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the good judgment you have been endowed 

 with. 



Not that you are likely to discard the 

 services of your good family physician, be- 

 cause need enough will ever recur for his 

 mature experience, but that you may ob- 

 viate the necessity of calling his services as 

 often, and be more helpful to his ministra- 

 tions, by intelligent co-operation, when 

 circumstances occur. You will do well to 

 learn of him those important facts regard- 

 ing your well-being which he is so able and 

 willing to impart. Make of him your 

 trusted confidential adviser, and your faith 

 will be well-founded. 



COWVEWTIOW DIRECTORY. 



Time and place of meetina. 

 1894. 

 Aug-.16.— East Tennessee, atWhitesburg,Tenn 

 H. F. Coleman, Sec, Sneedville, Tenn. 



Oct. 16-18.— North American. St. Joseph, Mo. 

 Frank Benton, Sec, Washington, D. C. 



Sept. 11-13,— Nebraska State, at Lincoln. 



L. D. Stilson, Sec, York, Nebr. 



Sept. 15.— S. E. Kansas, at Bronson. Kan. 



J. C. Balch, Sec. Bronson, Kans. 

 1895. 

 Jan. 28.— Venango Co.. at Franklin, Pa,. 



C. S. Plzer, Sec, Franklin, Pa. 



Feb. 8, 9.— Wisconsin, at Madison. Wis. 



J. W. Vance, Our. Sec, Madison, Wis. 



H^" In order to have this table complete, 

 Secretaries are requested to forward full 

 particulars of the time and the place of 

 each future meeting.— The Editor. 



North American Bee-Keepers' Association 



Pres.— Emerson T. Abbott St. Joseph, Mo. 



Vice-Pres.— O. L. Hershiser.... Buffalo, N. Y. 

 Secretary— Frank Benton, Washington, D. C. 

 Treasurer— George W. York...Chlcag-o, Tils. 



National Bee-Keepers' Union. 



President— Hon. R. L. Taylor.. Lapeer, Mich. 

 Gen'l Manager— T. G. Newman. Chicago, 111. 

 147 South Western Avenue. 



Oood Honey-Sellers will likely be 

 needed now, and the little 32-page pamph- 

 let, "Honey as Food and Medicine," has 

 for years proven itself valuable in making 

 repeated sales of honey. Its distribution 

 will create a denumd for the honey first, and 

 then the bee-keeper can follow it up and 

 supply that demand. Send to us for a 

 sample copy, only 5 cents ; 10 copies, post- 

 paid, 35 cents; 50 copies, $1.25; or 100 copies 

 12.00. Try 50 or 100 copies, and prove their 

 ability to aid you in disposing of your 

 honey at a good price. 



Horses Stiing- to Heatli.— An oc- 

 casional accident is reported, where bees 

 have attacked animals and stung them to 

 death. Two such were sent us by Mr. D. 

 D. Daniher, of Madison, Wis. One report 

 says that ' ' a swarm settled upon two horses 

 at Prairie du Chien, Wis., and stung them 

 to death." The other item reads as follows, 

 having been taken from the Boscobel, Wis., 

 Enterprise of July 4, 1894 : 



Austin Dexter's bees became greatly en- 

 raged Monday afternoon, caused from be- 

 ing robbed of the fruit of their labor, and 

 took their revenge out on the wrong party 

 —attacking horses and cattle enclosed in a 

 pasture across the road and teams and peo- 

 ple passing by. The little pests were so 

 vicious, and such a myriad of them, that a 

 valuable mare owned by C. R. Rand was 

 stung to death in a short time. Two other 

 horses belonging to the same gentleman, 

 and one owned by John Lenahan, were so 

 badly stung that their recovery is consid- 

 ered doubtful. Cattle in the same pasture 

 escaped by flight to the woods. Mr. Rand 

 will claim damages for the loss, but Mr. 

 Dexter declares the bees were not his. 



Eye-witnesses state that the frisky honey 

 getters settled down on on the animals in a 

 gi-eat mass, completely covering their 

 heads, necks and shoulders. A pitiful sight 

 it was indeed to see the poor animals kick- 

 ing and pawing in their vain efforts to rid 

 themselves of the little monsters, and the 

 pain must have been intense. 



A Crawford county bee-keeper explains 

 the bees' attack this way: 



There was a strong wind blowing all day 

 Monday, and consequently the honey-laden 

 insects flew low on returning to their hives, 

 and, striking against the horses in their 

 flight, became enraged, hence the attack. 



Of course, all such serious accidents as 

 above recorded, are to be regretted, and 

 yet in nearly every case it is simply a re- 

 sult of carelessness on the part of someone. 

 If possible, bee-keepers should always warn 

 those who are not aware of apparent or 

 real danger in the near vicinity of bees, 

 especially when aroused. Possibly by so 

 doing many a costly accident may be a- 

 voided, and continued friendliness toward 

 themselves and the bees will thus be fully 

 assured. 



"•Fowl Hrood : Its Natural History 

 and Rational Treatment," is the title of an 

 interesting booklet by Dr. Wm. R. Howard 

 of Texas. It also contains a review of the 

 work of others on the same subject. It is 

 being sold at the oflSce of the Bee Jqdk- 

 NAL. Price, postpaid, 25 cents; or clubbed 



with the Bee Journal for one year both 



together for $1.15. 



