THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



ular location, and without this informa- 

 tion it can not be given. I will ask 

 the secretary or president of any asso- 

 ciation, .regardless of whether you 

 think I have your name and address or 

 not, to send me a list of all your offi- 

 cers and their addresses. When this 

 list is compiled it will be available to 

 an\' subscrilier of the Review. 



Articles Wanted on Practical 

 Co-operation. 



The winter months will soon be with 

 us, and there is no better time to dis- 

 cuss practical co-operation. All over 

 this land of ours are springing up at- 

 tempts at co-operation, both among the 

 bee-keepers and farmers as well. 

 Some are successful while others are 

 not. Let us have a few good articles 

 on this subject. Not so much what can 

 be done, but what is actually being done 

 now. Even the failures are valuable 

 in that they teach us the obstacles to be 

 encountered. Just now the National is 

 considering an important move along 

 this line, and this subject should be a 

 live one to every progressive bee- 

 keeper, big or little. Let me hear from 

 3'ou. 



Our Reception at Minneapolis. 



Much credit is due the Minnesota 

 Bee-Keepers' Association, and both the 

 Minneapolis and St. Paul Commercial 

 Clubs, for the splendid recption given 

 the visiting bee-keepers. We were met 

 at St. Paul by the Minnesota Bee- 

 Keepers and conducted to the Hotel 

 Vendome, which had been selected as 

 hadquarters. The Minneapolis Com- 

 mercial Club presented us with the use 

 of the G. A. R. room in the Court 

 House for our meetings, and then gave 

 us, under the auspices of the Minne- 

 sota Bee-Keepers' Association, a free 

 trolley ride through the streets of Min- 

 neapolis, and to St. Paul. We visited 

 the celebrated ]\Iiiniehaha Falls, and 



from there went to the club rooms of 

 the St. Paul Commercial Club, where 

 we were given a four-course chicken 

 dinner. A visit to the Capitol com- 

 pleted the trip. 



There is no question but that every 

 bee-man or woman in attendance at 

 this convention went away a booster for 

 [Minneapolis and St. Paul. 



Mr. E. C. Porter. 



Just as we were going to press with 

 the September Review, we received no- 

 tice of the death of another prominent 

 bee-keeper, Mr. E. C. Porter, of Lewis- 

 ton, III. He will be known by his con- 

 nection with the sale of the Porter Bee- 

 Escape, an invention of his father, Ru- 

 fus Porter. 



Air. Porter was born June 10th, 1857, 

 and died August 6th, 1911. He was un- 

 married, and a man of excellent char- 

 acter and sterling worth. He was an 

 ardent lover of nature, and took great 

 pride in the culture of choice varieties 

 of plants and fruits. 



Our sympathy goes out to his rela- 

 tives and friends. 



National Convention Notes. 



Dr. Phillips, of the Department of 

 Entomology, stated at the Convention 

 that the de-queening method for the 

 cure of European foul brood has been 

 the cause of the loss of thousands of 

 colonies. 



Dr. Phillips says that a great many 

 reports of bees killed from spraying 

 fruit-trees while in bloom, upon invest- 

 igation prove to be cases of foul brood 

 where the owner did not know the dif- 

 ference. 



One member of the National advo- 

 cated licensing bee-keepers. He ar- 

 gued that such a course would keep out 

 the man who paid no attention to his 

 bees, and thus prevent the spread of 



