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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



For tbe American Bee JoumaL 



The Xorth western Convention- 



JAMES HEDDON. 



Some way or other I have got the 

 the idea into my head that the above 

 named convention is going to lead all 

 other bee associations in the world. 

 Why ? First, because, as Mr. Clarke 

 so ably puts it, " it is conceded that 

 this continent now leads the world in 

 apicultural progress;" secondly, no 

 where is this progress " on such 

 swift-winged pinions as in the West. 

 Especially is this true of that portion 

 of the West easily accessible to that 

 great centre of commerce and science, 

 — Chicago. 



The rates during this meeting are 

 about one-third the usual, on nearly 

 all railroads. No equally good meet- 

 ing can be gotten up with so little 

 enort and cost as a Northwestern. 

 Father Langstroth is to be at our next 

 Oct. 17 and 18 meeting. Let us greet 

 the faces of hundreds of the " get 

 there " honey-producers of the coun- 

 try, from East, West, North and 

 South, and let us see if we cannot all 

 go away feeling and knowing that we 

 have not only had a good time, made 

 the acquaintance of the veteran 

 Huber of apiculture, but we have 

 learned points regardmg this calling 

 that will many times pay us for the 

 cost and trouble of the attendance, 

 and leave us the fun and frolic more 

 clear gain. 



I imagine I hear the response now 

 echoing all over the country, " Yes, 

 we'll be dar, suah as your boun." 



Dowagiac, Mich., Sept. 27, 1883. 



imixat and gloxu. 



ANSWERS av 



James ffeddon, Dowagiac, Mich. 



Uniting Colonies of Bees. 



Will Mr. Heddon please give his 

 method of uniting bees, in the Weekly 

 Bee Journal V W. V. Webster. 



Quaker City, O., Sept. 12, 1883. 



Answer. — If I have colonies to 

 •unite, I pick out such combs and such 

 number of them as I wish to put the 

 newly -made colony on, for winter, 

 and then shake the bees all into a box 

 together; then empty them in front of 

 the hive, and let them all run in to- 

 gether, removing all but my choice in 

 the queens, and caging her between 

 the combs, as in any case of introduc- 

 ing, and liberate her in the same way. 

 I very seldom have any fighting, and 

 if you wish to prevent that, you might 

 take the extra precaution of sprinkling 

 the bees with slightly- sweetened 

 water, scented a little with pepper- 

 mint, or some other pleasant odor. 

 Put in but little of the scent, and do 

 not let outside bees get a taste of your 



sweetened liquid, and thus induce rob- 

 bing. If the colonies united stood 

 some distance apart, you might set the 

 newly-formed colony in a cellar for a 

 few days, and then lean a board in 

 front of the entrance when you set 

 them out to fly, just before sun set. 

 Of course, tact is needed to get the 

 minutia of the work done, so as to be 

 perfectly adapted to the surrounding 

 conditions. 



Local Convention Directory. 



1883. Time and Place of Meeting. 



Oct 3.— Wentworth, Ont., at HamiUon, Ont. 



Alex. Robertson. Sec, Carlisle. 



Oct. 4.— Union Kentucky, at ShellyTille. Ky. 



G. W. Demaree, Sec, Chrlstiansburg, Ky. 



Oct. 6.— Marshall Co.. at Marsballtown, Iowa. 



J. W. Sanders, Sec, Le Grand. Iowa. 



Oct. 9, 10.— Northern MlcbiKan, at Skerldan, Mich. 

 O. R. Goodno, Sec. 



Oct. 9, 10.— Northern Mich, at Sheridan, Mich. 



O. R. Goodno. Sec. Carson City, Mich. 



Oct. 10.— Central Illinois, at BlooralnKton, 111. 



James Poindexter, Sec. 



Oct. 10.— Cass County, at LoRansport, Ind. 



L>e Witt Brown, Sec 



Oct. 17, 18.— Northwestern, at ChicaKO. Hi. 



Thomas G. Newman, Sec. 



Oct.— Northern Ohio, at Norwalk, O. 



S. F. Newman, Sec. 

 Nov. 2.— Iowa Central, at Winterset. Iowa. 



J. E. Pryor, Sec, Arbor Hiil, Iowa. 



Nov. 3.— Mahoning Valley, at Newter Falls. O. 



L. Carson, Sec 



Not. 7.— New Jersey and Eastern, at New York. 

 J. Hasbrouck Sec, Bound Brook, N. Y. 



Dec. 5-6, Michigan State, at Flint. 



H. D. Cutting. Sec, Clinton, Mich. 



tr In order to have this tabie complete. Secre- 

 taries are requested to forward full particulars or 

 time and place of future meetings.- Ed. 



The Fall Crop of Honey. 



The bee-keepers have been some- 

 what encouraged for a better collec- 

 tion of winter stores than it promised 

 the morning of the frost. The weather 

 has been warm and pleasant most of 

 the time, and our pets have worked 

 pretty well. The frost did not seem 

 to hurt fall bloom very much, so we 

 still hope we will not have much fall 

 feeding to do ; this we will all know, 

 if we will examine when the honey 

 flow is over. I met the vice-president 

 of the Michigan State Society yester- 

 day, in Marsballtown. I find him 

 good in a talk about bees. We would 

 like to have some good men at our 

 next meeting, Oct. 6; if any of them 

 are out this way, or even feel like 

 coming on purpose ; we are expecting 

 a good turn out, for many have ex- 

 pressed a desire to be there then. 

 The bee-keepers' interest is growing 

 very fast in this part of our State. 

 The demand for honey, both comb 

 and extracted, is on its increase. Our 

 people are getting afraid of glucose 

 adulterations. J. W. .Sanders. 



Le Grand, Iowa, Sept. 27, 1883. 



A Good Paying Crop of Honey. 



The weather is very cool and ex- 

 tremely dry. We have had scarcely 

 any rain since June 15. Our bees 

 have plenty of honey, but no brood ; 

 in fact, less brood than 1 ever saw at 

 this time of the year. The goldenrod 

 is in full bloom, but yields no honey ; 

 but why should a Kentuckian com- 

 plain, after such a clover harvest as 

 we have had ? Besides, experience 

 teaches us that the weekly visits of 

 the good old American Bee Jour- 

 nal will brighten the prospects, and 

 give new vigor to those who have to 

 record " blasted hopes." I commenced 

 the season with 75 colonies ; and have 

 increased to 130, mostly by natural 

 swarming. I have taken 7,600 pounds 

 of choice honey, of which 400 pounds 

 were in the comb; the balance was 

 extracted. I have sold, in our home 

 market, the extracted honey, at 123^ 

 cents per pound ; and the comb honey 

 at 16^3 cents. Early in tiie season I 

 sold 12 barrels of extracted honey at 

 10 cents per pound. The demand for 

 honey is good ; and I have sold all I 

 have taken, and know that bee-keep- 

 ing pays. , 



John T. Connlet. 



Napoleon, Ky.. Sept. 26, 1883. 



Worker Bees in Queen-Cells. 



On page 433 of the Bee Journal, 

 A. Ilickenbacher mentions a "Curious 

 Freak of Bees," and Mr. Heddon's 

 answer is : "I have never had a case 

 like the one above referred to. I do 

 not know as we have any precedent of 

 the kind." 1 am quite surprised that 

 Mr. Heddon and others have not 

 noticed that workers very often get 

 sealed up in old queen-cells. I have 

 known for several years, that workers 

 very often crawl into the queen-cells 

 after the queens hatch, and some- 

 times get sealed up. A little obser- 

 vation on the part of apiarists during 

 the following season, will reveal the 

 fact that more than one worker in 50 

 hives will get sealed up in queen-ceUs. 

 R. S. Becktell. 



Three Oaks, Mich. 



White Cake Made with Honey. 



Dear Editor.— As requested I 

 send you the recipe for the cake made 

 with honey on which I took the first 

 prize at the Tri-State Fair at Toledo, 

 last month : 



One-half teacup of butter, three cups 

 of flour, one-and-a-half cups of honey, 

 one-half cup of sweet milk, one-halt 

 teaspoonful of soda, one of cream of 

 tartar, and the whites of three eggs. 



Delaware, O. May Besse. 



Frost Killed All the Flowers. 



The honey crop in this part of the 

 country is almost an entire failure. 

 Since the middle of July the bees have 

 hardly held their own ; I fear the late 

 swarms will have to be fed, to give 

 them enough stores to winter on. 

 Last night we had a frost that wiped 

 out all the flowers, so that this year 

 will foot up rather short. 



H. J. SCOLES. 



Knoxville, Iowa, Sept. 26, 1883. 



