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with a small percentag^e of honey dew, 

 would lay himself liable to prosecu- 

 tion for adulterating- his honey. 



A Delightful Entertainment 

 was furnished by E. R. Root at the 

 meeting of the Chicago and North- 

 western Bee-Keepers' Association. It 

 was a series of stereopticon views, to- 

 gether with moving pictures showing- 

 the swarming- and hiving of bees, as 

 well as some of the manipulations of 

 handling hives When the operator 

 jerked back his hand and rubbed the 

 back of it on his pants leg-, there was 

 a decidedl3^ audible snicker from the 

 audience. At the close of the enter- 

 tainment, live bees, placed between two 

 glass slides, were placed in the 

 lantern. In catching the bees and 

 putting them between the glass slides, 

 some of the bees lost their sting to the 

 sorrow of the operator. The sting re- 

 mained attached to one bee (not being 

 pulled entirely loose) and the way the 

 other bees chased this one, and tried to 

 remove the spng-, brought down the 

 house. The pictures of the bees on the 

 screen were about two feet in length. 



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MICHIGAN STATE CONVENTION. 



The Michigan State Bee-Keepers' 

 Association will hold its annual con- 

 vention Feb. 23rd and 24th, at the 

 Eagle Hotel in Grand Rapids. The 

 Michigan dairymen will hold their 

 convention at the same time and place, 

 and the bee-keepers can take advan- 

 tage of the reduced rates given the 

 dairymen. When buying your ticket 

 ask for a certificate on account of the 

 meeting of the State dairymen's meet- 

 ing. The Secretary of the dairymen's 

 association will sign this certificate, 

 which will enable the holder to buy a 

 return ticket at one-third fare. This is 

 done with the knowledge and consent 

 of the railroads. Several associations 

 often meet in this way, and the Secre- 

 tary of one association signs all of the 

 certificates. The Eagle Hotel is located 



at 65 Market St., corner of Louis 

 street, one block south of Monroe 

 street. It will g-ive a rate of $1.50 a 

 day, and furnish a room free for hold- 

 ing the convention. Grand Rapids is 

 located in a g-ood honey producing- dis- 

 trict, easilj' accessible from the north- 

 ern, southern and middle parts of the 

 State, and a large crowd ought to be 

 present. The editor of the American 

 Bee Journal and of Gleanings have 

 promised to come if it is possible. 



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BEE-KEEPERS' MEETINGS IN YORK 

 STATE. 



A series of bee-keepers' meetings 

 has been arranged for in New York, 

 to be held as follows: Canandaigua, 

 Jan. 9 and 10; Romulus, Jan. 11, Au- 

 burn, 12; Cortland, 13; Syracuse, IS; 

 Fulton, 16; Watertown, 17 and 18: 

 Amsterdam, 19. 



Through the Bureau of Farmers' In- 

 stitutes, Mr. N. E. France, General 

 Manager of ihe National Bee-Keepers' 

 Association, has been engaged to ad- 

 dress the meetings 



The convention at Watertown, on the 

 18th, will be the meeting of the State 

 Association, at which many of the pro- 

 gressive bee-keepers of New York and 

 adjoining States are expected to be 

 present. 



TEACHING BEE-KEEPING IN THE 

 SCHOOLS 



If bee-keeping were taught in the 

 public schools, or even a general out- 

 line of bee-keeping given, it would 

 eventually do much to popularize 

 honey, and to kill the manufactured 

 comb honey stories. I am glad to do 

 all that I can to help in that direction, 

 hence I take pleasure in making room 

 for the following from Mr. Bigelow of 

 Connecticut: 

 To the Editor:— 



For some time I have been endeavor- 

 ing to advance the claims of honey bees 

 as an educational — "Nature Study" — 

 topic. It seems to me that honey bees 



