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March 8, 1906 



hardly be nullified by the fact that one, or several others, had 

 not seen a like occurrence. All the same, it would be a 

 good thing to have the testimony of others upon this mooted 

 point. 



Reading One or More Bee-Papers 



D. M. Macdouald, the very intelligent Scotch contribu- 

 tor to the British Bee Journal, quotes W. L. Coggshall as 

 saying: 



" I can not afford not to take all the bee-papers pub- 

 lished in the United States, and, moreover, I can not afford 

 not to scan every page after they come to hand." 



And then adds : 



" I read a round dozen, and rarely miss a single para- 

 graph of any one of them. In every issue I get new matter 

 well worth the price of the paper. My opinion is that no 

 investment in bee-keeping pays better than the money 

 spent in bee-literature. Several good text-books are indis- 

 pensable, and two or more bee-papers are equally so." 



Miscellaneous 

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The Naiioal Association is doing business right 

 along. General Manager France says $275 in dues have 

 been received since Nov. 1, 1905, $104 of it being at $1.00 

 per member. He also says many letters received lately re- 

 port bees wintering nicely. 



A. Y. Baldwin, of DeKalb, 111., one of the oldest read- 

 ers of the American Bee Journal, died Feb. 20, 1906, with 

 pneumonia, after about 10 days' illness. He was one of this 

 Journal's best friends, sending in one or more new sub- 

 scribers every year. He was born in Oneida Co., N. Y., 

 Sept. 29, 1831. 



The Officers of the Colorado Association, elected at 

 their meeting in January, are as follows : President, W. 

 P. Collins, of Boulder ; Vice-President, F. Rauchf uss, of 

 Denver ; Secretary, G. Tomlin, of Ft. Collins ; Treasurer, 

 Mrs. R. A. Rhodes, of Platteville ; and member of Execu- 

 tive Committee, Oliver Foster, of Boulder. 



A Bee-Keeper's House Burned.— D. E. Barker, of 

 Oklahoma City, Okla., was building a fine new house, and 

 on Feb. 9, at 6 a.m., it caught fire from the flue, and was 

 burned. All of his furnishings, and some of his bees, were 

 also burned. There was no insurance, and he is unable to 

 rebuild. Besides all the foregoing, Mr. Barker has been 

 sick nearly all winter, so not able to do much. Surely he 

 has been unfortunate. " No insurance " should serve as a 

 warning to all. See to it that your property is properly in- 

 sured now. 



The Home and Apiary of C. H. Harlan are pictured 

 on the first page. When sending the photographs, Mr. 

 Harlan wrote as follows : 



The picture of my apiary was taken from the north end 

 of the porch of the dwelling-house. The bee-hives are fac- 

 ing the south. The end of the house shown in the picture 

 of the apiary is the bee-house. My bees are north and west 

 of this house, which has 2 full-size windows — one in the 

 end and one in the side close to the northwest corner. 

 These windows are put in horizontally, or right opposite to 

 what they are in a dwelling-house. I have a work-table in 

 this corner of the building, and by having the windows as 

 I have mentioned, I have a full view of the whole bee-yard 

 without leaving the work-table. 



As to the residence and other buildings, I can truthfully 

 say that it is a home the bees built. C. H. Harlan. 



Leroy Highbarger, of Leaf River, 111., is one of the 

 older readers of the American Bee Journal. For several 

 years he has been in ill health. On May 15, 1905, he was 

 stricken with paralysis, and lost the use of his left arm ; it 

 also affected his sight, so that he can not see to read, but he 

 can get around with the use of a cane, and says he has a 

 good appetite. He would like to see all of his old friends 

 again. Through his affliction he has not been able to at- 

 tend to his bees, and reports a very light crop of honey for 

 the last season. Surely, all of us will sympathize with Mr. 

 Highbarger in his affliction, and hope that he may entirely 

 recover. 



Death of G. Kandratieff.— L'Apicoltore, of Milan, 

 Italy, announces the death of the eminent Russian apiarist, 

 Mr. G. Kandratieff, who is known to the readers of the 

 American Bee Journal as the translator of the Eangstroth- 

 Dadant book, " TheHive and Honey-Bee," into the Russian 



G. KANDRATIEFF. 



language. It was through his efforts that progressive api- 

 culture was brought to the notice of Russian bee-keepers. 

 He was 72 years old, and was manager of the Theatre- 

 Marie, in St. Petersburg. We published a biographical 

 sketch of Mr. K. on page 260 of the American Bee Journal 

 for 1901. 



The Northern Michigan Bee-Keepers' Association 

 will hold its next annual meeting at Kalkaska, Mich., 

 Wednesday and Thursday, April 5 and 6, 1906. Generous 

 prizes are offered for certain exhibits. W. Z. Hutchinson, 

 E. D. Townsend and Geo. H. Kirkpatrick, the President, 

 will read papers. Special hotel rates are given by the 

 Manning House. Send to the Secretary, Ira D. Bartlett, 

 East Jordan, Mich., for a copy of the announcement, list of 

 prizes offered, etc. Then attend the convention if you pos- 

 sibly can do so. 



Amerikanische Bienenzucht, by Hans Buschbauer, is 

 a bee-keeper's hand-book of 138 pages, which is just what 

 our German friends will want. It is fully illustrated, and 

 neatly bound in cloth. Price, postpaid, $1.00; or with the 

 American Bee Journal one year — both for $1.75. Address 

 all orders to this office. 



