; 

 so the " pollen theory" is all wrong to 

 me. As I wish to change from the 

 one-pound, 434x4i4x2-inch section, to 

 a one-pound 1?4 inches wide, what 

 must be the size of the latter V 



A. KOEPPEN. 



Flint, O Mich., Dee. 14, 18!^. 

 [About iHxi}.i inches.— Ed.] 



rejoice to once attend a meeting that 

 I thought came to more than it cost. 

 Let us hear from Dr. C. C. Miller on 

 this subject. Who are conventions 

 for, and whom have they benetitted V 

 JA3IES IIeddon, 400—460 

 Dowagiac, 9 Mich. 



Convention Notices. 



E,eply to Mr. Kendall. 



In reply to Mr. Kendall's just and 

 friendly criticisms on page 790, 1 will 

 say that I feel his inferior ratlier than 

 Lis superior upon the subject of or- 

 ganization as an antidote for adultera- 

 tion. I take no issue with him, if he 

 means an organization of producers 

 for the purpose of working against 

 the practice of adulteration, for while 

 they were at this work, they might 

 work against over-stocking the honey 

 markets by inducing every one to 

 keep bees. " I do not think that the 

 practice of aduleration hurts us be- 

 cause of the qualitu of the mixed 

 goods, but by the addition of quantity, 

 especiallv when put on an already over- 

 stocked market. I have little fears 

 of adulteration, for our introduction 

 of small packages has closed nearly 

 all the re-packing honey houses, and 

 I claim that such are the laws of 

 specialty that no producer can make 

 it pay to adulterate. He had better 

 put his capital, muscle and thought 

 into straight-forward production ; 

 better in a" dollar-and-eent point of 

 view. The reason why I thought that 

 organization would do us only harm, 

 was because I expected that organi- 

 zation, while it discouraged the in- 

 crease of 1-lb. of mixed honey, would 

 foster the increase of 3-lbs. of the 

 pure article, whose every pound we 

 just as much dread ; and the reporters 

 of papers would go away and say : 

 " The bee-keepers, themselves, declare 

 that the markets are loaded with 

 bogus honey : they say that comb 

 honev is not exempt." If Mr. Ken- 

 dall means for us to have a producers' 

 convention, a meeting of men who 



Too Hasty a Conclusion. 



In Mr. Youngman's article, on page 

 793, is a paragraph which requires 

 correction. It was not •■ Cyula," but 

 myself, who took positive grounds in 

 discussing the wintering problem. 

 Being a stranger, and making but a 

 short call, it is not surprising that 

 :Mr. Youngman's memory should be 

 somewhat at fault. That I - smiled 

 audibly " at either of the theories 

 mentioned, must be only Mr. Young- 

 man's graphic way of representing 

 that I did insist upon my " absurd " 

 little theory, viz : That bees will 

 surelv winter well when properly pre- 

 pared and packed on their summer 

 stands in good season ; meaning, of 

 course, by properly prepared and 

 packed, according to my own method, 

 which after all does not differ mate- 

 rially from that employed by hundreds 

 of others. Some of our bee-keeping 

 friends know how little encourage- 

 ment my sister gives me, when I 

 undertake to maintain that we have 

 proven that we can winter bees suc- 

 cessfully, Xellie Lixswik. 



^" The seventh annual meeting of 

 the Nebraska State Bee- Keepers' As- 

 sociation will be held at Tecumseh, 

 Neb., on Wednesday, Thursdav and 

 Friday, Jan. 14, lo and Iti, ]S,S.5: the 

 first session beginning at 3 p. m. on 

 the 14th. Notices will be posted in 

 the Tecumseh depots, stating the hall 

 in which the meeting will be held. 

 The meeting lias been appointed this 

 time in the southeastern part of the 

 State, expecting that Iowa, Missouri 

 and Kansas will be well represented. 

 AVe already have the promise of sev- 

 eral prominent bee-keepers of other 

 States to be present. Please notify 

 me immediatelv. at Lincoln, Nebr., 

 what route you wish to take to get 

 there, and I will send you a Railroad 

 certificate, entitling you to reduced 

 rates. Do not neglect this. 



M. L. Trestek, Sec. 



1^ A meeting of bee-keepers will 

 be held at Rock Elm Center, Wis., on 

 Wednesday, Dec. 31, 18.84, for the 

 purpose of organizing a bee- keepers' 

 society. All who are interested are 

 invited to be present. 



A. C. Sanford. 



Poor Season, but not Discouraged. 



The past season has been the poor- 

 est one for honey secretion in this 

 locality that I have experienced any- 

 where since being in the bee-business. 

 I began with 24 colonies in the spring, 

 and a part of those were light, yet 

 during April and May, I got them into 

 good working condition; but when 

 June came, with all its abundant 

 bloom, it was a time of perfect starva- 

 tion to the bees throughout this 

 neighborhood, and many of the colo- 

 nies died. During July they secured 

 enough honey to start brood-rearing, 

 and during August the most of them 

 stored enough for winter use. From 

 Aug. 1-5 to Aug. 24, 1 never saw such 

 a rush for the boxes as the bees made, 

 but two days later all was at a stand- 

 still, and the consequence was that 

 my surplus boxes were left about 

 half-filled. I left them on the hive, 

 still hoping that we would get another 

 flow of honey in Sept., but no more 

 was stored than what they required, 

 so I was obliged to take off the cases 

 with 100 lbs. of finished comb honey, 

 and 7-5 lbs. of extracted. My increase 

 was 6 swarms by natural swarming 

 and -5 by division , and 2 nuclei with 

 my breeding queens in them. I have 

 received poor pay this season, but I 

 am not discouraged, for the harvest 

 will come. I have put 31 colonies into 

 winter quarters, some of them being 

 very light and weighing only 16 to 18 



^" The :Mahoning Valley Bee- 

 Keepers' Association will hold its 

 next meeting in the Town Hall at 

 Newton Falls. O., on the third Thurs- 

 dav in January, 188-5. The meeting 

 will be instructive as well as interest- 

 ing. E. AV. Turner, iSec. 



L. Carson, Pres. 



^- The Champlaiu Yalley liee- 

 Keepers' Association will meet at the 

 Addison House in Middlebury, "\'t., 

 on Thursday, January 8. 188-5. 



J. E. Ceane, Sec. 



Premium for Club of 10 Subscribers. 



hold the same views as he and I, one , pounds, i. e. of bees and stores. All 



that will do its work in the interests 

 of producers who now exist, not only 

 regarding our interests in the adulter- 

 ation matter, but the over-production 

 matter as well. I am very much in 

 favor of such a meeting," I should 



are sleeping quietly now, but whether 

 they will all wake up in the spring is 

 yet to be seen. I have 16 colonies in 

 the cellar and the balance outside. 



ROBT. CORBETT, 



Manhattan, 6 Kans.. Dec. 9, 1884. 



The book for every farmer is the one 

 entitled "Aflaeck's F.<irmer's and Planter's 

 Record and Account Book," in which there 

 is the most systematic, complete and conve- 

 nient arrangement of headings for every 

 Farm Account and memoranda of all impor- 

 tant events which may occur in connection 

 with his Ijusiness. Every progressive farmer 

 certainly desires to make a success of his 

 occupation, and should adopt every possible 

 means of bring-in^' about that result. He, 

 then, should have a correct knowledge of 

 his entire business, which he can have only 

 by keeping a correct account of every crop 

 produced on his farm, the cost of production 

 of all his live stock and an itemized account 

 of all his expenses. Then at the close of the 

 year, when he takes oft his balance sheet, 

 which is admirably arranged in the book 

 above referred to. he will be able to see at a 

 glance whether his farm does or does not 

 pay. 



This valuable hook contains 166 pages, 

 is nicelv printed on writing paper, ruled and 

 bound. "and the price is J3.00. It can be sent 

 by mail for 24 cents e.\tra. 



We can supply these books at the publish- 

 er's price, or will make a present of one 

 copy for every club of TEN subscribers to 

 the Weekly Bee Jor.RNAL for one year, with 

 $•20. Four subscribers to the Monthly will 

 count the same as one for the Weekly. 



Now is the time to get up Clubs. Who will 

 work for a copy of this valuable book. 



