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dueries and Replies. 



Ras-Weei anl Honey, 



QuEEY 757. — Does rag-weed produce 

 honey in sufficient quantities to benefit 

 the bee-keeper. — E. P. G. 



No. — Mrs. L. Harrison. 



I think not. — Eugene Secor. 



I think not. — J. M. Hambaugh. 



Not that I know of.— G. L. Tinker. 



We do not have it in my locality. — J. 

 E. Pond. 



Yes ; for every drop of honey is a 

 benefit. — A. B. Mason. 



I never saw a bee on it. Its use is yet 

 to be discovered. — A. J. Cook. 



The bees gather a little pollen from it 

 here, but no honey I think. — R. L. 

 Taylor. 



It produces an abundance of pollen, 

 but, as far as I have observed, no honey. 

 — M. Mahin. 



Not a drop here ; but it produces lots 

 of pollen, and, I guess, "hay fever," too, 

 as it is called. — James Heddon. 



No ; it produces nothing but a very 

 bitter kind of pollen, that the bees work 

 on to some extent. — C. H. Dibbern. 



In my locality it produces "hay fever," 

 but I do not think that it produces honey 

 ^enough to " wad a gun." — H.D. Cutting. 



I do not think, from my observations, 

 that it yields a bit of honey ; but it does 

 afford an abundance of pollen. — J. P. 

 H. Brown. 



It produces large quantities of pollen ; 

 but I do not believe it gives much honey. 

 .Sometimes, however, pollen is of more 

 consequence than honey. — C. C. Miller. 



Bees do not get honey from rag-weed, 

 here. In some seasons they gather pol- 

 len from it; but if I could have my say, 

 I would have every spear of it extermi- 

 nated. — G. M. DOOLITTLE. 



Rag-weed is good for nothing but to 

 give the " hay fever " to some persons. 

 I know it, for this vile weed compels me 

 to go to Sturgeon Bay, Wis., every year, 

 in August, to avoid the disease. — Chas. 

 Dadant. 



Our bees gather pollen some seasons 

 from the rag-weed, but it is not a com- 

 mon thing to see bees working on the 

 bitter weed. Last season I saw my bees 

 gathering pollen from rag-weed for only 

 two or three days, and then I saw no 

 more of it. The rag-weed secretes no 

 nectar, in my locality, for if it did, my 

 bees would not be idle, as they are, in 

 July and August.— G. W. Demaree. 



Though it yields pollen, it cannot be 

 classed with honey-producing plants. It 

 is a ^ile weed, and should be extermi- 

 nated. — The Editor. 



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Convention I^ofices. 



BS^ The Southwestern Wisconsin Bee-Keepers' 

 Association, wiU hold its next Convention in the 

 Court House, at Jjuncaster, Grant Co., Wis., Mnrcn 

 25, 2R, 1891. AU who are interested in bee-culture 

 and convention-worli are cordially invited toatteml. 

 The topics for essays and discussions were enumera- 

 ted on page 183. 



Benjamin E. Rice, Sec, Boscobel, Wis. 



y;W The 13th annual session of the Te?ras State 

 Bee-Keepers' Association, will be held at Greenville. 

 Hunt Co., Texas, on April 1,2,1891. All interested 

 are invited. J. N. Hunter, Sec. 



I^" The 8th semi-annual meeting of the Susque- 

 hanna County Bee-Keepers' Association will be held 

 at Montrose, Pa., on Thursday, May 7. 1891. 



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



Et^^ The Fourth semi-annual meeting of the Mis- 

 souri State Bee-Keepers' Association, will meet at 

 Boouville, Mo., on Thursday and Friday, April 9, 1<', 

 1891. There are quite a list on programme for 

 essays, including some from ladies. A cordial and 

 pressing invitation is extended to all bee-keepers, 

 and their wives and daughters, and any other ladies, 

 to attend the Convention. Rates have been secured 

 at the two leading hotels for those in attendance. 

 Come, and let us get acquainted, and have an inter- 

 esting meeting. J. W. Rouse, Sec, Mexico, Mi;. 



