1895. 



THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



247 



Tlie Amepioan Bse-Ksepep, 



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EDITORIAL, ~~ 



The honey season is now practical- 

 ly over throughout the country, and 

 it seems to have been pretty general- 

 ly a failure. In many localities the 

 bees have not gathered stores enough 

 to keep them through the winter and 

 many colonies will have to be fed if 

 they are to be kept alive 'til spring. 



There seems to have been a short 

 honey crop in Europe as well as here 

 and especially in Great Britian, where 

 the weather has been similar to that 

 in New York state, veiy dry followed 

 by much rain, but in England a great 

 deal more rain has fallen than was 

 needed. 



When this number of the Bee- 

 Keeper reaches its subscribers the 

 Annual Convention of the North 

 American Bee- Keepers' Association 



will be a thing of the past. It is to 

 be held in Toronto on the 4th, 5th 

 and 6th, and promises to have the 

 largest attendance of any meeting of 

 recent years. All the ' ' leading- 

 lights " of Bee-Keeping both in the 

 United States and Canada will be 

 present and no doubt an interesting- 

 time will be enjoyed by all who attend. 



Comb honej' should be kept in a 

 warm, dry room, and the sections 

 should stand as when they were in 

 the hive. 



We acknowledge with thanks the re- 

 ceipt from the management of the To- 

 ronto Industrial Exposition of a com- 

 plimentary season admission ticket. 



"The Southern Queen," Jennie 

 Atchley's bee paper, published at 

 Beeville, Texas, comes to hand regu- 

 larly. It doesn't make any "splurge," 

 but is usually well filled with infor- 

 motion very interesting and instruc- 

 tive to bee-keepers. 



As is our custom, during Septem- 

 ber we will allow a discount of 4 per 

 cent, on all cash orders for goods at 

 catalog prices. In October we allow 

 8 per cent. , in November 2 per cent. 



A few copies of the article ' ' Giant 

 Bees of India," by Frank Benton, 

 are left. We will mail them to any 

 address at 5c each. 



"How TO Manage Bees," a 50c 

 book, and the American Bee- Keep- 

 er a year for only (jOc, or A. B. C. 

 of Bee Culture— last edition — and 

 the Bee-Keeper one year for 75c, or 

 including Gleanings one year for $1. (55 



