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THE BEE-KEEPERS' HEVIEh. 



Abe Queens from the South more likely 

 to produce bees that are "lazy" because bees 

 in the South can get a living with less "hus- 

 tle?" This is a question that is asked by 

 Albert Sayler of New Palestine, Ohio. This 

 idea has been brought up before. I have 

 bought a great many queens from all over 

 the country, and I have never noticed that 

 locality played any part in the matter of 

 the quality of the queens or that of their 

 progeny. 



WAS MR. OOBNEIL S AETIOLB IN THE LAST BI- 

 VIEW MISLEADING ? 



Friend Hasty thinks that the article of Mr. 

 Cornell in the last Review is likely to mis- 

 lead some into thinking that his ventilating 

 arrangement will actually create force. Here 

 is what Mr. Hasty says : 



" I think some will incline to chide both 

 Mr. Cornell and the Review about that air- 

 blast article on page 25y. The doctrine of 

 the Conservation of Euerg:y is so universally 

 accepted that it is hardly in order either to 

 attack it by stealth, or to blunder into a con- 

 tradiction of it. The energy of a blast can 

 be economized; or it can be increased by 

 drawing on some definite source of energy 

 (as heat for instance) but it emphatically 

 can not be increased by any mere mechani- 

 cal trick. If it were otherwise the great old 

 humbug of perpetual-motion motors woald 

 become an actual thing directly. 



£. E. Hasty." 



I know that Mr. Cornell is a great lover of 

 the exact truth, and that he will always be 

 willing to explain and defend his position or 

 acknowledge his errors when they are shown 

 to him. 



THE NOBTH AMEBICAN CONVENTION. 



The North American Bee-Keepers' Associ- 

 ation will hold its annual convention in the 

 city of Washington, D. C, sometime near 

 the end of the year. The exact date cannot 

 be given, but Mr. Frank Benton is watching, 

 and others are watching for him, to 

 learn when some other Society will 

 meet in Washington, that the bee-keep- 

 ers may meet at the same time and thus 

 secure the desired reduction in railroad 

 rates, As soon as it is known definitely 

 when the meeting is to be held the announce- 

 ment will be made. I have been thinking of 

 late that it might be a good time to meet 

 when it would be possible to take advantage 

 of the holiday reduced fares on the railroads, 

 that is, if we do not succeed in getting re- 



duced rates at some other time ; possibly it 

 would be a good time anyway to meet. I 

 should be glad to hear from others on this 

 point. 



HOW TO SEOUBE LEGISLATION FAVOEABLE 

 TO APIOULTUBE. 



Prof. Cook, in a late issue of the American 

 Bee Journal, gave a most excellent article 

 concerning legislation for bee keepers. In 

 this article he advised the passing of rousing 

 resolutions by Associations of bee - keepers, 

 to the effect that the government ought to do 

 more for bee - keepers. He also urged bee- 

 keepers to write to the head of the Entomo- 

 logical Department, asking that bee - keep- 

 ing be recognized. 



As I understand the matter, there is a 

 shortage in this department for the present 

 year, and it is useless to ask for what can- 

 not be granted. What apiculture needs, is a 

 Division in the Entomologial Department. 

 This can be secured only through the action 

 of congress. Then some member must be 

 found who is willing to present the bill. 

 After it has been presented, it must be look- 

 ed after. The best man in the country should 

 be sent to Washington to go before the com- 

 mittee and explain the merits of the bill and 

 work for its passage. After the matter has 

 reached this stage, then it would be a great 

 help to have bee-keepers write to their mem- 

 bers of con ress. Money would be needed to 

 pay the expenses of the man who should go 

 to Washington. Where would it come from? 

 I'll tell you what I think. The constitution 

 of the Bee-Keepers' Union should be so 

 changed that its funds could be used for any 

 purpose for which it was thought best. Then 

 money could be used to aid in securing leg- 

 islation needed by bee-keepers. How bee- 

 keepers would flock to the Union if its scope 

 were only broadened so that every man who 

 put in his $1.00 would see some likelihood of 

 his getting some real substantial return. 



Of course, if the bee-keepers of a State 

 desire their State Experiment Station to do 

 something towards aiding the cause of api- 

 culture, the matter should be brought before 

 the Director of the Station. 



Mr. P. H. Elwood is to bring before the 

 Washington meeting of the North American, 

 this subject of what the government ought 

 to do for apiculture, and I persume that 

 these points will all be given due considera- 

 tion at that time 



