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as tlioutili, if we are to have a set of rules 

 for gradiuj,' lioney, that we should have ouc 

 grade that is perfectio , even if but little 

 honey ever reaches that tirade. If a man 

 by superior skill and great care succeeds in 

 producing honey that ks- perfection, he 

 should have his reward in finding a grade in 

 which that honey belongs. I think one 

 trouble is that many of the bee-keepers 

 seem to think that the bulk of their crop 

 should go in as fancy. This is not as I 

 understand • it. '• Fancy " is something 

 extra. Whether the bulk of a man's crop 

 should be " fancy " or not depends very 

 much upon the man. (ileaniugs and its 

 correspondents have quite a little to say on 

 this subject in the July is^sue, and I wish 

 there was room to copy some of it, but there 

 isn't this month. The editor says that be- 

 fore Gleanings adopts another set of rules 

 they must know that they meet the approval 

 of those who have criticised the Washington 

 grading. How about their meeting the ap- 

 proval of those who approve the Washington 

 grading? I tell you, Bro. Root, we will 

 never get a set of rules that will suit every- 

 body, and every time that it is brought up be- 

 fore the leading association of bee-keepers 

 it will be changed. If everybody made the 

 same criticism there would be no trouble in 

 righting matters, but what one considers a 

 fault another looks upon as an excellence. 



THE BUFFALO CONVENTION NOTICE. 



Sta. B, Toledo, ()., July 4, 1897. 



Mb. Editob: — Will you please say in the 

 next issue of the Bee-Keepers' Review that 

 the next annual convention of the United 

 States Bee- Keepers' Union will be held in 

 the main hall of Caton's Business College, 

 corner of Main and Huron streets, in Buf- 

 falo, N. Y., commencing at 10 o'clock a. m. 

 of August L'4th next, and closing on the 

 afternoon of the "JUth. 



Papers are to be read by \V. Z. Hutchin- 

 inson, R. F. Hulterraaun, E. Whitcomb, 

 Hon. R. L Taylor, Mrs. L. H'lrrison, R. C. 

 Aikiu. G. M. Doolittle, Dr. J. P. H. Brown, 

 Hon. Eugene Secor, Geo. W. Brodbeck. M. 

 B. Holmes, A. E. Manum, E Kretchmeraud 

 P. H. Elwood, to which will be added the 

 president's address, and perhaps the general 

 manager and the secretary may have some- 

 thing of interest to present. 



The programs are now iirinted and in the 

 hands of the secretary. There are six bee- 



keepers' songs, with music, in the program, 

 and abundance of time is allotted to the 

 discussion of all papers and for the asking 

 and answering of questions. 



Anyone not a member of the union can 

 have a program sent them by mail on re- 

 ceipt of five cents in postage stamps by the 

 seci-etary. 



Several of our well-known bee-keepers, 

 such as A. I, Root, Dr. Miller, S. T. Pettit 

 and others who are not on the program, will 

 be present to help make the convention in- 

 teresting and instructive. 



It is probable that suggestions will be 

 made at this convention in the line of so 

 amending the constitution of the union as 

 to remove its objectionable features and add 

 such other provisions as may seem desirable, 

 and suggestions in this line by those not 

 able to be at the convention can be sent to 

 the secretary, to be brought before it. Some 

 suggestions have already been received by 

 the secretary and others have been in the 

 bee papers. 



Those going to the convention should buy 

 round-trip tickets to the Grand Army of the 

 Republic encampment (not to the United 

 States Bee-Keepers' convention), which 

 meets at Buffalo during the last week of 

 August. The G. A. R. has secured a rate 

 of one cent a mile each way in the territory 

 of the Central Passenger Committee, which 

 is included by Toronto, Canada, thence on a 

 line to Port Huron, Mich., all of the south- 

 ern peninsula of Michigan: Chicago, Peoria 

 and Quiucy, 111., St. Louis, Mo., Louisville, 

 Ky., and Pittsburg, Pa. The Western Pas- 

 senger Association and the Trunk Line As- 

 sociation make a rate of one fare for the 

 round trip in their territory to places in the 

 Central Passenger Association, from which 

 points the fare will be one cent a mile each 

 way, but tickets must be purchased to Buf- 

 falo from the starting point. Inquire of 

 your ticket or station agent in all territory 

 outside of the above named for rates and 

 the time the tickets are good for, for I have 

 been unable to learn the rates in such terri- 

 tory, but presume it will be the same as that 

 of the Western Passenger and Trunk Line 

 Association; but be sure to inquire of your 

 ticket agent as above suggested. 



In the Central Passenger and Trunk Line 

 territory tickets will be good going on the 

 2l8t, 2:^d and '_';!d, and if vised at Buffalo will 

 be good, returning, for '■'/) days. 



