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1st, on a special train accompanied by a 

 large concourse ■ of loving friends, among 

 whom were her Sunday-school teacher and 

 class; and little members of the Sunday- 

 school society of which she was president. 

 She was a very bright, sweet child, and 

 much beloved by everybody, both white 

 and black. I enclose a memorial card. 

 Yours truly, J. M. Jenkins. 



On the memorial card referred to by Bro. 

 Jenkins, we find these tender stanzas : 



" A precious one from us has gone — 



A voice we loved is stilled ; 

 A place is vacant in our home 



Which never can be filled. 



God in His wisdom has recalled 



The boon His love has given, 

 And though the body slumbers here, 



The soul is safe in "Heaven." 



The readers of the Bee Journal will 

 unite in extending sincerest sympathy to 

 our bereaved brother. We rejoice to 

 know that his faith, like that of the beloved 

 daughter's, is placed in One who is mighty 

 to save, and will also comfort the sorrow- 

 ing heart. 



llliiioi<< CJonvenliou Reporlii*.— 



The Illinois State Bee-Keepers' Association 

 still have a good many copies of their Sec- 

 ond Annual Report on hand, and no post- 

 age to send them out. Any one sending 

 eight cents in stamps to pay postage and 

 wrapping, will receive a copy of same by 

 mail ; or seven cents in stamps will pay for 

 a copy of the First Annual Report, if any 

 one desires it. Address, Jas. A. Stone, 

 Sec, Bradfordton, 111. 



A Carbolic Aeicl »' Bee-Escape." 



— Bro. Holtermann, in the Canadian liee 

 Journal, says that he uses, instead of a bee- 

 escape, " a cloth dipped and wrung out in 

 a weak solution of carbolic acid laid over 

 the section-crate." Here is his own de- 

 scription of it : 



There is no doubt that the escape adds 

 much to our comfort, but we doubt very 

 much if it is a labor saver. Comb honey 

 can be removed very rapidly without the 

 bee-escapes. Our method has been given 

 before, but we will repeat it. Some years 

 ago we read in the British Bee Journal that 

 a cloth dipped and wrung out in a weak 

 solution of carbolic acid laid over the sec- 

 tion-crate would drive out the bees. For 

 several years we have removed all our 

 comb honey in that way. The bees appear 

 to leave the sections instantly, and only 

 cling to the bottom-bars of the section- 

 holders, or the bottom wood of the section. 

 From these the bees ran be brushed, and 



the honey can be removed almost as quickly 

 as the escapes can be put in place. 



We could not be induced to make, during 

 the honey-fiow, a practice of putting on 

 bee-escapes during the day. Such must 

 tend to demoralize a colony and suspend 

 the gathering of honey for the day. We 

 perhaps do not sufl3ciently consider that 

 every change in the hive, and every dis- 

 turbance temporarily checks the gathering 

 of the honey. This is especially true dur- 

 ing a season such as the past. 



lVon<Iei-iul •' Science."— Mr. W. 



K. Fisher, of Lake George, N. Y., sends us 

 the following, dated Sept. 5th : 



Editor York:— Very recently I came 

 across this clipping in the Boston Baihj 



Traveller : 



no longer -'the busy bee." 



Science has shattered another tradition. 

 The bee, so long praised for its habitual 

 diligence, is at last shown up as a loafer. 

 An investigator of the habits of the honey- 

 makers informs us that the popular impres- 

 sion that the bee is a "busy" creature is 

 all wrong, and that as a matter of fact the 

 little fraud works only about three hours 

 per day, and is a most thorough-going 

 loafer for the rest of the time. However, 

 ages must come and go ere mortals will 

 cease to think of the bee as other than a 

 hustler improving " each shining hour." 



I think the writer of that might have bet- 

 ter improved the "shining hour." If any- 

 one agrees with him, why just let him look 

 at an apiary in clover, basswood or buck- 

 wheat season I Not much loafing then ! 

 W. K. Fisher. 



How tired Science must be after making 

 such an astounding "shattering" discov- 

 ery ! Who'd have thought it ? The poor, 

 lazy bee— and the "busy" scientist! We 

 think the best thing t6 do is to let such 

 "scientists" work themselves to death— 

 the Fool-Killer will hardly care to waste 

 his time on them. 



Iniliaiilaud and Wonderland is 



the title of a most beautiful tourist booklet 

 of over 100 pages, 7x93^ inches in size, just 

 issued by Mr. Chas. S. Fee, General Passen- 

 ger and Ticket Agent of the Northern Pa- 

 cific Railroad Company, St. Paul, Minn. It 

 is diflferent from the ordinary railroad pub- 

 lication, in that it is instructive, entertain- 

 ing, valuable, artistic, and worth reading 

 for itself. It can be obtained by sending 6 

 cents in stamps with your address to Mr. 

 Fee, as above. 



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