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ways. The best way is to take full 

 frames of honey from other hives that 

 can spare them, and give to the needy 

 colonies. Very likely you haven't such 

 combs. Then you can feed sugar syrup 

 in any of the ways given in the books. 

 If you have the time for it, you can 

 set the syrup at the^entrance on a warm 

 evening after the bees have stopped fly- 

 ing, and take it away before they com- 

 mence flying in the morning, if any is 

 left. It will probably be more satisfac- 

 tory to use a good top feeder, like the 

 Miller feeder, which will allow you to 

 pour in the feed at the top without the 

 danger of any bees being in the way. 

 This will hold 25 pounds of syrup, and 

 you can give them enough to do at one 

 dose. 



2. It is certainly a good plan to feed 

 in spring if they are at all short of 

 stores, but if they are well stocked I am 

 not so sure you will gain anything by 

 feeding. 



3. They'll make comb any time when 

 they are gathering, and lack comb room. 



COWVEWTION DIRECTORY. 



Time and place of meetMg. 



1894. 

 Oct. 4.— Utah, at Salt Lake City. Utah. 



Jno. C. Swaner, Sec, Salt Lake City, Utah. 



Oct. 10-12.— 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. Pizer, Sec, Franklin, Pa. 



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



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



J^" 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...Chlcaeo, Tils. 



ZTationa?. Bee-Keepers' Union. 



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

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

 147 South Western Avenue. 



One-Cent I»ostag'e Stamps we 



prefer whenever it is necessary to send 

 stamps for fractions of a dollar. By re- 

 membering this, you wlU greatly oblige us. 



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S MlMfS. 



BY F. L. PEIRO. M. D. 



McVicker's Building, Chicago, III. 



Tlie Father and Sou. 



My dear old boy, you'll not take it amiss 

 if I call your attention to a subject nearest 

 your heart, and very close to mine, will 

 you ? But you haven't forgotten that we 

 were boys, together, many years ago, and 

 now we are old '• daddies " we should not 

 overlook the great need of our boys' best 

 interest. How natural we should think 

 them almost perfect, in health and wisdom, 

 hence requiring nothing.' Dear Charlie, 

 that is the great mistake most fathers 

 make ! Now let us just consider the facts — 

 'twixt you and me. 



I need not remind you of our antics when 

 we were boys ? From mere toadlings, what 

 an amount of spirit, fun, and trouble, too, 

 we've had, eh ? You'll admit that frequent 

 loving counsel from our fathers would have 

 been a good thing— a very blessing— in our 

 after years! But, no; our fathers were 

 always preoccupied— too busy with crops, 

 money and study— the curse of the present 

 day ! If only they had studied their boys 

 more! Their individual trend; their 

 special tendencies, their natural adaptation ; 

 their besetting inclination, whether for 

 good or error! Ah, yes, our fathers 7nea7it 

 well, but what is said of good intentions ? 

 That " hell is paved " with them ! 



It is ■fiot enough, my dear old friend, that 

 we be blessed with boys; there comes a 

 fearful responsibility with their gift, and 

 we may not overlook it, dear Charlie ; we 

 must render an account of tJiei7- stewardship 

 as well as our own ! Not enough that they 

 be fed, that they be clothed, but their minds 

 and hearts must be directed in the better 

 way. This is best done singly, remember 

 tJiat. As each have special gifts, individual 

 desires, and personal inclinations, so must 

 we study each his peculiar bent. 



Your Fred is as unlike Charlie as George 

 is unlike the boy you named after me— 

 (you old blessed!) — Frank. Each have a 

 heart full of longings, of aspirations — and 

 «?? have their sainted mother's love! God 

 be very near and dear to each ona! Those 

 noble boys remind me of vessels, trim and 

 beautiful, launched on the sea of life. They 



