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opinion that bees do not reason at all. 

 Why? For the fact about reason shows 

 that it won't always lie still. The bees 

 are the same to-day that they were al- 

 ways. A colony of bees, put into a hive 

 to-day, remains the same throughout 

 their lives. Their combs are the same, 

 their work through and through is iden- 

 ticaUy the same, and if we stop to use 

 our reason for a moment we can see that 

 reason v:ill not stay exactly in the same 

 chauLel always. 



If the bees had reason they would, it 

 seems to me, change their modes of 

 labor, and then they would soon be like 

 the people of to-day — so mixed up with 

 their ideas and general principles, etc., 

 and possibly might boycott humanity, 

 and we would get no honey. 



Suppose Dr. Miller should say this 

 year that his bees boycotted him, and 

 would not gather any honey for him. 

 Well, if he should say so in earnest, 

 somebody would langh at him. Man is 

 known and recognized above other ani- 

 mals and insects by his reasoning 

 powers, and by this power has control 

 oyer all the beasts and insects. Other- 

 wise it might be the other way. 



Jennie Atchiey. 



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CONVENTION DIRECTORY. 



Time and place of meeting. 



1894. 

 Dec. 26. 27.— Eastern Iowa, at Anamosa, Iowa 

 Frank Coverdale, Sec, Welton, Iowa. 



Dec. 27, 28.— Texas State, at Beeville, Tex. 

 Mrs. Jennie Atchley, Beeville, Tex. 

 1895. 

 Jan. 3. 3.— Michigan State, at Detroit, Mich. 

 W. Z. Hutchinson, Sec, Flint. Mich. 



Jan. 9.— Indiana State, at Indianapolis, Ind. 

 Walter S. Pouder, Pres., Indianapolis, Ind. 



Jan. 21, 22 — Colorada State, at Denver. Colo. 

 H. Knight, Sec, Littleton, Colo. 



Jan. 22-24.— Ontario, at Stratford, Ont. 



W. Couse, Sec, Streetville, ont. 



Jan. 25, 26.— Ontario Co., at Canandaigua. 

 Ruth E. Taylor, Sec, Bellona, N. Y. 



Jan. 28.— Venango Co., at Franklin, Pa. 



C. S. Pizer, Sec, FrankUn, Pa. 



Jan. 30, 31.— Vermont, at Middlebury, Vt. 

 H. W. Scott, Sec, Barre, Vt. 



Feb. 8, 9.— Wisconsin, at Madison. Wis. 



J. W. Vance, Cor. Sec, Madison, Wis. 



. .—North American, at Toronto, Can. 



Frank Benton, Sec, IT. S. Dept. Agriculture, 

 Washington, D. C. 



It^~ In order to have this table complete. 

 Secretaries are requested to forward full 

 particulars of the time and the place of 

 each future meetin^i:. — The Editor. 



North American Bee-Keepers' Association 



OFFICERS FOR 1895. 



Pres.— R. F. Holtermann Brantford, Ont. 



Vice-Pres.— L. D. Stilson york, Nebr. 



Secretary.— W. Z. Hutchinson... Flint, Mich. 

 Treasurer.— J. T. Calvert Medina, Ohio. 



National Bee-Keepers' Union. 



President— Hon. R. L. Taylor.. Lapeer, Mich. 

 Gen'l Manager— T. G. Newman, Chicago, 111. 

 147 South Western Avenue. 



'*Foiil ISrood ; Its Natural History 

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