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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



29 that my young friend, J. W. Peter- 

 son, in his report, says that golden-rod 

 was the principal plant here this year. 

 In this Mr. Peterson is mistaken. 



I never knew bees to gather much 

 honey from golden-rod in this part of 

 the country, although this plant abounds 

 plentifully in several varieties. His 

 bees got their stores from the sweet 

 clover and alfalfa fields, principally, 

 which are within 2 and 23^ miles from 

 his location. 



Alfalfa is the rapidly-coming honey- 

 plant in Nebraska, and as a fodder 

 yielder, it ranks pre-eminently as No. 1, 

 where the soil is suitable ; while the 

 sweet clover is the very thing along 

 roadsides and on waste places. 



I have, and have had for several 

 years, about 30 acres of alfalfa, and 

 secure 3 cuttings annually — this season 

 about 6 tons per acre. Farmers in 

 Nebraska, who are possessed of suitable 

 land, should sow alfalfa. It pays, even 

 without bees to gather the honey. 



Grand Island, Nebr., Nov. 2, 1891. 



Pnnic M 1mm Bees. 



JOHN HEWITT. 



On page 535 is an extract from the 

 Revista Apicola, stating that the Punic 

 or Minorcan (or more correctly Bal- 

 earic) bees are one and the same. The 

 editor and writer of that paragraph, F. 

 C. Andreu, has several times written to 

 the British Bee Journal (viz. : in_1886, 

 pages 169 and 282; and in 188 i, page 

 564), that these bees are like Italians, 

 and " wear the 3 classic gold bands;" 

 that they are " as like Carniolans as 

 two peas." Mr. Cowan wrote, on page 

 573, for Nov. 29, 1888, that they are 

 " almost black." It is true that Mr. 

 Andreu corrects himself in that number, 

 on page 580, but it is hardly fair to 

 quote as "good authority" a writer who 

 can make so many mistakes in the 

 matter. Much is being made but of the 

 meaning of the word Punic. All classi- 

 cal scholars know that it means "be- 

 longing to or appertaining to the Phoe- 

 nicians; a people whose capital was 

 Carthage." I have several times stated 

 where they came from, and who first 

 sent them to me, but it suits some to 

 ignore these facts. 



Sheffield, England, Nov. 4, 1891. 



Supply Dealers desiring to sell our 

 book, "Bees and Honey," should writ*^ 

 for terms. 



iJoiiTention rVotices. 



]^^"The next annual meeting of the Rock 

 River Bee-Keepers' Association will be held 

 at Sterling, Ills., on Thursday, Dec. 3, 1891. 

 J. M. BuRTCH, Sec, Morrison, Ills. 



^^"The annual meeting of the Colorado 

 State Bee-Keepers' Association will be held in 

 Denver, Jan. 18 and 19, 1892. 



H. Knight, Sec, Littleton, Colo. 



J^~The Michigan State Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation will meet in Grand Rapids, Mich., on 

 Thursday, Dec. 31, 1891, and Friday, Jan. 1, 

 1892, Geo. E. Hilton, Sec, Fremont, Mich. 



l^"The Illinois State Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion will meet in Springfield, Ills', on Wednes- 

 day and Thursday, Dec. 16 and 17, 1891. 



Jas. a. Stone, Sec, Bradfordton, Ills. 



J^" The Eastern Iowa Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation will meet in De Witt, Iowa, on 

 Wednesday and Thursday, Dec 2 and 3, 1891. 

 Frank Coverdale, Sec, Welton, Iowa. 



J^"The Huron, Tuscola and Sanilac 

 Counties Bee-Keepers' Association will meet 

 at Concordia Hall, Sebewaing, Mich., on Dec. 

 15,1891. All interested are cordiallj' invited 

 to attend, and help make this one of the best 

 meetings ever held by this association. 

 Jno. G. Kundinger, Sec, Kilmanagh, Mich. 



B^" The Northwestern Bee-Keepers' Society will 

 hold its annual convention at the Commercial 

 Hotel, corner of Lake and Dearborn Streets, in 

 Chicago, Ills,, on Thursday and Friday, Nov. 19 

 and 20, at 9 a.m. Arrangements have been made 

 with the Hotel for back room, one bed, two persons, 

 $1.75 per day, each ; front room, $2.0t» per day for 

 eacb person. Tbis date occurs during the Fat Stock 

 Show, when excursion rates on the railroads will be 

 one fare for the round-trip. 



vv. Z. Hutchinson, sec, Flint, Mich. 



I^^The North American Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation will hold its annual convention in the 

 Agricultural Hall, at Albany, N. Y., from Dec 

 8 to 11, 1891. The hotel reduced terms are as 

 follows: Globe Hotel, $2 per day; American 

 Hotel, $2; Cox Brothers, No. 4 William st.,$l; 

 W. H. Keeler, 488 Broadway, European plan, 

 rooms 50 cts., 75 cts., and- $1; Kimbal House, 

 69 Washington St., $1; Merchants Hotel, 497 

 Broadway, $2 ; I. Keeler, restaurant, 56 State 

 St.: Odel Restaurant, 94 State st. Reduced 

 railroad rates have been secured from Chicago 

 and the Mississippi River and from the South. 

 Every local and State association should send 

 one oV more delegates. Those who intend to 

 be present should send their names either to 

 the President or Secretary. The programme 

 will be issued soon, giving all particulars. 



P. H. Elwood, Pres., Starkville, N. Y. 

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



j^" The programme and railroad rates will 

 be given in full next week. They were 

 received after these forms were filled, and 

 ready for the press. 



F»lcasc send us the names of your 

 neighbors who keep bees, and we will send 

 them sample copies of the Bee Journal. 

 Then please call upon them and get them to 

 subscribe with you. 



