AMERICAN JBfiE JdURiSiAL, 



381 



times blossoms are plenty but for some 

 reason they don't furnish nectar. The 

 season has been to blame this year, not 

 the poor bees. 



Did They Kill the aueen ? 



Last evening I noticed a large ball of 

 bees in front of one hive (the last swarm 

 of the season, about July 28). On sep- 

 arating the bees I found they had killed 

 a queen. This morning they seem all 

 unsettled, rushing in and out of the hive 

 in great numbers. Do you think they 

 had killed their own queen, or some 

 other? If their own, why ? A few days 

 before that I found a dead queen in 

 front of another strong colony, but as 

 the bees made no fuss, I concluded they 

 had killed a young queen. Do you think 

 I was right ? 



Langlois, Oreg., Aug. 6. 



Answer. — Hard to tell. From the 

 after uneasiness I should suspect their 

 own queen was killed in the case you 

 first mention, possibly because a number 

 of foreign bees entered. Likely your 

 supposition was correct as to the second 

 case. 



COWVEWTIOM DIRECTORY. 



Time and place of meetinQ. 



1894. 

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



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



Oct. 1.— Southern Minnesota, at Winona. 



E. C. Cornell, Sec. Winona, Minn. 



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. 

 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. 



mg/ 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. 



irorth 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...Chicag'o, Ills. 



National Bee-Keepers' Union. 



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

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

 147 South Western Avenue. 



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By F. L. PEIRO, m. d. 



McVicker's Building, Chicago, Idl. 



Catarrh— Its Cause and Prevention. 



It is not always pleasant to hear or read 

 the cold facts, but candor should compel all 

 writers or speakers to state the exact truth, 

 and let decisions be what they may. 



Much— very much— is written and said 

 regarding catarrh, and all sorts of apologies 

 are ofifered for its existence and fearful 

 extension. There is every assurance that 

 it is making fearful progress and inroads 

 into the human economy, and for this rea- 

 son the plain truth as to its usual cause and 

 prevention should be stated. 



Many years of special work and study in 

 the various forms and ravages of catarrh, 

 thoroughly convinces me that this inflic- 

 tion is largely due to want of proper hy- 

 gienic information and attending cleanli- 

 ness. I know this idea will shock some, 

 but let the shock come if it have the result 

 of earnest consideration and improvement. 



Catarrh, then let me bluntly state, is the 

 result, usually, of neglect in observing the 

 laws of physical purity. It is the result of 

 filthy habits, in not keeping clean — just as 

 the itch, lice, and many other bodily in- 

 fections occur— from want of proper clean- 

 liness. 



Well, now, don't hold your hands up in 

 holy horror ! It is .so .' Had your parents 

 insisted on your daily cold bath, including 

 abundant snuffing of water up the nostrils, 

 and the frequent use of your pocket hand- 

 kerchief, you might have entirely escaped 

 any form of catarrh. But, no ! you have 

 been permitted to allow the accumulations 

 in the nose (which naturally would occur) 

 to be retained until they became an ob- 

 struction to free breathing, and then in- 

 stead of using a handkerchief to blow your 

 nose freely, and so keep it clean, the hor- 

 rible habit of " blowing the nose the wrong 

 way " is resorted to, which brings the ac- 

 cumulations in the nose into the throat, 

 and is then expectorated ! Just notice the 

 actions of men and women in this regard — 

 they have handkerchiefs, but how seldom 

 do we see them used for their obvious pur- 

 pose ! One would conclude that the 'ker- 

 chief was an article of ornament, to dangle 



