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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



COWVEBfTION DIRECTORY. 



Time and place of meeting. 



1891. 



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

 W. Z. Hutchinson Sec. Flint Mich. 



Dec. 2, 3.— Eastern Iowa, at DeWitte. 



Frank Coverdale, Sec, Welton, Iowa. 



Dec. 3.— Rock River, at Sterling, Ills. 



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



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

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



Dec. 15.— Huron, Tuscola and Sanilac, at 

 Sebewaing, Mich. 

 Jno, G. Kunding-er, Sec, Kilmanagh, Mich. 



Dec 16, 17— Illinois State, at Springfield. 



Jas. A. Stone, Sec, Bradfordton, Ills. 



Dec 31.— Michigan State, at Grand Rapids. 

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



1892. 



Jan. 18, 19.— Colorado State, at Denver. 



H. Knight, Sec, Littleton, Colo. 



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.. ..Stark ville, N. Y 

 Secretary— C. P. Dadant Hamilton, Ills. 



National Bee-Keepers' Union. 



President— James Heddon ..Dowagiac, Mich. 

 S^C'y and Manager— T. G. Newman. Chicago. 



Bee aiid ^m^ Gossip. 



Fertilization of Queens. 



I am somewhat surprised at Mr. 

 Alley's statement about the fertilization 

 of queen bees. My apiary has been 

 about 33^ miles from Mr. Samuel Wil- 

 son's until this Summer. His bees were 

 Italians, and mine were blacks. My 

 bees have crossed and recrossed with 

 his Italians until I have but one colony 

 of black stock. As there were no other 

 Italian bees in the country, they have 

 certainly crossed with his. I think it 

 depends mostly on the surrounding 

 country, and the situation of apiaries 

 about this crossing of bees. I have 

 some bees with curious markings. The 

 first band is dark-yellow or copper col- 

 ored, while they have white hair, which 

 looks like white rings around them. The 

 queens of these colonies are very prolific, 

 and their progeny good honey-gatherers. 

 Some of my bees show the full markings 

 of Italians, while others do not. I do 

 not know anything about the Carniolans, 



as we have none in our country. We 

 are having very dry weather here, and 

 I think vegetation will suffer if it does 

 not rain before long. The weather has 

 been so cold and dry that the bees did 

 not do as well as they would have done 

 if the weather had been warmer, but I 

 think that most colonies have enough 

 stores for Winter. I think there is a big 

 difference between the working quality 

 of Italian and black bees. Hybrids are 

 generally good workers, as they often 

 possess the good qualities of both the 

 Italians and blacks. 



R. A. Shultz. 

 Cosby, Tenn., Oct. 31, 1891. 



Light Crop of Honey. 



I increased my apiary this season from 

 80 colonies, Spring count, to 102 colo- 

 nies. Fall count, and secured only 1,000 

 pounds of comb-honey. The early part 

 of the season being very cold and damp, 

 there was not much nectar secreted by 

 the flowers. J. W. Carter. 



Wellington, Nev. 



Metheg-lin. 



While In the army I once tasted me- 

 theglin. It was such a nice drink that I 

 never forgot it. The recipe for making 

 it in the Bee Journal of Oct. 29, is 

 worth the subscription price of the 

 Journal to me. 



Theodore Deschner.' 



Seattle, Wash. 



Albany Convention. 



The headquarters of the North Ameri- 

 can Bee-Keepers' Association will be at 

 the Globe Hotel, Albany, N. Y. Rates, 

 $2.00 per day. It is a first-class tem- 

 perance house. Thos. Pierce. 



Gansevoort, N. Y., Nov. 11, 1891. 



Short Crop and but Few Swarms. 



My report for 1891 is a short crop of 

 honey and few swarms. I had 12 colo- 

 nies. Spring count ; now I have 13 col- 

 onies. I had an average of 20 pounds 

 of honey to the colony. The American 

 Bee Journal gives me much pleasure. 

 It has been a great help to me this sea- 

 son ; more so then it would if we had a 

 large crop of honey. Those recipes for 

 bee-food were very useful this season. I 

 will take the Bee Journal as long as I 

 keep bees. Forrest W. Streeter. 



Waupun, Wis., Nov. 7, 1891. 



