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him once, he expressed surprise that 

 that not even a sin^'Ie bee buzzed 

 thi't'.itt'nin.uly about his ears, and lie 

 was informed that there were uo 

 (lueenless colonies. I can testify as to 

 the good nature of Mr. Boardman's 

 bees. Although the day was cool, and 

 we spent much time in the apiary and 

 opened hives, not a bee paid the lea^^': 

 aitention to us. 



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THE NEXT NATIONAL CONVENTION TO BE 

 HELD IN CALIFORNIA. 



The Secretary of the Executive 

 Board of the National Bee-Keepers' 

 Association has sent out the following 

 notice: 



Los Angeles, California, has been 

 selected by the Executive committee 

 as the place for holding the next an- 

 nual meeting of the National Be^^- 

 Keepers' Association, and August 18, 

 19 and 20, 1903, are tiie dates. 



The main reason for deciding on Eos 

 Angeles was on account of the low 

 railroad rates in force at the time 

 of the Grand Army meeting at San 

 Francisco, which is held the same 

 week, and the same rates apply to 

 Los Angeles. 



Further particulars will appear in 

 the reguhir official notice to be issued 

 by the Secretary of the Association 

 hiter on, as soon as definite arrange- 

 ments can be made as to liall for hold- 

 ing the meeting, hotel accommodations 

 etc. 



We may say that San Antonio. Tex., 

 auL- Salt Lake Citj% I'tali. made hon- 

 orable and sti-enuous efforts to secure 

 tliis year's meeting of the National 

 Bee-Keepers' Association, but those 

 who have had the most experience 

 know that in order to have the best 

 and fullest attendance, tlie meeting 

 must be held wlien low railroad rates 

 all over the whole country can be tak- 

 gu advantage of, and the Grand Army 



l)eats them all in that line. So that 

 fact had gi'eat weight with the com- 

 mittee in deciding the matter. 



Executivii Committee, 



George AV. York. Sec. 



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BUSINESS BEE-KEEPING AND PROSPERITY. 



My aniljition may seem ambitious, 

 but I sincerely desire to aid bee-keep- 

 ers in becoming more prosperous, to 

 induce them to adopt better business 

 aiethods, and secure a competency, 

 even if they do not amass gi'eat 

 wealth. For instance, it is folly to 

 lor a man to attempt to gain a liveli- 

 liood by Iveeping bees in a poor loca- 

 tion. Either secure a good location, 

 er else give up the business. This 

 would seem like a self-evident truth, 

 jet there are hundreds of bee-keepers 

 wlio have it yet to learn. Another 

 tiling: Keep enough bees. It seems 

 strange that so many men will dally 

 along, year after year, with about 

 one-fourth the bees that they could 

 manage if they would only wake up 

 to the possibilities of modern meth 

 ods and ideas. Then comes marketing 

 and it is a mighty problem, but it 

 must be wrestled with and overcome, 

 and ieduced to a system, as has beer 

 done with other agi"icultural products. 



The niiml>er of bee-keepers may 

 never increase, but I have faith to be- 

 lieve that I shall live to see them 

 more prosperous from the adoption 

 of modern business ideas and method-". 



SOAP THAT WILL REMOVE PROPOLIS. 



Lava Soap, manufactured by Wni. 

 Waltke & Co., St. Louis, Mo., will re- 

 move propolis from the fingers. Mr. 

 Chalon Fowls told me this when I 

 visited him recently. He had difficulty 

 in finding the soap in the stores, and 

 when his grocer finally secured a sup- 

 ply, Mr. Fowls bought a whole box 



