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Journal oflice, and five blocks directly 

 north of the court house. The hotel at 

 which delegates may secure lodging, etc., 

 is the Revere House, on the south-east 

 corner of Clark and Michigan streets, 

 only half a block from the hall. Rates 

 of lodging will be 50 cents per night, and 

 the proprietor of the hotel has assured 

 Mr. York that good beds will be fur- 

 nished, but that several will have to 

 occupj- the same room; and, although 

 this hotel may not accomodate all the 

 bee-keepers, the proprietor will do his 

 best to see that it does. Each one should 

 secure a lodging place as soon as possi- 

 ble after reaching the city. 



The program for the convention will 

 probably consist of one paper each ses- 

 sion, and the balance of the time will be 

 occupied in the asking, answering and 

 discussion of questions. The papers will 

 be by such well-known writers as Dr. 

 Howard, of Texas; Thos. W. Cowan, of 

 London, England; Mrs. Acklin.of Minn.; 

 A. F. Moore, of 111.; R. C. Akin of Colo.; 

 and S. A. Niver, of X. Y., and the ques- 

 tion box will be in charge of such veter- 

 ans as Hon. R. L. Taylor, of Michigan; 

 D. \V. Heise, of Ontario, Can.; Geo. W. 

 York, Dr. Miller and C. P. Dadant, of 

 111.; O. O. Poppleton, of Florida; and 

 Rev. E. T. Abbott, of Mo. 



I have not yet been able to learn what 

 the rail rates will be, but as the conven- 

 tion is to be held on the same week as 

 the G. A. R. encampment, it is probable 

 that the rates will be the same as usual; 

 one and one-third fare for the round trip 

 from some localities, one fare from other 

 localities, and i cent per mile each way 

 in the Central Passenger Association ter- 

 ritory. The rates may be learned at any 

 railroad station a,s soon as the agents get 

 their instructions. A. B. M.\SON, 



Secretary. 



P. S. — It is possible that our friend, 

 Geo. W. York, of 118 Michigan street, 

 will be willing to secure lodging places 

 for those who may desire it, if they will 

 write him .\T i,K.\sr \ month before the 

 couveution, enclosing not i^ESS than two 



stamps for reply. This did not occur to 

 me in time to consult with Bro. York 

 about the matter, and I mav be getting 

 myself into trouble, but I'll run the risk 

 for the sake of the delegates; but don't 

 FORGET THE ST.\MPS if you want to keep 

 out of trouble yourself. 



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THIC INFLUENCE OF LOCALITY. 



This matter of locality and the part 

 that it plays in bee-keeping is really be- 

 coming a chestnut; but it needs cracking 

 just the same. Anything in the nature of 

 a paradox, or that appears mysterious, is 

 at once charged up to locality. In many 

 in.stances the inference is correct. To 

 illustrate: Hol}^ Land bees' are not liked 

 here at the North. They are great breed- 

 ers. So long as there is honey in the 

 hive they will keep on rearing brood. We 

 don't wish any such characteristics here 

 in the North. When the harvest is over 

 we wish breeding to stop. We don't 

 care to rear a horde of useless consumers. 

 In the South, in Cuba, for instance, the 

 harvest comes in the winter, or what cor- 

 responds to our winter, and it is very de- 

 sirable that the colonies shall be popu- 

 lous at that season of the year. To ac- 

 complish this. Holy Land bees exactly 

 fill ihe bill. Thus you see, in one locality 

 one strain of bees is desirable, but another 

 is not. In some other locality the con- 

 ditions are reversed. Again, here at the 

 North, where our main harvest comes 

 early and is of short duration, small 

 brood-nests are desirable. In the South, 

 or where the harvest is prolonged through 

 the whole summer, large brood-nests find 

 favor. Then there is the wintering prob- 

 lem that is ever with us here at the North. 

 In the Sjuth, chafT hives, and bee-cellars, 

 and the like, are of no interest whatever. 

 California and Colorado have conditions 

 and sources of honey- flow that are en- 

 tirely different from those of Michigan 

 and Canada. The fundamental princi- 

 ples of bee-keeping are ever the same, 

 but localities differ; they differ so much 

 that a bee-keeper going from Michigan 



