1894. 



THE A MEXICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



175 



where are found the greatest number of bee- 

 keepers and especially those of greatest 

 prominence. This section as everybody 

 knows lies east of tlie Mississippi river and 

 north of the Ohio. Some changes were 

 made in the Constitution and a bait was 

 held out for new members in the way of a 

 gratuitous subscription to anyone of the 

 current bee periodicals, and certain journals 

 named some rediculously low rates as a bid 

 for patronage. This, in our judgement, is 

 a very poor expedient for increasing mem- 

 bership inasmuch as but small revenue can 

 be derived and the members so acquired 

 will generally be but poor sticks. We note 

 that the press was abundantly honored. 

 Every representative of a bee paper pres- 

 ent excepting Editor York who held the 

 office of treasurer last year, was elected to 

 some office. Toronto was chosen as the 

 place for holding the next Convention and 

 the time will be during the Toronto Indus- 

 trial Fair early in September, no better 

 place could have been decided upon. 



The Bee Keepers' Quarterly has changed 

 its name after its first issue, or rather its 

 place is now filled by the " Bee-Keepers 

 edition" of the Dowagiac Times of which 

 Mr. Heddon is publisher. The reason of 

 the change was because the Quarterly was 

 not admitted to the mails at newspaper 

 rates. The issue is filled with some excel- 

 lent articles all from the prolific pen of 

 Editor Heddon, he writes too with a very 

 sharp pen as certain editors can testify. 



We notice in the English bee papers that 

 the honey season has been an unusually 

 poor one in that country. The same may 

 be said of many localities on this side but 

 our country is so large we must expect such 

 occurances. If our whole country should 

 have an abundant honey harvest for one 

 season we would flood the markets of the 

 world. 



Next month we will include a "complete 

 index of the present volume of the Bee- 

 Keeper. 



A good deal of importance is placed by 

 some papers on the probability of greatly 



reduced rates of railroad fare to Toronto 

 next year, for those attending the North 

 American Bee-Keepers' Convention on ac- 

 count of its being held during the Indus- 

 trial Fair. Possibly a small amount can be 

 saved in that way by those who are willing 

 to put up with the inconveniences of travel- 

 ling in second class coaches on excursion 

 trains but all this will be more than offset by 

 the extra high rates of board which are al- 

 ways charged at that time. The writer 

 visited the fair last September and his ex- 

 perience in that direction was anything but 

 pleasant. We arrived at 8 o'clock in the 

 evening and could find nothing better than 

 a cot in the hallway at any of the numerous 

 hotels. Finally we were directed to a priv- 

 ate house where we were informed good 

 accommodations could be procured. On 

 reaching the house we were so pleased to 

 find a place to sleep that the price of lodg- 

 ing was not mentioned. We staid there 

 two nights and on enquiring the amount of 

 charges when we were ready to leave, we 

 were confounded by the information that 

 " $2 a night was the charge but that they 

 had been offered $'S just after we arrived." 

 From our own experience we unhesitatingly 

 assert that Chicago World Fair prices were 

 " not in it" with Toronto. It is always 

 best to bargain for your board at Toronto 

 before you get it. 



A most uufortunant occurrence happened 

 a few days ago near us. The 18 months old 

 son of John Berg a former employer of ours, 

 crept to a hive near the house and stirred 

 up the bees which alighted on its hands 

 and face and stung it in a terrible manner. 

 Medical assistance was called and although 

 the child* system was thoroughly rilled 

 with the poison and at first its life was dis- 

 paired of , the eff ct of the poison was final- 

 ly overcome and the child has recovered 



LITERARY ITEMS, 



"THE UGLY DUCKLING." 



Unfeeling people are apl to speak as if 



plain or deformed ones were responsible 

 for their own defects, and sensitive 



