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tliat the}' will stand on their hind legs 

 and punctnre peaches, etc. Notwith- 

 standing that the foolishness of such as- 

 sertions was shown, the justice rendered 

 a verdict of 525 for the plaintiff. The 

 case has been appealed to a higher court, 

 and the National Association is helping 

 in the matter. Such a verdict sustained 

 would be a hard and unfair blow to bee- 

 keeping. If you are not a member of the 

 National Association, or are in arrears, 

 now is the time to send in your dollar. 



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SUDDEN DEATH OK S. P. CULI^EV. 



Mr. S. P. CuUey, who kept as many 

 bees, perhaps, as any one in Missouri, 

 met with a violent death, Nov. i, at Ven- 

 ice, Mo., while on his way to Cuba with 

 a car load of bees. Towards morning the 

 conductor awakened him and told him 

 that they were approaching East St. 

 Louis, which was the end of his " run." 

 The conductor went out on top of the ca- 

 boose to give signals, and Mr. Culley, 

 perhaps only half awake, staggered to 

 the front platform and stumbled off un- 

 der the wheels and was instantly killed. 



Mr. Culley wrote largely for the Pro- 

 gressive, and his writings showed his 

 practical knowledge. .A.s late as October 

 13, he wrote: "I am writing you a series 

 of articles for the Review, which I hope 

 will prove acceptable, available, and 

 more or less valuable." 



Mr. Culley will be missed in bee-keep- 

 ing circles, but hardest of all will be the 

 loss to the wife and two children left be- 

 hind. 



f)UEEN BREKDER.S' TROIBLKS. 



With the best of stock and methods of 

 rearing and shipping, occasionally a 

 (jueen will turn out a poor affair; and do 

 the best he can, a breeder will sometimes 

 get behind with his orders. It brings a 

 sympathetic smile to my face as I read 

 the letters and explanations that Dr. Mill- 

 er gives in the Am. Bee Journal regarding 

 troubles that have come to him since he 

 begaa rearing queeus for sale. All expe- 



rienced breeders have been "through the 

 mill" time and again; but bless your dear, 

 old heart, doctor, I can remember the 

 time when the receipt of such letters kept 

 me awake nights. .\n unkind letter still 

 hurts, but not seriously when I know 

 that I have done no wrong. As the years 

 go by I am leaning more and more to the 

 belief that the shipping of queens is often 

 a great injury to them, and the breeders 

 are blamed accordingly. So many times 

 have I sent out a choice queen, one that 

 was a good la^'er, and all right in every 

 respect, only to receive a bitter letter of 

 complaint regarding her qualities. As a 

 rule, young queens, those just beginning 

 to lay, bear shipment much better than 

 older queens. The shock to a queen, 

 taken from a full colony in the height of 

 the season, at a time when she is heavy 

 with eggs, and banged across the country 

 in a mail bag, can certainly do her no 

 good. I am coming more and more to 

 the belief that we should buy queens, 

 principally, to improve our stock — to get 

 the seed, so to speak, of something bet- 



ter. 



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THE EDITOR IS TO TAKE AN EASTERN 

 TRIP. 



By the time that these lines greet the 

 eyes of my readers, I shall probably be 

 at Niagara Falls, Out., attending the 

 Ontario convention of bee-keepers; a con- 

 vention that, of all the conventions held 

 this side of the Atlantic, certainly stands 

 next to the National Bee-Keepers' Associ- 

 ation of the United States. 



From Niagara Falls I expect to go on 

 east into New York, where I shall "talk 

 bees" at a series of bee-keepers' insti- 

 tutes that are to be held under the aus- 

 pices of the farmers' institutes. 



Dec. 12, I shall be at Batavia; Dec. 13 

 and 14, at Canandaigua; Dec. 15, at Rom- 

 ulus; Dec. 17, at .\uburn; and Dec. 18, I 

 shall be at Johnstown. I hope to meet a 

 large number of bee-keepers at these in- 

 stitutes. 



I hesitated quite awhile about accept- 

 ing the offer to speak at these meetings; 



