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engaged that he is unable to attend until 

 about the very last day of the Fair. This 

 caused the Secretary, Mr. Martin, to sug- 

 gest that the meeting take place on July 

 2nd, if the Fair should be continued a few 

 days after the time it was announced some- 

 time ago that it would close. This now 

 seems to be impracticable, for the manage- 

 ment of the Fair announce positively that 

 it will close on June 30th. I feel confident 

 that the meeting will be called for some 

 day in the last week of June, and if the 

 President of the association cannot be pres- 

 ent at the convening of the meeting, then 

 he will be in time to preside and get ac- 

 quainted with the bee-keepers in the cen- 

 tral and northern portion of the State be- 

 fore the convention adjourns. It will give 

 all those who wish to see the Fair before it 

 closes a chance to attend the convention, 

 and at the same time take advantage of the 

 reduced rates made by the railroad com- 

 pany during the continuance of the Fair — 

 in other words, it will give them an oppor- 

 tunity to kill more than two birds with one 

 stone. 



The State Board of Horticulture has of- 

 fered the use of its hall and other rooms 

 in San Francisco to the bee-keepers free of 

 charge, should the latter wish to hold its 

 meeting in them. It is probable that the 

 offer will be accepted, should it be deter- 

 mined to hold the meeting. The matter is 

 in the hands of Secretary Rambler Martin, 

 and if anything is to be done, it will soon 

 be made known, as it is getting pretty late 

 for calling a meeting that is to take place 

 within a month from the date of the an- 

 nouncement. W. A. Pryal. 



North Temescal, Calif. 



3Ir. J. 1>. Cliveiis, of Lisbon, Tex., 

 is a very happy bee-keeper. Cause — a new 

 10-pound boy that came to his house re- 

 cently. We want to congratulate Bro. 

 Givens on the prospect of having good help 

 some day in his large queen-rearing busi- 

 ness. 



Nel)raslia Honey.— Bro. E. Whit- 

 comb, of Friend, Nebr., believes in stand- 

 ing up for the honey of his own State, and 

 did so quite emphatically in the following, 

 which appeared in the May number of the 

 Poultry avxl Bee Journal, published in Ne- 

 braska : 



In 1892 about $320,000 worth of honey was 

 imported into Great Britain. Now the 

 Britmh Bee Journal is discussing the question 

 of prohibiting the importation of honey 

 into that country. 



Here in Nebraska we are producing only 

 about IJa pounds of honey to each person 

 within our State, and for many years yet 

 have nothing to fear from British protec- 

 tion, while we are kept busy supplying the 

 home demand, and in keeping our own peo- 

 ple "sweet," and it matters little to us 



whether our brothers and sisters across the 

 " big pond " desire nice, sweet honey gath- 

 ered from under the Italian skies of Ne- 

 braska, or content themselves with the in- 

 sipid, fog-besodden honey of England. 



The time is not far distant when Ne- 

 braska honey will find a ready sale in 

 almost any market of the world, and at 

 good prices. There is more room here in 

 Nebraska for the apiarist than in most 

 other places. We have only one need, and 

 that is, to get to the front. 



E. Whitcomb. 



Sweetened Poison will kill as quick 

 as that which is hitter.— Ham'' s Horn. 



Old IVIaids and Pollenizaf ion.— 



In the Epworth. i/«vri(?, perhaps the best young 

 people's weekly published in this country, 

 we find the following which seems to fix 

 the reponsibility ( !) of several things be- 

 yond all peradventure: 



The Professor of natural science in a 

 well-known university was discussing the 

 process of fertilizing plants by means of 

 insects carrying pollen from one plant to 

 another, and to amuse them told how the 

 old maids were the ultimate cause of it all. 

 The humble-bees carry the pollen ; the field- 

 mice eat the humble-bees; therefore the 

 more field-mice, the fewer humble-bees, and 

 the less pollen and variation of plants. But 

 cats devour field-mice, and old maids pro- 

 tect cats. Therefore, the more old maids 

 the more cats, the fewer field mice, the 

 more bees. Hence, old maids are the cause 

 of it all. 



Thereupon a sophomore with a single 

 eye- glass, an English umbrella, a box-coat, 

 with his " trousers " rolled up at the bot- 

 tom, arose and asked: 



" I sa-a-y, Professah, what is the cause — 

 ah — of old maids, don't you know ?" 



"Perhaps Miss Jones can tell you," sug- 

 gested the Professor. 



"Dudes!" said Miss Jones sharply, and 

 without a moment's hesitation. 



There was silence in the room for the 

 space of thirty seconds, after which the 

 lecture was resumed. 



" I have been very much pleased 

 with the Bee Journal, and thank you for 

 your promptness in forwarding it."— Mary 

 T. Williams, of Michigan, on May 14, 1894. 



*'Foiil Brood; Its Natural History 

 and Rational Treatment," is the title of an 

 interesting booklet by Dr. Wm. R. Howard, 

 of Texas. It also contains a review of the 

 work of others on the same subject. It is 

 being sold at the office of the Bee Jour- 

 nal. Price, postpaid, 25 cents; or clubbed 

 with the Bee Journal for one year — both 

 together for $1.15. Orders received now. 



