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they had the secret of manipulation, which 

 they said they would sell for a certain sum. 

 Man cannot step in and interfere in this 

 fashion with the processes of nature. The 

 only way to get extra honey-gatherers is 

 to breed by selection — that is, by breeding 

 from queens whose progeny excel others in 

 th« yafd ; and by this process, in time, a 

 i-ace of workers more energetic than the 

 average might be secured. 



"For some reason or other, but little 

 ^attentiob has been paid to bees for business. 

 The whole rage nowadays seems to be for 

 to?o»-— five bands, etc. This is all right in 

 its place, but we hope as much— nay, more— 

 attention will be paid to bees for energy 

 and longevity— in general, bees for busi- 

 ness, because it is from these that come the 

 dollars and cents. Extra color alone will 

 not add another cent to the pocket-book, 

 except— that of the queen-breeder, who 

 breeds them just because his customers de- 

 mand them." 



Are Y^oii ^xoing- ? — It's less than two 

 months to the meeting of the North Ameri- 

 can at St. Joseph, Mo., on Oct. 16th, 17th, 

 and 18th. Are you going to be one to help 

 swell the number at that grand rally ? 

 Better go, if you can possibly arrange to 

 do so. We now expect to " get there." But 

 we are more anxious that others should go, 

 who would be missed more than we would 

 be. We hope that the old as well as the 

 new friends may be able to attend. Presi- 

 dent Abbott expects all, and is preparing 

 for a large crowd. 



Uro. Koei^e, of Maiden Rock, Wis., 

 has indeed had his full share of discourage- 

 ments the past year or two. We have re- 

 ceived the following letter from him, dated 

 Aug. 7: 



Deau Fkiend York:— As I am confined 

 on account of ill-health, but able to write 

 a few lines to you, I will do so, for I know 

 you are always glad to hear from bee- 

 keepers. Calamity and misfortune seems 

 to have been my lot of late. Since my first 

 attack of " la grippe " two years ago, I 

 have not been myself. It took all my usual 

 ambition, energy and enterprise, and to 

 care for my bees proves a task to me. But 

 what addeth more to my discouragement, 

 of late, is the coming home of my daughter 

 from the Battle Creek, Mich., Sanitarium, 

 sick with consumption. She was there en- 

 gaged in medical missionary work, and 

 must have contracted the disease in some 

 way. And shortly after her arrival home, I 



my wife met with an accident— breaking 

 her collar-bone, by being thrown from a 

 wagon. But let come what may, I do not 

 despair, so long as friends prove faithful,, 

 and God is the over-ruling power of all. 



I hope that Providence may with pro- 

 tecting care watch over your life and 

 health, and future prosperity. 



Yours truly, STfiPHEN Roese. 



W« want to assure Bro. R. of our heart- 

 felt sympathy in his many afflictions. It 

 certainly takes a brave heart to bear up 

 under them all. We do hope that he and 

 his beloved wife and daughter may each 

 be fully restored to perfect health, and once 

 more enjoy life's pleasures. 



^Vonderftil Upholsterers! — In the 



Chicago Daily News a short time ago was 

 found this wonderful ( !) bit of bee-infor- 

 mation : 



Skill of the Bee. — The bee is an artistic 

 upholsterer. It lines its nest with the 

 leaves of flowers, always choosing such as. 

 have bright colors. They are invariably 

 cut in circles so exact that no compass, 

 would make them more true. — Ji'xchange. 



What a beautifully " upholstered" mind 

 the fellow must have had who first origi- 

 nated this dainty bit of nonsense ! When 

 will the newspapers cease trying to give 

 information on subjects they know nothing 

 about 1 The question is easily asked, and 

 only easily answered by quoting, " I don't 

 know!" 



Xlie Carniolan Bees. — An ex- 

 change published in the State of Washing- 

 ton, contains this from a bee-keeper hav- 

 ing some experience with the Carniolans : 



Mr. H. W. Rallies says that his experi- 

 ence in shipping queens from the East has 

 proven almost an entire failure with but 

 one exception, the Carniolan bee. He says 

 of this bee that he thinks it is the future 

 bee for western Washington. The warm 

 weather in February brought out the bees, 

 and started them to work, when winter 

 afterwards set in, in March, suppressing 

 the workers. This is largely the cause of 

 the shortage in honey this season. He 

 claims of the Carniolan bee that it is not 

 only hardier for shipping, but working as 

 well. He claims also that they are better 

 honey-gatherers, and easier to handle than 

 any other bee he has ever tried. 



■■Editors un<1 I>octors. — One of our 



subscribers says in a letter, " But editors, 

 and doctors usually receive their pay last.' 

 That man told the truth then, if he never- 



