1907. 



THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



137 



bee-keepers and the advantages of 

 organization. 



Are you an active member of the 

 Colorado State Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation? 



If not, the payment of $1.00 will 

 make you such for one year from the 

 date of such payment. 



Are you just keeping bees or are 

 the bees keeping you? 



Were you in attendance at the last 

 convention of the Colorado Bee- 

 Keepers? 



Have you subscribed to The Ameri- 

 can Bee-Keeper? If not, please send 



bloom yet. My thermometer stands 

 14 degrees above zero, at this writ- 

 ing. Yours very truly, 



S. Francis. 

 Secretary Colorado State Bee- 

 Keepers' Association. 



KENTUCKY HOSPITALITY. 



Cincinnati, April 15, 1907. 



Dear Harry: 



I take pleasure in enclosing here- 

 with a pretty photograph showing a 

 corner of the apiary of my dear 

 friend, D. F. Weaver, of Minerva, Ky. 

 By the way, he is not a subscriber 



APIARY OF D. F. WEAVER, MINERV^A, KY. 



PhoJo by F. W. Mulh. 



me $1.00 and you will receive a full 

 report of the many good things that 

 transpired at the last meeting of our 

 association. 



For the last 36 hours we have had 

 a raging snow storm, about two feet 

 of snow on the level has fallen. All 

 fruit bloom will be destroyed by the 

 cold, freezing weather tonight, and I 

 fear many colonies of bees will lose 

 some of their brood. But we rejoice, 

 nevertheless, as this moisture will be 

 of untold benefit to the farmers and 

 bee-keepers as v/ell. If the weather 

 turns warm I think bees will get 

 some honey from fruit trees not in 



to your paper, so put his name upon 

 your list, send us the bill, and we will 

 remit promptly. 



Friend Weaver has 175 colonies of 

 bees, and is an extracted honey man. 



Some ten days ago, I was afiforded 

 the pleasure of making a trip through 

 Kentucky and in his neighborhood. 

 When I called at his home, learned 

 that he had gone for a day to buy 

 some bees, but his good wife bade 

 me remain and await his return, 

 which I did. 



No doubt, you have heard of the 

 hospitality that is bestowed upon a 

 stranger down in Kentucky. Well^ 



