THE BEE-I'EEPERS' REVIEW 



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The National Convention to Meet in San 

 Antonio, Oct. 28-Nov, 1. 



The Inter-National Fair holds its 

 annual exhibition in San Antonio, 

 Texas, Oct. 21st to Nov. 1st. When 

 this fair is in progress, there are very 

 low rates in force on the railroads out 

 for 600 or 700 miles. Then there are 

 Harvest excursions from the North on 

 the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the 

 month. The 4th Tuesday in October 

 comes on the 24th. Considering- these 

 facts, it lias been decided to select 

 Saturday, October 28th, as bee-keep- 

 ers' day at the fair. This will give 

 ample time for members from the North 

 to reach the city by starting the 24th. 

 The regular sessions of the convention 

 will begin Monday, October 30th, and 

 continue three da3's. 



The Fair Association has designated 

 Saturday, Oct. 28th as bee-keepers' day, 

 and will so advertise it, and especial 

 pains will be taken to liave on exhibi- 

 tion, hives, honey, wax, bees, and 

 other apiarian products. At this fair 

 will be on exhibition all of the agri- 

 cultural and other products of the 

 South and Mexico, and a visit to it 

 will really be worth all the trip will 

 cost, to give one an idea of the South 

 and her products. 



Then the Texas members propose to 

 give a genuine Mexican supper which 

 will be free to all outside members. 

 There will be Mexican band and 

 toast making — in short it might be 



called a banquet. On Sunday the 

 members can attend church or go 

 on a trolley ride around the city. 

 Side-trips to Uvalde and other places 

 are planned for all who wish to see the 

 country after the convention is over, 

 bee-keepers at the various honey cen- 

 ters having promised to take bee-keep- 

 ers around free of charge. Texas is 

 one of the greatest, if not the greatest, 

 of honey producing States in the Union, 

 and bee-keepers will now have an 

 opportunity to see her wonderful re- 

 sources, enjoy the hopitalities of her 

 people, and profit by meeting in con- 

 vention, all at very small cost. 



The headquarters of the National 

 Association will be at the Bexar Hotel 

 (pronounced Baer, long sound of a), 

 corner of Houston and Jefferson Sts., 

 and rates are only $1.00 a day, and up. 

 The convention will be held at Elks' 

 Hall, 125 W. Commerce St., only two 

 blocks from the Bexar Hotel. 



Everything is now all arranged ex- 

 cept the program, and I wish that every 

 one would write and make suggestions 

 in regard to topics and men to discuss 

 them. If you have no special topic 

 that you wished put into the pi'ogram, 

 you must surely hiive some question 

 that you would like brought before the 

 convention. Pour in the suggestions 

 and queries, and let me get up one of 

 the best programs that we have ever 

 had. 



W. Z. Hutchinson, Secretary. 



A COMBINED SYSTEM. 



One in Whicn Both Comb and Extracted 



Honey are Produced in the Same 



Super. 



When on the way home from our 

 State convention last winter, Mr. E. 



D. Townsend explained to me a 

 method of producing both comb and 

 extracted honej^ in the same super. It 

 had been described to him by Mr. O. 

 H. Townsend, of Otsego, Mich. He 

 made it perfectly clear to me how it 

 would work, he showed up the advan- 

 tages, but, for some reason I could not 

 see how it was any ahead of the put- 



