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COWVEWTION DIRECTORY. 



Time and place of meeting. 



Oct. 7,"8.— Missouri State, at Sedalia, Mo. 



J. W. Rouse, Sec, Mexico, Mo. 



Oct. 10.— Capital, at Springfield, Ills. 



C. E. Yocom, Sec, Sherman, Ills. 



Oct. 14, 15.— S. W. Wisconsin, at Fennimore, Wis. 

 Benj. B. Rice, Sec, Boscobel, Wis. 



Nov. 19, 20.— Northwestern, at Chicago, Ills. 



W. Z. Hutchinson, Sec, Flint, Mich. 



It^" 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. El wood. . ..Stark villa, N. Y 

 Secretary— C. P. Dadant Hamilton, Ills. 



National Bee-Keepers' Union. 



President— James Heddon ..Dowagiac, Mich. 

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



Bee apd ^m^ Gossip, 



H^^ 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. 



Three Poor Crops in Six Years. 



This is my sixth year as specialist In 

 the bee-business, and during that time I 

 have had two small crops of honey-dew, 

 or bug-juice, and one poor crop of white 

 honey. Every pound of my honey has 

 cost 50 cents, and now my bees are 

 starving. J. E. Walker. 



Clarksville, Mo., Sept. 25, 1891. 



An Unprofitable Season. 



Bee-keeping in this section has not 

 been a paying investment this season, 

 but we live in hopes, and I am getting 

 ready for a good season next year. One 

 thing that kept us back was the exceed- 

 ingly early rains. ''• B. Ramage. 



Blaine, Wash., Sept. 22, 1891. 



Poor Year for Honey. 



This has been one of the poorest years 

 for honey in a long time. I own one 

 colony of bees, but got no surplus. A 

 great many farmers in this vicinity have 

 from 3 to 30 colonies, but got no sur- 

 plus, either extracted or comb-honey. I 

 think the reason of it was that they took 

 no bee-periodical. I believe bees ought 



to refuse to gather honey for a man who 

 neglects to subscribe for a periodical, 

 such as the Ameeic;an Bee Journal. 

 Gee W. Richards. 

 Manorville, Pa. 



No Dark Honey. 



I had 44 colonies of bees. Spring 

 count, which increased to 76 colonies, 

 and gave me 2,000 pounds of comb- 

 honey, and 6 or 7 pounds of extracted- 

 honey, all of which was from basswood — 

 not a pound of dark honey in the lot. I 

 shall unite them down to about 60 colo- 

 nies for Winter. Geo. H. Auringer. 



Bonniwell's Mills, Minn. 



Another Poor Year. 



I left Geneseo'last Spring and came to 

 Mendota, changing my occupation from 

 farming to poultry buying. I must say 

 that I miss my little pets a great deal, 

 although I left them in good care in the 

 hands of my brothers, who are getting 

 along nicely with them, as I noticed 

 while at home on a visit a few days 

 since. This has been another "off" 

 year for the bees, the Summer being so 

 cool that there was but little nectar 

 formed in the flowers. The present 

 warm weather, however, is good for 

 the bees, as they are storing a little 

 honey now. I shall have some surplus 

 to take off, and, judging from the pres- 

 ent outlook, my bees will go into Winter 

 quarters with plenty of stores. 



Geo. Frey. 



Mendota, Ills., Sept. 25, 1891. 



Wavelets o! News. 



The Honey Crop in Iowa. 



If it were not for the divine gift, hope, 

 bee-keepers would give up in discourage- 

 ment, if not in disgust, after a couple of 

 years of failure. 



Hope springs eternal in the human breast, 

 Man never is but always to be blest. 



Last year being a poor one for honey 

 over a large portion of the country, they 

 cheered themselves on by the thought 

 that this would be more propitious. Well, 

 it has, but still the yield has been below 

 the point of profit for the man who 

 makes bee-keeping his chief business. 



Those who argue that it is best to com- 

 bine bee-keeping with some other employ- 



