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in May. Oa July 4 Dr. Miller haltered it and 

 led it out on the lawn to have its picture 

 taken. The result is seen. It is threequar- 

 ters Clydesdale stock, and promises to grow 

 into a fine horse of a beautiful light bay color. 

 The Doctor will soon be harnessing Roderick 

 and likely be driving him a little by the time 

 he is two years old. 



We must not forget to mention the delicious 

 strawberries that are found on Dr. Miller's 

 place, which, with their " home grown " 

 cream, make such a rich feast. 



But one day is all too short with Dr. Miller 

 and his happy family. It's almost a continu- 

 ous bee-convention from morn till night, for 

 aside from the time spent in the apiary it was 

 mostly bee-talk. 



Dr. Miller is probably the most prolific 

 writer on bees in all the world. And his 

 writing is so original and entertaining that it 

 charms, entertains and instructs those wbo 

 are privileged to read it. But his conversa- 

 tion is just as pleasing, and withal he is so 

 cheerful and young-hearted that to be with 

 him even a whole day seems all too brief a 

 time. We count it a thing to be greatly 



they will be announced with the dates as 

 soon as known. We are hoping to get up a 

 carload of bee-keepers to start from Chicago 

 in time 1o take in ihe " Bee-Keepers' Day " at 

 the Fair, and then the National Convention. 

 As soon as we can get any definite informa- 

 tion concernintr tiansportation we will place 

 it before our readers, and trust that as many 

 as can do so will arrange to go together from 



Chicago. 



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They Leave the " Wax."— "Tour gov- 

 ernment," said the foreigner, " is a failure. 

 Everywhere your institutions are honey- 

 combed with graft." 



"Oh," replied the hopeful American, "it 

 isn't as bad as you think. The grafters have 

 been public-spirited enough in most cases to 

 leave the wax." 



T. W. Bryan, somewhere in Illinois, is 

 running a small advertisement in farm papers 

 offering, for -SI. 00, "The Art of Attracting 

 and Catching Snaruis of Bees. Copyrighted 

 June 0, 1904." We can hordly believe that 

 any of our readers would be willing to pay 



MISS WILSON READY FOK BEE-WOKK 



prized, that we have been permitted to know 

 Dr. Miller so intimately, and to be able to 

 present each week to our readers something 

 from his ready pen, drawn from years of 

 practical experience with bees. We are sure 

 all will join with us in wishing him yet many, 

 many years of health and happiness ere he 

 shall be called to exchange his earthly home 

 for the one " not made with hands, eternal in 

 the Heavens." 



The San Antonio Convention of the 



National Bee-Keepers' Association meets Oct. 

 30, 31, and Nov. 1. Oct. 28 will be " Bee- 

 Keepers' Day " at the International Fair to be 

 held at that time in San Antonio. We have 

 consulted several leading railroad companies 

 here in Chicago, and they tell us that no spe- 

 cial rates have as yet been decided on that 

 bee-keepers in the North can take advantage 

 of. They think there will be low rates in 

 force at. the .timeiof the convention, and that 



Sl.OOfor what they can easily find out in any 

 one of the standard tjooks on bee-keeping, be- 

 sides a thousand and one other things of 

 value. Mr. Lisle Schneider, of Iowa, has 

 kindly sent us a copy of Mr. Bryan's adver- 

 tisement, taken from some farm paper. We 

 are always glad to have our readers send us 

 anything apiarian that they may find in publi- 

 cations that we would likely not see otherwise. 



W. H. H. Stewart, of Whiteside Co., 

 111., gave us a brief call last week. He is a 

 bee-keeper of many years' experience, and 

 usually attends the annual meetings of the 

 Chicago-Northwestern Association. 



Ira Barber, of St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., 

 writing us July 2", said: 



" There is a large crop of white clover honey 

 in this locality, and the honey season is over." 



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 (Dpinion 



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More Honey from Colony and One 



Swarm, or from Colony and 



No Swarm ? 



Ques. 3K— U7(ii'/i will (jive you more honey, 

 II roluuy with its one swann, or the same colony 

 it'itluiiit any awnnningf 



Mrs. J. M. Noll (Mo.) — Usually the 

 former. 



G. M. DooLiTTLB (N. Y.)— Without any 

 swarming. 



Morgan Bros. (S. Dak.) — The colony with 

 its one swarm. 



R. C. AiKiN (Colo.) — One 3 ear with another, 

 the nonswarmer. 



E, Whitcomb (Nebr.) — A colony without 

 any swarming, every time. 



N. E. France (Wis.)— Big colonies pay 

 best. For comb honey, " shook " swarms. 



Jas. a. Stone (111.) — My experience has 

 usually been in favor of the one not swarming. 



Adrian Getaz (Tenn.)— The one that does 

 not swarm, by a long way. At least in this 

 locality. 



EuoENE Seoor (Iowa) — I can't say posi- 

 tively, but I prefer the colony that has not 

 swarmed. 



Dr. J. P. H. Brown (Ga.)— Conditions be- 

 ing the same, such as the honey-flow, the col- 

 ony without any swarming. 



R. L. Taylor (Mich.) — I like to have my 

 bees swarm once, and think I get more honey 

 that way, besides having an extra colony. 



J. M. Hambaigh (Calif.)— A great deal de- 

 pends. With a prolonged honey-flow of two 

 or three months, the colony " with its swarm." 



Dr. C. C. Miller (111.)— In this locality the 

 one colony without any swarming. With a 

 flow sufficiently long the reverse might be the 

 case. 



Rev. M. Mahin (Ind.) — I can get more 

 honey from a colony that I do not allow to 

 swarm. Something depends, perhaps, upon 

 the season. 



J. A. Green (Colo.)— I have not been in 

 this Slate long enough to feel sure. In Illi- 

 nois, the one that did not swarm, other things 

 being equal. 



Prof. A. J. Cook (Calif.)— It depends. I 

 think usually it is wisest to permit one 

 swarm when the bees so desire. I would 

 always stop with the one. 



Arthur C. Miller (R. I.)— It depends up- 

 on the man, and upon the time of swarm aad 

 honey-flow. Tsually the non-swarming col- 

 ony is the more profitable. 



S. T. Pettit (Ont.)— Where the flow is 

 short and sharp, without swarming will give 

 most. Where the flow runs over several 

 months, the colony with its one swarm will 

 win. 



C. P. Dadant (111.)— The colony if it does 

 not swarm, unless the crop happens to come 

 six weeks ^r two months after swarming, 

 when two colonies would, of course, do better 

 than one. 



P. H. Elwoou (N. Y.) — With us the colony 

 without swarming. Where there is a later 

 honey-flow, /. «., where the late honey-flow 

 can be counted on, undoubtedly the two 

 would give more. 



E. D. TownseND (Mich.)— I take the ques- 

 tion to mean surplus honey after the one or 

 two colonies are allowed their regular amount 

 for winter stores. With our Kalkaska bees, 

 where the seuson opens early in June, and 

 lasts durint: live weeks, usually, with no later 

 flow, the colony without any swarming. Here 



