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Wide top-bars and }^ inch space be- 

 tween super and frames will come near 

 enough to it for all practical purposes. 

 — Emerson T. Abbott. 



Use a honey-board. But if there is a 

 full JC-inch bee-space, a good honey- 

 flow, and plenty of bees, I am never 

 bothered much in this way. — J. P. H. 

 Brown. 



Having them just the right distance 

 apart, and having the top-bars and the 

 bottoms of the sections as smooth as 

 possible. Painting the top-bars helps 

 much. — M. Mahin. 



A bee-space, the thickness of the fore- 

 finger, will answer as well as anything. 

 We have to expect a few brace-combs 

 here and there ; they do no serious 

 harm. — W.' M. Barnum. 



Some say a space of % inch between 

 the top-bars and sections. I have been 

 successful by combining with that a top- 

 bar 13^ wide and % thick, having }4 

 inch between top-bars. — C. C. Miller. 



Deep top-bars, so spaced that only X 

 inch between the tops of the frames and 

 JC inch bee-space between the top-bars 

 and sections. Or second, with the com- 

 mon V top-bar frame use a Heddon 

 slatted honey-board between the frames 

 and sections. — Eugene Secor. 



Have the top-bars heavy enough to 

 not " sag a bit," so that the bee-space 

 can be kept accurately at flush ^ of an 

 inch, between the bottom of the case 

 and the tops of the top-bars. If this 

 will not hinder the burr-comb nuisance, 

 " come again," as the doctors say when 

 they have prescribed a "dose." It has 

 occurred to me that if there is anything 

 dearer to the heart of the honey-bee 

 than a little knot of wax on top of the 

 frame — well, I give it up for want of 

 room. — G. W. Demaree. 



REDUCED RAILWAY FARES TO ATTEND THE 

 NORTH AMERICAN AT ST. JOSEPH, MO., 



OCT. IOth, 11th and 12th. 



The Western Passenger Association, un- 

 der the conditions named below, will grant 

 reduced railway fare to those who travel 

 over their roads and attend the meeting of 

 the North American Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion at St. Joseph, Mo., Oct. 10th, 11th and 

 12th. 



Conditions.— Full fare will be charged 

 going. Return-tickets will be issued at uue- 

 third (he regular f<in, provided the purchaser 

 presents a certificate from the agent of 

 whom he obtained his ticket, and provided 

 also at least 100 such certificates shall be 

 presented. There can be little doubt on 

 this last point, especially as special round- 



trip excursion tickets, even such as are 

 issued to parties of 10, 25, or more, travel- 

 ing in a body, will count toward the 100, 

 provided each purchaser is careful to se- 

 cure a certificate of purchase from the 

 ticket agent who sells him the ticket, and 

 to present this certificate at the convention 

 to be countersigned by the Secretary of the 

 Association. 



Therefore do not fail to secure a certificate 

 ivlien you purchase your ticket, whether single or 

 round-trip, and no matter V}h.ether you inteiid to 

 talce advantage of the rediiced fare or not. It 

 may aid others in obtaining the reduction. 



Xinie of Xickets.— Valid Oct. 6th to 

 Oct. 15th ; that is, they may be purchased 

 three days (not counting Sunday) before 

 the first day of the meeting, and the return- 

 ticket may be obtained any time up to the 

 night of Oct. 15th. 



Rail^vays.— The following are the 

 roads included in this reduction : Burling- 

 ton, Cedar Rapids & Northern ; Chicago & 

 Alton; Chicago & Northwestern; Chicago, 

 Burlington & Northern ; Chicago, Burling 

 ton & Quincy; Chicago Great Western; 

 Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul ; Chicago, 

 Rock Island & Pacific ; Chicago, St. Paul, 

 Minn. & Omaha; Hannibal & St. Joseph; 

 Kansas City, St. Joseph & Council Bluffs ; 

 St. Louis, Keokuk & Northwestern ; Illinois 

 Central; Iowa Central; Minneapolis & St. 

 Louis; Missouri Pacific; Rock Island & 

 Peoria; Sioux City & Pacific; Wabash; 

 Wisconsin Central lines. 



When necessary to pass over more than 

 one line, and in case a through ticket with 

 a certificate cannot be obtained, it will be 

 necessary to obtain a certificate from each 

 agent from whom a ticket is purchased, in 

 order to entitle the holder to the reduction 

 on return ticket. 



Those who do not live within the territory 

 covered by these lines should, wherever 

 practicable, purchase a local or a round- 

 trip ticket to the nearest line named above, 

 and secure there a ticket to St. Joseph, 

 with certificate of purchase. 



Further notice will be given in case other 

 railway lines grant reduced rates. 



Harvest Excnrsion.— Some may be 

 able to take advantage of the " Harvest 

 Excursion " rates (one-half fare plus $2.00) 

 given Oct. 9th, full particulars of which 

 can be obtained of your local agents. 



Cliange of Mate.— Note the change, 

 as announced by President Abbott, in the 

 date of the meeting from the middle of the 

 month to Oct. 10th, 11th and 12th. 



Place of j^Ieeting". — The convention 

 will meet in the rooms of the Commercial 

 Club in St. Joseph, at the corner of 3rd and 

 Edmond streets, three blocks from Francis 

 Street Depot. Take electric cars at Union 

 Depot and get off at 3rd street. 



Frank Benton, 

 Sec'y. A\ Am. Bee-Keepers^ Association, 

 U. S. Dept. Agriculture, 



Washington, D. C. 



