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AMERICAN BEE JOURiSTAL. 



tilator extending 25 feet, and entering 

 at the center of the building. 



The bottom is covered with cement ; 

 this will keep the mice at a distance, and 

 will be dry at all times. 



A building of this size will take care 

 of from 100 to 125 colonies of bees. 

 One end has two windows, the other has 

 double doors — one opening inward, the 

 other opening outward. 



Wire-cloth, with a tube about 3 feet 

 long, should be arranged on the outside 

 of the windows, so that the bees can 

 escape while removing the sections. 

 Two men with a carrier, will, in half a 

 day, take in 200 colonies of bees. A 

 screen-door will also be of much service 

 during the Summer months. 



Cardiff, N. Y. 



A WoMerffll ProBOsition. 



M. M. BALDEIDGE. 



On page 728 of the Ameeican Bee 

 Journal, Mr. B. Walker says he "will 

 pay 25 cents for first-grade white clover 

 honey, graded by rules adopted at the 

 Northwestern Convention." 



I have given Mr. W.'s proposition ver- 

 batiTTi, and now will call the reader's 

 special attention to the fact that Mr. W. 

 does not say he will pay 25 cents per 

 pound for such honey, nor does he state 

 the number of pounds he will take at 

 that price. He might have done so, how- 

 ever, in safety to himself, as he very 

 well knows there is very little, if any, 

 white clover honey this year, of any of 

 the three grades described on page 710 

 of the American Bee Journal. If Mr. 

 W. will state the number of pounds of 

 white or light honey, of the first grade, 

 at 25 cents per pound, he will take, 1 

 think he can be supplied to his heart's 

 content. 



In view of what has now been said in 

 the foregoing, I think Mr. W. must have 

 some unexplained motive in making his 

 indefinite proposition, and I trust he will 

 try to explain himself to the readers of 

 the American Bee Journal. From my 

 standpoint it looks as though he must 

 be dissatisfied with the instructions for 

 grading comb-honey, as adopted by the 

 Northwestern Convention, and takes 

 this course to make known his dissatis- 

 faction. Now, it seems to me that a 

 better and more satisfactory course to 

 pursue would be to take up the points in 

 each grade separately, and analytically, 

 and, by so doing, point out the injustice 

 of grading comb-honey by the instruc- 



tions adopted by the Northwestern 

 Convention. Here is the golden oppor- 

 tunity for him to let his light shine, and 

 to give to the readers of the American 

 Bee Journal some valuable informa- 

 tion. 

 St. Charles, 111., Dec. 4, 1891. 



CO^VEXTIOIV DIRECTORY. 



TiTne and place of meeting. 



1891. 



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

 Sebewaiiig-, Mich. 

 Jno. G. Kundiuger, 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. 6, 7.— California State, at Los Angeles. 

 C. W. Brodbeck, Sec, Los Angeles, Calif. 



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 Starkville, 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 a|id fioneH Gossip. 



J^^ Do not write anything for publication 

 on the same sheet of paper with business 

 matters, unless it can he torn apart without 

 interfering with either part of the letter. 



Apiary Nearly Ruined by a Flood. 



The time has again rolled around to 

 pay for the American Bee Journal. I 

 gladly pay my mite for such a valued 

 friend and advisor, for I certainly could 

 do nothing without it. I have learned 

 all I know about bees from it, and 

 experience, as I have no bee-keeping 

 neighbors to consult. I often think of 

 what a pleasure it must be to attend 

 conventions, and talk about bees. 



My bees have done fairly well this 

 year, considering the chance they have 

 had. Our neighborhood was so unfortu- 

 nate as to be overflowed, the levee having 

 broken about a mile above us, on the 

 morning of March 21, just after I had 

 put on the surplus cases, and got every- 



