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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



Oct. 24, 1901. 



much to be regretted. Variety secured at the 

 expense of perspicuity can hardly be pleasing. 

 A reputable journal has so many times used 

 the word "stand" when "colony" was 

 meant that it can hardly be otherwise under- 

 stood than that such use is approved. The 

 word "stand" having a specitie use in bee- 

 keeping as designating the thing upon which 

 a hive stands, its use in another sense serves 

 just as much for confusion as for variety. Is 

 there any argument for the use of "stand" 

 when "colony" is meant, that will not 

 equally support the use of " hive " in the 

 same way f A single word for each idea, and 

 a single idea for each word, gives a clearness 

 of understanding for which no amount of 

 variety will compensate. Two words for the 

 same idea and two ideas for the same word 

 are common enough, let us not add to the 

 confusion. 



I Weekly Budget. I 



Mr. Walter R. Assell, of Ramsey Co., 

 Minn., sent us the photograph from which 

 was taken our front-page engraving this 

 week. He had this to say about it : 



" I enclose a photograpli of a honey-comb I 

 caused my bees to produce for the Minnesota 

 State Fair exhibit. It took first premium for 

 novel design. My little boy was placed by 

 its side in order to show its relative size. The 

 weight is about 40 pounds. With the aid of 

 a glass my descriptive card can be easily read 

 on the photograph." 



The card attached contains the following 

 information : 



"CIRCUMAPOLIS." 



" These concentric cylinders of honey-comb 

 all rest on the same base, the inner one 

 being 9 inches deep. When made by the 

 bees, they occupied an inverted position, the 

 present base then forming tne cover of the 

 hive." 



Mr. W. W. Lathrop, of Fairfield Co.. 

 Conn., writing us recently had this to say 

 about " The Home Circle " department in 

 this journal : 



Editor York :— Ever since Prof. Cook be- 

 gan his home circle papers I have intended to 

 write and tell you how well I like them. If 

 there was nothing else in the American Bee 

 Journal I would still keep on taking it. They 

 alone are worth a dollar a year to me. 1 hope 

 some time they will be published in huuk 

 form, for I should like to have such a book 

 in my library. 



I have had so much to say to my wife about 

 Prof. Cook, and have read to her from his 

 home papers at different times, until now, 

 whenever I am cross and say or do something 

 that I ought not to, she says, " Is that the 

 way Prof. Cook would do ;" or, " Come now. 

 Prof. Cook, you have forgotten yourself." 

 Of course, this stops further trouble. So you 

 see, Mr. York, the home circle papers do good 

 in one home, at least. 



The November Dei.ineatoh.— A season- 

 able atmosphere rises from the various useful 

 and valuable features of the November Delin- 

 eator. The styles shown are those for early 

 winter; the dressmaking article tells about 

 the making of coats; the fancy needlework 

 article bears upon Thanksgiving and Christ- 

 mas gifts; the crocheting articles are those of 

 a winter character; the gardening article 

 deals with the pruning and protection of rose- 

 trees throughout winter. Every woman who 

 wishes to get splendid value for her expendi- 

 ture should buy the Delineator for itself. It 

 in turn will help her to economize in house- 

 hold matters at every point. Published by 

 the Butterick Publishing Co., New York. N. 

 Y. 



I The Buffalo Convention. I 



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^ Report of the Proceeding* of the Thirty-Second Annual C- 



^ Convention of the National Bee-Keepers' Asso- ^ 



^ elation, held at Buffalo, New York, ^ 



^ Sept. 10, 11 and 12, 1901. ^ 



The 32d annual convention of the 

 National Bee Keepers' Association was 

 called to order at 7:30 p.m., Sept. 10, 

 by Pres. E. R. Root, of Ohio, who 

 called on Rev. E. T. Abbott, of Mis- 

 souri, to oiler prayer. Mayor Diehl, 

 of Buffalo, was then introduced to the 

 convention and delivered the following 



Address of Welcome. 



I don't know as the Mayor can enter- 

 tain you very long, but I wish to ex- 

 tend to you a most hearty welcome to 

 our city, and I am sure that your delib- 

 erations will be of benefit to your- 



I has been of great benefit to the people 

 of Alsace." And he took me into an 

 I addition to his barn and showed me a 

 I large tin tub and showed me how the 

 I Americans had taught them to get the 

 honey out of the combs by the centrif- 

 ugal method, and it, of course, pleased 

 me as an American citizen very much, 

 and shows me that your meeting 

 to-night must be of benefit to you and 

 of benefit to everybody. 



I hope that, in the interval between 

 your deliberations, you may have an 

 opportunity to see our beautiful Expo- 

 sition, which will certainly show a 

 large number of exhibits that will be 

 of interest to you ; and not alone the 

 exhibits but the beauty, the advance- 

 ment, so to say, of civilization, in our 

 color schemes and everything that per- 

 tains to that; and, aside from that, I 

 hope you will also, as time permits, 

 see not alone the Exposition, but our 

 beautiful city. I think we have the 

 most beautiful city in the world ; we 

 certainly have as nice homes, more 

 asphalt streets and the finest break- 

 water in the world ; and our commerce 

 will certainly be enhanced by all the 

 advantages we now have, and which 

 our good Government has done for the 

 city of Buffalo by placing that very 

 extensive breakwater before our city 

 gates. 



In closing.I wish to inform you that, 

 havingjust heard from the President's 

 bedside, I think I can safely tell you 

 that the danger line has passed, and 

 the President will get well. And now, 

 extending to you all the courtesies of 

 our city, and the freedom, I hope you 

 will accept the same, so that when you 

 return to your homes you may have a 

 pleasant remembrance of our city. 



PRES. E. R. root. 



selves, and not alone to yourselves, 

 but to others. A small incident comes 

 to my mind, which is no doubt very 

 familiar to you, but to me. as a city 

 man. it was very strange when I first 

 saw it. Some twelve or thirteen years 

 ago I happened to be in a small Alsa- 

 tian village, and all of a sudden there 

 was great consternation, and the word 

 came that the bees were swarming. I 

 had nothing else to do except to be — as 

 any boy might be — ready to see any- 

 thing that came along, and it amused 

 me to see the farmers in this small vil- 

 lage flock to where the swarm was 

 alighting on a tree, and, with mittens 

 on, gather the bees into baskets and 

 carry them off with satisfaction. I 

 inquired about it and told him I was 

 from America, and he said, "I would 

 like to show you something that your 

 country is responsible for, and which 



Rev. E. T. Abbott, of Missouri, 

 responded as follows to the Mayor's 

 address : 



Response to the Mayor's Address. 



It is surely a source of exceedingly 

 great pleasure to me to respond to such 

 an address of welcome, on account of 

 its significance. Bee-keeping has not 

 always received the recognition that it 

 should at the hands of Government, at 

 the hands of the cities where we have 

 held our meetings. I have thought 

 sometimes that the citizens of the 

 large cities were too indifferent to what 

 I believe to be the most excellent work 

 which we are doing, and when it was 

 said that the mayor of a great city, 

 like the city of Buffalo, was expected 

 to stop his many duties and appear 

 among the bee-keepers to welcome them 

 to the city, I said there must be some 

 mistake about it. I don't know that 

 we have ever gotten such a recognition 

 from any city government of this size 



