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The address of the editor of the Magazine, until April 1st, 1889, wil. be 1303 P Street, Washington, D. C.
THE EASETEN N. Y. ASSOCIATION.
This association will have its annual meeting with the Farmers' Institute, to be held in Albany, in Agricultural Hall, on Wednesday and Thursday, Jan. 16th and 17th, 1889, and such an opportunity of being present at two good things at the same time should attract a large number of our readers. There will be one or two papers on bee culture and its relations to farming, which will be read before the Institute. It is with exceeding regret we read of the illness of Mr. J. S. Woodward, the enterprising secretary of the State Agricultural Society. It was caused by overwork, we understand. Certainly the success of the Farmers' Institutes have largely been brought about by the energy and indomitable perseverance of Mr. Woodward, and we hope that he may soon regain his health and take his position again, but we hope he may not work so hard as to jeopardize his constitution.
We hear that the revision of Langstroh's work is shortly to appear. There is little reason to doubt but that in the able hands of the Dadants the old classic will retain its distinctive fea
tures and at the same time brought up to the times.
**The editor desires to announce that he will be unable to ship goods to old customers until April 15th, 1889, with the exception of hives in flat by the case, or sections, in lots of 500 or more, either one-pound or eclectic size.**
**The department called "Hints to beginners " will be discontinued until spring, as at present but little is required beyond keeping ice from choking up the entrances of the hives.**
**The following legends were printed in a volume published by Mr. Frank Cowan in 1865 (J. B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia), where the original authorities are quoted.]**
**CONcerning THE PETY OF BEES.**
**I. "A certaine fimple woman having fome flats of bees which yielded not unto her hir defined profit, but confume and die of the murraine; made her mono to another woman more fimple than hir felf ; who gave counsel her to get a confecrated hoft or round Godamighty and put it among them. According to whole advice the went to the prift to receive the hoft ; which when he had done, the kept it in her mouth, and being come home againe the took it out and put it into one of the hives. Whereupon the murraine ceased and the honey abounded. The woman therefore lifting up the hive at the due time to take out the honie, fawe there (not strange to be feene) a chapel built by the bees with an altar in it, with the wals adorned with marvelous kill of architecture with feple with bels. And the hoft being laid upon the altar the bees making a fweet noife flew round about it."
**II. "A certain peasant of Auvergne, a province in France, perceiving that his bees were likely to die, to prevent this misfortune, was advised, after he had received the communion, to reserve the Host and blow it into one of the hives. As he tried to do it, the Host fell to the ground. Behold now a wonder! On a sudden all the bees came forth out of the hives and ranging themselves in good order, lifted the Host from the ground and carrying it upon their wings, placed it among the combs. After this the man went out about his business, and at his return found that the advice had succeeded till, for all his bees were dead."
**The instances of odd omens afforded by swarms of bees are as follows (we omit some till another time.--Eb. B. K. M.)**
**From Butler's "Lives of the Saints," we have the following :**
**III. "The birth of St. Ambrose happened about the year 340 B. C., and whilst the child slept in one of the courts of his father's palace, a swarm of bees flew about his cradle, and some of them even crept in and out at his mouth, which was open, and at last mounted into the air so high that they quite vanished out of sight. This," concludes the Reverend Alban, "was esteemed a presage of greatness and eloquence."**
**In East Norfolk, England, if bees swarm on rotten wood it is considered pertonious of a deaah in the family.**
**IV. In Western Pennsylvania it is believed that bees will invariably sting red-headed persons as soon as they approach the hives..**
**[This superstition is easily accounted for, when we consider how bees dislike horses, even if they** _are_ **white.--Eb. B. K. M.]**
**V. "A North German custom and superstition is, that if the master of the house dies, a person must go to the beethive, knock and repeat these words :**
**'The master is dead, the master is dead' else the bees will fly away. This superstition also prevails in England, Lithuania, and in France.**
**VI. On swarming is found the following observation in Tusser Redivious 1734, p 62. "The tinkling after them with a warming-pan, frying-pan, kettle, is of good use to let the neigh
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bors know you have a swarm in the air, which you claim wherever it lights; but I believe of very little purpose to the reclaiming of the bees, who are thought to delight in no noise but their own."
To cure stings :
VIII. 'Moreover, as many as have about the bill of a woodspeck (woodspeck) when they come to take honey out of the hive, shall not be stung by bees."
**IX. Longfellow, in his song of Hiawa-
tha, in describing the advent of the European to the New World, makes his Indian Warrior say of the Bees and the White Clover :**
Wheresoe 'er they move, before them, 'Swarms the stinging fly, the Alimo, Swarms the Bee, the honey-maker.
Wheresoe 'er they tread, beneath them Springs a flower unknown among us, Springs the White Man's Foot in Blossom."
[We intend to continue these legends in future numbers of the magazine.--
Ed.]
**INTERNATIONAL AMERICAN BEE-ASSOCIATION.**
**Report of the Proceedings of the Nine-
**teenth Annual Convention held at Co-
**lumbus, Ohio, on October, 3, 4 and 5, 1888.**
R. F. Holtermann then gave the following address on the
**value of united experiments in a
culture.**
Who amongst bee-keepers does not look back with deep and heartfelt gratitude to such men as Huber, Dizerzon, Langstroth, Quinby, and a host of others? and it takes but a moment of reflection to bring to our mind's eye a picture of these men toiling day after day, yes, year after year, to gain a perfect and reliable knowledge of the natural history and habits of the honey-
**bee.** What vast benefits apiculture has
derived, and what great strides it has
made to make it an important branch
of agriculture not only the bee keeper but every well-informed citizen knows.
Why is it that so much credit is due
these men? Because they stand over
that discovery only to lead others and ourselves astray. Now if we want to be of the greatest use, we must keep under, these our sawguine and selfish dispositions, and in the calm light of reason and lofty desire, to advance and elevate apiculture, unite and decide upon some time of experiment; and right here is the difficult question to decide, what shall that be?
I had the honor of being appointed one of a committee by the ''Ontario Agricultural and Experimental Union,''
Let us lose no time. Let a line of work be decided upon for the coming winter and the coming year. How vast a work can we accomplish, how great our sphere of usefulness by earnest careful and conscientious work!
In one year, in certain directions, we to decide upon a line of experiment for those of its members interested in beed, then before in ten. But I need not keeping. After study the committee felt that so important was it to decide upon the most practical and easily conducted experiments, that we decided upon consulting the members of the North American Bee-Keepers' Society, and the members of the Ontario Bee-Keepers' Association in convention, before taking any decided step in the matter.
The thought was, to have two or three lines of experimentation, and these for the different seasons of the year. For instance, we have men who are able, and have the time and means at their disposal, to make minute and scientific researches of practical value. Again, we have those who have many colonies who can conduct researches, where a large number of colonies are advantageous, but who cannot under-take anything which will require a great outlay of time.
Again, those who have fewer colonies, who are plain, practical men, and could conduct ordinarily careful experiments, in spring, summer, autumn and winter, and those again who could only conduct them during one or more of these seasons. Every opportunity should be given to every bee-keeper to join in something. In wintering bees, especially, there should be no drones in the hive. I hesitate to set forth what we shall experiment upon--my desire is rather to rivet your attention upon the grand possibilites before us, knowing that practical minds here, will do the rest.
Of course we can never take the place of a man who can devote his life's
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music of progress in other departments of rural life.
Eugene Secor.
_Forest City, Iowa, Oct. 1, 1888._
The past winter was passed fairly well by the bees. Spring dwindling was excessive, owing to severe weather. The clover yield was a total failure in most localities, linden the same, and at its close showers and warm weather gave us some thistle honey in buckwheat localities ; the fall flow was fairly good. On an average not sufficient honey has been secured for winter, yet colonies are otherwise in good condition. Whilst the average is so low, we hear of isolated cases where a yield of 30 to 40 and even 60 pounds per colony has been obtained ; and, on the other hand colonies had to be fed in the height of the honey season.
Increase has been but slight, and all colonies remaining should be carefully preserved and cared for. There has been practically no comb honey taken, and the extracted honey will be off the market before the end of the present month. R. F. Holtermann.
_Brantford, Ont., Oct. 1, 1888._
The convention then adjourned until
afternoon session.
President Mason called the meeting to order at 2 p.m., and the next business in order was the
election of officers.
Considerable time was spent in balloting, and the results were as follows :
President--Dr. A. B. Mason, Aubundale, O. Vice-Presidents--Thos. G. Newman, Chicago, Ill.
Prof. G. W. Webster, Lake Helen, Fla, Joseph Nysewander, Des Moines, Iowa, R. L. Taylor, Lapeer, Mich.
O. L. Hershiser, Jamestown, N. Y. Martin Emigh, Holbrook, Ont.
Frank A. Eaton, Bluffton, Ohio.
F. Minnick, Bessemer, Wis.
Secretary--R. F. Holtermann, Brantford, Ont.
Trasaurer--Dr. C. C. Miller, Marengo, Ills.
After the election of officers, the topic announced for discussion was,
comb honey--swarming, etc.
Dr. Miller was called upon, but said that he did not know as he could give anything new upon the subject. Some one asked him if he could tell how to prevent swarming. He replied : "No ; I do not know how to prevent swarming. I can prevent increase, but not swarming. Who knows how to prevent swarming? " No answer.
Dr. Beese asked him how he liked contracting the brood-nest.
Dr. Miller--I practiced contraction of the brood-nest -- practiced it quite severely, too, at times, but I am not sure that I prefer it. I may yet go back to having the same number of hives in the apiary all the year around.
Dr. Tinker--If we have the brood-chamber too large, it becomes to a certain extent, a store-chamber. There is more economy and comfort in having the brood in one apartment, and the honey in another. When the first swarm issues I hive it upon the old stand, putting the old hive to one side.
As soon as I have time to attend to it, the bees are shaken from the combs of the old colony down in front of the newly-lived swarm. The combs thus deprived of bees are placed over some other colony. By this management there is no increase, and rousing swarms are secured. As the bees hatch out, the cells are filled with honey. A queen-excluding honey-board must be used under the set of combs placed over another colony. When a queen-excluder is used the bees will not destroy the queen-cells.
In reply to an inquery, Dr. Tinker said that in living swarms he filled frames half full of foundation.
an acknowledgement from Mr. cowan.
President Mason reported that Mr. Cowan, upon receipt of the letter informing him of his election as an honorary member, had replied, thanking the Society most cordially through him as its President.
honey-dew for winter-stores.
In reply to an inquiry as to whether we should use honey-dew for winter
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upon the payment to the Secretary of one dollar, and receiving a majority vote, at any annual meeting. Ladies interested in apiculture may be admitted free upon a majority vote.
4. Annual Members shall be entitled to vote, hold office, and discuss any question before the Association, subject to the By-Laws of the Association.
5. Any persons interested in bee-cul-tature may become Honorary Members by a majority vote at any regular meeting.
6. Delegates from affiliated local Associations shall be admitted free, and have all the rights of annual members.
Article IV._Officers._
I. The officers of this Association shall consist of a President, First Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer, and their term of office shall be one year, or until their successors shall be elected and installed. These officers shall constitute the executive committee.
2. The Presidents of all the Local Associations, in affiliation, with the International Association, shall be _ex-officio_ Vice-Presidents of this Association.
Article V._Affiliation._
Any State, District, Territory or Province in North America may become affiliated to the 'International American Bee-Association" upon the annual payment of five dollars, which shall be due on the first day of January in each year.
Article VI._Meetings._
The Annual Convention of this Asociation shall be held at such time and place as shall be agreed upon at the previous Annual Convention. Ten members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but a less number may engage in discussion, and adjourn until some future day.
Article VII._Special Meetings._
Special Meetings may be called by the President, Secretary, and Treasurer, who shall constitute the executive committee.
Article VIII._Vacancies in Office._
Vacancies in office by death, resignation, or otherwise, shall be filled by the President until the next annual meeting.
Article IX._Amendments._
This Constitution may be amended at any Annual Convention, by a two-thirds vote of all the members in attendance.
BY-LAWS.
Article I._The officers of this Association shall be elected by a majority ballot; or, if so decided, by a vote of two-thirds of those present, the officers may be elected by a show of hands.
Article IV._The officers of this Association shall consist of a President, First Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer, and their term of office shall be one year, or until their successors shall be elected and installed. These officers shall constitute the executive committee.
The officers of this Association shall consist of a President, First Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer, and their term of office shall be one year, or until their successors shall be elected and installed. These officers shall constitute the executive committee.
Article I._The officers of this Association shall consist of a President, First Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer, and their term of office shall be one year, or until their successors shall be elected and installed. These officers shall constitute the executive committee.
Article VII._Officers._
Special Meetings._
BY-LAWS.
Article I._The officers of this Association shall be elected by a majority ballot; or, if so decided, by a vote of two-thirds of those present, the officers may be elected by a show of hands.
Article I._V_Officers._
The officers of this Association shall be elected by a majority ballot; or, if so decided, by a vote of two-thirds of those present, the officers may be elected by a show of hands.
Article IV.
Convention of the International Ameri- can Bee-Association--all expenses of such Delegates to be borne by themselves or the local society, or both conjointly, as they may provide. Such Delegates shall be entitled to vote, hold office, and take part in all the deliberations of the International Bee-Association.
Art. X.--A Defense Committee of seven shall be appointed for the purpose of considering the applications of members for defense from unjust lawsuits by those who are prejudiced against the pursuit. This committee shall be the officers annually elected by the National Bee-Keepers' Union, which is hereby declared to be affiliated to the International Ameri-can Bee-Association. Its President is hereby made a Vice-President of this Association, and its General Manager also a delegate to the International Convention.
Art. XI.--An Expert Committee of three shall be annually elected and fully empowered to prepare Examination Blanks, and make all necessary arrangements for the examination of candidates for Diplomas as Experts in the art of bee-keeping. This committee shall be empowered in the name of this Association, to award Diplomas of three grades upon candidates, according to their proficiency in the art of bee-keeping, and the management of an apiary.
Art. XII.--The Executive Committee of this Association shall cause the Constitution and By-Laws to be printed in appropriate form, and every person joining the Association shall be entitled to a copy of the same.
2. It shall also select subjects for discussion, and appoint members to deliver addresses or read essays, and the same shall be published with the call for the next Annual Meeting.
3. It shall also provide free Badges for all members, and procure Medals for the Honey Shows of Affiliated Associations, and Diplomas for experts.
4. The Executive Committee shall also provide a place of meeting for the Annual Convention, and see that all necessary arrangements are made to carry out the demands of the Constitution and By-Laws.
Art. XIII.--No member shall be entitled to the floor more than five minutes in the discussion of any motion, resolution or petition, without obtaining the consent of the Association, nor a second time, unless by the consent of the President, or a majority of the members present.
Art. XIV.--All Committees shall be elected by ballot, by a plurality vote, except by special resolution.
Art. XV.--These By-Laws may be amended by a two-thirds vote of all the members present at any annual meeting of the Association.
The next and last topic discussed was,
**THE WINTERING OF BEES.**
Dr. Miller--Most of the points have been touched upon. The bees must have good food, must be brought into the cellar early in the fall ; the temperature kept at from 40\({}^{\circ}\) to 45\({}^{\circ}\); not to be taken out too soon. I believe this covers most of the ground.
Dr. Tinker--In the early part of the winter I think that a temperature of 41\({}^{\circ}\) is better than 45\({}^{\circ}\) for the cellar. If anything breaks up the hibernation, and sets the bees to eating, it is injurious ; and it makes no difference, so far as results are concerned, whether they eat honey or pollen. After February the temperature should be higher.
It was voted that Thomas G. Newman & Son publish in pamphlet form the report of the proceedings, and mail copies to each member of the Association, and that they be paid $20 for the work.
It was also voted that the Secretary be paid the balance ($7) in the treasury for his services.
The following resolution was passed by a unanimous vote :
_Resolved_, That we extend our thanks to the Hon. Fred Blenkner, Third Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Representatives, and through him to the House of Representatives, for the free use of the Hall of the House for holding this convention.
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The convention then adjourned to meet in social intercourse during the next day, at the Bee and Honey Hall on the Centennial Grounds ; and the next meeting will be held at the call of the executive committee, at Brantford, Ont. W. Z. Hutchinson, Sec.
Part of the chapter refers more particularly to the honey-bee. Referring to food given to queens and drones, he says Shiemenz and Schonfeld are unquestionably correct in the belief that they are fed by the workers the same food that the larvae are fed, and reasons from the fact that, as the queen lays over 3,000 eggs a day, weighing 3,000 grams, while she herself only weighs 2,299 grams, for her to be in a position to lay nearly double her weight daily, can only be possible because she is fed with highly nutritious food, which was wholly digested for her. Schonfeld found that the queen, like the drones, will soon die if shut away from the workers by a double wire cage, even though they have access to honey.