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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Slip Off an' Get Some Honey. 



The days are g-ettin' hazy with the smoke o' 



forest fires. 

 An'. they're warm, as well as lazy— for the 



mockin' bird perspires 

 A-singin' in the blossoms— how they strain 



their tender throats, 

 An' the hot sun shinin' on 'em makes 'em give 



us meltin' notes ! 



It's jes' the time for dreamin' of the cool an' 



shady nooks, 

 For roUin up your breeches for a splash into 



the brooks ; 

 It's wisliin' time, it's fishin' time— it's time to 



take your ease 

 Where the locust sings soprano to the tenor 



of the bees ! 



O writer, leave your inkstand an' your drowsy, 



frowzy desk. 

 An' get out into the country, where the world 



is picturesque ! 

 O man dead set for money ! O toiler in the 



strife. 

 Slip off an' get some honey that will sweeten 



up your life ! —Atlanta Constitution. 



The Numerous Congresses to be 

 held in connection with the World's 

 Fair are creating wide-spread interest, 

 and undoubtedly will be a very impor- 

 tant feature of the Fair. According to 

 the general schedule now prepared, the 

 various Congresses under the several 

 departments will be held as follows : 



May — Music and the drama, public 

 press, medicine. 



June — Temperance, moral and social 

 reform, commerce and finance. 



July — Literature, science and philos- 

 ophy, education. 



August — Engineering, art, govern- 

 ment. 



September — Parliament of religions, 

 ■ denominational congresses, Sunday rest. 



October — Labor, agriculture, real es- 

 tate, merchants, etc. 



These great departments are in charge 

 of general committees, which, with the 

 advice and suggestions of persons and 

 societies interested, arrange the pro- 

 gramme and select the speakers, with 

 the approval of the President of the 

 Auxiliary. 



What time will be the most appro- 

 priate for the bee-keepers to hold their 

 Convention on the World's Fair 

 Grounds ? It is now time to begin to 

 talk and write about it, so that when 

 tlifiy (uoet in Washington next Septt^m- 

 bnr, it may be an easy matter to dcitcr- 

 mine tlu; tijue. 



Queries aiid Replies. 



Bepiiers anfl tlie Home Market. 



Query 817. — In what ways can a 

 beginner in the business avoid ruining 

 a good honey-market already worked up 

 by those of more experience ? — Lucile. 



Ask something easier. — M. Mahin. 



Sell good goods, and practice square 

 dealing. — Mrs. L. Harrison. 



Profit by their experience, and help 

 to keep the good market up. — A. B. 

 Mason. 



By dealing "on the square," and 

 treating everybody fair. — J. M. Ham- 



BAUGH. 



Perhaps by following the plans by 

 which they have succeeded. — C. C. 

 Miller. 



Consult and work in harmony with 

 those who have already built up the 

 market. — Mrs. J. N. Heater. 



By reading, writing, and thoroughly 

 informing himself at the start, just how 

 and what to do to secure the finest pro- 

 duct. — A. J. Cook. 



Let those of "more experience" 

 handle his honey for him, he giving 

 them a cent or two a "pound for doing 



this. — G. M. DOOLITTLE.. 



A beginner should take the advice of 

 the experienced man, and should not 

 undersell him. Let him apply the 

 "golden rule." — Dadant & Son. 



By producing a good article, then 

 finding what it is worth, and selling 

 only at that price. — J. A. Green. 



He can avoid it by having his honey 

 in as nice, or nicer, shape than " those 

 of more experience," and do not uiider- 

 sell. — J. P. H. Brown. 



If the market has been marked up by 

 others of more experience than yourself, 

 you had better consult with those that 

 have worked up the market. — E.Fkanck. 



Never try to undersell the veterans, 

 whose judgment as to the price ought to 

 be better than yours. Compete with 

 them in quaUty and neatness of package. 

 — Eugene Secor. 



By disposing of no honey in tliat 

 market until he knows wliat good honey 



