Aug-. 16, 1900. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



523 



Chicago Convention Program.— The followiiig;;.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. 



THIRD SESSION — WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, 1:30. 



Song. 



" Bee-Keepers' Rights and Protection by Lawj" — 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.JM. 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. T^l 1 



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

 Iowa. 



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

 of Missouri. 



Ouestion-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. 

 Hutchin,son, of Michigan. Illustrated by a stereopticon. 



Unfinisht Bubinoas. 



Adjournment. 



One prominent feature of the next 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 live 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 SO 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. 



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Cleome and Its Honey. 



I merely scatter cleoine seed any and 

 everywhere soon after gathering, and 

 Nature does the rest. With us it pro- 

 duces the whitest and best-flavored 

 honey of any plant that grows here. 



Bees are doing fairly well, but they 

 swarmed a little too much. We expect 

 considerable late flow from cleome. 

 W. H. Hough. 



Santa Fe Co., N. Mex., July 30. 



White Clover and Basswood Failed. 



Bees have done very poorly so far. 

 White clover and basswood were com- 

 plete failures. It has rained nearly 

 every day this month, and I think fall 

 flowers will be all right. 



H. H. Porter. 



Sauk Co., Wis., July 30. 



A Very Deceptive. Season. 



This has been a very deceptive sea- 

 son (I suppose that would be the proper 

 w^ord for it), as it has been holding out 

 inducements for a good season almost, 

 or in fact all, of the time since it com- 

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