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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



It looks too much like a make-shift 

 stable. 



Mexicans aud Indians are about the 

 only track-hands, or section men, seen 

 along the railroad, in New Mexico, 

 Arizona, and California; in fact, it is 

 doubtful if a white man would endure 

 hard labor under the intense heat that 

 prevails on these desert sands. 



Officers Elected at the Los Angeles 

 Convention are as follows: President 

 J. U. Harris, Grand Junction, Colo.; 

 Vice President, C. P. Dadant, Hamil- 

 ton, 111.; Secretary, Geo. W. Brodbeck, 

 Los Angeles, Cal. While the choice of 

 place of meeting rests with the Ex- 

 ecutive Committee, it will imdoubtedly 

 by St. Louis, Mo. 



Near Kansas City, when going to 

 the Convention, we saw the effects 

 of the terrible floods of last spring. 

 The force of a great body of water is 

 almost beyond comprehension, but the 

 massive steel bridges, twisted and pil- 

 ed in great heaps on the shore, were 

 vivid illustrations in that direction. 



The American Bee-Keeper deplores 

 the existence of two factions in the 

 National Association of Bee-Keepers. 

 It says one faction has been called the 

 "push," and sees no reason why the 

 other faction need not be called the 

 "would-be- push." It is unfortunate 

 that there should have been any mi- 

 pleasantness, but it looks now as 

 though it was about over and the only 

 and best thing for the officers to do 

 is to go on about their business, pay- 

 ing no attention whatever to the 

 "would-be-push." The time has pass- 

 ed when harm can come from this 



source. I know of just two men who 

 went to Los Angeles with a disposi- 

 tion to defend the "would-be-push," 

 but when they saw how it could be- 

 have, they experienced a change of 

 heart. 



The Bark from Shag-Bark hickory 

 is recommended in Gleanings, by R. 

 I.,. Taylor, for use in smokers. The 

 part used is the loose, outside bark 

 that may be easily pulled off. Start 

 the fire ^^^th rotten wood, and when 

 the fire is well started with the bark 

 it never goes out, gives plenty of 

 smoke, with absolutely no sooty drip. 



White sunshine, glaringly white. Is 

 the kind they have out West. I sup- 

 pose this comes from the dryness and 

 clearness of the atmosphere. There 

 is a mellowness about Eastern sun- 

 shine not seen in the West. But few 

 clouds are seen in the West, and these 

 are also very white. It seemed good, 

 in coming hofne, to once more see 

 some color in the clouds and sunshine. 



Foul brood may destroy a colony in 

 a bee tree, leaving honey and combs 

 infected with disease. This fact has 

 been used as as argument to show the 

 impossibility of entirely eliminating 

 foul brood from a district, but Mr. 

 France says the squirrels and the bee 

 moth's larvae will soon destroy the 

 combs and thus remove this source of 

 contagion. 



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J. F. Mclntyre, of California, has a 

 floral family. His five daughter are 

 named: Flora, Lily. Myrtle. Pansy and 

 Iris. The only son, 11 days old when 

 I was there, and over which there Is 



