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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER 



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tical experience as a bee-keeper, and 

 has observed and practiced the intrica- 

 cies of the art in many different parts 

 of this and the old world. The gentle- 

 man has subscribed for the Bee-Keep- 

 er, but prefers to call at the oftke for 

 his paper, rather than have it mailed, 

 and objects to publicity very emphat- 

 ically; so our readers will please say 

 nothing about the matter to their 

 neighbors. Just keep it quiet and 

 through the colunms of the Bee-Keep- 

 er observe the new star. 



but to write and request it. It's free, 

 and will not take long to give it. 



THINGS NEW OR WONDERFUL. 



The appearance of an advertisement 

 of a moth-proof hive in this journal 

 has elicited some criticism upon the 

 part of an exchange,the inference being 

 that such contraptions are useless, arid 

 therefore liable to deceive the inexperi- 

 enced. The editorial and business de- 

 partments of The American Bee- 

 Keeper are entirely separate, and ad- 

 vertising contracts are invariably ef- 

 fected through the home office, by the 

 publishers and proprietors. The W. T. 

 Falconer Manufacturing Company, 

 Falconer, N. Y., and we are sure that 

 the publishers are as careful as pos- 

 sible to see that none but responsible 

 persons and firms use these columns. 

 We presume any man who thinks he 

 has discovered a moth-proof hive, or a 

 method for mating queens in confine- 

 ment, or a metalic brood comb, a strain 

 of bees with tongues an inch long, or 

 a nonswarming variety; a practicable 

 plan for mating one thousand young 

 queens in one thousand section boxes; 

 a hive, the construction of which pre- 

 vents disease; the greatest, best and 

 only bee journal, of any of the other 

 suspicious things of which we occasion- 

 ally hear, it is his privilege to advertise 

 the fact and invite investigation. If he 

 chooses to make a charge of two cents 

 or a half-dollar for furnishing particu- 

 lars regarding his eighth wonder of 

 the world, that is also his privilege, we 

 presume; and those who desire to in- 

 vest in such information have the 

 right to do so. However, if any read- 

 er of this journal at any time desires 

 the personal opinion of the editor in 

 regard to any moth-proof device or 

 hive, or any of the many other wonder- 

 ful things the mention of which has ar- 

 rested his attention and interest, he has 



THE COMING CONVENTION .AT 



DENVER. 



Of course, we naturally expected, 

 that if the National Convention went 

 out to Denver that those w^estern peo- 

 ple would do the handsome thing, but 

 the present indications are that they 

 are going away ahead of anything that 

 any of us have dreamed of. Some things 

 have come to me in private letters, giv- 

 ing hints of what may be expected, but 

 all of their plans are not yet sufficient- 

 ly completed to be given to the public; 

 however, I have a letter from Secre- 

 tary Working, that I have permission 

 to publish, and here it is: — 



Denver, Colo., April 26, 1902. 

 Mr. W. Z. Hutchinson. 



Flint, Michigan. 

 Dear Sir: 



We have put both feet into it! Yes- 

 terday and the day before our execu- 

 tive committee (Harris, Gill, Rauch- 

 fuss and Working) made the prelimina- 

 ry arrangements for the big meeting 

 in September. Following are the chief 

 points decided upon: 



The Colorado Association will meet 

 on Tuesday morning, September 2, and 

 devote the day to busmess. in the even- 

 ing and the following days taking part 

 in the general sessions of the National 

 Association. Our program committee 

 will work with yours. 



We will give a complimentary ban- 

 quet to members of the National As- 

 sociation coming from other states 

 than Colorado and a "Seeing Denver" 

 trolley ride to all the attractive places 

 in the city to the same people- Our 

 members and those of your association 

 who have the good fortune to live in 

 Colorado will have the good fortune 

 of sharing in these pleasures for a fix- 

 ed price — to be fixed later. 



We will plan for special excursions 

 at low rates to places of interest i(» va- 

 rious parts of the state. 



We gave our committee on exh'ibits 

 fifty dollars and the authority to beg 

 a thousand for the purpose of making 

 a great exhibition. 



We decided to "spread" ourselves in 

 such a way as to make the visiting bee- 

 keepers forever proud of having at- 



