THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



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The Colorado State Bee-Keepers Asso- 

 ciation will meet in the Chamber of Com- 

 merce Hall at Denver, Nov. 23, 24 and 25. 



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Bro. York has ver^' wisely, so it seems 

 to me, jj;iven up the supply trade and will 

 hereafter devote his whole energies to the 

 American Bee Journal. 



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A MAN sometimes waits until he is 

 "dead sure" before venturing, only to 

 find that some other fellow who has taken 

 a few chances has got there ahead of him. 



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Geo. W. Brodbeck, the newly elected 

 Secretary of the National Association, is 

 a representative California bee-keeper, 

 well known and popular, and his election 

 is a deserved compliment to the Golden 

 State. 



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Cuba as a Bee and Honey Country is 

 the subject of a very neat little illustra- 

 ted pamphlet by the A. I. Root Co., in 

 which both sides of the subject are treat- 

 ed with apparent fdirness. I think the 

 book is for free distribution. 



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John H. Rising, of Gaskell Corners, 

 N. Y., and Miss Mary Louise Smith, of 

 Flemingville, N. Y., were married Octo- 

 ber 14th, and they were thoughtful 

 enough to send the Review a copy of the 

 paper giving an account of the beautiful 

 home wedding. May their lives be long 

 and happy. 



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"The Florida Brush" is a new brush 

 for brushing bees, a sample of which has 

 been sent me by the W. T. Falconer Mfg. 

 Co. It is made of broom corn, something 

 like the Coggshall brush, but longer and 

 more loosely tied. It seems as though it 

 would be a good thing with which to 

 brush off bees. 



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Mr. G. B. Lewis, of the firm of the G. 

 B. Lewis Co., passed away last June, but 

 no nulice was sent out to the bee journals 

 until lately. I did not have the pleasure 



of a personal acquaintance with Mr. 

 Lewis, but all agree that he was a man of 

 inestimable character and solid worth. 



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Four-piece sections have many friends 

 as is shown by the letters I receive. The 

 one b)- Mr. Dibbern, given in another 

 column, is a fair sample of them. I be- 

 lieve the time is now ripe for some one to 

 begin the manufacture and sale of four- 

 piece sections — to make a specialty of it 

 and advertise them. If the white poplar 

 is lacking, make them of hard maple. 



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Telling tales out of school is what I 

 may be doing, but Harry Lathrop, of 

 Monroe, Wisconsin, has a small volume 

 of poems in press. The book is being 

 printed on the finest Cameo Plate paper, 

 and embellished with numerous fine half- 

 tone engravings. Yes, the work is being 

 done at the Review office, and full par- 

 ticulars will be given as soon as the book 

 is out. 



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Autumn weather is my favorite. The 

 heat of the summer is past. The sunshine 

 is no longer glaring; instead it is golden 

 and mellow. Vines and trees are laden 

 with a luscious ripeness. Forests are 

 painted with a beauty truly gorgeous. 

 Dead leaves rustle under the feet, and 

 send up their woodsy odor. A crispness 

 in the air fills one with the joy of living. 

 Autumn brings the fulfilment of hopes 

 and of Nature's promises. 'Tis the crown- 

 ing season of the year. 



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Manager France is getting out a re- 

 port that will throw all other annual re- 

 ports of this kind in the shade. Instead 

 of simply a dry list of the names of mem- 

 bers, it will give the number of colonies 

 with which a member began the season, 

 the number with which he closed the 

 season, how he winters his bees, whether 



