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VOL. XXXIV. CHICAGO. ILL, AUG. 23, 1894. 



NO. 8. 



Look ^Vell to your bees. Don't let 

 them starve. See to it that each colony is 

 supplied with stores, if they are not gath- 

 ering any nectar from the flowers. The 

 recent rains will no doubt help in many 

 localities to insure honey for winter stores, 

 if not a fall surplus. 



liro. Ernest Root, the Associate 

 Editor of Olemdngs iu Bee-Culture, expected 

 to be in Chicago the forepart of this week, 

 and promised to call at the Bee Journal 

 ofl5ce. He is on a visit to bee-keepers, rid- 

 ing his bicycle, and doubtless has seen 

 quite a number of them while on his trip. 

 Next week we shall be able to say more 

 about our brother editor, who delights to 

 sail around the country " on a wheel !" 



Xlie I^ext President of the North 

 American Bee-Keepers' Association is 

 already being speculated about " down 

 East," we notice by the August American 

 Bee-Keeper. It says : ' ' We understand there 

 are several candidates for President for the 

 coming year," etc. That certainly is news 

 here in the West. Why not think of a new 

 Treasurer, instead, as we have held the 

 heavy ( !) " money-bag " of the Association 

 for two years, and are ready to be relieved. 



St. Josepli aiitl N. W. Missouri 



(Illustrated) is a souvenir edition of the St. 

 Joseph, Mo., Daily Xews recently issued. 

 This is a book of over 140 pages, about 

 11x18 inches in size, and its object is "to 

 show the advantages of St. Joseph and that 

 section of the State as a desirable place of 

 residence." It is beautifully printed on 

 fine paper, and is indeed a pleasing " souve- 

 nir." We want to thank Bro. Abbott — the 

 genial President of the North American, 

 who lives in St. Joseph — for his kindness 

 in sending us the above book. By the way, 

 Bro. A.'s portrait graces one of its pages, 

 including a short biographical sketch. 



Uitltalo, ]^. Y., is being urged by the 

 American Bee-Keeper as the proper place for 

 holding the North American bee-conven- 

 tion in 189.5. We have no choice whatever 

 in the matter, but presumed that Toronto, 

 Out., would have first claim, as we believe 

 it stood second when St. Joseph, Mo., was 

 selected last year. But we haven't the least 

 objection to Buffalo for next year. Besides, 

 Vice-President Hershiser lives near there, 

 and doubtless would be glad to make the 

 necessary arrangements for the meeting. 

 He'd do it well, too. 



Extra. Honey-GJatlierers. — A sub- 

 scriber to Gleanings wished ''to know 

 whether it is possible to breed a queen 

 whose workers shall be extra honey-gath- 

 erers, by tinkering or doctoring with the 

 larvae of said queen before she hatches." 

 Bro. Ernest Root answered the request for 

 information, as follows: 



"Certainly not. This thing has been 

 brought up several times before, and cer- 

 tain old fogy bee-keepers have wisely said 



