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We don't know that much comment 

 from us is necessary on the foregoing 

 letters, as they speak for themselves, 

 unless it be to say that three Illinois 

 organizations of bee - keepers — tlie 

 "State," "Chicago-Northwestern." and 

 the "Eastern Illinois" — were practi- 

 cally a unit in asking for the enactment 

 of laws similar to those of other States. 

 Now, we have no objections what- 

 ever to honest and open opposition to 

 the passage of any proposed laws, but 

 we do object, and most strenuously, 

 to deception and misrepresentation — in 

 fact, absolute falsehoods — in order to 

 thwart the honorable efforts of men 

 like Messrs. C. P. Dadant, Jas. A.Stone, 

 E. J. Baxter, A. L. Kildow, I. E. Pyles, 

 Chas. Becker, W. B. Moore, and other 

 honest members of the Illinois Associa- 

 tion, who have labored so unselfishly 

 and for the best interests of all the 

 bee-keepers of Illinois, in securing the 

 passage of the much-needed foul-brood 

 law. But it may be that the foolish ob- 

 jections of a few so-called bee-keepers 

 finally helped to turn the tide in favor 

 of the passage of the laws, for it was 

 very easy to show the committees of 

 the Legislature the falsehoods contained 

 in the foregoing letters ; and, of course, 

 when they understood it. and also the 

 animus back of such letters, they nat- 

 urally would feel like standing up for 

 the right, and giving the bee-keepers 

 of Illinois practically all they asked for. 

 There was appropriated for the en- 

 forcement of the foul brood lawSloOO 

 per annum, and $100i) per annum for 

 the use of the Illinois State Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association. The total appropria- 

 tion asked for was $3iii".l, but all pro- 

 posed appropriations were cut down in 

 order that every worthy object should 

 receive at least a fair proportion of the 

 amount called for in various bills. 



One would think that it was sufficient 

 for Illinois to have her Lorimer, but we 

 regret to say that she also seems to have 

 a few bee-keepers who may properly 

 be included in the same class of un- 

 worthies, but perhaps in a little differ- 

 ent manner, though just as reprehensi- 

 ble as is the much-advertised Lorimer. 



Miscellaneous ^ News Items 



Dr. Miller's 80th Birthday.— As indi- 

 cated by the front cover page of the 

 American Bee Journal last month, all 

 of our readers are aware that Dr. C. C. 

 Miller, the associate editor of the 

 American Bee Journal, completed his 

 80th year June 10, 1!)11. It was our 

 pleasure to call on Dr. Miller, at Ma- 

 rengo, the evening of that date. We 

 found him well, and as happy as ever. 

 In reply to our question as to how it 

 felt to be 811 years old, he smiled, and 

 simply said : "I don't know; I haven't 



Shallow Frames for Extractiuff 



In the Bee- Keepers' Review, Harry 

 Lathrop makes a point in favor of shal- 

 low frames for extracting that is well 

 worth considering. He says: 



They make it easier to avoid throwing out 

 some unripe honey along with the ripe. 

 Place a set of deep frames on a hive, and 

 the bees will keep a strip of cells open 

 along the bottom for the purpose of plac- 

 ing in them green nectar. If you extract 

 these combs, some of this unripe honey 

 will be mixed with the ripe, which is 

 a detriment more or less pronounced. If in 

 the place of one deep super you had used 

 2 shallow ones, the upper one would be filled 

 entirely with ripe honey, and the unripe 

 would all be in the lower one. There are 

 times, of course, when the full-depth combs 

 would do just as well, but at these times 2 

 shallow supers are always as good as one 

 deep one. 



Bee-Keepers' Congress in Italy. — The 



Fifth International Congress of Apicul- 

 ture will be held at Turin, Italy, Sept. 

 10 to 12, 1911. Bee-keepers from all 

 parts of the world are invited to take 

 part in this Congress, and an invitation 

 is extended to honey-producers and 

 bee-supply manufacturers to take part 

 in an exhibition held in conjunction 

 with the Congress. 



ing for the production of anything 

 along the honey line. But he was hop- 

 ing that a change for the better in nec- 

 tar-secretion might soon set in. and 

 there yet be a good crop of honey har- 

 vested for ItHl. 



We are pleased to be permitted to 

 present herewith Dr. Miller's latest 

 picture, which w^s taken a few days 

 before his 80th birthday. We had ex- 

 pected to use it last month, but the 

 original photograph did not arrive at 

 this office in time. After all. there is 

 not much difference between the pres- 

 ent picture and the one that appeared 

 last month, although the latter was 

 taken several years ago. 



We count it one of the greatest 

 privileges of our life to have been per- 

 mitted to know Dr. Miller so intimately 

 for a quarter of a century. His help 

 and his influence in connection with 

 the .American Bee Journal can never 

 be measured. Even to-day we believe 

 he is the best known and most prolific 

 writer on bee-keeping in the world. 

 We hope that he may be spared yet 

 many years to bless not only those in 

 his own home and intimate friends, 

 but all who read his cheering, inspir- 

 ing words on the printed pages of the 

 American Bee Journal. His place will 

 not be easily filled when the time comes 

 that he is called upon to lay down the 

 work of his earth-life and take up that 

 of the Eternal. 



We only wish that bee-keepers every- 

 where knew Dr. Miller as we do. We 

 would not say what we are now say- 

 ing, nor what we have said so many 

 times heretofore, were it not for the 

 fact that Dr. Miller is beyond the 

 " spoiling age." There be some who 

 save up the flowers to place on the 

 casket of their best-beloved friend, but 

 why not bestow some of them while 

 the friend is here, and can appreciate 

 them ? Such flowers are worth more 

 given during life, than if saved until 

 after our friends have passed away. 



And so let us all unite in the hope 

 that Dr. Miller's abundance of earthly 

 years may be extended far in the 

 future, and that all the remaining time 

 may be filled with even happier days 

 than he has enjoyed thus far. 



Dr. C. C. Miller at 80 Years. 



been 80 long enough yet to say." The 

 fact is that Dr. Miller is not the kind 

 that grows old. He may be 80, or 00, 

 or 100, and yet his heart will be as 

 youthful and happy as ever. He is a 

 man who lives always in the future. He 

 evidently comes of a happy, hopeful 

 race, and whether his years be few or 

 many, his daily life is not affected 

 thereby. 



The Doctor has now nearly 120 colo- 

 nies of bees in his home apiary. He 

 discontinued the out-apiaries several 

 years ago. He is a comb-honey pro- 

 ducer exclusively, as most of our read- 

 ers know; but the prospects on June 

 10, in his locality, were not encourag- 



The National at Minneapolis — As we 



have announced before, the next meet- 

 ing of the National Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation will be held at Minneapolis, 

 Minn., Aug. 30th and 31st— next month. 

 The Minnesota Bee-Keepers' .Asso- 

 ciation is taking a great interest in this 

 meeting, and have already begun to ad- 

 vertise it and to work for a large at- 

 tendance. The Secretary of that Asso- 

 ciation, Mr. C. A. Palmer, writes us 

 that through the courtesy of the Min- 

 neapolis Commercial Club, those in 

 attendance at the convention will be 

 given a trolley ride to points of inter- 

 est in and around the Twin Cities. 

 They thought it would be well to take 

 the ride on Friday, the day following 



