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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



C OWENTIOK DIRECTORY. 



Time and place of laeeting. 



1891. 

 July 30.— Carolina, at Charlotte, N. C. 



A. L. Beach, Sec. Pineville, N. C. 



Aug. 6.— Rock River, at Sterling, Ills. 



J. M. Burtch, Sec, Morrison, Ills. 



Sept. 3.— Susquehanna County, at So. Montrose, Pa. 

 H. M. Seeley, Sec, Harford, Pa. 



In order to have this table complete, 

 Secretaries are requested to forward full 

 particulars of the time and the place of 

 each future meeting. — The Editor. 



North American Bee-Keepers' Association 



President— P. H. Elwood Starkviile, N. T. 



Secretary— C. P. Dadant Hamilton, Ills. 



National Bee-Keepers' Union. 



President— James Heddon ..Dowagiac, Mich. 

 Sec'y and Manager— T. G. Newman, Chicago. 



Bee ajid JiDjiei] Gossip. 



!^" Do not write anything- for publication 

 on the same sheet of paper with business 

 matters, unless it can be torn apart without 

 interfering with either part of the letter. 



Remedy for the Nameless Disease. 



On page 806 G. B. Replogle asks for a 

 remedy for the "nameless bee disease." 

 Let him fill a comb with brine and place 

 it in the brood-nest. I have had excel- 

 lent results from this remedy this season. 

 Tlie disease has disappeared from every 

 hive thus treated. I cannot say yet 

 whether or not it will return, but if it 

 does, the remedy is simple and easily 

 applied. This "nameless" disease has 

 been getting worse »in my apiary every 

 year, for a number of years, and was 

 making serious inroads on my honey 

 crop, so that I am very glad to find 

 something that will check it, if it does 

 not entirely cure it. 



Hudson, N. Y. Jas. McNeill. 



Cleaning Wood-Zinc Honey-Boards. 



Answering W. E. Forbes' inquiry on 

 page 807, I will say that I use 2-rowed 

 zinc, with about %-inch wood strips 

 between. I first scrape off all the pro- 

 polis that I can conveniently with a dull 

 knife, then take an old No. 9 tin wash 

 boiler, place it on a couple of flat stones, 



to allow a fire to be kindled underneath 

 it, fill it with water, and start the fire. 

 When the water begins to boil, I immerse 

 the boards in the water for a minute or 

 two, when the wax will all be melted off 

 and rise to the top. I use a pair of 

 blacksmith's tongs to remove the honey- 

 boards from the water, and throw them 

 on the grass almost as clean as new. 

 When wax accumulates on the water, I 

 remove it with a dipper, to prevent its 

 adhering to the honey-boards as they are 

 withdrawn from the water, and place it 

 in another vessel. Refill the boiler when 

 necessary. I can clean 100 nicely in a 

 day. Abel Gresh. 



Weedville, Iowa. 



Dry Weather in New Jersey. 



The weather is very warm and dry 

 here, and unless we have rain soon, I 

 am afraid the honey crop from clover 

 will be short. The bees have been 

 gathering honey rapidly during the past 

 few days, and are working in the sections 

 nicely. I have had but 5 swarms from 

 31 colonies, and the bees show no 

 indications of further swarming. 



Wm. Housel. 



Wertsville, N. J., June 14, 1891. 



[The rain came on June 18, and has, 

 no doubt, changed the prospects for the 

 better. — Ed.] 



Honey-Boards — To Clean. 



On page 807 I notice a request by W. 

 E. Forbes for the best method of clean- 

 ing wood-zinc honey-boards. The best 

 way I have found to clean them, is to 

 dip them in boiling water. It is also a 

 good way to clean the propolis from 

 empty frames and crates. Prospects are 

 good for a crop of honey from basswood. 

 D. H. Coggshall. 



West Groton, N. Y. 



Swarm-Hivers. 



I have been trying Alley's latest 

 swarm-hiver this . season, but have not 

 met with success. The bees do not 

 even attempt to swarm, it seems to dis- 

 courage them, and the drones get into 

 the cones and die there, clogging them 

 up, and rendering it necessary to clear 

 them out every day. Are any of the 

 swarm-hivers of any practical use? I 

 would like to hear from those who have 

 used them. W. A. Habris. 



New York, June 22, 1891. 



