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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



September 



instances where they can feed on 

 bees in hives they seem to care little 

 for the poison. Another plan we have 

 adopted, which frequently gave us 

 good satisfaction : Take a tin pail 

 half full of water, scatter a little 

 wheat chaff on the top to make it 

 look like a chaff bin. A board from 

 two to four feet long, with one end 

 on the floor and the other on the side 

 of the pail, in fact better one on each 

 side of the pail, than scatter a little 

 bran, meal or flour, dust it lightly 

 on the board. The mice will run up 

 and look down upon the chaff where 

 you have the meal scattered, they 

 will jump down off the board on the 

 chaff in the pail to get the meal, the 

 chaff will sink around them, and the 

 mice drown. We have caught five or 

 six in a pail in one night this way. 

 We recollect once, that in one of our 

 out apiaries having several deer-mice 

 and a chipmonk, which had gone into 

 the bee- house from a neighboring- 

 wood about twenty rods away. They 

 were so anxious to investigate the 

 pail business that they got into it. 

 Perhaps rats might be caught in the 

 same way. — Ex. 



NORTH AMERICAN BEE-KEEPERS' ASSO- 

 CIATION. — CHANGE OF DATE. 



In order to let all bee-keepers who 

 can take advantage of the "Harvest 

 Excursion" rates which will be given 

 on October 9th, we have concluded 

 to change the date of the meeting to 

 October 10-12. The rate will be one- 

 half fare phis $2. These rates apply 

 east of the Missouri river only. Ask 

 your R. R. agent about them. 



Special rates of one and one-third 

 fare will no doubt be secured in the 

 territory covered by the Western 

 Passenger Association. These will 

 be announced later, if secured. 



Emerson T. Abbott, Pres. 



St. Joseph: Mo., Aug. 25, 1894. 



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EDITORIAL, 



The honey flow has been very 

 meager during the past few weeks 

 owing to the unusually dry weather. 

 No rain fell here during the month 

 of August, and many fields have been 

 burned over, and forests destroyed. 



Elsewhere we publish an article 

 concerning the North American Bee- 

 Keepers Association by the president 

 Mr. E. T. Abbott. His points in 

 regard to affiliated associations are 

 well taken and the matter is one 

 which should be brought before the 

 association at its next annual meet- 

 ins;. 



We are in receipt of a pamplet 

 from Cornell University describing 

 with numerous illustrations the ' 'short 

 course in agriculture," where stu- 

 dents are educated free. The course 

 includes poultry-keeping veterinary 



