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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Xlie Con^'ention Keport is entirely 

 omitted in this number, for the simple rea- 

 son that no " copy " came in time to put 

 into it. We waited as long as we dared, 

 and then finally had to put in other matter. 

 We regret the delay very much indeed, as 

 we had hoped to crowd through the whole 

 Report as rapidly as we possibly could, but 

 through some hook or crook we are pre- 

 vented in carrying out our plans. It is no 

 fault of ours, however, for we have stood 

 ready to do our part ; but if the matter is 

 not sent to us in time, we can't very well 

 publish it promptly. Doubtless there is a 

 good reason for the delay outside of this 

 oflSce, and we will be glad to announce it as 

 soon as we learn it. 



Xo Keep Ant!^ Away. — In a recent 

 issue of the " Old Homestead," we read this 

 about keeping ants away, and as it may 

 help some bee-keeper who is troubled by 

 ants, we give it a place here: 



Rub a light film-coat of balsam Peru 

 around near the bottom of table or kitchen 

 safe legs — just a narrow band will do — and 

 renew the balsam every two or three 

 weeks. This will keep ants away from 

 tables, kitchen safes, etc., and what they 

 hold or contain, provided there is no other 

 ant-way than up the legs. One drop 

 of balsam Peru spread around the upper 

 part of a syrup bottle will keep the ants 

 away for months. Boil one ounce of balsam 

 Peru in one gallon of rain-water for half an 

 hour, and sponge this water, while hot, 

 over wooden floors and walls, and it will 

 keep ants away for a long time. 



A Mutual A<1]uii*ation Soei<'ty— 



whatever that may mean, and wherever it 

 may be located — received quite a little at- 

 tention at the hands of Bro. Hutchinson 

 in the October "Review." After saying 

 several good things in regard to speaking 

 and writing kind words about each other, 

 Bro. H. says this : 



That editors and correspoudeuts have 

 been praising one another simply that they 

 may receive the same in return, I don't be- 

 lieve. All the kind things that I have said 

 of others have come from my heart— they 

 have been honest, and have been uttered 

 with no hope or thought that I should re- 

 ceive praise in return unless I deserved it. 



Bro. Hutchinson has expressed our own 

 sentiments exactly in the above paragraph. 

 Whatever we have said in these columns in 

 praise of our friends surely were the sin- 

 cere expreBsJons at our best oature, aod 



without the slightest expectation of '• praise 

 in return." We feel certain that all who 

 are acquainted with us, well know that we 

 don't hesitate to "call a spade a spade," 

 when it is necessary, and also that we are 

 just as free to bestow praise when and 

 where we feel that it is deserved. 



After all, that so-called "mutual admira- 

 tion society " is pretty much of a myth. 

 We have already devoted too much space in 

 the " American Bee Journal " to a discus- 

 sion of this particular specimen of mythol- 

 ogy, and trust our readers will excuse this 

 one more reference to it. 



Mrs. S. M. Brooks and her husband 

 keep bees about 5 miles west of the Court 

 House building in the city of Chicago. 

 Their apiary consists of 30 colonies at pres- 

 ent, and their crop this year will amount to 

 about 2,000 pounds, nearly all in the comb. 

 For their comb honey they get 18 cents 

 cash per pound at the grocery store near 

 them, or 80 cents a section when called for 

 at their door. All their honey is sold in 

 the home market, hence the good price 

 secured. Sweet clover is the principal 

 source from which their surplus is obtained, 

 an abundance of it being found around 

 Chicago. They have had as high as nearly 

 3,000 pounds of honey in a season. 



All of which is pretty good for a city 

 apiary. 



ISro. Xltoinas ^i. I^ewiuan, we 



are glad to learn, has about recovered from 

 the severe assaults of his old enemy — "la 

 grippe." In the November "Illustrated 

 Home Journal," he says this, in referring 

 to Bro. E. R. Root's recent attack from the 

 same heartless 'gripper:" 



Having had it for six years, we know 

 how to sympathize with our brother. We 

 hope it will not take so long for him to con- 

 quer it as it did in our case. We are thank- 

 ful to state that we are now about through 

 with it. 



'I'aKe a NIei;>-1i-Ri(1e as soon as the 

 snow falls in sufficient quantity. See the 

 buggy-sleigh offered on page ()38 in connec- 

 tion with a year's subscription to the 

 " American Bee Journal." We don't know 

 of a cheaper sleigh, and equally good. It 

 is also a no-tip-over affair. The "beautiful 

 snow " will soon be here— better get ready 

 to "take a good slide I" 



