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duction of comb honey, be bas prac- 

 llctHl shook swarming for several 

 years, and that he expects to continue 

 it until he linds something better. He 

 says one drawback is the tendency to 

 swarm out. In the production of ex- 

 tracted honey he thinks there are bet- 

 ter methods. For instance, he puts 

 two or three supers full of empty 

 combs on each hive, raises two or 

 three combs of brood from the brood 

 nest at the time of putting on the 

 supers, sees to it that the bees are 

 shaded and not crowded for room, and 

 there is little use for the shake out 

 plan. 



The Texas Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion will meet in annual convention 

 at the Agricultural and Mechanical 

 College, at College Station, Texas. 

 July 7-10, inclusive. This will be dur- 

 ing the meeting of the Texas Farm- 

 ers' Congress, when cheap excursion 

 rates bring large crowds every yoni', 

 who have a jolly time as well as the 

 experience and knowledge gained at 

 these meetings. 



Exhibits are made of all kinds of 

 products, and many premiums are 

 awarded. Come and bring what you 

 have. You're invited. P>e there, and 

 have a good time, too. 



Remember College Station, Texas.. 

 July 7-10. 1903. 



LOUIS H. SCHOLL. 

 Hunter, Texas. Secretary. 



Kerosene oil, or coal oil. as it is 

 called in some localities, may he suc- 

 cessfully used to cleanse the hands 

 from propolis, says Mr. A. J. Kilgor(\ 

 of Rowling Green, Ohio. He puts it 

 on his hands, rubs them well, and then 

 wipes it off on a piece of paper or 

 some old cloth. He then washes his 

 hands with soap and water. I know 

 th:it k(>rosene oil is excellent for re- 

 moving paint, tar, pitch, wax, etc. 



and I presume it would remove pro- 

 polis, but it is not so pleasant to use 

 as the Lava soap. 



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Smoker Fuel is always a "burning" 

 subject for discussion. Dr. Miller, in 

 his book: "Forty Years Among the 

 Bees," after mentioning pine needles^ 

 rotten wood, sound wood, excelsior, 

 planer shavings, greasy cotton-waste, 

 peat, rags, corn-cobs, old bags, etc.. 

 says: "And yet there are times when 

 something green is better. When a 

 continuous and strong smoke is want- 

 ed, after a hot tire has been started in 

 the smoker, it is a good thing to fill 

 the smoker with green sticks from a 

 growing tree. The hot fire and the 

 continuous blowing makes it burn free- 

 ly, and the smoke from green wood is 

 sharper than that from dry." 



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Kodak-work, as a rule, (mind, I say, 

 as a rule) is not very good, but some- 

 body should have some praise for the 

 work done with a kodak, the results 

 of which appear in Dr. Miller's new 

 book. While I would not like to say 

 that better work could not be done, 1 

 would also like to say that it is good; 

 especially considering that the doctor 

 makes no pretentions of being "up" 

 in photography. The doctor "pressed 

 the button," and, in his preface, very 

 fairly gives credit for the developing 

 and toning to the Eastman Kodak Co.. 

 of Rochester, N. Y. This shows what 

 specialty can accomplish. But I must 

 say, that, for a novice, the doctor 

 does excellent work pressing the but- 



ton. 



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The Extra Touch is often what 

 brings success. It was a little thing 

 that impressed this upon my mind re- 

 cently. A youngman was shining up 

 my shoes in a barber shop in Grand 

 Rapids. After he had apparently com- 



