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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



within 100 feet of the south entrance of 

 tlie fair grounds. Try and make ar- 

 rangements to do your sight-seeing 

 either before or after the convention. 



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Wintering Bees in hives protected 

 only with felt or tarred paper did not 

 prove successful last winter with Mr. 

 J. L. Byer of Markham, Ontario. Out 

 of 250 colonies, he prepared 26 by sur- 

 rounding them with the felt paper. 

 The rest of the colonies were protected 

 with several inches of either sawdust 

 or chaff. Out of the whole lot of 250 

 colonies, 20 died, and half of the num- 

 ber were in the hives protected by pa- 

 per only. Of those that lived, only 

 three were left in fair condition. As 

 far north as Canada or Michigan, 

 there must be more abundant protec- 

 tion than that afforded by surrounding 

 the hives with heavy paper. 



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The Christian Endeavor Hotel, 

 within 100 feet of the entrance of the 

 great Fair, at St. Louis, is to be the 

 home of the bee-keepers while holding 

 their coming convention, in fact, the 

 convention is to be held at the hotel. 

 This is a most decidedl}' pleasant iir- 

 rangement, as the little chats between 

 sessions, around the tables, and in the 

 rooms nights and mornings, are really 

 the most enjoyable part of the gather- 

 ing. This hotel is a mammoth struc- 

 ture, covering five acres of ground, 

 three stories in height, and capable of 

 accommodating 3,000 guests. There 

 are wide verandas, a rotunda, offices, 

 parlors, a United States Post Office, 

 lunch counter, and a dining room with 

 a seating capacity of 1,500. If you 

 have not already done so, send 50 cents 

 to N. E. France, Platteville, Wis., and 

 receive a certificate that will entitle 

 you to board and lodgings at this hotel 

 for only $2.00 per day — unless you have 

 this certificate you will have to pay 

 much higher rates, and may not be 

 sure of a room. 



Our Frontispiece this month shows 

 portraits of the men who were instru- 

 mental in securing the passage of 

 Ohio's foul brood bill. Just a few 

 words of description. 



Mr. Painter is a prominent corpo- 

 ration attornej' of Cincinnati, who 

 kindly drafted the bill, and gave all 

 necessary legal advice. He is an 

 amateur bee-keeper, and his love for 

 the pastime induced him to give all 

 possible assistance. 



Mr. Fred W. Muth is a dealer in 

 bee-keeping supplies and honey. He 

 is an expert salesman, and a hustler it 

 ever there was one. 



The Hon. Dwight R. Herrick is the 

 Representative of Hamilton County, 

 and, by the way, also a cousin of the 

 present Governor. It was he who 

 introduced the bill, and convinced his 

 colleagues that it was an absolute 

 necessity. He was formerly a bee- 

 keeper, but foul brood destroyed his 

 apiary. 



Mr. John C. Frohliger is President 

 of the Hamilton County Bee-Keepers' 

 Association. He is cashier of a large, 

 wholesale hardware house, but has 40 

 colonies of bees, and devotes much 

 time to queen rearing. 



Mr. Wm. J. Gilliland is the worthy 

 Secretary of the Hamilton County Bee- 

 Keepers' Association, and a most 

 practical bee-keeper, one, by the way, 

 who received his early experience in 

 that line on the "Emerald Isle." He 

 is a tireless worker for the welfare of 

 the Association, and apiculture in 

 general. 



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Finding Queens in the fall, in full 

 colonies of vicious bees is quite diffi- 

 cult. One man in New York who has 

 such bees wishes to Italianize them, 

 and asks Dr. Miller how to go to work 

 to find the queens. The Doctor, in the 

 American Bee Journal, suggests the 

 use of chloroform; besides this, he 

 gives a plan that, to me, seems more 

 practical. He says "Move the hive 



