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brood. The Italians are not as liable 

 to be affected by it as the blacks, 

 and much more likely to overcome it 

 if attacked. In fact, I have had 

 several Kalian colonies to recover, 

 that were badly diseased, and from 

 all appearance they became perfectly 

 healthy without any doctoring ; but I 

 would not advise waiting a day to 

 treat any colony, but would apply the 

 transferring remedy upon the first 

 appearance of the disease. 

 Uniontown, p Pa., Dec. 11, 1887. 



Local ConTention Directory. 



1688. rime aim place of MteUnt. 



Jon. 7.— SDBqaehanna County, at New Milford, Pa. 

 H. M. Seele;, Sec. Uarford, Pa. 



Jan. 10.— Cortlarrd Union, at Cortland. N Y. 



K. L. Weaver, See, Dryden, N. T. 



Jan. 10, n.— Ontario, at Woodstock. Ont. 



W. Couse. Sec. 



Jan. 10, 11.— Oblo State, atColombus. Ohio. 



Frank A. Eaton, Sec, BlufTton, O. 



Jan. U.— Nebraska State, at Lincoln, Nebr. 



Henrj Patterson, Sec, Humboldt, Nebr. 



Jan. I7.1&— N.W. Ills ,i 8. W.Wis, at Korkford. ni. 

 D. A. Fuller. Sec. Cherry Valley, Ills. 



Jan. 18. IB.- Vermont State, at Burlington. Vt. 



B. H. Uolmea, Sec. Sborebam, Tt. 



Jan. 17-19.— New Vork State, at Utica. N. Y. 

 O. H. Knickerbocker, Sec, Pine Plains, N. Y. 



Jan. ao.— Haldlmand, at Caynga, Ontario. 



K. C Campbell, 8ec, Cayuga, Ont. 



t3^ In order to hare this table complete, Secre. 

 tarles are requested to forward full particulars of 

 time and place of future meetings.- Bo. 



Bee-Keeping in Utah.— Luther K. 

 Stewart, Benjamin,© Utah, on Dec. 

 15, 1887, writes : 



Bees have done very well here the 

 past season, I have taken 4,200 

 pounds of extracted honey, and 800 

 pounds of comb honey from 30 colo- 

 nies, and increased them to 46. All 

 the honey was gathered from lucerne 

 and sweet clover. We use the Ameri- 

 can hive, and winter our bees on the 

 summer stands, as we think that they 

 winter better in this hive than the 

 Langstroth. The American Bee 

 .JouuNAL is a welcome weekly visitor. 



Late Extracting, etc.— H. S. Ilack- 

 man, Peru,6 ills., on Dec. 14, 1887, 

 writes : 



Yesterday I extracted my crop of 

 honey for 1887, amounting to 28 gal- 

 lons ; I also had about 1.50 pounds of 

 inferior comb honey, I started with 

 65 colonies in the spring, had no in- 

 crease, and I now have 55 colonies 

 safely packed for winter. Last year 

 I started with 42 colonies, increased 

 them to 84, and had 6.000 pounds of 

 honey, half comb and half extracted. 



Perhaps I ought to explain about 

 the extracting in winter. 1 examined 

 my bees about Oct. 10, to see what 

 they had, and get them in condition 



for the winter. I work them on the 

 socialist plan, as I take from those 

 that can spare, and give to those that 

 have not enough ; and what they have 

 more than both the rich and the poor 

 need, I take for myself, and that is 

 where the 28 gallons of extracted 

 honey came from. I have several 

 times extracted honey before this in 

 the winter, by bringing it near a stove 

 to get it warm enough ; but this time 

 I put it over an old-fashioned heating 

 place in the green-house, and it 

 worked like a charm, equal to any I 

 have done in the summer. 



An Old Subscriber.— George Ball, 

 Danbury,P Conn., on Dec. 17, 1887, 

 says: 



I have taken the American Bee 

 Journal for 23 years, and never 

 missed but one number. I sometimes 

 wonder how many of the subscribers 

 can say that. I am now old and broken 

 down, and must give up keeping bees. 



fit is refreshing to hear from the 

 old stand-by^. Mr. Ball has taken 

 the American Bee Journal ever 

 since it started, and as he has lost 

 only one number in that time,it would 

 be almost impossible for any one to 

 do much better.— Ed.] 



Wintering Bees in Depositories — 

 J.W. Bittenbender,Knoxville,91owa, 

 on Dec. 19, 1887, writes : 



Bees that have been taken care of 

 and supplied with winter stores are in 

 fine condition. My 120 colonies have 

 been in a cave for 33 days. Every 

 one was weighed when put into the 

 cave, and I will weigh them when I 

 take them out. I also put 2 colonies 

 in on Oct. 24, and weighed them ; up 

 to Nov. 18 they consumed one pound 

 of honey per colony ; while on the 

 same day (Oct. 24) 1 weighed 20 colo- 

 nies and left them on the summer 

 stands; they consumed 3 pounds per 

 colony. Tfiis is another point in 

 favor of putting bees in winter de- 

 positories early. 



Flat or Natural Base Foundation, 

 etc.— Clarence W. Wilkins, Cortland, 

 O N. y ., on Dec. 19, 1837, writes : 



The financial benefit derived directly 

 from the apiaries in this section the 

 past season has been slight; indeed, 

 so slight that some apiarists have 

 scarcely received enough from their 

 bees to repay them for the necessary 

 labor expended in their care. From 

 a spring count of 13 colonies, I in- 

 creased to 25. with a surplus of about 

 600 one-pound sections of very good 

 clover and basswood honey ; buck- 

 wheat yielding scarcely enough to be 

 worth mentioning. The bees still 

 have enough for winter stores, which 

 is far superior to the condition of 

 numerous colonies throughout the 

 country, unless they have been fed 

 considerable. This yield which I re- 

 ceived is far better than the average, 

 being about 46 pounds per colony, 



spring count ; so that I think I ought, 

 and am content with my results. 



1. Which is the most profitable for 

 the bee-keeper to use, flat or natural 

 bottom foundation in the one-pound 

 sections for the production of comb 

 honey V 2. In how large, and what 

 shape pieces should it be cut to ren- 

 der the apiarist the best results ? 



[1. Either will answer. Some pre- 

 fer one kind, and some the other. 



2. Fill the sections with comb foun- 

 dation It will pay to do so.— Ed.] 



Bees had a Good Flight.— Herbert 

 Clark, Palmyra, 9 Iowa, on Dec. 15, 



1887, says : 



My bees had a good flight yesterday. 

 There was only a little snow on the 

 ground. I took off the caps on one 

 cold, windy day, and to my surprise 

 I took out 200 pounds of nice comb 

 honey, and then filled the caps with 

 forest leaves. The coldest day so far 

 was Nov. 27, being 17° below zero. 



Convention Notices. 



IV The next meetlOK of tbe Nebraska State 

 Bee-Keepers' Association will be held on Jan. 11, 

 1888, at Lincoln, Nebr. 



HKNBT PATTBBSOK, StC 



The annual convention of the Vermont State 

 Bee-Keepers' Association will be held at the Van 

 Ness House, In Burlington, Vt., on the Ian. 18 and 

 19, 1888. R. H. Holmes, See. 



FF" The Ontario Bee-Keepers' Association will 

 hold its annual meeting at Woodstock, Ontarta, on 

 TuesJayand Wednesday, Jan. loand II, I88*i. 



W. COD8I!, Set. 



^T" The Hardin County Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion will meet at the Court House in Bldora, Iowa, 

 on the second Saturday In each month, at noon 

 (V2 o'clock), until further notice. 



J. W. BDCHANAN. See. 



tW The Cortland Union Bee-Keepers' Assoclar 

 tion will hold their annual meeting at Cortland, N. 

 Y . on Tuesday. Jan, 111, )>W8. fur the election of 

 i.fflL-ers anil to transact such businef^s hs may come 

 before the meeting. All bee-keepers are invited- 

 B. h. WKArEB,aM. 



pr* The Susquehanna County Bee-Keepers' As- 

 sociation will meet at New Milford. Pa., on Jan. 

 7, IRHH. Subjects for discussion : "The Best Way 

 to Prevent Swarming," and "Is 11 Advisable to 

 Italianize Colonies?" All bee-keepers are cordially 

 invited. U. M. SEELEY, See. 



ty" The annual meetintr of the Northwestern 

 Illinois and Southenstem Wisconsin BPe-Keepers' 

 AssucmlKin will be hel'l in G. A. R, Hall, corner of 

 State & *Jorth Main -ts.. in Rnckford. Ills., on Jan, 

 17 and 1«, is^i^. Dr. Miller will be present, and a 

 good programme is in course of prenaration. 



D. A. Fuller, Set. 



tW The fifth annual Ohio State Bee-keepers' 



Convention will be held in the United States Ho- 

 tel, corner Hich and Town Sts., i'nlumhus. O., on 

 Jan. I'lanil 11,188H. An Interesting programme 

 will be srranged. Reduced rates at the hotel are 

 ♦ 1 .S'l for ea'h person, liouhie. or »i;.'>'i per day if 

 slTiple. There will be re luce 1 nites of travel, par- 

 tii-iilar.s of which will be given later. It it desira- 

 ble to know who can be present. Will you kindly 

 notify me by postal card, at BlufTton. Ohio. 



FiiANE A. Eaton, See. 



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 can afford to do without it. We wiU present 

 a Bluder for the Bee Journal to any one 

 sending us three subscriptions— with $3.00— 

 direct to this office. It wrlll pay any one to 

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