AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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It is, of course, a matter for State 

 legislation. The Michigan Legislature, 

 if I am not mistaken, is now considering 

 such a bill. Has any other State Legis- 

 lature passed a bill of that character ? 



As my correspondent is an Illinois 

 man, he can have the comfort of know- 

 ing that we have two good men at 

 Springfield to look out for our interests. 

 The sooner the thing is started the 

 better. 



It would be a matter of general inter- 

 est, if instructions were given for all the 

 States to act upon. I think this is the 

 time of year for it. I hope there may be 

 a general awakening. 



Marengo, Ills. 



[The full text of the Michigan bill 

 appeared on page 438, and the Illinois 

 bill on page 473. So far as we are in- 

 formed, no other State has talven any 

 action in the matter. — Ed.] 



DiTiiiii aiil Italianizing, 



JULIUS PETTy. 



On page 327, N. A. Ellett asks for the 

 best method of increasing 11 colonies to 

 100, and furnishing them with queens 

 from one tested Italian queen. In the 

 first place, he must prepare for queen- 

 cells to supply his colonies with queens, 

 so as not to stop breeding very long. 

 Examine the strongest colony and ascer- 

 tain whether they are in condition to be 

 divided, and if not strong enough for 

 that purpose, feed the bees until the 

 requisite condition has been attained, 

 which may be in May or June. Also, 

 examine the combs, to see if there are 

 sufficient eggs and larvae in the cells, to 

 rear a queen. Divide, and allow them 

 to build queen-cells. On the eighth day 

 (having passed 3 days in the egg, and 5 

 in the larval state), the queens com- 

 mence to spin their cocoons. Three days 

 after this, the queen-cells may be cut 

 out, and one given to each of the queen- 

 less colonies. On the sixteenth day the 

 queens will emerge perfectly developed. 

 After the eighth day Mr. Ellett can 

 divide all his colonies, placing the old 

 queen in the new part of the divided 

 colony, with two frames of brood (about 

 X of the whole), and giving it the old 

 stand, to receive the returning bees. 

 Remove the old colony about 30 feet 

 away. 



Independence, Ky. 



COWVEXTIO^ DIREC^TORY. 



Tmie and place of meeting. 



1891. 

 May 6.— Central Michigan, at Lansing, Mich. 



W. A. Barnes, Sec, Lansing. Mich. 



May 6.— Bee-Keepers' Ass'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. 



June 2.— Des Moines County, at Burlington, Iowa. 

 Joh.n Nau, Sec, Middletown, Iowa. 



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. Elwood . . . . Starkville, 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 a|id ^m^ Gossip. 



Bees Gathering Pollen. 



I commenced the season of 1890 with 

 3 colonies, in old-fashioned hives. They 

 cast 5 swarms, which I put in Lang- 

 stroth hives, and' they gave me 375 

 pounds of comb-honey in one-pound sec- 

 tions, and from the old hives I cut 

 about 200 pounds of comb-honey. The 

 sections I sold for 18 to 20 cents each, 

 and kept the greater part of the other 

 for my own use. My bees are Italians 

 and high grade hybrids. I winter on 

 the summer stands, with no other pack- 

 ing than a chaff cushion. They have 

 wintered well, and are now gathering 

 pollen freely. Chas. W. Willakd. 



Carbondale, Kans., April 6, 1891. 



Be Sure the Entrance is Open. 



One day last June a colony in my 

 father's apiary cast a swarm which set- 

 tled on a tree some distance away, and 

 my father sawed off the limb on which 

 they had clustered, and carried them to 

 a hive which was in readiness. He had 

 no more than placed them on the ground 

 in front of the hive, when another swarm 

 was cast, and he left the first swarm in 

 my charge, and went to look after the 

 second one. The first swarm would not 

 enter the hive, however, but returned to 



