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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Sept. 1 



NATIONAL BEE-KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION. 

 Object:— To promote and protect the interests of its mem 



bers; to prevent the adulteration of honey. 

 Officers:— E E. Root, President, Medina, O.; R. C. Aikin 



Vice-president, Loveland, Col.; Dr. A. B. Mason, Secre- 



tary, 3512 Monroe St.. Sta. B, Toledo, O.; Eugene Secor, 



General Manager, Forest City, Iowa. 

 Board OF Directors:— E. Whitcomb, Friend, Neb.; W. Z 



Hutchinson, Flint, Mich.; A. I. Root, Medina, 0.;E. T. 



Abbott, St. Joseph, Mo.; P. H. Elwood, Starkville, N. Y.; 



E. R. Root, Medina, C; T. G. Newman, San Francisco, 



Cal.; G. M. Doolittle, Borodino, N. Y.; W. F. Marks, Cha^ 



pinville, N. Y.; J. M. Hambaush, Escondido, Cal.; C. P. 



Dadant, Hamilton, 111.; C. C. Jliller, Marengo, 111. 

 Fees:— Annual membership fee, Zl.OO. Remittances may be 



sent here or to General Manager as above. 



Owing to a little delay in getting the pic- 

 tures ready illustrating the bee-keepers' para- 

 dise, I am not able to continue my travels in 

 this issue, but will have them in our next. 



Perhaps some of our readers may wonder 

 why the description of my western trip does 

 not progress more rapidly. I have gathered 

 so much material and made so many pictures 

 that it will take considerable time to cover 

 the whole series. While some features of the 

 journey have been taken out of their natural 

 order, yet the major part of them will neces- 

 sarily have to follow in chronological succes- 

 sion. 



There seem to have been heavy rains in 

 the eastern and central States. This will help 

 to preserve the life of the young clovers, and 

 at the same time may give us fall crops. By 

 the by, of late years we do not seem to hear 

 much about fall flows of honey in the central 

 and eastern States. What I mean by " fall 

 flows " is honey from goldenrod and other 

 plants that come into bloom in the autumn 

 months. 



General Manager Secor was nominated 

 for Representative in the General Assembly 

 of Iowa at the Republican district convention, 

 composed of Winnebago and Worth Coun- 

 ties, Aug. 13. The nomination was unani- 

 mous, and means election. Mr. Secor is a 

 popular and able man, and well deserves the 

 honor. If he had made any effort, from what 

 I learn he might have received the nomina- 

 tion for Representative in Congress for his 

 district. 



Our friends will not forget the big National 

 Convention to be held at the Pan American, 

 . Sept. 10, 11, 12, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thurs- 

 day. The place of meeting is the Buffalo Li- 

 brary Building, corner Washington and Cliu- 

 ton Sts. There will be a joint session of the 

 American Pomological Society and the Na- 

 tional Bee-keepers' Association, on Thursday 

 evening, the 12th. As has been already stat- 

 ed, there will be no fixed program outside of 

 the joint session, and the general discussions 

 of Ihe bee convention will be those furnished 

 by the question-box. In other words, there 

 will be no long essays of any kind. It is ex- 



pected that there will be nothing but lively, 

 crisp, interesting, offhand talks — the kind that 

 keeps everybody awake, and alert, and await- 

 ing a chance to get in a word. We expect to 

 have a stereopticon on the evening of the 11th, 

 when an entirely new set of views will be giv- 

 en, taking up bee keeping in the great West, 

 showing bow it differs from the bee-keeping 

 of the East. 



The A. I. Root Co. expects to be represent- 

 ed by the three Roots— A. I., E. R., and H. H. 



accommodations for bee-keepers who 



expect to attend the national 



convention. 



Under date of Aug. 26, Sec. A. B. Mason 

 writes: 



Dear Ernest: — I can furnish places for about (iO del- 

 egates to the N. B K. A., for 75 cts. for lodging and 

 breakfast, in nice clean private families, if they will 

 apply to me at the convention ; and all others who 

 may wish entertainment will be assigned to such 

 places as they desire by the Dr. Pierce Free Bureau 

 of Information at 65^ Main St., if they call for Mr. 

 Sidney S. .Sleeper; and I am assured no one placed 

 by the Bureau will be in any way dissatisfied, " pro- 

 vided they do not expect something entirely out of 

 reason." The Bureau will furnish information free. 



A. B. Mason, 



Aug. 2(5. Station B, Toledo, O. 



THE ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE AT THE BUFFALO 

 EXPOSITION. 



We have just received the following from 

 our good friend Bro. Brant : 



Dear Bro. Root :—\ hope that we may be able to help 

 locate many of the delegates to the Buffalo convention 

 Sept. 10 12. Can you not speak another good word for 

 us in vour excellent magazine ? J. F. Brant. 



Buffalo, N. v., Aug. 23. 



Inclosed with the above letter were circulars 

 from which I make the following extracts : 



Dear Sir : — We will either give give you accommo- 

 dations at the " Central Park Place." or equally good 

 in our best Christian homes, for $1 00 and upward, 

 breakfast and late dinner extra. A tasty luncheon 

 will be prepared for taking on the grounds if desired, 

 and late supper will also be served at reasonable rates. 

 The mayor has decided not to have runners at the de- 

 pots allowed, so on your arrival take the Main Street 

 car direct to 63 Huntington, Ave., or to our office, D. S. 

 Morgan Building, just off Main on Niagara Street. 

 Persons williug to occupy neat and comfortable cots 

 in our annex, can save from one-fourth to one-half. 

 We are just G minutes' car-ride from the Exposition 

 Grounds, and cars near at hand. Persons desiring to 

 make definite arrangements for rooms in advance will 

 please write promptlv. enclosing postage for reply, to 

 Rev. John F Brant'.Supt. Buffalo District, 309 D. S. 

 Morgan Building, Buffalo, N. Y. 



We sincerely hope all who love temperance 

 and godliness will avail themfelves of Bro. 

 Brant's kind offer, and at the same time get 

 accommodations among people who love right- 

 eousness and hate iniquity. 



A CALIFORNIA BEE JOURNAL. 



The new series of the Pacific Bee Journal., 

 bearing the insignia of " Vol. IV., Aug. 1," 

 is before me. The editor, B. S. K. Bennett, 

 in heralding the reippearance of his journal, 

 says: "We have awakened out of a sound 

 sleep of three years to find the bees again 

 humming, honey a flowing, and the bee-men 

 much a going." Friend Bennett has put a 

 good deal of life and energy into this number. 

 He is a man who is thoroughly acquainted 

 with all the special climatic conditions of the 

 State of the setting sun — at least that was my 



