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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



June 1. 



and bed for $1.00 a night; and if I wanted it by 

 the week I could have it for $4.50. The place is 

 Hotel Linwood. All the new hotels seem to 

 have that fool way of having the names wrong 

 end foremost. It is on the south side of 63d St., 

 just a little west of the restaurant, and I think 

 it is No. 336. 



I give you particularly these places, that you 

 may have some place you know about. Possi- 

 bly you may do better. If you wish, you can, 

 for five or ten cents, get to any of the Chicago 

 hotels. Bee-keepers will remember the Com- 

 mercial, corner of Lake and Dearborn Sts., 

 where bee-conventions were held. Their prices 

 are unchanged, and you can have supper, lodg- 

 ing, and breakfast for $1.50. 



So you see you can get along very nicely for 

 $3. .50 a day, admission fee and all. If you want 

 to be very economical you can take oif a dollar 

 from that, for beds are to be had for 50 cents or 

 less, and you can get cheap lunches and stuff at 

 bakeries. But I don't know the ropes well 

 enough to know where you can get good beds at 

 low rates. 



If you can make only one visit to the Fair, by 

 all means wait till the show is more nearly 

 completed. A. I. Root ought to come right 

 away. After staying a little while he would 

 find there is a bigger thing here than he ever 

 dreamed of. Then he would go home and make 

 arrangements to come a little later, get a cot- 

 tage for his family, and spend the summer. It 

 would be as good as a summer in Europe, and at 

 much less expense. C. C. Miller. 



Marengo, 111., May 18. 



BAMBLE NO. 85. 



NOTES FROM THE APIARY. 



We have just received the following circular 

 from The Young Women's Christian Associa- 

 tion of Chicago, which will explain itself. It 

 will be of great benefit to those of our lady 

 bee-keepers who intend to visit the World's 

 Fair. 



r OFFICE OF 



J The Young Women's Christian Association, 

 I Room 61, 243 Wabash Avenue, 



(, Kimball Hall. 



Chicago, May 1. 1893. 



The Young Women's Cliristian Association of 

 Chicag'o. now sixteen years old, has always been an 

 aggressive hody in aiding young girls depending 

 upon their own resources for support. It has con- 

 tinuously, since 1876, kept a Iiome for young girls, 

 strangers in tlie city, opening from time to time 

 new ones: Now it has four homes located at the 

 following numbers: No. 288 Michigan Avenue; 5830 

 Rosnlie Court, near Jackson Park; 367 Jackson 

 Boulevard (West Side); and 32.'i8 VVentwortli Avenue. 

 These homes are given as landmarks of safety to 

 young, respectable girls wlio need protection or 

 information in coming alone to Chicago. These 

 homes, with their limited capacity, if full, can direct 

 to suitable lodging-houses The great feature of 

 the work of The Young Women's Christian Associa- 

 tion is the Travelers' Aid Department, about four 

 years old. Paid agents, wearing a blue badge 

 marked "Young Women's Christian Association," 

 meet the trains, to aid women traveling alone in 

 making changes, or direct them as to the cheapest 

 and safest way they may reach their destination. 

 No charge is made for this service, as the agents 

 are paid by the Association. Girl.s are warned not 

 to speak to strangers, but go to the waiting-room, 

 and remain until the badge is seen. The agents 

 may be delayed a trifle, but will gratuitously direct 

 as well as aid in finding the friends or shelter 

 sought by women or girls traveling alone. Young 

 girls proposing to visit Chicago should, three days 

 prioi to leaving home, address tlie bead agent. Miss 

 Anson, !SH20 Rosalie Com t. Jack.son Park. State the 

 exact date and time of starting as well as the rail- 

 road they will come over. 



The pole desire of The Young Women's Christian 

 Association of Chicago is to aid young self-support- 

 ing girls and women, and to protect them from 

 imposition. Respectfully, 



Mrs. Leandeb Stone, President. 

 Mrs. a. S. Chambeklin, Secretarj'. 



The subject of bee-hives does not agitate the 

 minds of California bee-keepers as much as it 

 does those of our Eastern friends. In the East, 

 nearly every bee-keeper has, sooner or later, in- 

 vented a new hive or a moth-trap, and many 



■MIaking OFF (^uPEf^ wifH Frames ADHERING 



have gone fur- 

 ther and secured 

 a patent, and 

 then figured that 

 a profit of a few 

 cents on each 

 hive, when every 

 bee - keeper was 

 supplied, would 

 bring an inde- 

 pendent fortune; 

 but the trouble 

 has been, that 

 every owner of 

 bees could not be 

 induced to buy. 

 Now, California 

 bee - keepers do 

 not spend much 

 time inventing 

 hives. Harbison 

 hives were a suc- 

 cess until a few 

 hot summers 

 opened it all the 

 way up and down 

 the back and 

 sides, or until, if 

 there was ever an 

 argus-eyed thing, 

 it is one of those 

 hives with the 

 watchful vindic- 

 tive bee looking 

 out on every side of it. California bee-keepers, 

 as a rule, don't care much about what the hive 

 is if it will only hold together. We find some 

 hives so flexible that, when the frames are re- 

 moved, the body of the hive can be collapsed. 

 Such a hive, if it could be re-formed again with- 

 out considerable carpenter work, would just 

 suit our California bee-keeper. The first ques- 

 tion usually asked by the buyer of an apiary is, 

 "Will the hives hold together?" Redwood is 

 used to a considerable extent for hives and cov- 

 ers, and it is noted for its straight grain and its 

 beautiful splitting qualities, on a hot day in 



