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CO:«VEXTIOX DIRECTOKY. 



l.-^sg Time and PUice of Meeting. 



Sept. 25, 28.— Cedar Valley, at Cedar Falls, Iowa. 



J. J. 0*en8, Sec, "Waterloo, Iowa, 



Sept. 2G.— Proprcj^sive, at Newburp. O. 



MisB DeiuH Bennett, Sec. Bedford, O. 



Oct. 3-5.— North .\mcrlcan, at Columbus. O. 



W. Z. Hutcliinaon. Sec. Klint, Mich. 



Oct. 4.— Ohio State, at Columbus, O. 



Frank A. Eaton, Sec. BUilTton, O. 



Oct. 6.— Susquehanna Countv. at Montrose. Pa. 



H. M. Seeley.Sec, Uarlord. Pa. 



Oct. 10. 17.— Union, at Clayton. Ills. 



S. N. Black, Prcs.. Clayton, Ills. 



Nov. 21,22.— Pan Handle, at Wheelinj;. vr. Va. 



W. L. Kinsey, Sec , Blaine, O. 



Dec. —.-Michigan Slate, at Jackson, Mich. 



II. 1). (Cutting. Sec. Clinton, Mich. 



SS^ Id order to hare this table complete. Secre- 

 taries are requested to forward full particulars of 

 time and place of future moetlnKS.— Gd. 





YViien Ituoknlteat Yiel<l!«, etc. 



— H. M, Seeley, JIarford, Pa,, on St-pt, 14, 

 188S, writes : 



1 saw in the Bee Journal a short time 

 ago, the request to know it biicl^wheat 

 yielded all day, or only in the moruins;. 

 When we have a hot, damp and cloudy day, 

 it yield.s nectar all day ; all other times 

 only in tlie nioriiiiig. It has not yielded 

 very much tliis .season. My report for the 

 season is as follows: From 7 colonies in 

 the spriiie, I have taken 170 pounds of 

 honey, and increased them to 12 colonies, 1 

 took 15.5 pounds of the honey from 2 colonies. 



Uee-Kfepiug- iu Florida.— N. C, 



Larseii, Cleveland, Fla., on Sept. 10, 1888, 

 writes : 



My 10 colonies of bees are in splendid 

 condition, with plenty of stores. 1 am try- 

 ing to learn the seasons and honey-flows 

 here, and have not taken any more than 

 about 10 gallons of honey in all, for home 

 use. I expect to get considerable honey the 

 coming winter and spring. Our main flow, 

 I think, is from pennyroyal, which blooms 

 during the winter, and saw palmetto, which 

 blooms during the spring months. How- 

 ever, it I can have honey enouali for home 

 use, I will be satisfied, considering my out- 

 lay thus far. 



Yellow Fever in FIori«la.— John 

 Craycraft, of Altoona, FU,, on Sept. 12, 

 188S, writes as follows concerning the 

 trouble in Florida : 



The orange crop is fine and large, and 

 will be a great income to llie people here. 

 But we are all in prison, as it wtre. A 

 guard is across the whole line of the State 

 to keei> us ill like criminals. We can ship 

 nothing out of the State, and our mail mat- 

 ter is all defaced and detained. We are in 

 a part of the State where there has not been 

 a case within 50 miles of ns, and we are 

 treated like criminals, if we attempt to 

 leave the State. There is no ohjecti"ii to a 

 strict quarantine on Jacksonville, but to 

 treat ns all alike, and for the authorities 

 that be, to pen up in a camp, women and 

 children with negroes and roughs, as is 

 done, is more than is pleasant. Such out- 

 rases are far worse than the " fever." There 



area number of cities in the Norlli that 

 have offered their hospitality to the afflicted 

 city of Jacksonville, and for its people to 

 come to them, but the " powers that be " 

 would not let them leave, but have kept 

 them in pens " like thieves," to sicken and 

 die, so that they could carry out their 

 " theory," or kill in the attempt. We have 

 plenty to eat, and things are allowed to 

 come into the State, but nothing we have 

 can go out in exchange but cash, and that 

 will not last long. 1 cannot get along with- 

 out the Bee Jochnal, if our honey crop is 

 small this year ; we must know what others 

 are doing. 



Oolden-Kotl and Wild Asters.— 



Rev, S. Roese, Maiden Rock, Wis., on Sept. 

 10, 1888, says : 



We are having a nice flow of honey from 

 golden-roil and wild asters. My bees are 

 doing finely, and if frost holds off two 

 weeks more, they will he in fine condition 

 for winteripii. I have extracted 1,400 pound,*, 

 and taken off 000 pounds of comb honey— a 

 happy disappointment since my last report. 

 The bees are still working lively, and all 

 are equally .strong for winter. 



r. S.— Sept. 14.— We had a hard frost last 

 night. Iwill prepare my bees lor winter. 



Bnclovlieat Yielding Honey.— 



H. M, Moyer, Uill Church, Pa , on Sept. 15, 

 1888, says : 



Mr. S. J. Youngraan, on page 563, asks if 

 buckwheat yields nectar all day, or only in 

 the forenoon. In this locality {Berks Co.) 

 the bees work only in the forenoon, and I 

 think also in other places. Hardly a bee 

 could be seen on it in the afternoon. My 

 experience is with common SilverhuU and 

 Japanese buckwheat. The SilverhuU has 

 the most blossoms, and is longest in bloom, 

 but the Japanese is a good yielder for grain. 



Sweet Clover and Buckwheat. 



— D. F. Park, Athens, Pa,, on Sept. 13, 1888, 

 writes : 



The opening of white clover found my 80 

 colonies well stocked with bees, but nearly 

 destitute of honey. Tlie honev-flow was 

 light, so that I took off only 13 cases of 

 white honey. This was secured by taking 

 out the outside frames and putting on cases 

 with empty combs. By shaving the thickest 

 edee with a hot knife, it was capped as 

 white and even as from foundation. Sweet 

 clover, of which we have a great abundance 

 along our rivers, comes into blossom before 

 the close of white clover, when bees forsook 

 the latter, and filled the sections with the 

 sweet clover lioney, thus spoiling many 

 cases that would otherwise have been 

 white. I think that sweet clover is much 

 overrated as a honey-plant. Buckwheat has 

 yielded fairly, so that I shall have 40 cases 

 of sweet clover and buckwheat honey com- 

 bined. 1 have liad but 4 swarms this sea- 

 son. Last season's averaae was 35 pounds 

 per colony, which was small ; however 1 

 shall realize more money this year, as I 

 shall not repeat the experiment of sending 

 my honey to a city commission house, get- 

 ing returns of 6 cents per pound for nice 

 buckwheat honey ! It don't pay. 



A jMotlern (tFl':-FAR^I, and its 



Economic Management ; showing how bees 

 may be cultivated as a means of livelihood ; 

 as a health-giving pursuit ; and as a source 

 of recreation to the busy man. By S, 

 Simmins, For sale at this office. Price, $1, 

 postpaid. 



Bees and Honey at the Woonsooket, 

 R, I., Fair attracted considerable attention 

 in the Harris Hall. The Patriot thus de- 

 scribes it : 



Harris Hall looked quite gay at night 

 when lighteil, all the articles on all the 

 tables showing up to good advantage. 



One of the most attractive as well as in- 

 structive features of the hall display is that 

 made in the Apiarian Department by 

 Samuel Cushman, of Pawtucket. If any 

 one desires to realize these lines of Watts, 

 he or she would do well to visit the hall : 



" How doth the little busy bee 

 Improve each shing hour. 

 And gather honey all the day 

 From every opening flower." 



There are collections of bees of the 

 Syrian, Austrian and Italian species. The 

 Italian-hybrids can be seen in a working 

 glass-covered hive, " busy as bees," forming 

 cells, storing lioney, collecting pollen, 

 spreading wax or carrying out dead bees. 

 A wire work tube is connected with the 

 hive and extends to an opening in a front 

 window of the hall. Through this the bees 

 pass out during the day for the imrpose of 

 collecting honey, and when loaded, will re- 

 turn and go through the process of storing 

 what they have obtained, in doing so show- 

 ing their art in the distribution of honey, 

 wax and pollen. The queen-bees can be 

 .seen in the other hives producing eggs, 

 while they are surrounded by hundreds of 

 working bees, all busy, not one for an in- 

 stant idle. There is certainly a grand les- 

 son of industry, skill and perseverance to 

 be learned from these bees. Their owner 

 understands his business well, and knows 

 all about bees. 



Besides the bees, this gentleman also ex- 

 hibits lioney in the comb, extracted honey 

 and winter hives. 



Among other contributors C, F. Tarbell 

 exhibits sixty varieties of asters. 



Convention I^otices. 



ZT~ The Pan-Handle Bee - Keepers' Aesociation 

 will hold its next meeting in the K. of P. Hall, on 

 Main St.. between 1 1th & i2th Streets, in Wheeling, 

 W Va on Nov. 21 and 22. 1888. Alt beekeepers are 

 cordially invited. W. I.. KlNSEy.Sec. 



C:F" The iith annual raeetmg, and basket picnic, of 

 the Protrre^sive Bee-Keepers' Aeaociaiion will be 

 held on Wetlnesdav. Sept. 26. l-«8, at the residence 

 of Mr. W.S Wait, in Newburg, Geauga Co., Ohio. All 

 are invited to be present. Uema ben.sktt. Sec. 



Zir The Cedar Valley Bee-Keepers' .\ssociation 

 will hold Us annual meeting at the Council Rooms, 

 i'edar Kails, Iowa, on Sept. 25 and 2fi. 1j^8.s. All who 

 are interested in bees and honey are cordially invi- 

 ted to be present. J. J. Owens, Sec. 



Z^~ Tne next meeting of the Union Bee-Keepers' 

 Association will be held at i layton. Ills., on Tues- 

 day and Wenes'iay.oct. in and 17, 188i^,in the Town 

 ti all at II »: Jo a.m. The Park Hotel will charge $1.00 

 per day : ihe restaurants 25 cts. per meal. We ex- 

 pect Messrs Dadant. Uaraijaugh.Camm and other 

 prominent bee-keepers to be present. 



S. N. BLACK, Pre*. 



ZW The Ohio State Bee-Keepers' Association win 

 hold its «th annual meetina in joint convention with 

 the North .Vmeriran Hee-Keepers'Socieiy at Colum- 

 bus, <)-. "U <)' t. ;i. ^ aiil -">, 18-s«. A special buslnesa 

 session 111 ihe I iliiii State Bee Keepers' Associatioii 

 will be belli iin O t. 4, til elect otBcers for the com- 

 in" year, and for the traiisa -tion of other business. 

 This business meeting will not interfere with the 

 rei'ular programme of the National convention of 

 thS same day. Frank A. Eato.v, See. 



t^" The North American Bee-Keepers' Society 

 will holil its annual nieelingon Oct. a. 4 and .1. 1888, 

 in fiepre^entiitivf 8" null at the Capitol in t'oliimbus. 

 Ohio 'I he i'a-senger Traffic Associations will grant 

 reduced rates only when pki persons are present, 

 holding railroad i-ertillcaies. Owing to the short 

 honevcriipit is feared that a sufflcient number of 

 persons wdl not be present holrting certitleates. and 

 that an attempt on the part of the Society to avail 

 itself iif the reiiui-ed rates nlTered by the Passenger 

 I'raffie .V^siiciatlons will only result in Oisappnint- 

 ment ■ hence it has been decided that the nnly 

 course iipen will be to allow each member to shift 

 for himself, or herself, to eltlier lake advantage of 

 such e.vcurslon rates as maybe available in his or 

 her vicinity, buy round-trip tickets, or do something 

 " e sor . ^^. ^ HCTCHINSON. Secretary. 



