VOL XXXIV. CHICAGO, ILL, NOV. 15, 1894. 



NO. 20. 



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Saying- IVotliing- is sometimes the 

 kindest thing you can say of some people. 



Somnambulist, in the "Progressive 

 Bee-Keeper" for November, gives a very 

 good condensed report of the St. Joseph 

 convention. Sommy knows a good thing 

 when she (or he) sees it ; and also knows 

 how to tell about it. 



Mrs. Clias. "%VIiif e, of Aurora, Nebr., 

 died from heart disease Oct. 18. This sad 

 announcement was given in the " Nebraska 

 Bee-Keeper " for October. Our sincerest 

 sympathies are with Bro. White and his 

 family in their severe affliction. 



Xlie Kansas Fai-mer, published at 

 Topeka, Kans., contained in its issue for 

 Oct. 24, the most interesting condensed re- 

 ports of the St. Joseph convention that we 

 have seen in any of our agricultural ex- 

 changes. The "Kansas Farmer " is one of 

 the brightest and best farm papers pub- 

 lished in the West. Its representative at 

 the convention, Mr. H. J. Newberry, is a 

 wide-awake gentleman, with Western ideas 

 of push and pluck well developed. He " gets 

 tbere," consecjuently. 



Editor Holtermann, in the " Cana- 

 dian Bee Journal " for November, quite 

 enthusiastically congratulates Canadian 

 bee-keepers upon his success in taking the 

 next North American convention to To- 

 ronto, Ont. He did make a most earnest 

 plea for it, at St. Joseph, and so he is prob- 

 ably excusable for feeling somewhat elated 

 over what he terms their " Victory." 



One thing is certain — if all is well, the 

 Toronto meeting in 1895 will be a grand 

 one. Those " Canucky cousins " of ours do 

 have a way of turning out to conventions 

 that almost equals the " swarming " of the 

 bee-folks in "the Fatherland." So we are 

 looking forward for the biggest and best 

 meeting, next year, that the North Ameri- 

 can has ever held. And we don't expect to 

 be disappointed, either. 



£t1itor Ideally 's "IVife has been 

 quite sick for two months, we regret to 

 learn. Her illness has caused Bro. Leahy 

 to lose so much sleep that he hasn't yet felt 

 equal to the task of wrtting up an account 

 of his trip to St. Joseph for his paper — the 

 "Progressive Bee-Keeper." We hope Mrs. 

 L.'s recovery may be speedy and complete, 

 so that her good husband may tell his 

 readers all about his St. Joseph experi- 

 ences. 



^Villie Atcliley— one of Mrs. Atch- 

 ley's sons— will go through the whole pro- 

 gram of queen-rearing — (dipping cells, 

 grafting, moving cells, etc.)— at the Mid- 

 winter Bee-Meeting to be held in Beeville, 

 Tex., on Dec. 27 and 28. This feature alone 

 would justify an extra effort to attend. 

 As Willie is called "the greatest queen- 

 rearer in the world," "how he does it" 

 would be worth seeing. 



