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brought to this country, in many of the 

 points that are requisite to successful 

 bee-keeping, for pleasure or profit. The 

 Punic colonies in my yard to-day are in 

 better condition than all the others. I 

 did not feed them, yet they are heavy. 



It has been said that Punic bees were 

 not advertised in the English bee- 

 periodicals, but this is a mistake. They 

 were advertised last year, and would 

 have been this year if the British Bee 

 Journal had not refused to insert the 

 advertisement. 



The Punic stock in Mr. W. B. Carr's 

 apiary, in the Spring of 1890, was the 

 "best and strongest" he had. (See 

 Kecord, an English bee-periodical, for 

 June, 1890.) 



In answer to Mr. Lowmaster, in a late 

 number of the British Bee Journal, they 

 say that they know nothing about the 

 Punic bees, Apis niger. In that same 

 periodical for June 5, 1890, page 2T1, 

 is a mention of Punic bees, and where 

 they came from. (See also British Bee 

 Journal for May 29, 1890.) Why? 

 Simply because Messrs. Cowan and Carr 

 did not know that Punic bees were so 

 hard to obtain from their native clime. 



The English Journal of Horticulture 

 has several times contained long ac- 

 counts of the Punic bees. These bees 

 are standing well in the estimation of 

 all who have tried them, thus far, in 

 America, and it does seem as if we at 

 last had a " dollar-and-cent " bee. They 

 are the greatest workers I ever saw. A 

 " fair trial" should be given them. 



Beverly, Mass. 



Wintering Bees on Snmmer Stands, 



C. W. COSTELLOW, 



When bees are wintered on summer 

 stands, if the entrances become clogged, 

 and they try to fly and find themselves 

 confined, they are apt to worry them- 

 selves into a diseased condition. To keep 

 the entrances open and clear of dead 

 bees and snow, I put a frame or rim, the 

 same size as the hive and 4 inches deep, 

 between the brood-chamber and the bot- 

 tom-board. If there is no entrance in 

 the hive-body, one .^sxS inches should be 

 cut in the top edge of the rim. This 

 arrangement is simple, works to perfec- 

 tion, and is adapted to all hives having a 

 movable bottom. — Exchange. 



Do Not Forget the meeting of the 

 Northwestern Convention, on Nov. 19. 



COIWVENTIOM DIRECTORi:. 



Time and place of meeting. 



1891. 



Nov. 19, 20,— Northwestern, at Chicag-o, Ills. 



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

 Dec. 31.— Michigan State, at Grand Kapids. 



Geo. E. Hilton, Sec, Fremont, Mich, 

 Dec. 8, 11.— North American, at Albany, N, Y. 

 C. P, Dadant, Sec, Hamilton, Ills. 



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. . . .Starkville, N, Y 



Secretary- C, P, Dadant Hamilton, Ills. 



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National Bee-Keepers' Union. 



President— James Heddon ..Dowag-iac, Mich. 

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



Bes ajid HopBa Gossip. 



1^~ 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. 



Almost a Failure. 



The season in this locality has been 

 very discouraging to bee-keepers, the 

 honey crop being almost an entire fail- 

 use. Bees in general have stored 

 enough honey to carry them through 

 the Winter. G. M. Whitfoed. 



Arlington, Nebr. 



Peculiar Season. 



The season just closed has been a 

 peculiar one for bees. In the Spring 

 they started in with a rush on cherry, 

 maple, and apple bloom ; swarmed freely 

 during white clover bloom, and stored 

 some white honey. Then buckwheat 

 came in bloom, and for a week the 

 honey came with a rush. But a change 

 occurred, and during the balance of the 

 bloom the weather was cool and rainy. 

 Fall flowers were a failure as far as 

 honey was concerned. To sum up, the 

 surplus is but little, stores short for 

 Winter, and mostly old bees to Winter. 

 Apples being plenty, the cider mills are 

 running every day, the bees are de- 

 stroyed by the thousand, and cider stored 

 for Winter food. Still, I hope for the 

 best, and next Spring will tell the tale 

 of the results of the past season. 



H. H. Brown. 



Light Street, Pa., Oct. 10, 1891. 



