. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. March IS, 1900. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 175 and faithfully served their heartless masters. It is a pitiful sig'ht to see the poor beasts literally covered with the leeches that are sucking the last re- maining drops of blood, finally to drop exhausted, food for wolves and ravens. Uncle Frank. SUFFERERS Bees Didn't Do Well. Bees have not done well here the last two years. Last year was too dry for white clover, also for fall bloom, which found the bees short of stores for winter. I have 70 colonies on the summer stands apparently in good shape. They will


. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. March IS, 1900. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 175 and faithfully served their heartless masters. It is a pitiful sig'ht to see the poor beasts literally covered with the leeches that are sucking the last re- maining drops of blood, finally to drop exhausted, food for wolves and ravens. Uncle Frank. SUFFERERS Bees Didn't Do Well. Bees have not done well here the last two years. Last year was too dry for white clover, also for fall bloom, which found the bees short of stores for winter. I have 70 colonies on the summer stands apparently in good shape. They will probably require a little feeding- later on. G. C. Allinger. Marion Co., Ohio, March 5. Convetitloti Notices. Chicago.—The Chicag^o Bee-Keepers' Associa- tion will hold its regular semi-annual meeting' in Wellington Hall, 70 N. Clark St , Chicae"o, 111., April 6, 1000, afternoon and evening. The meeting- will be called to order at 1 Dr. C. C. Miller is expected to be present if his health will permit. Mr. E. R. Root has been invited, also Mr. N. E. France, and others. A g-ood time may be expected by all. Let every one come, especially the ladies. Park Ridg-e, HI. Herman F. Moore, Sec. Utah.—The Utah State Bee-Keepers' Associa- tion will hold its semi-annual convention in the City and County Building-, Salt Lake City, Apr. 6, 1900, at 10 o'clock A full program in the interest of the industry will be presented, and all our bee-keepers can help themselves by aid- ing- the Association, and in order to create a closer bond of union araoog our bee-keepers. As a further incentive to the success of the bee-in- dustry, it is very desirable to have our bee-keep- ers from all parts attend the spring convention, J. B. Fagg, Sec. We Wish to Call Your Attention to the adver- tisement of the Kalamazoo Carriage and Har- ness Company, which appears in this issue of our paper. These people are large manufactur- ers of vehicles and harness, and have just re- cently adopted the


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