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the pollen being the same as the blos- 

 som, yellow. About May 20 to 25 the 

 fruit trees bloom, together with the 

 dandelion. The color of the former 

 flowers varies ; but, so far as 1 have 

 observed, the pollen from all is a dingy 

 white. That of the dandelion, is of an 

 orange yellow, the same as the flower, 

 which flower seems to have a great at- 

 traction for the bees, for they often leave 

 the fruit bloom to revel in the thousands 

 of spikes that it sends up to the light. 

 Next' comes the sorrel and orchard 

 grass, both of which give a light yellow 

 pollen ; the orchard grass flower is of a 

 yellowish-green, while that of the sorrel 

 is pink. Following these come the 

 clovers, which I have described above. 

 After these the corn tassel, which gives 

 plenty of pollen of a light yellow color ; 

 and a little later, the buckwheat gives 

 an abundant supply of a whitish-gray 

 color. This is the last pollen obtained 

 of any amount, although Ave get a little 

 from wild mustard, and, very late, from 

 witch hazel. I should be pleased to hear 

 of the diiferent pollen resources of other 

 localities, and presume it might be inter- 

 esting to others. 

 Borodino, N. Y. 



Items of Interest from Earope. 



REV. S. ROESE. 



I have translated from the Bienenvater 

 aus Boehmen, the following items of in- 

 terest : 



The Governments in Germany extend- 

 ing aid to apiculture, and the amount, 

 are enumerated below : 



The Maerbische Central Verein, the 

 sum of 1,200 marks; Rhinish West- 

 phaelische Verein, 900 marks; Meck- 

 lenburger Central Verein, 1,000 marks; 

 Hauptverein, of Danzig, 1,200 marks. 

 The official report of Baden, shows an 

 appropriation made by that Government, 

 for 1890, of 3,300 marks, and that for 

 1891 is 5,700 marks. 



In the vicinity of Jesi, in the Province 

 of Ancona, Italy, a dreadful brood pest 

 Is raging, which the remedies of Cheshire 

 and Carl Schroeder, for foul-brood, have 

 failed to check. Importers of Italian 

 queens should be very careful. 



The Buletin Apicole, of Belgium, is 

 teaching its readers a new and remark- 

 able way of transferring bees, as follows: 

 Place the empty hive on top of the hive 

 containing the colony to be transferred, 

 close the entrance hermetically, after 

 which the hive containing the bees is 



placed in a barrel of water, and slowly- 

 lowered, the result being that the bees 

 will quickly desert the old hive for the 

 new one. 



The oldest biee-keeper in the world 

 lives, at present, in Russia. He is 98 

 years of age, and attends to the bees in 

 the Monastery of Palshajeff, Bolhgrien. 

 His mother died last Spring, at the ad- 

 vanced age of 125 years. 



At Insterburg, Germany, a man tied 

 his horse within ten paces of an apiary. 

 A bee stung the horse, and the animal 

 began stamping upon the ground, which 

 so enraged the remainder of the bees 

 that they soon covered the animal, and 

 stung him so that he died from the effects 

 of the stings that night. The bee-keeper 

 paid one-half the value of the horse. 



Maiden Rock, Wis. 



Erie Coety, New York, Conyention. 



ROBERT MEATYARD, SEC. 



The first meeting in 1891 of the Erie 

 County Bee-Keepers' Association, was 

 held in Andrews' Hall, Sardinia, March 

 14. 



The convention was called to order at 

 10:30 a.m., with President O'Dell in the 

 chair. Minutes of the last meeting were 

 read and approved. 



The Treasurer reported $17.00 in his 

 hands. It was moved and seconded that 

 the report be accepted. 



Adjourned until 1:30 p.m. 



AFTERNOON SESSION. 



The convention was called to order at 

 2 p.m., with the President in the chair. 



The opportunity was then given for 

 the reception of members. Three new 

 members responded. 



The question-box was then opened, and 

 the following questions propounded : 



"Should the entrance to a hive be left 

 open full width, or partly closed- in Win- 

 ter ?" 



S. S. Sleeper — Leave the entrance open 

 full width. 



Mr. Graves — Leave them open if you 

 have no upper ventilation ; biit if you 

 have upper ventilation, partially close 

 them. 



"When should bees be taken from the 

 cellar?" 



S. S. Sleeper — Would not take them 

 out until they could gather honey. 



Mr. Graves would take them out earlier 

 in case they became diseased. 



"Why is it we are apt to raise poor 

 queens ?" 



