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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



— whether it be written with a golden pen 

 or with a lead-pencil. We just believe that 

 half of the Bee Journal list of readers 

 know lots of good things that the other 

 half never thought of, and what we want 

 is, to have those who know these valuable 

 kinks to give them to the bee-keeping pub- 

 lic through the Bee Journal. 



In a great measure, the Bee Journal will 

 be only what its subscribers and contribu- 

 tors make it. No editor — be he as wise in 

 bee-lore as a Solomon of old — can possibly 

 get out an interesting and satisfactory bee- 

 paper all alone. Besides, who'd want to 

 read such a one-sided affair, anyway ? If 

 the writer knew as much about bee-keeping 

 as a Doolittle, a Miljer, or a Dadant, he 

 wouldn't nauseate his readers with his own 

 ideas to the exclusion of others equally 

 entitled to know at least a few things about 

 bees! 



Let's have your ideas — tlie ijood ones — the 

 more the better ! Send them along. De- 

 scribe them as clearly as you can, and thus 

 (jive as well as receive. 



•Ta«. JPoi-ncrook;, of Watertown, 

 Wis., stopped at the office of the Bee Jour- 

 nal for a few minutes on Tuesday, Sept. 

 18th, being in Chicago on a business trip. 

 He is the manufacturer of the "Boss " one- 

 piece sections, besides other supplies used 

 by bee-keepers. He is one of the largest 

 makers of bee-fixtures in the Northwest. 



More Ke«liice«l Kates.— The Cen- 

 tral Traffic Association will also grant the 

 same reduced rates (IX fare for the round- 

 trip) to the St. Joseph, Mo., convention on 

 Oct. 10th, 11th and 13th. This includes 

 roads east as far as Buffalo. Next week we 

 will be able to give a list of the roads in- 

 cluded in the Central Traffic Association. 

 In the meantime, begin to arrange your 

 business affairs so you can go. 



■fro. K. JVIiller, of Compton, Ills., 

 gave the Bee Journal office a pleasant call 

 last week. He had been over in Micliigan 

 looking up the farming possibilities, with a 

 view to locating permanently if suitable. 

 His honey crop Avas small this year, but 

 from sweet clover he obtained the lightest- 

 colored honey he ever saw from that 

 source. He is a great believer in sweet 

 clover as a honey-plant. And his faith 

 seems to be well founded. 



Moving- Kig-litly.— Pres. Abbott, of 

 the North American, received a letter from 

 Mr. E. K. Terry, of Burlingame, Kans., 

 saying that his article on page 302, "is a 

 move in the right direction." He wrote 

 further that they have a bee-association in 

 its third year, of which he has the honor of 

 being the President, and that they expect 

 to send a delegate to the St. Joseph conven- 

 tion. That's good! Let every bee-associa- 

 tion in the land imitate this Kansas ex- 

 ample. We would suggest that, so far as 

 possible, the presidents of the local associa- 

 tions be selected for the honorable position 

 of delegate to the North American. But 

 don't expect him to be a " walking delegate " 

 — but purchase his railroad ticket for him, 

 and send him on the (rail) way re3oicing. 



<(iiee]is to Awstralia.— One of the 



largest shipments of queens that ever left 

 for Australia at one time was sent by Mrs. 

 Atchley on Sept. 14th. There were nearly 

 100 queens in the shipment. Some of the 

 queens were sent by mail, and some by ex- 

 press. One lot of 30 was shipped by ex- 

 press to San Francisco, with instructions 

 to the express agent there to mail them on 

 the steamer leaving Sept. 30th. The cages 

 being already stamped and addressed, the 

 agent would have nothing to do but hand 

 them to the mail clerk. 



The lot of 30 by express to San Francisco ,^ 

 is an experiment, as 50 per cent, of those 

 sent to Australia this year and last died, 

 and Mrs. Atchley believed that most of ^ 

 them perished in the mails before they 

 reached San Francisco, as the plains to be : 

 crossed between Beeville, Tex., and San \ 

 Francisco are fearfully hot. ;,, 



No doubt all will be glad to learn how { 

 many of the nearly 100 queens reached | 

 their Australian destination alive, and in ;;^ 

 good condition. Later on we hope to be t 

 able to report perfect success in the matter. ;'! 



'foo 4iJoo«l to liecp.— Yes, that's 

 what Pres. Abbott says of the contents of a 

 letter he received from Bro. L. D. Stilson, 

 editor of the Nebraska JJee- Keeper, which he 

 mentions as follows: 



Dear Bro. York :— I am just in receipt 

 of a letter from Friend Stilson, in which he 

 says : 



"In regard to our Nebraska bee-keepers 

 coming to the meeting of the North Ameri- 

 can, I will say that jjresent arrangements 



