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comb honey. How Is that for this 

 part of Indiana ? 



John W. Stukwold. 

 Haymond, Ind.,Sept. 14, 1883. 



Is Smoke Injurious to Bees ? 



I have recently bought and had in 

 use a "Conqueror " bee smoker, and I 

 am very much pleased with the power 

 it gives me over my bees, and by its 

 other qualities ; but what I should 

 lilcetoknow from some of your cor- 

 respondents who have doubtless had 

 more experience, is whether the very 

 pungent smoke from the use of sound 

 wood has no deleterious effect on the 

 delicate larviB and eggs of the bees. 

 Please will some of your correspond- 

 ents, or Messrs. Doolittle and Hed- 

 don give their experience in the 

 columns of your valuable Journal. 

 John Maktin. 



London, England. Sept. 8, 1883. 



[Will Messrs. Doolittle, Heddon, 

 and others please give a brief reply to 

 the above question, as requested by 

 Mr. Martin V— Ed.] 



W&ihixi and Mow, 



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ANSWERS BJ 



James Heddon, Dowagiac, Mich. 



llsike CIoTer Hay. 



Will Mr. Heddon please answer the 

 following questions through the Bee 

 Journal : 



How does Alsike clover compare 

 with red clover in the following par- 

 ticulars : For hay, for pasture, for 

 fertilizing the ground, and will it pay 

 to raise it here, where red clover does 

 very well, but is a little Inclined to 

 freeze out in winter, not taking into 

 consideration the bee pasturage V 



G. \V. Williams. 



Economy, Ind., Sept. 12, 1883. 



Answer.— Alsike clover makes bet- 

 ter hay than red clover, it being more 

 tender and finer. Stock prefer it 

 either in hay or pasture. As a ferti- 

 lizer, I do not consider it equal to red 

 clover. Chemistry tells us that red 

 clover takes the largest proportion 

 from the atmosphere and less from 

 the earth, making it the best fertilizer 

 of any we have. This may be called 

 stealing from your neighbors. My 

 own opinion is, that there are few 

 places in the United States where it 

 will pay to supplant red with Alsike 

 clover, if bee pasturage is not to be 

 considered. 



^° The Cass County Bee-Keepers' 

 Association, organized on the 15th of 

 August, will meet on the 10th of 

 October, 1883, in Logansport, Ind. 

 All persons interested in bees and 

 honey are respectfully invited to 

 come. Db Witt Bkown, A'ec. 



O" The Bee-Keepers' Association 

 of Central Illinois will hold its next 

 meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 10, at 10 

 a. m., at 205 South Main street, city of 

 Bloomington. All interested, in this 

 and adjoining counties, are invited 

 to attend. J. L. Wolcott, Pre,s. 



James Poindexter, /Sec. 



«g" The Union Kentucky Bee- 

 Keepers' Society will hold their fall 

 meeting in Petry's Hall, in Shelby- 

 ville, Ky., on Thursday, the 4th day 

 of October, 1883. All bee-keepers, 

 and the public generally, are invited 

 to be present. 



G. W. Demaree, /Sec. 



Christiansburg, Ky. 



^" The next regular meeting of 

 the Mahoning Valley Bee-Keepers' 

 Association will be held at Newton 

 Falls, O., on the first Saturday of 

 November, 1883. L. Carson, Fres. 



E. W. Turner, /Sec. 



^* The quarterly meeting of the 

 Marshall County Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation, will be held at the Court 

 House, in Marshalltown, Iowa, on 

 Saturday, Oct. 6, at 10.30 A. M. Sub- 

 ject for discussion, " Fall and Winter 

 Care." All interested, in this and 

 adjoining counties, are invited, for 

 we hope to have a good meeting, and 

 one of benefit to all. 



J. W. Sanders, /Sec. 



Le Grand, Iowa. 



^" Please announce that the Iowa 

 Central Association, will meet at Win- 

 terset, Iowa, Nov. 2, 1883. 



Z. G. CooLEY, iSec. 'pro tern. 



1^ The Wentworth, Ont., Bee- 

 Keepers' Association, will hold their 

 next meeting in the Secretary's office, 

 on the Central Fair Grounds, Hamil- 

 ton, on Wednesday, the 3d of October, 

 commencing at 1 p. m. All interested 

 in bees and honey, are requested to 

 attend. 



Alex. Kobertson, Sec, Carlisle. 



The Apiary Register. 



All who Intend to be systematic in 

 their work in the apiary, should get a 

 copy and commence to use it. 



For 50 colonies (120 pages) $1 00 



" 100 colonies (220 pages 1 50 



" 200 colonies (420 pages) 2 00 



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. 



Preparation of Honey for the Mar- 

 ket, including the production and care 

 of both comb and extracted honey 

 instructions on the exhibition of bees 

 and honey at Fairs, etc. This is a 

 new 10 cent pamphlet, of 32 pages. 



^^j^ctal glotices. 



Examine the Date following your 

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 paper; it indicates the end of the 

 month to which you have paid your 

 subscription on the Bee Journal. 



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How to Create a Market for Honey. 



We have now published another 

 edition of the pamphlet on "Honey as 

 Food and Medicine," with more new 

 Kecipes for Honey Medicines, all kinds 

 of cooking in which honey is used, and 

 healthful and pleasant beverages. 



We have put the price siill lower, 

 to encourage bee-keepers to scatter 

 them far and wide. Single copy 5 

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 (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. 

 Try it, and you will be surprised. 



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