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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Wavelets of News. 



Increase and Honey. 



J. F. Hecht, Plainview, Nebraska, 

 bought a colony of bees last Spring, 

 which cost him $10. From that hive he 

 has 6 swarms of bees and 400 pounds of 

 honey. Mr. Hecht has taken great 

 interest in studying the habits of bees, 

 and has learned many curious and inter- 

 esting things about them. Although the 

 last season has probably been more 

 bountiful than the average, he has 

 demonstrated that with a little care bee- 

 culture may be made quite profitable. — 

 Plainview Gazette. 



Bees in Winter. 



During the Winter months the less 

 bees are disturbed, wherever they are, 

 or in whatever condition they are, the 

 better for them. All that can be done 

 for their protection and safety through 

 the Winter should have been done 

 before. 



Some of our bee-keeping neighbors 

 have wondered why I advise -removing 

 the entrance blocks during the Winter. 

 I will explain by stating that as there is 

 a high temperature in the cluster, and 

 a low temperature outside of the cluster, 

 it must follow that the moisture arising 

 from the bees will be condensed on the 

 side combs, and if the entrance be left 

 wide open it will assist this vapor to pass 

 out, thus keeping the bees in a dry, 

 healthy condition. 



From the above cause it often follows 

 that bees starve to 'death in the midst of 

 plenty, simply because they hav^ con- 

 sumed the stores within the cluster, and 

 they cannot move to the side combs 

 because they are as cold as ice and 

 frosty. 



There is certainly a great advantage 

 in having the hive crowded with honey ; 

 it certainly pays to feed bees in the Fall, 

 even when they seem to have an abund- 

 ance, for if they do not consume it all 

 they will be prepared to accept the 

 surplus arrangements earlier next sea- 

 son. Strong colonies, in substantial 

 hives, with an abundance of stores, are 

 seldom known to perish in Winter. 



Do not be alarmed when you see a few 

 dead bees in front of the hive ; they 

 naturally die of old age, and to have 

 them dragged out indicates a healthy 

 colony within. — Walter S. Poudee, in 

 the Indiana Fanner. 



OonTention l^otices. 



J^F" The annual meeting of the Colorado 

 State Bee-Keepers' Association will be held in 

 "Oenver, Jan. 18 and 19, 1892. 



H. Knight, Sec. Littleton, Colo. 



J^"The Michigan State Bee-Keepers' Asso 

 elation will meet in Grand Rapids, Mich., on 

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

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



J^"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. 



JES~The Kansas State Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion Avill hold their second annual meeting 

 at Beloit, Kan., on Dec. 8 and 9, with the State 

 Horticultural Association. All the bee-keepers 

 of the State are cordially invited to attend. 

 L. Wayman, Sec, Chanute, Kan. 



l^"The Eastern New York Bee-Keepers 

 Association will meet in convention with the 

 North American Association, Dec. 8 to 11, in 

 Agricultural Hall, Alba'ny, N, Y. 



W. S. Ward, Sec, Fuller's Station, N. Y. . 



]^"'t'he Huron, Tuscola and Sanilac 

 Counties Bee-Keepers' Association will meet 

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

 15, 1891. All interested ai'e cordially invited 

 to attend, and help make this one of the best 

 meetings ever held by this association. 

 Jno. G. KuNDiNGER, Scc, Kilmanagh, Mich. 



special session of the California Bee- 

 Keepers' Association, in honor of the visit of 

 Prof. A. J. Cook and A. I. Root, will be held in 

 Los Angeles, Calif., at the Chamber of Com- 

 merce, Jan. 6 and 7, 1892. The California 

 permanent exhibit in an adjoining room, will 

 no doubt be of interest to all. 



C. W. Abbott, Prest. 

 G. W. Brodbeck, Sec. 



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

 ciation will hold its annual convention in the 

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

 8 toll, 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 Restavirant, 94 State st. Reduced 

 railroad rates have been secured from Chicago 

 and the Mississippi River and from the South. 

 Everj" local and State association should send 

 one or more delegates. Those wlio 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. 



Xlie Ctiristmas number of Frank 

 Leslie's Popular Monthly contains Joa- 

 quin Miller's new story, "The Red 

 Shield." It is a romance drawn from 

 the exciting history of the foundation of 

 the great banking house of the Roths- 

 childs, in the early part of the present 

 century. There is an abundance of 

 seasonable Christmas master, together 

 with the usual variety of tales, poems 

 and miscellany. 



