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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



movable at will. The hives that holds 

 these frames are chaff hives, and are 

 protected in tlie usual manner, ex- 

 cept that the entrance is nearly at the 

 top of the frames, which is an impor- 

 tant point ; it lets out all dampness, 

 and lets in the bees at a point where 

 it is warm. These frames can be 

 handled in warm weather about as 

 easily as the Langstroth, and bees 

 will work in boxes as well as any 

 other hive. John L. Davis. 



Holt, Mich. 



Qneenless Colonies. 



Please inform me, through the 

 Journal, the best method of treating 

 queenless colonies in the spring. 



Shirley, Ont. M. Stonehouse. 



[Either give each queenless colony 

 a fertile queen, or a frame of eggs and 

 brood from which to rear one, early 

 in the spring. The fertile queen is 

 safest and best. Later, when drones 

 are reared, the frame of eggs and 

 brood will do. Or, it you have a weak 

 colony, with a fertile queen, unite the 

 queenless colony with it.— Ed.] 



Meeting of Bee-Keepers. 



I put 88 colonies in winter quarters, 

 on the summer stands ; and left the 

 cloth on the frames. I put a box over 

 the hive, packed around with hay, and 

 covered all with a good roof. Those 

 packed thus came out strong on April 

 2, as they were when put there, as far 

 as I could see. Some, left without 

 any outside packing, carried out from 

 a half to a pint of oees. after the cold 

 spell. The bee men of Joplin and 

 adioining country meet at Joplin, 

 May 5, 1883, for the purpose of organ- 

 izing a Society forthe advancement of 

 bee-culture, and to establish a uniform 

 price for the products of the apiary. 

 All who are in anyway interested in 

 apiculture, are invited to meet with 

 us at that time and place. The Society 

 will hereafter meet at such times and 

 places as may be determined. 



Dr. J. T. Bruton. 



Joplin, Mo., April 3, 1883. 



When to take Bees out of Cellars. 



When I read reports like the one in 

 the Bee Journal from J. E. Hast- 

 ings', Carlisle, Iowa, page 170 (and 

 others similar to it which the reader 

 will call to mind), I must say I am 

 puzzled to understand them. If I 

 should say to the Dairymen's Associa- 

 tion I put 20 cows into the stable on 

 Nov. 1 and on March 1 or 16, 1 turned 

 them to pasture all in good condition, 

 what would northern farmers think of 

 me y I can easily guess that they 

 would say, to themselves : "If he has 

 any left May 1 they will be a slim lot 

 indeed, especially in sucli a season as 

 this." It has been a howling month ; 

 the ground is frozen solid yet, with 

 but very few days that bees can fly. 

 I infer that it is very similar in Mr. 

 Hasting's vicinity. In short, I would 

 like to know, as long as the bees are 

 in fine condition in their winter 

 quarters, and considering the state of 

 the weather, why not leave them 



there, even until May 1 or 15, if there 

 should be nothing for them to do out- 

 side until that time. I think the 

 opinion prevails among bee-keepers 

 that cellar-wintered bees are liable to 

 dwindle badly when set outside, in 

 fairly good weather ! I would like to 

 see Mr. Hastings' report on May 1. 

 I expect that he will wish that his 

 bees had remained in the cellar and 

 cave another 4 weeks. I packed 25 

 colonies in October in clover chaff, 

 bottom, top, and sides ; all are living, 

 but 1, which was dead Feb. 15. 



P. F. TWITCHELL. 



Andover, O., April 2, 1883. 



Large Increase and Honey Crop. 



I have no doubt but what there is 

 a difference in locality for honey ; the 

 best we can do here is the average of 

 30 lbs. of honey to a colony. I would 

 be glad to have large increase and 

 lara;e honey crop, as Mr. Moss says he 

 had (from "l(i colonies and 3 nucleus, 

 y.OOO lbs. of honey, and .52 increase, 

 and all that a family of ten could use 

 for a year); that stumps the world. I 

 am 76 years old, but never witnessed 

 such a thing, as the above, in my life. 

 William Roberts. 



Vaughansville, O., April 3, 1883. 



Convention Notices. 



1^ The Mahoning Valley bee-keep- 

 ers will hold their 13th meeting in the 

 Town Hall, at Berlin Centre, Ohio, on 

 May 5. All bee-keepers, and the pub- 

 lic in general, are invited to attend. 

 Do not forget to bring your wives, 

 children, and a well-filled lunch basket. 

 We expect a grand meeting. 



L. Carson, Pres. 



H. A. Simon, Sec. pro tern. 



i^ The Iowa Central Bee-Keepers' 

 Association will hold their semi- 

 annual meeting at Winterset, Iowa, 

 on Friday, May 11, 1883. All inter- 

 ested in anything pertaining to bee- 

 culture are invited to attend, and 

 bring anything that will be of interest 

 to the bee fraternity. 



J. E. Pryor, Sec. 



A. J. Adkison, Pres. 



i®° The semi-annual meeting of the 

 Western Bee-Keepers' Association 

 will be held at Independence, Jackson 

 County, Mo., on Saturday, April 28, 

 1883, at 10 a. m. Papers prepared for 

 the occasion by the president, sec- 

 retary and others will be read, and 

 matters of general interest to bee- 

 keepers discussed. A general attend- 

 ance of persons interested in bee- 

 culture is requested. The present 

 membership of this Association con- 

 trol 2,000 colonies of bees. 



S. W. Salisbury, Sec. 



Kansas City, Mo. 

 J. A. Nelson, Pres. Wyandotte, Kas. 



^f The spring meeting of the 

 Cortland Union Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation will be held in Cortland, N. Y.. 

 on Tuesday, May 8, 1883. 



M. C. Bean, Sec. 



1^ Quite a number of the leading 

 bee-keepers of Missouri and Kansas 

 met at the Court House, in Independ- 

 ence, Mo., December 23, 1882, and or- 

 ganized a bee-keepers' convention, 

 which was named the " Western Bee- 

 Keepers' Association," by electing the 

 following officers for the ensuing year : 

 Jas. A. Nelson, of Wyandotte, Kans., 

 President; L. W. Baldwin, of Inde- 

 pendence, Mo., Vice-President; S.W. 

 Salsbnry, Kansas City, Mo., Treasurer. 

 The Association passed a resolution 

 to invite all bee-keepers within a con- 

 venient distance, to meet with us at 

 our next meeting and lend us their 

 councils. Adjourned, to meet again 

 at Independence, on the last Saturday 

 in April next, at 10 o'clock, a. m. 

 J. D. Meador, P. Baldwin, C. M. 

 Crandall, Committee. 



W The Central Michigan Bee- 

 Keepers' Association holds its spring 

 convention at Lansing, in the State 

 Capitol building, on Tuesday, April 

 17,1883,9a.m. Programme: Presi- 

 dent's address ; Essays: Prof. A. J. 

 Cook, on Wintering Bees ; S. C. Perry, 

 on Chaff Hives ; C. Case, on Comb 

 Honey; O S. Smith, on the Best Bee; 

 A. D. Benham, on Extracted Honey ; 

 Mr. Harper, on Queen-Rearing ; Mr- 

 Waldo, on Best Method of Wintering 

 Out of Doors, in Single- Walled Hives ; 

 E. N. Wood, on Sections ; and E. 

 Greenaway, on Comb Foundation. All 

 bee-keepers are invited to attend or 

 send essays, papers, implements or 

 anything of interest to the fraternity 

 A full attendance is reqi'ested. 



E. N. Wood, Sec. 



North Lansing, Mich. 



1^ The spring meeting of the 

 Western Michigan Bee-Keepers' As- 

 sociation will be held at Supervisor's 

 Hall, Grand Rapids, April 26, at 10 

 a. m. 



F. S. Covey, Sec. 



Coopersville, Mich. 



1^ The Texas State Bee-Keepers' 

 Association will hold its Fifth Annual 

 Convention at McKinney, Collin Co., 

 on Tuesday and Wednesday, April 

 17th and 18th, 1883; at the residence of 

 Hon. W. H. Andrews. 



Wm. R. Howard, Sec. 



Kingston, Texas. 



li^ The Union Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation will meet in Grange Hall, Em- 

 inence, Ky., on Thursday, April 26, 

 1883. All bee-keepers, and the public 

 generally, are invited to be present. 

 G. W. Demaree, Sec. 



Christiausburg, Ky. 



1^ The Southeastern Michigan 

 Bee-Keepers' Association will hold 

 their next meeting at Adrian, Mich., 

 April 18, 1883. All are invited. Re- 

 duced rates at hotel. 



H. D. Cutting, Pres. 

 Clinton, Mich. 



H. C. MARKHA3I, Sec. 



Ann Arbor, Mich. 



