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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Nov. 10, 1904. 



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Let us quote you prices ou Sections, Hives, 

 Foundation, etc., as we can save you time and 

 freight. Beeswax Wanted for Cash. 



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For Thanksgiving Day 



the Nickel Plate Road will sell tickets 

 within distances of ISO miles, Nov. 23 

 and 24, at rate of a fare and a third for 

 the round-trip. Return limit Nov. 28. 

 Three through trains daily to Ft. 

 Wayne, Cleveland, Erie, Buffalo, New 

 York, Boston, and New England 

 points, with vestibuled sleeping-cars. 

 No excess fare charged on any train 

 on the Nickel Plate Road. Meals 

 served in Nickel Plate dining-cars, on 

 American Club Meal Plan, ranging in 

 price from 35 cents to $1.00; also a la 

 carte. Chicago city ticket offices. 111 

 Adams St. and Auditorium Annex. 

 Depot, La Salle and Van Buren Sts., 

 on the Elevated Loop. Telephone 

 Central 20S7. 29— 4SA2t 



which some gardening is done. An 

 apiary is located upon it and the at- 

 tendants put up a tent for their shelter. 

 I surmise the moving is done nights, 

 rests are taken during daytime. The 

 rafts are floated down the rivers during 

 the season. The final stop is made at 

 the end of the season in a section of 

 the country whose timber is scarce. 

 The rafts are taken apart and the tim- 

 bers sold. Bees and honey are dis- 

 posed of and the attendants make their 

 way homeward by rail or steamboat. — 

 American Bee-Keeper. 



The Use of Smoke in Handling Bees. 



In passing from apiary to apiary, 

 looking for foul brood, I am surprised 

 to see how differently men use, or fnis- 

 use smoke, when handling bees. Some 

 men even ask me if I ever " smoke in 

 the entrances "7 As a rule, such men 

 will jar the hives in taking off the 

 cover, then pry or pull off the super 

 with a snap About this time the bees, 

 angry bees, begin pouring out at the 

 entrance, and from the top of the hive, 

 and //lefi the bee-keeper begins to use 

 }he smoker; but the bees are mad, now, 

 and no amount of smoke will pacify 

 them. The most important place to 

 use smoke, is at the entrance, and it 

 should be used there as the Jirs/ step in 

 opening a hive. Subdue the beesyfr^/, 

 then all of the jarring will only make 

 their subjection the more complete. So 

 many times has some man cautiqned 

 me about attempting to examine some 

 colony, saying the bees were perfect 

 tigers, and that I would be stung terri- 

 bly. I always say : " Give me the 

 smoker "'. I give them a good, thor- 

 ough smoking before attempting to 

 open the hive. I then open the hive 

 carefully, using a little smoke if there 

 is any sign of obstreperousness. As a 

 rule I pass the ordeal without a sting, 

 while the owner looks on with amaze- 

 ment. Tne whole secret lies in subdu- 

 ing the bees before opening the hive. 

 Smoke the heesjirst, and then you can 

 usually handle them in peace and com- 

 fort. — Bee-Keepers' Review. 



Henequin and Honey in Cuba 



We have a great many thousand acres 

 of land in Cuba suitable for those two 

 products. 



Henequin is the fibre plant from 

 which so many men in Yucatan have 

 become millionaires. Bee-raising and 

 henequin go well together. Write for 

 particulars. 



DR. MORTIMER WILLSON, 

 Sec. and Trt-as. Cuban Colonial Land Company 



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CONVENTSON NOTICES. 



Illinois.— The Illinois State Bee-Keepers' As- 

 sociation will hold its Hth annual session in- 

 the G. A. R. Hall at tlie Court House, in Spring- 

 field, Tuesday and Welnesday, Nov. IS and 16, 

 l'3(i4. We will not lack for music, as the hall, 

 in its furnishings, ha^ .i piano, and Dr. Miller 

 has promised to bewiiii us. (You know what 

 that means.) N. E. I .ince will also be with 

 us. He, as all bee keepers know, is the General 

 Manager of the Natimial Association, and foul- 

 brood inspector of tiie State of Wisconsin. 

 Alfoour president, Mr. J. Q. Smith, who has 

 acted as foul brood iuspector for this State for 

 two summers — we surely with reason tnay ex- 

 pect that with a good attendance at our meet- 

 ing something will be done to advance the in- 

 terests of bee-keepers. Editor York, of the 

 American Bee Journal, will be present also. We 

 have a promise of papers from S. N. Black, on 

 ** Managing for Comb Honey"; and one by 

 James Poindexter, on " Wintering Bees "'. H. 

 F. Moore, secretary of the Chicago-Northwest- 

 ern Association, will present a paper on '* Ex- 

 periences as an Inspector of Apiaries". Others 

 are expected on subjects not yet announced. 



Through the I. O. O. F. of Illinois, we get the 

 following rates on all roads under the Western 

 Passenger Association : 



"Rate of oue fare for the round-trip from 

 points in Illinois from which the local one-way 

 rate tn Springfield is more than J3-fl0, and an 

 open rate of a fare and one-lhird for the round- 

 trip, with a maximum selling rate of $3.00, from 

 all points in the State within that radius, also 

 frcm St. Louis, Mo-; e.xcursion tickets to be 

 sold on Nov. 13-15 inclusive, good to return 

 leaving Springfield until and including Nov. 

 1'), 1904. 



"Tickets limited for going passage com- 

 mencing dale of sale and for continuous pas- 

 sage in each direction. 



" The Western Passeneer Association lines 

 are: C. & A. Ry., C. & N. W. Rv., C, B. & Q. 

 Ry.. C. G. W. Ry., Iowa Central R. R., J. & St. 

 L. Ry , Wabash R. R., A. T. & S. F. Ry., C- M. 

 A: St. P. Ry , C, P. & St. L. Ry., C. R. I. & P. 

 Ry.. Illinois Central Ry., Wisconsin Central 

 Ry." 



On all railroads under direction of the Cen- 

 tral Passencer Association rates can only 

 be had through certificate from your local sec- 

 retaries of Odd Fellows lodges, and we are as- 

 sured they will be very favorable to including 

 bee keepers in their families, to whom they can 

 issue all the certificates they desire. If noth- 

 ing else can be done, we advise making your 

 nearest way to the roads named in the Western 

 Association. Come, all bee-keepers, and have 

 a good time. Jas. A. Stone, Sec. 



R. R. 4, Springfield, 111. 



Illinois. — The Chicago-Northwestern Bee- 

 Keepers' Association will bold its next annual 

 meeting on Wednesday and Thursday, Nov. 

 3'! and Dec. 1, 11J4, in the Revere House, south- 

 east corner of North Clark and Michigan Sts.. 

 Chicago. The prospects are that this conven- 

 tion will be the largest and best ever held by 

 the Chicago-Northwestern. Prominent bee- 

 keepers from a distance have said they were 

 coming. It will be a great time. Everybody 



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