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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



COWVENTIOM I>IK£€TORY. 



Time and place of meeting. 



1891. 

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



J. N. Hunter, Sec. 



April 9, 10.— Missouri State, at Boonville.Mo. 



J. W. Rouse, Sec, Mexico, Mo. 



May 6.— Bee-Keepers' Are'n. and Fair, at Ionia, Mich. 

 Open to all. Harmon Smith, Sec, Ionia, Mich. 



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



H. M. Seeley, Sec, Hartord, Pa, 



It^" 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-Eeepers' Association 



President— P. H. El wood Starkville, N. Y. 



Secretary— C. P. Dadant Hamilton, Ills. 



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National Bee-Keepers' Union. 



President— James Heddon ..Dowagiae, Mich. 

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



Bee and poney Gossip. 



Ready to Retire. 



I am now in my 75tli year, and feel 

 very much like superanuatlng, but as I 

 have over 60 colonies of bees on hand, 

 and no sale for them, at a reasonable 

 price, I shall try to manage them 

 another season, if spared. I have been 

 a reader of the Bee Jouenal for 10 

 years, and have learned about all I 

 know regarding the management of bees 

 and honey through it. 



Salem, Iowa. A. S. Camblin. 



Bees in Oklahoma. 



Nearly one year ago I brought 4 colo- 

 nies of bees here from Iowa, but was 

 afraid to bring more. They did very 

 well, although we had 7 weeks of dry 

 weather in June and July. They in- 

 creased to 25 colonies, and gathered 

 240 pounds of surplus comb-honey, of 

 the best quality, in one-pound sections. 

 I do not know what they work on except 

 red-bud and golden-rod, though once I 

 saw them on sunflowers, and also on 

 cotton. Is cotton a good honey-plant ? 

 Flowers are more plentiful here than in 

 Iowa, and honey-dews were very rich 

 last year. This will be a splendid coun- 

 try for bees, when we get clover and 

 smart-weed. One man got 7 swarms 



from one colony. I also know of four 

 others who have a few bees, and their 

 success was generally equal to mine. It 

 is no trouble to winter bees here. Wild 

 bees do well in the timber, and several 

 trees have been found that were rich in 

 honey. I knew of one swarm that was 

 taken from a tree and transferred to a 

 hive, and in just three weeks it gave a 

 swarm. I had one swarm issue, and in 

 12 days it gave another swarm. There 

 are very few people here who have any 

 bees. Comb-honey is worth 20 cents 

 per pound, and extracted, 12 >2 cents. 



E. J. EOCKEFELLER. 



Oklahoma City, O. T., Mar. 12, 1891. 



[Cotton yields plenty of pollen, and 

 usually a little honey, but last year it was 

 credited, in some instances, with yielding 

 profusely of excellent honey. — Ed.] 



Bees are Doing- Well. 



My colonies of bees are all doing wel 

 as are all those in this locality. I es 

 pecially like to read Mrs. Harrison & 

 articles in the Bee Journal ; they are 

 practical and interesting. 



Jacob Moore. 



Ionia, Mich., March 19, 1891. 



Not Discouraged. 



Last year was not a very good one, 

 but I am not discouraged yet, as every- 

 thing points to a good harvest next sea- 

 son. Bees have wintered well up to the 

 present time, but the ground has been 

 covered with snow for two weeks, and if 

 the weather does not moderate in a few 

 days, I fear that there will be some loss 

 by starvation, as a great many colonies 

 went into winter quarters short of 

 stores ; but if the temperature rises 

 soon, so that we can feed our bees, we 

 will bring most of them through. The 

 Bee Journal is so much improved that 

 I do not see how you can print it for the 

 money. I cannot keep bees without it. 

 C. T. Henderson. 



Lebanon, Ind., March 14, 1891. 



Asters and Golden-Rod. 



J. W. Adams, on page 357, asks about 

 the peculiar sour smell. It is from asters 

 and golden-rod. It is one of the things 

 that I look forward to every Fall. After 

 a warm, clear day in September, the 

 smell can be noticed for eight rods away 

 from a fair sized apiary. It always 

 means that Fall honey is coming in. Go 



