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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



YOU can Hiul plenty- of free and comfortable 

 places to sit down while you eat. aud good, 

 tiltered water is also free all over the 

 grounds. As we uever driuk auythiug 

 stronger than water (except perhaps tea 

 aud cotfee). we cau get aloug very uicely 

 and cheaplj- when going to the Fair. A 

 room with lodging costs i^l.OO per day. with 

 meals extra, and these accommodations 

 cau be found all over the city. Of course, 

 higher-priced rooms cau be had. but we 

 prefer the plaiu aud home-like to the fancy 

 or high-toned aud high-priced. Splendid 

 meals can be had outside the Fair grounds 

 at from ^5 to .">0 cents each, iu any part of 

 the city. 



Iu the foregoing we have enumerated 

 simply the tKrc^suri/ expenses ; any one who 

 has plenty of cash, and wants to get rid of 

 it, will find ample opportunity to lessen his 

 ••pile" without going very far in any 

 direction here in Chicago. As to the dan- 

 ger of being robbed or swindled in any way. 

 personally we have never had the least oc- 

 casion to notice it. Of couree we would not 

 advise any one to carry or exhibit very 

 much money any^-here. whether in Chicago 

 or when attending a county fair. We never 

 have about us over two or three dollars, so 

 that were we robbed we would not lose 

 much, neither would the thief be burdened 

 with what he would get. 



During the first three Sundays the Fair 

 has been closed, just as it should be. There 

 was not the least disturbance on account of 

 the closed gates on Sunday — in fact, we 

 don't think anybody has one good reason 

 for wanting those gates opened on our 

 National day of rest. For ourselves, when 

 we get so we can't earn an honest living 

 without working on Sunday, we'll get out 

 of the way so as not to lead others into 

 wrong doing aud wrong living. 



As to reduced railroad fares, we are im- 

 able to say anything very definite. Of 

 course, all railroads will have reduced 

 rates, but whether the percentage of dis- 

 count will be uniform on all roads, we are 

 unable to say. All can find out for tliem- 

 selves just what the round trip will cost, by 

 applying to the local railroad agent. 



We would not advise any one to be in a 

 great hurry to come to see the Fair, as very 

 many of the most interesting exhibits are 

 not yet iu place. We think it is safe to say 

 that not all will be completed before June 

 15th. Four or five thousand men are still 



at work there, but they are rapidlj' putting 

 on the finishing touches. 



Next week we will have something to say 

 about the exhibits of honey, beeswax and 

 apiarian supplies. 



%Vlial Itro. Alley Moiil«Iu't l»o. 



— A few vweeks ago we quoted some of the 

 things that Bro. Alley had said he wouldn't 

 do. but of course we couldn't tell in one 

 issue «/? that he •• wouldn't do." Here are 

 a few more of his "I wouldn't " paragraphs 

 from the May Apiculturifit, that will likely 

 be interesting to many of our readers : 



I wouldn't attempt to keep bees without 

 subscribing for one or more of the bee- 

 papers. 



I wouldn't make the mistake of cutting 

 the foundation too large wheu filling the 

 brood-frames. It should be cut i?i inch 

 short at the ends and bottom. The comb 

 will then stretch out so as to touch the 

 wood. 



I wouldn't bother about wiring brood- 

 frames if I could purchase the Van Deusen 

 wired brood fouudatiou. This celebrated 

 foundation is made by placing the wire be- 

 tween two thin sheets of wax. aud then the 

 whole is subjected to powerful pressure. 

 The wire never works out, nor do the bees 

 ever gnaw the wax off the wire as they do 

 iu all cases where the frames are wired, in- 

 stead of the foundation. 



I wouldn't cut the limb by any means, if 

 a swarm of bees settle upon the limb of a 

 tree. I would wet the bees with a hand 

 pump, or sprinkler of some kind, then hold 

 a basket under the cluster, aud with a 

 quick upward blow against the under side 

 of the limb, dislodge the bees, and let them 

 drop into the basket. Descend the ladder 

 slowly, if one is used, so the bees on the 

 wing can trace the basket down. Dump 

 the bees in front of the hive they are to oc- 

 cupy, and the job is done. 



I wouldn't separate the bees, nor even 

 look for the queens, unless they are valu- 

 ble ones, if two, or even three, swarms 

 should issue at the same time, aud all set- 

 tle on the same limb, or other object. I 

 would put all the bees in one hive, and give 

 thom all the sections they could work in to 

 advantage. Whew I what a pile of section- 

 honey such a hoard of bees would store. I 

 have had two swarms that united, fill the 

 brood-chamber aud UX) one-pound sections 

 iu less than three weeks. 



■8i<'ycl«'s are getting to be very com- 

 mon now-a-days. We have two for sale, 

 and any one wanting a bargain in a good 

 bicycle, should write to the office of the 

 Bee Jouknwl. 



Bees and Honey " — page 675. 



