Aug. 9, 1900. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



503 



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, the 

 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 — WEDNESDAY MORNING, 9:30. 



Song. 

 Invocation. 



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

 "Queen-Rearing by the Doolittle Method"— Mrs. H. G. 

 Acklin, of Minnesota. 

 Question-Box. 



THIRt) SESSION — WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, 1:30. 



Song'. 



" Bee-Keepers" Rights and Protection by Law " — 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. \Vm. 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 rext 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 SO 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 night 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 way. 



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, President. 



Dr. a. B. Mason, .Secretary. 



" JosiAH AND I Go a-Visitin' " is the tittle of Josiah 

 Allen's Wife's new humorous serial which is begun in the 

 Midsummer Story Number (August) of The Ladies' Home 

 Journal. There are also four short stories — " Catharine of 

 Arrogance," " Grandmother Winslow's Precious Plates," 

 " From a Far Country," " The Story of a Song " — and the 

 conclusion of Julia Magruder's serial, " The Voice in the 

 Choir." "College Girls' Larks and Pranks " reflects the 

 wit and shows the love of fun of the American girl. There 

 is also a group of stories full of interest and mystery about 

 "The Haunted Houses of New England," and others in 

 quite the opposite vein are related by Rev. Cyrus Town- 

 send Brady in describing his experiences as " A Missionary 

 in the Great West." " My Summer with Some Chipmunks " 

 gives some exceedingly interesting glimpses of the coy, 

 brown-coated little rodents. Of interest to every girl as- 

 piring to a higher education is an article detailing " How a 

 Girl Can Work Her Way Thru College," by a Cornell 

 graduate. Mrs. Burton Kingsland writes on "Conversa- 

 tion and Good Form in Public Places," and Mrs. S. T. 

 Rorer explains " Why I am Opposed to Pies." The August 

 Journal takes its readers on another stage of the pictorial 

 journey " Thru Picturesque America," gives some views of 

 "An Entire House on a Single Floor," and on the cover 

 presents Howard Chandler Christy's "American Girl in 

 Society." "Golden Poppies," a waltz by B. H. Janssen, is 

 sure to find abundant favor with music lovers. The de- 

 partments are as varied and complete as usual, and the pic- 

 torial features numerous and of commanding excellence. 

 Py the Curtis Publishing Company, Philadelphia. One 

 dollar a year ; 10 cents a copy. 



York's Honey Calendar for 1900 is a 16-page pamph- 

 let especially gotten up to create a demand for honey among 

 should-be consumers. The forepart was written by Dr. 

 C. C. Miller, and is devoted to general information concern- 

 ing honey. The latter part consists of recipes for use in 

 cooking and as a medicine. It will be found to be a very 

 effective helper in working up a home market for honey. 

 We furnish them, postpaid, at these prices : A sample 

 free ; 25 copies for 30 cents ; 50 for 50 cents ; 100 for 90 

 cents ; 250 for $2.00 ; 500 for $3.50. For 25 cents extra we 

 will print your name and address on the front page, when 

 ordering 100 or more copies at these prices. 



Belgian Hare Breeding is the title of a pamphlet just 

 publisht, containing 10 chapters on " Breeding the Belgian 

 Hare." Price, 25 cents, postpaid. It covers the subjects of 

 Breeding, Feeding, Houses and Hutches, Diseases, Methods 

 of Serving for the Table, etc. It is a practical and helpful 

 treatise for the amateur breeder. (See Prof. Cook's article 

 on page 292.) For sale at the office of the American Bee 

 Journal. For $1.10 we will send the Bee Journal for a year 

 and the 32-page pamphlet on " Belgian Hare Breeding." 



" The Hum of the Bees in the Apple-Tree Bloom " i.s 



the name of the finest bee-keeper's song — words by Hon. 



Eugene Secor and music by Dr. C. C. Miller. This is 



thought by some to be the best bee-song yet written by Mr. 



Secor and Dr. Miller. It is, indeed, a " hummer." We can 



furnish a single copy of it postpaid, for 10 cents, or 3 copies 



for 25 cents. Or, we will mail a half-dozen copies of it for 



sending us otie new yearly subscription to the American 



Bee Journal at $1.00. 



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Our Wood Binder (or Holder) is made to take all the 

 copies of the American Bee Journal for a year. It is sent 

 by mail for 20 cexits. Full directions accompany. The Bee 

 Journals can be inserted as soon as they are received, and 

 thus preserved for future reference. Upon receipt of $1.00 

 for your Bee Journal subscription a full year 2n advance, 

 we will mail you a Wood Binder free — if you will mention it. 



The Premiums offered this week are well worth work- 

 ing for. Look at them. 



