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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



as all successful honey-producers know 

 they should be. 



I cannot see how a trade-mark for the 

 Union would be of any benefit. What is 

 a better trade-mark than a man's name 

 stamped upon each and every section of 

 honey, and on every package of extracted 

 honey. The article on page 1 83, should 

 serve as a pointer. 



Do not expect something for nothing, 

 but give the busy bee a chance. Now is 

 the time to send to the office of the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal and get your alsike 

 clover seed. Mix about one-half as much 

 common red clover seed with it, also 

 some timothy seed, say, one-fourth, and 

 take my word for it, you will have the 

 finest quality of hay for your cow or 

 horse, besides the pleasure of seeing the 

 bees just roaring over the alsike for the 

 nectar it will produce. 



Nye, Ind., Feb. 12, 1891. 



fflotlilieil Lansstrotli Hiye. 



J. T. COOLEY. 



I have kept bees for 28 years, but 

 never more than 50 colonies at a time. 

 I live in the city of Ottawa, and do not 

 have a first-class pasture for my bees. 

 When I first began bee-keeping, 25 

 pounds of surplus honey from each col- 

 ony was considered a very good crop, 

 but now, if I do not get 100 pounds of 

 honey per colony, Spring count, I think 

 there is something wrong. I extract the 

 most of my honey, and sell the bulk of 

 it in my home market, at a fair price. 

 I have tried a great many hives, but did 

 not find anything to suit me exactly, 

 until I made a modification of the Lang- 

 stroth hive, and now I think I have 

 just what is needed. I have wintered 

 bees in the upper story of a dwelling- 

 house, in the cellar under the house, and 

 in a house where I kept them both Sum- 

 mer and Winter, but mostly on the sum- 

 mer stands ; and were it not for the in- 

 convenience of manipulating, I would 

 prefer to keep them in the house, both 

 Summer and Winter. Last Spring I had 

 15 colonies in fair condition, mostly 

 hybrids, and obtained 800 pounds of 

 very fine quality. I have no use for 

 wired frames, and, for the production of 

 extracted-honey, prefer not to use re- 

 versible hives. Thus far, bees seem to 

 be wintering finely. And now, brother 

 bee-keepers, rliis is the first time you 

 have heard from me through the Bee 

 Journal, and, as I am 86 years old, it 

 may be the last. I prize the American 

 Bee Journal very highly. 



Ottawa, Ills., Feb. 10, 1891. 



COMVEKTIO]^ DIRECTORY. 



Time and place of meeting. 



1891. 

 Feb. 26.-Capital, at Springfield, Ills. 



C. E. Yocom, Sec, Sliernaan. Ills. 



March 10, 11.— Huron, Tuscola and Sanilac Counties 

 at Caro, Mich, 



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



April 1, 2.— Texas State, at Greenville, Texas. 



J. N. Hunter, Sec. 



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



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



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. El wood... Stark vi lie, N, Y. 



Secretary— C. P. Dadant Hamilton, Ills. 



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National Bee-Keepers' Union. 



President— James Heddon . .Dowagiac, Mich. 

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



Bee and Honeu Gossip. 



Good Prospects in Nebraska. 



I had 5 colonies. Spring count, which 

 cast 2 swarms, and gave me 60 pounds 

 of comb-honey, in one-pound sections. 

 My old colonies had plenty of Winter 

 stores, but to the new ones I gave partly- 

 filled sections, in the supers, in October, 

 which they carried down. I have the 7 

 colonies in a clamp out-of-doors, and 

 they are doing well, and have taken sev- 

 eral flights on warm days. The season 

 of 1890 was a poor one, but indications 

 point to a better crop this year. 



F. R. Reiter. 



Phillips, Nebr., Feb. 16, 1891. 



Watering the Bees. 



I have read in the Bee Journal sev- 

 eral plans for watering bees, but as none 

 of them are as good as the one I use, I 

 will describe it : Take a 2-inch board 

 about 15 inches wide, and long enough 

 to accommodate the bees without crowd- 

 ing them. Bore one side of it full of 

 auger holes, about }4 inch deep, and con- 

 nect them by cutting little trenches with 

 a knife, so that when water is allowed 

 to drop into one hole, soon every hole in 

 the board will be filled. I then place 

 the board in the shade, with one end 

 just the least bit lower than the other. 



