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stantly kept at a temperature of 52 de- 

 grees ; this can be had both through 

 faucets and the bubbling system. 



The main waiting-room is 84 feet 

 from the floor to the top of the ceiling, 

 the latter being self-supporting, and 

 the only one of its kind in the world. 

 There are 250 electric lights in this 

 splendid waiting-room. 



This passenger terminal of the Chi- 

 cago & Northwestern railway is located 

 in the midst of Chicago's greatest ac- 

 tivities, and is reached direct by no 

 less than 4 great thoroughfares of traffic 

 leading to and from the adjacent hotels 

 and business houses. The American 

 Bee Journal is just one block directly 

 west of this magnificent structure, so 

 that our office can be reached within 

 one minute or less time after stepping 

 off the train. We hope that any of our 

 readers who come to Chicago will be 

 sure to see this wonderful passenger 

 terminal of one of the greatest railroads 

 on earth. There are a number of other 

 attractions connected with it that we 

 can not describe for want of space. In 

 fact, it must all be seen in order to be 

 fully appreciated. It will doubtless be 

 one of the greatest wonders of this city 

 for years to come, as likely no other 

 Chicago railroad system will attempt 

 the erection of such a building, elevated 

 tracks, etc., as the Chicago & North- 

 western now. after about 4 years' work, 

 has erected and put into actual service 

 — a service that is certainly delightful 

 to all who can avail themselves of it. 

 It is our pleasure, as well as privilege, 

 to enter this terminal and depart from 

 it every business day of the week. 

 Come to Chicago and see it, and also 

 call at the office of the American Bee 

 Journal, where we will be pleased to 

 welcome you. (See illustration on last 



page.) 



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Pennsylvania Summer Bee Meeting. — 



This will be held in the High School 

 Building at Reynoldsville, Pa., July 11 

 and 12, liUl. After the usual prelimi- 

 naries, consisting of reports, welcome 

 address, etc., the following topics will 

 be treated : 



" Handling Bees for Practical Work." by 

 Geo. H. Rea. 



"Handling Bees for Exhibition, by E. R. 

 Root. 



" Handling Hives and Apparatus." by I. K. 

 Miller. 



"Equipment for the Amateur." by Prof. H. 

 A. Surface. 



" Late Developments in Apiculture. ' (illus- 

 trated by E. R. Root. 



" Queen-Rearing." by Penn G. Snyder. 



"Improving Stock. ' by S. P. Christian and 

 and I. R. Rambo. 



'■ Controlling Swarming when Working for 

 Comb Honey. ' by Chas. N. Greene. 



"Extracted Honey." by Harold Hornor. 



"Necessity and Methods of Apiary In- 

 spection." by Geo H. Rea. 



" Building Up Colonies for the Clover Har- 

 vest." by Wm. A. Selser. 



"Treating Foul Brood." by Geo. H. Rea 

 and \Vm. A. Selser. 



" Shook-Swarming.' by E. R. Root. 



" Transfer ring from Box-Hives and Trees. ■ 

 by Prof. H. A. Surface and H. C. Klinger. 



The work of every afternoon will 

 be in an apiary. Special music will 

 help to enliven the program. Exhibits 

 of honey and bee-supplies will be made. 

 Excellent hotel accommodations have 

 been secured. Rooms may be had 

 with or without boarding. Good meals 

 are served at restaurants. Bee-keepers' 

 headquarters will be at Frank's Tavern, 

 where special rates have been secured 



at $1.50 per day. For any further de- 

 sired information address, H. C. 

 Klinger, Liverpool, Pa. 



Illinois 10th Annual Report— The Re- 

 port contains (227 pages) a shorthand 

 report of not only the State Associa- 

 tion's last meeting, but also of the Chi- 

 cago-Northwestern and the National 

 for 1010. It was ready for the mail 

 just at the date of the passage of our 

 foul brood law, and we had it held till 

 the Governor would sign the law, and 

 had it placed in the Report as a paster, 

 so that all our members could know 

 what our law is. The law we first ap- 

 plied for is also there, but we have ex- 

 plained elsewhere why they dift'er. Last 

 year we had 300 cloth-bound copies of 

 our Report, and had just a few left; 

 this year we ordered the same number, 

 and later ordered 2ti more, and still are 

 about to run out. Those who send in 

 their fees from this time on for the 

 year may have to take a paper-covered 

 Report, but they will be down for a 



cloth-bound copy for next year. Those 

 not members can have a paper-covered 

 Report for 27 cents, by sending order 

 to the Secretary. 



Now that the Illinois State Bee- 

 Keepers' Association, with the help of 

 the Chicago-Northwestern, have suc- 

 ceeded in securing a foul brood law for 

 Illinois, it becomes the duty of every 

 bee-keeper in the State to help one of 

 these associations at least by their 

 support. One dollar membership fee 

 sent to Sec. Jas. A. Stone, Rt. 4, Spring- 

 field, 111., gives membership for one 

 year in the State Association, in the 

 National, and a copy of the Report. 

 One dollar and 50 cents sent to Sec. 

 Louis C. Dadant, Hamilton, 111., pays 

 a yearly membership fee in the two 

 above-named societies, and in the Chi- 

 cago-Northwestern as well, besides a 

 copy of the Report, as above. Each 

 member joining after March 1st gets a 

 paper-covered Report, and the next 

 year a cloth-bound one. 



Jas. a. Stone, Sec. 



Rt. 4, Springfield, 111. 



BEE-Ift:EPiNG-<^ For Women 



Conducted bv Miss Emma M. Wilson, Marengo, 111. 



A Sister " Government Apiarist " 



One of the sisters seems to be play- 

 ing a leading part in far-off South 

 Africa. H. F. Benger, Hon. Sec. South 

 African Bee-Keepers' Association, says 

 in the British Bee Journal : 



In a quiet way. Miss M. D. Sillar. the Gov- 

 ernment apiarist, has been doing good work 

 in the Orange Free State, and tlie result of 

 this must react in the future in the estab- 

 lishment of apiculture on a firm basis as an 

 important rural industry. 



"Tarlared Teeth "—A Warning 



Mv Dkak M1-.S Wilson: — Permit me as a 

 practicing dentist to take radical exception 

 to Mrs. M. E. Pruitt's recommendation, in 

 your department, for " Tartared (!) Teeth. ' 

 page i6q. 



A very few applications of muriatic acid, 

 even in far more dilute form than stated, 

 will be the ruination of w percent of teeth so 

 treated; any combination of sugar or honey 

 with an acid, only increases the injury done. 



While it is my belief, based on more than 

 10 years' observation, that the pure natural 

 acids of ripe fruits have but comparatively 

 little effect upon the teeth, taken with due 

 moderation, it is a matter of positive fact 

 that all mineralacidsattack tooth substance 

 most viciously and instantly upon contact. 

 I say the " /■i/re natural acids, of ripe fruits' 

 —the addition of any sweet changes the ac- 

 tion of such acids, or any acids in contact 

 with material comiiosed largely of lime, as 

 are the teeth, making the action far more 

 energetic. 



Let me advise that no person should try to 

 remove " tartar ' deposits on his own teeth, 

 nor allow any one to try to do it for him ex- 

 cepting a dentist, who will do such work 

 thoroughly and harmlessly by mechanical 

 means solely. C. D. Cheney. 



Hoboken. N. J. 



Dr. Cheney is entitled to very warm 

 thanks for calling attention to this very 

 unfortunate error, which Mrs. Pruitt 

 will most certainly be glad to have cor- 

 rected. According to what Dr. Cheney 

 says, the acid in (juestion will be effec- 

 tive in attacking tartar on the teeth; 



but this seems to be one of the cases in 

 which "a little learning is a dangerous 

 thing." We are not merely to learn 

 that the acid will affect the tartar, but 

 we are to learn that the acid will at the 

 same time attack the tooth itself. But 

 anything further than Dr. Cheney's vig- 

 orous letter is hardly needed to em- 

 phasize the danger. 



It will probably be news to many a 

 housekeeper that the addition of any 

 sweet to the "pure natural acids of ripe 

 fruits " is not a good thing for the 

 teeth. The fact is that with many the 

 habit of adding sweet to fruit is car- 

 ried to such an extent as to be bad for 

 both teeth and digestion. Most fruits 

 are really at their best without any 

 sugar at all, if the fruit be maturely 

 ripened, provided the taste has not 

 been badly educated. 



" How You Can Earn IMoney With Bees " 



Under this caption appears an article 

 in the Delineator, written by Samuel 

 Armstrong Hamilton, urging bee-keep- 

 ing for women. It contains some good 

 things, and enough of the other kind 

 to relieve it of monotony. 



Here are some things to which all 

 bee-keepers would not agree : " Lang- 



stroth movable dovetailed hives 



used by all up-to-date bee-keepers." 

 "The 10-frame hive should be pre- 

 ferred, as being better for comb honey." 

 "The making of extracted honey is 

 not profitable unless there be an api- 

 ary of 50 hives or more, owing to the 

 expensive machinery required and the 

 additional help needed." A section is 

 "A small frame of wood, 4x5 inches." 

 (What would he call the usual 4,'4x4.;4?) 



Evidently Mr. Hamilton has no ex- 

 travagant idea of woman's ability when 



