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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER 



October 



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Mr. E. A. Johnson, East Pepperell, 

 Mass., writes that the season in his lo- 

 cality has been a complete failure, and 

 that wild aster and burdock are mak- 

 ing more of a showing (Sept. 3) than 

 any source ."^ince apple bloom. Some- 

 how, the thought of burdock honey 

 doesn't beget a longing to taste it. 



The Annual meeting of the New Jer- 

 sey Bee-Keeers' Association was held 

 at Trenton last week, during the agri- 

 cultural fair. 



The great number of recent renewals 

 received, paying in advance for from 

 two to five years for The Bee-Keeper, 

 is a gratifying index of the way the jour- 

 nal is received by its patrons. We ap- 

 preciate it, too. 



Hon. Eugene Secor, general manag- 

 er of the National Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation, has been appointed by the gov- 

 ernor of Iowa, a delegate to the Farm- 

 ers' National Congress, to be held at 

 Macon, Ga., from the 7th to loth of this 

 month. We hope to have the pleasure 

 of meeting Mr. Secor during his south- 

 ern trip. 



A very handsome booklet of forty- 

 eight pages, entitled, "Bees in Colora- 

 do," has reached us. It was designed as 

 a souvenir of the Denver meeting of 

 the National Association, last month. 

 It is profusely illustrated and artistical- 

 ly gotten up; contains pictures of abotxt 

 all the dignitaries out that way, besides 

 .several craftsmen of note, farther east. 

 The credit and our thanks are due 

 Secretary D. W. Working, of the Col- 

 orado State Bee-Keepers' Association, 

 who compiled the booklet. 



Our Dumb Animals, is the name of 

 a humane journal which comes quite 

 regularly to our office. The powerful 

 influence for good which it must have 

 upon the mind and character of any 

 child, should give it a place in every 

 home where there are children. A 

 monthly perusal of this journal might 

 prove the salvation of many colonies of 

 bees which, through neglect, arc left 

 to starve or freeze during the winter, 

 after having toiled all summer to pro- 

 vide honey for their owner's (able. 

 Fifty cents, with a request, addressed 

 to Geo. T. Angell, 19 Milk st.. Boston, 

 Mass., will bring it every month for 

 a vear. 



As will be seen by referring to the 

 department of bee-keeping news in this 

 number, Jamaica has scored several 

 points along the line of solving the mar- 

 ket problem. The little Island in the 

 sea, having an area considerably less 



