=Losses in Wintering.=--Having seen no report from this vicinity, I have taken some pains to ascertain the extent of the losses of the bee-men of this part of Wayne county, Ind. I have reports (some of them indirectly) from 34. Ten report a total loss; 8, 90 per cent.; 6, 80 per cent.; the others from 33 to 25 per cent. The average loss of colonies will probably be 80 per cent., and those colonies which survive are very much reduced in numbers. Most of them were left unprotected on the summer stands. I find that those that were taken into the cellar before the severe cold of November, came through with small loss, while those taken in after ice had accumulated in the hive, fared the worst of all. I am an advocate of cellar wintering, having never lost a colony until the present winter, and that is through neglect in not taking them in early; I lost 3 this time. I am convinced that dysentery (the one great cause of our loss) could have been much mitigated by keeping an even temperature, which cannot be done out-of-doors, and had we removed their unsealed, poor food and fed them candy instead, our reports would have been different. Two colonies thus treated by me came through in good condition. My bees gathered pollen and honey yesterday from the willow. Maple will be in bloom in a few days. M. H. WOLFER. Richmond, Ind., March 28, 1881. Local Convention Directory. 1881. _Time and Place of Meeting._ April 2--S. W. Iowa, at Corning, Iowa. 5--Central Kentucky, at Winchester, Ky. Wm. Williamson, Sec., Lexington, Ky. 7--Union Association, at Eminence, Ky. E. Drane, Sec. pro tem., Eminence, Ky. 7--N. W. Ohio, at Delta. Ohio. 13--N. W. Missouri, at St. Joseph, Mo. D. G. Parker, Pres., St. Joseph, Mo. May 4--Tuscarawas and Muskingum Valley, at Cambridge, Guernsey Co., O. J. A. Bucklew, Sec., Clarks, O. 5--Central Michigan, at Lansing, Mich. 10--Cortland Union, at Cortland, N. Y. C. M. Bean, Sec., McGrawville, N. Y. 11--S. W. Wisconsin, at Darlington, Wis. N. E. France, Sec., Platteville, Wis. 12, 13--Texas Bee-Keepers’ Association, at McKinney, Collin Co., Texas. W. R. Howard, Sec., Kingston, Hunt Co., Tex. Sept. -- --National, at Lexington, Ky. --Kentucky State, at Louisville, Ky. Oct. 18--Ky. State, in Exposition B’d’g, Louisville, Ky. W. Williamson, Sec., Lexington, Ky. ☞ In order to have this Table complete, Secretaries are requested to forward full particulars of time and place of future meetings.--ED. CLUBBING LIST. We supply the Weekly =American Bee Journal= and any of the following periodicals, for 1881, at the prices quoted in the last column of figures. The first column gives the regular price of both: _Publishers’ Price. Club._