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case. Under instructions from the 

 General Manag^er, I was present at the 

 suit to represent the National Associa- 

 tion. After listening to the arguments 

 of counsel, the justice said, "If this 

 case ever goes to a higher court, I am 

 satisfied that the ordinance will not 

 stand fifteen minutes, and I shall so 

 decide." 



The question as to whether Mr. 

 Iloty's bees were a nuisance was not 

 touched upon; the decision resting sole- 

 ly upon the constitutionality of the or- 

 dii ance. 



Ohe attorney employed by the Asso- 

 ciation was the best that could be se- 

 cured in the county; and the manner 

 in which he conducted matters showed 

 me the wisdom of securing the services 

 of the best possible counsel when going 

 to law; he is half the battle — sometimes 

 prett}' nearly "the whole thing." 



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"talking beks" to school chil- 

 dren. 



Mr. O. L. Hershiser has been "talk- 

 ing bees" to the school children of 

 Buffalo. As there are about 3,500 

 of the seventh grade, which is the 

 grade to which he spoke, and only 

 about 300 could listen at one time, his 

 labors extended over two weeks. A 

 series of stereopticon views was used 

 to illustrate the lectures, and so rapt 

 was the attention that a pin could have 

 been heard to fall at any time. Glean- 

 ings, from which I gather the forego- 

 ing, proposes to make sets of slides 

 that will be sold at a nominal price, 

 or rented, and suggests that this 

 laudable movement begun in Buf- 

 falo be taken up in other cities. 

 It well says that: "The greatest diffi- 

 culty with which we now have to con- 

 tend, is ignorance as to the character 

 and quality of our product Over half 

 of the people suppose that comb honey 

 is manufactured, and a large part of 

 the other believe that liquid honey is 

 largely glucosed. The public needs 



to be enlightened, and the quickest 

 way to do It is through the children. 

 Get a child all fired up with enthusi- 

 asm, and he will tell his papa and 

 mama what wonderful things he has 

 heard. Then he will want some pure 

 honey, and his parents will have to 

 get some, of course." 



A FINE PICTURE OE CALIFORNIA BEE- 

 KEEPING. 



Good Housekeeping for June has a 

 most excellent and beautiful, as well 

 as graphic, pen- and camera-picture 

 of California bee-keeping; and it is 

 furnished by no other than Flora 

 Mclntyre, the eldest daughter of our 

 old friend, J. F. Mclntyre. For one 

 so young, and with so little experience 

 in writing for the press, it is a re- 

 markable piece of work. She seems 

 to have known exactly what to leave 

 out, as well as what to tell, to make it 

 of interest to the general public. 

 Many old writers have handled their 

 subject less skillfully. The closing 

 paragraphs border closely upon the 

 romantic or poetical, and are a decid- 

 edly clever piece of work. It is to be 

 hoped that Miss Mclntyre will contin- 

 ue to use and improve her talent, for 

 talent she certainly has in this direc- 

 tion. 



ADVANTAGES OF LATE-REARED QUEENS. 



So many times there comes to the 

 bee journal editor the query: "When 

 is the best time to buy and introduce 

 queens?" Many seem to have an idea 

 that the spring is the best time to do 

 this work. Unless there was some 

 special reason for doing otherwise, I 

 should always buy and introduce 

 queens in the fall. In the first place, 

 queens are scarce in the spring and 

 prices are high. Next, if there is a 

 failure to introduce, and the bees get 

 the brood nest overloaded with honey, 

 and there is a break in brood rearing 



