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THE IMiii KHHl'KRS' REVIEW. 



been comparing notes with farmers 

 tliat come to liis office, and that tliere 

 is not a hit of question but bee-lveep- 

 crs are seriously damaged by the fool- 

 ish spraying of trees Avhne in bloom. 

 lie says one farmer told him that there 

 Avas a law on the subject, but tiiere 

 Avas a string tied to it which nunle it 

 Avorthless. I have already ex]tlain<^(l 

 Avhat the string is. I was talking re- 

 cently with Mr. E. D. Townsend on 

 this subject, and he says that this 

 clause allowing the spraying for cank- 

 er worm when trees are in bloom, 

 makes the laAV of little value. lie 

 says it may have some moral etlect. 

 but there is no use of trying to secure 

 any convictions under Uie law as it 

 now reads. Mr. Heddon says if tlie 

 hnv has 'a string tied to it,' then we 

 must have a new law with no sti'ing 

 attachment. He says he is Avell satis- 

 tied that he has lost mure than .*pb».0(l() 

 in the last l") years from the si)raying 

 of trees Avhile in bloom. 



OUR FRONTISPIECE. 



The frontispiece for this month 

 shows the interior of the hall where 

 the Loe Angeles convention is to be 

 held. In regard to this hall. Mr. Geo. 

 W. Brodbeck writes as follows: 



"Blanchard Hall, 235 So. Broad\vay, 

 is located in one of the prettiest busi- 

 ness blocks of the city. 1'he new Mn- 

 son opera house, the new Chami)er of 

 ('ommerce in course of erection, the 

 City Hall, together with the I'ubli- Li- 

 brary, are all within a stone's throAv 

 of each other. 



Blanchard's Music Hall, as it is of- 

 ten called, has a seating capacity of 

 from 500 to 700, its acoustic proi)er- 

 ties are unexcelled, and its central lo- 

 cation is such that the strangers aiul 

 sojourners caiiiiot fail to liiid it. Cali- 

 fornians are looking forw.-ird with open 

 hearts and extended h.-inds for the 



coming of tlieir brother bee-keepers 

 to this the 'Angel City' of the United 

 States and Canada, with a royal re- 

 teption awaiting.'' 



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A VISIT TO THE HOME OF E D. TOWNSEND. 



The weird song of the Whlpoorwill 

 in the gloaming, the clear, resonant 

 whistle of Bob White from the topmost 

 rail of the meadow fence, delicious 

 speckled trout fresh from limpid lake 

 or stream, wild strawberries and Juicy 

 young wintergreens, picked where 

 .spicy, Avoodsy breezes fairly bewitch 

 the sense of smell— these are some of 

 the delightful things enjoyed recently 

 by the editor of the Review, in a visit 

 to the home of Mr. E. I). ToAvnsend, 

 in Northern Michigan. 



Mr. Townsend avIII doubtless be re- 

 membered as the man Avho manages 

 an apiary, fifty miles from home, by 

 visiting it only four times a year; ex- 

 tracted honey being the product. He 

 has visited this apiary only once this 

 year— to remove the packing and put 

 two stories of empty combs on each 

 colony. He expects to visit it only 

 twice more — once to extract the honey, 

 and again to pack the bees for Avlnter. 



He Is this year running for comb 

 honey, an ont-apiary of 100 colonies; 

 practicing shook swarming, and visit- 

 ing the yard once a Aveek. We dro\e 

 out to this apiary (ten miles) and I 

 found it romantically located, on a 

 side-hill, among the stumps and bushes 

 of ;iii old pinery, or what Avas once nn 

 ()ld piiun-y, aAvay back half a mile or 

 more from everyljody and everything. 

 Like Mr. Cogshall, Mr. Townsend pre- 

 fers to have bees so located that he can 

 "wade in" and Avork them just Avhen 

 and how he sees fit, Avlth no fear that 

 they Avill annoj' some one. Even the 

 home apiary is 40 rods from any house. 



When Ave reached tlie yard, Mr. 

 Townsend removed supers of finished 



