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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



COIVVEI^TION DIRECTORY. 



Time and place of meeting. 



1891. 

 Jan. 7, 8.— Ontario, at St. Catliarines. Ont. 



W. Couse, Sec, Streetsville, Ont. 



Jan. 16, 17.— Indiana State, at Indianapolis, Ind. 



Geo. C. Tliompson, Sec., Southport, Ind. 



Jan. 19, 20.— Colorado State, at Denver, Colo. 



B. Milleson, Pres., Box 2522, Denver, Colo. 



Jan. 22-24— New York State, at Albany, N. Y. 

 Geo. H. Knickerbocker, Sec, Pine Plains, N. Y. 



Feb. 10, 11.— Ohio State, at Toledo. O. 



Miss Dema Bennett, Sec, Bedford, O. 



Feb 11, 12.— Eastern Iowa, at Maquoketa, Iowa. 



Frank Coverdale, Sec, Welton, Iowa. 



May 7.— Susquehanna County, at Montrose, Pa. 



H. M. Seeley, Sec, Harford, Pa. 



U;^" 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- 

 Secretary- 



-P. H. Elwood. 

 -C. P. Dadant . . 



.Starkville, N. Y. 

 . ..Hamilton, Ills. 



National Bee-Keepers' Union. 



President— James Heddon ..Dowagiac, Mich. 

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



Bee ftiid HonEy &ossip. 



More than Pleased. 



I am more than pleased to learn that 

 the New Year will see the American 

 Bee JouPvXAl enlarged. Although chock 

 full of good and interesting things here- 

 tofore, I am fully convinced that the 

 bee-keeping public, especially beginners, 

 will be more than benefited by the addi- 

 tional hints and helps which is to be part 

 of each number. J. H. Blaxken. 



Jersey City, N. J.. Dec. 14:, 1890. 



Living- in Hopes. 



I had IT colonies last Spring, and 

 buying one more, I had 18 to place on 

 the stands, and as they all seemed to be 

 in good working condition, I was expect- 

 ing a good honey-flow, but just as the 

 boes were about ready to swarm, in apple 

 bloom, a cold, wet spell set in, and some 

 of them commenced to starve. I had to 

 feed 2 colonies. There was an abun- 

 dance of flowers, but there seemed to be 

 no nectar of any account. I was think- 

 ing, when buckwheat came in bloom, 

 there would still be a good honey-flow, 

 but it was just the same, I did not get 

 but about 50 pounds of honey in one- 

 pound sections, which sold for 25 cents 



per pound. Most of my colonies appear 

 to have enough honey for Winter. My 

 bees did not swarm, but killed off the 

 drones. As soon as that cold spell came 

 my Italians gathered the most honey. I 

 hope next Summer we will have a better 

 honey-flow. I always live in hopes, and 

 a word for the A:MERiCA]sr Bee Journal, 

 I would not be without it, as it is the 

 most interesting paper I ever read on 

 bee-culture. H. H. Arnold. 



Maze, Pa., Dec. 22, 1890. 



Always Wintered Well. 



I have 5 colonies of bees, which gave 7 

 swarms last spring. Eleven of these I 

 packed with chaff S}4 Inches, also 

 packing it 5 or 6 inches over the top. I 

 put a piece of burlap over the brood- 

 frame to keep the dirt out, and my bees 

 always winter well. Last Winter one of 

 my colonies died, and on examination 

 found the hive full of bees and honey, 

 and this Winter I have one very nearly 

 in the same condition. This I have left 

 on the Summer stand without any cover- 

 ing. The honey crop has been a very 

 poor one here this season. 



Telah C. Whiting. 



Athens, N. Y., Dec. 19, 1890. 



Future Prospects. 



Being obliged to be away from home 

 much of the time, my bees, not receiving 

 the care they ought to have had, have 

 taken "French leave" during swarm- 

 ing, so that last year out of 13 colonies 

 I had but 4 new swarms, making 17 

 colonies in all, which I hope will be 

 increased in the future. I obtained 

 about 150 pounds of honey this year. I 

 am somewhat advanced in years, 72 

 years old, yet not too old to plan for the 

 future. Dr. P. W. Schmidt. 



Ottawa Station, Mich., Dec. 20, 1890. 



Report of the Season. 



Last Spring I began with 100 colonies 

 of Italian bees, which have increased to 

 135 by natural swarming. They com- 

 menced work as if they intended to do 

 great things in the way of gathering 

 nectar and pollen. But, alas ! a cold 

 wave struck this part of Indiana, and 

 blasted all our hopes of getting any 

 honey from fruit bloom. The colonies 

 nearly ceased brood rearing, so that by 

 the time white clover made its appear- 

 ance, though very plentiful, they were 

 not strong enough to utilize it to any 

 advantage in □ gathering for a surplus 



