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THE NATIONAL CONVENTION 



SUMMER DREHS. 



Bee Keepers Ought to Give it Special 

 Attention. 



The bu!-siest tiuu' for b('o-ket'i)ors 

 coiuos in till' hottest time of the year: 

 eoiisetiueutly the <im'stion of dress 

 is of no siii.ill iinportaiiee. l>r. Mil- 

 ler, in his nt'w hook describes his 

 yructiee, and a sensible one It is. lie 

 says: 



"During- tlu> principal part of the 

 honey How, a prominent element of 

 hai-ilship is the endiu"anci> of the lieat. 

 Sometimes the heat has really made 

 me sick, so that in spite of a press of 

 work, I have been obliged to give nj) 

 work, and lie <lovvn for an hour or 

 two. At such times you may be stu'e 

 that I am not very warndy clad. One 

 straw hat and veil, one cotton shirt, 

 on<> p;iir cotton overalls, one pair cot- 

 ton socks and one pair shoes, com- 

 prise my entire wearing appari'I. Be- 

 fore noon, shirt and pants are both 

 thoi-oughly wet with perspiration. 



In tills heated condition, I spong(> 

 myself olT with cold water before din- 

 ner, put on dry shirt iind icints, and 

 hang uji the wet ones in the sun to l)e 

 put on next day. I am sure that liy 

 this refresliing ch.ange I am able to do 

 more work. It ndglit be thought that 

 ai)plying cold water all (»ver the body 

 v.'lien every ]);irt is dripping with per- 

 spiration might make me lake cold. ! 

 have never found it so, even if follow 

 ('<! up every day. The body is so thor- 

 oughly heated that it easily resists the 

 shock, and ii brisk rubbing leaves one 

 in a line ulow." 



Why Bee-Keepers Should Attend. Some 

 Californian Attractions. 



The social feature is now tlie most 

 important and desirabk' feature of 

 most of the bee conventions. Espec- 

 ially is this true of the veterans. Of 

 course, they do occasionally pick tip 

 sometliing new, and men wlio have 

 seldom attended often learn much that 

 is of valtie to them. Occasionally 

 ther(> is a reason, aside from tlieso, 

 wliy even the veterans should attend. 

 This is tlie case this time, and E. K. 

 Root, in (ileanings, tells it so grapli 

 ically tliat I lake pleasure in cop.ving 

 it. Speaking from actual experience, 

 Bro. Root says: 



"Los Angeles, Cal., is to be the 

 place of the next meeting of tlie Na- 

 tional Bee-keepers' Association. Tlie 

 time set is August 1S-12(>. I'hc E.;- 

 I'cutive ('onimittee, in deciding on this 

 date and place, b.-ised their decision 

 on the low railroad rates in force at 

 that time on account of the eutainp- 

 ment of the (i. A. K. in San Francis- 

 co the same week. 



It was suggested that we make the 

 '■•;inta I''e route the semi-oflicial one of 

 the bee-keepers. A tourist sleei)ing 

 car could bo made up largely of bee- 

 ke( Iters, to start from (-hicago in time 

 to give a day's stop-off at the (Jrand 

 ("aiiyon— probably tlu' most remark- 

 able scenery of the kind t\w world af- 

 fords. The train Is then to go on to 

 Los Angeles, fitly named the 'City of 

 the Angels,' one of the most delight- 

 ful cities I have ever vlslte<l. It is 

 iiot dclit^ditful IxH'ause of its .irclii- 

 t«'ctiire, but becaas«> of the surround- 

 ing Mcener.\- and its biaclng cliirate. 

 Cool evenings and wai m days make 

 living there most enjoyjible. 



This is a good vear lor ('alifornia; 



