Aug-. 2, 1900. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



489 



Chicago Convention Program. — The following- is the 

 program of the 31st annual convention of the National Bee- 

 Keepers' Association, to be held at Chicago, 111., Tuesday, 

 Wednesday, and Thursday, Aug-. 28, 29, and 30, 1900, tlic 

 sessions to be held in Wellington Hall, 70 North Clark St.: 



FIRST SESSION— TUESDAY EVENING. 



Call to order at 7 o'clock. 



Song-— Dr. C. C. Miller, of Illinois. 



"How to Sell Honey "—S. A. Niver, of New York. 



" Keeping- Bees in a City " — L. Kreutzinger, of Illinois. 



Question-Box. 



SECOND SESSION — -WEDNESD.W MORNING, 9:30. 

 Song-. 

 Invocation. 



President's Address — E. R. Root, of Ohio. 

 "Oueen-Rearing by the Doolittle Method"— Mrs. H. (i. 

 Acklin, of Minnesota. 

 Question-Box. 



THIRD SESSION — -WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, 1:30. 



Song-. 



" Bee-Keepers' Rights and Protection by Ivaw " — Her- 

 man F. Moore, of Illinois. 



" Trials of the Commission Man" — R. A. Burnett, of 

 Illinois. 



Question-Box. 



FOURTH SESSION — WEDNESDAY EVENING, 7:30. 



"Breeding for Longer-Tongued Bees" — J. M. Rankin, 

 of the Michigan Experiment Station. 



" Bee-Keepers I Have Met and Apiaries I Have Visited " 

 — E. R. Root, of Ohio, assisted by Dr. C. C. Miller, Dr. A. 



B. Mason, E. T. Abbott, and others. Illustrated by a 

 stereopticon. 



FIFTH SESSION — THURSDAY MORNING, 9:30. 



Song-. 



" Various Forms of Diseases Among^ Bees; Cause and 

 Cure" — Dr. Wm. R. Howard, of Texas. 



Report of the General Manager — Hon. Eugene Secor, of 

 Iowa. 



" Pure-Food Legislation " — Rev. Emerson T.Abbott, 

 of Missouri. 



Question-Box. 



SIXTH SESSION — THURSDAY AFTERNOON, 1:30. 



Song. 



" Chemistry of Honey and How to Detect Its Adultera- 

 tion " — Thos. Wm. Cowan, of California. 



" How to Ship Honey to Market, and in What Kind of 

 Packages " — George W. York, of Illinois. 



Question-Box. 



SEVENTH SESSION — THURSDAY EVENING, 7:30 



" Co-operative Organization Among Bee-Keepers " — R. 



C. Aikin, of Colorado. 



"My Trip Thru Wisconsin and Minnesota" — W. Z. 

 Hutchinson, of Michigan. Illustrated by a stereopticon. 

 Unfinisht Business. 

 Adjournment. 



One prominent feature of the t7ext convention will be 

 the stereopticon work. Messrs. Root and Hutchinson, with 

 a powerful stereopticon, will project upon the screen some 

 photos they have taken of apiaries they have visited in vari- 

 ous portions of the United States. The convention will be 

 held in Wellington Hall, 70 North Clark Street, about a 

 block and a half from the office of the American Bee Jour- 

 nal, and about five blocks directly north of the Court-house. 

 The hotel at which delegates may secure lodging is the Re- 

 vere House, about half a block from the convention hall. 

 The rate for lodging will be 50 cents per night, and the 

 proprietor has assured Mr. York that good beds are pro- 

 vided, but that several will have to occupy the same room. 

 But when any one desires a room with a single bed, the 

 charge will be $2.00 per night. If two men wish to take a 

 single room in that way they can do it, sharing the expense 

 between them. Some G. A. R. people will pay 75 cents 

 per n ight for a single bed, so bee-keepers are specially favored 

 at 50 cents. The hotel is almost within a stone's throw of 

 the convention hall, and right near the hall are first-class 

 restaurants, where meals can be secured at reasonable 

 rates. 



It is a little too early yet to announce what the railroad 

 rates will be during G. A. R. week ; but it is assumed that 

 they will be low, probably a cent a mile each. 



Chicago is a central point, and there will undoubtedly 

 be a large attendance ; and, considering the attractions, it 

 is earnestly hoped that bee-keepers will turn out in good, 

 strong force. E. R. Root, Preiideut. 



Dk. a. B. Mason, Secretary. 



It will be noticed in this program ample time is allowed 

 for the question-box. This is usually the best feature of a 

 bee-keepers' convention, particularly if Dr. Miller holds the 

 box and keeps the people talking. You see, it gives every- 

 body who has had experience such a good chance to tell 

 what they know, especially when there are so many ques- 

 tions to which Dr. Miller says he has to answer " I don't 

 know." 



We are looking forward to a large gathering of bee-keep- 

 ers, and a royal time for all who attend. As there are some- 

 thing like 200 bee-keepers in this county alone, there would 

 be a fair sized convention if only they came. But we are 

 hearing nearly every day from some far-away bee-keeper 

 who expects to be here. 



There will be two "grand armies" in Chicago, then — 

 one of good ex-soldiers and the other of ex(tra)-good bee- 

 keepers. 



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Mr. J. T. Calvert, of The A. I. Root Co., was delayed 

 about two weeks in starting for Europe, on account of a 

 disastrous fire at Hoboken, which, destroyed ships and ship- 

 ping interests at that point. He sailed July 18th from 



Boston. 



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Mr. Louis Scholl, secretary of the Central Texas Bee- 

 Keepers' Association, writes us that their recent conven- 

 tion, held at Hutto, July 12 and 13, " was one of the best 

 meetings" of their State, 115 persons being present, repre- 

 senting 5,808 colonies of bees. We have attended national 

 conventions that did not number as many in attendance. 

 Texas seems to be coming up. 



We expect to begin publishing a report of the above 



meeting next week. 



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'tv.% Wisconsin Apiary shown on the first page this 

 week is that of Mr. and Mrs. F. P. White. The hives are 8- 

 frame dovetailed Mrs. White is near the center of the end 

 of the apiary, and Mr. White near the end. They started 

 with two colonies in 1894, and increast to 89 in 1899. 



Mrs. White was taken ill a year ago last April, and was 

 advised by the family doctor to go to Chicago for an opera- 

 tion, which we regret to record proved unsuccessful. She 

 remained at the hospital for two months, then returned 

 home, and lived nine weeks, up to which time she was as 

 enthusiastic over the bee-work as any one could be, and 

 took a great interest in it. In a letter from Mr. White, he 

 says: "She was a tender-hearted, loving wife, and a 

 thoughtful sister and daughter." 



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Mr. Herman F. Moore, secretary of the Chicago Bee- 

 Keepers' Association, lives about 14 miles northwest of 

 Chicago. He has nearly 30 colonies of bees, which he is 

 running for extracted honey. We called on him early in 

 July. He was just beginning to extract. Some colonies 

 occupied three 10-frame Langstroth hive-bodies, with much 

 brood in all three stories. He allows the queen free access 

 thruout the hive, and extracts from frames of honey that 

 are practically all filled and sealed, taking them out of any 

 part of the hive where they may be. His principal source 

 of honey is sweet clover. 



Mr. Moore has a fine city retail trade, which he looks 

 after carefully all the year. He is an energetic young man, 

 educated as a lawyer, but loving bees and outdoor life more 

 than his legal profession, he devotes his whole time to bee- 

 keeping, and to keeping his many customers sweet. 



