weekly, $1 a Vear. [ °^''''''^°l^iro^^^i^-6^TU»B. 



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VOL. XXXIV. CHICAGO, ILL, SEPT. 27, 1894. 



NO. 13. 







September I>ay«!i, so bright and fair- 



We welcome them with glee ; 

 For sweet-faced Asters smile and nod, 

 And dear, delightful Golden-Rod — 



They cheer us now — both you and me. 



Then let us to our duties go, 



With hearts all light and gay ; 

 For flowers sweet around us bloom, 

 To drive away the doubt and gloom— 

 And thus make bright our way. 



Meiubersliip f asnls for the annual 

 members of the North American Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association have been issued by Secre- 

 tary Benton. They are of very heavy card- 

 board, and neatly printed in the form of a 

 receipt, having the names of President 

 Abbott and Vice-President Hershiser in 

 type, and blanks left for the pen signatures 

 of the Secretary and Treasurer. 



By sending the Dues (.SLOG) for 1894, to 

 the Treasurer, at this office, we will imme- 

 diately mail you a Membership Card all 

 properly filled out. Then at the meeting 

 next month, we believe you are to receive 

 a badge free, upon showing your Card to 

 the Secretary. By securing the Card re- 

 ceipts before the meeting, it will save the 

 Secretary much work at that time. 



I'Ue Full-Page EngraTiiig- on 



page 403 explains itself. It certainly makes 

 a "full page "—no mistake about that. It 

 shows what imitation of the habits of the 

 industrious bees will accomplish. It's a 

 pretty big "hive," but differs in some re- 

 spects from the hive in which bees live. It 

 has the same busy industry, but instead of 

 collecting and storing up, all the time, this 

 Root "hive of industry" is continuously 

 making within it, and sending out to the 

 world, every conceivable requirement of 

 the well-equipped apiary. It is widely 

 known as " The Home of the Honey-Bees." 



;^Ir. P. S. Eustis is the genial Gen'l 

 Passenger and Ticket Agent of the Chicago, 

 Burlington & Qcinct Railroad, with 

 headquarters in the elegant general office 

 building of the company located in Chicago. 

 You know the " Burlington Route " is the 

 best to take when going to St. Joseph, Mo., 

 to attend the North American convention, 

 Oct. 10th, 11th and 12tb. Please don't for- 

 get this,. if you want to ride on " a railroad 

 as is a railroad!" 



lA^ink!^ ill IBee-Bieepiiig-.- On page 

 402, Bro. F. L. Thompson gives a good arti- 

 cle on the subject of "kinks " in bee-keep- 

 ing. We are glad he has written as he has, 

 for it is just what is needed. What bee- 

 keepers need to-day is to know more of the 

 time and labor saving kinks used by others, 

 and the only way in which such kinks will 

 ever be learned by those who don"t know 

 them, must be by describing them for the 

 bee-papers. 



We are always glad to publish any useful 

 knowedge about bees or their successful 

 management, no matter who may write it 



