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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER, 



December 



ed to with rapt attention. The fol- 

 lowing synopsis will give a general 

 idea of this valuable paper: 



No plant sufficiently profitable to 

 plant for honey alone. Each one 

 should understand the flora of his im- 

 mediate locality, so as to know when 

 the gaps in the honey producing blos- 

 soms occur, and plant so as to fill up 

 said gaps. Divided the honey plants 

 into thi-ee classes: 1st, Those for 

 fruit and honey. 2nd, Ornimental 

 and honey plants. 3rd, Those which 

 might be planted for experimental 

 purposes. 



In the first class would put fruit 

 bloom of all kinds, and especially 

 mentioned raspberry. All the clo- 

 vers, Japanese or bush clover, can be 

 raised much farther north than is 

 generally supposed. Flat pea, Euro- 

 pean chestnut, filbert or European 

 hazelnut, chicory, crimson cloves, 

 mustard, for seed and honey; rape, 

 for bird seed, oil and honey; melons, 

 cucumbers, squashes, gourds, etc.; 

 onions, cottou, corn, okra, vetch, a 

 renovator of the soil as well as forage 

 plant; lupine, of which the same may 

 be stated; hemp, sweet clover, Full- 

 er's teasel, and would put parsnip in 

 the front ranks. 



In the ornimental class would place 

 mignonette, hawthorn, cleome, black 

 helleborne, red bud, for pollen partic- 

 , ularly; poplar, maple, wisteria, tulip 

 tree, linden, locust, rosemary, matri- 

 mony vine, crocuses, buckthorn, catal- 

 pa, honeysuckle and sourwood. 



In the experimental class, catnip, 

 hoarhound, motherwort, peppermint, 

 licorice, Alpine clover and ozier wil- 

 low. 



As the mayor of the city had invit- 

 ed us to attend in a body the museum 



for that evening, the exercises closed 

 after the appointment of several com- 

 mittees, so as to enable us to accept 

 this kindness, and all repaired to the 

 museum, where they heard the talk- 

 ing seal and otherwise enjoyed the re- 

 mainder of the evening. 



FRIDAY MORNING. 



Friday morning we heard the pres- 

 ident's address, which was very able. 

 He advised selling for cash, and cash 

 only, and on the home market, as 

 freight and express rates eat up profits. 

 Educate the people to the use of hon- 

 ey. Each should make all he can out 

 of his opportunities. But as all may 

 see the papers when published in the 

 American Bee Journal, I'll stop right 

 here. 



During this morning we were favor- 

 ed with two songs, sung by Dr. Miller 

 and written by Eugene Secor, one of 

 Iowa's honored bee keepers, namely, 

 "Dot Happy Bee Man," and "The 

 Bee Keepers' Reunion." Reports 

 from the various committees received, 

 the last of which was the one on ex- 

 hibits, and here is the list: 



Leahy Mfg. Co. displayed the 

 Higginsville Hive Cover, which is flat 

 beneath the gable on top with cleated 

 ends ; also their double gable cover 

 with cleated ends, the special features 

 of these covers being a gable cover 

 that will tier up one upon the other 

 like a flat cover. 



The Bingham smoker [the old relia- 

 ble] in four sizes — the Little Wonder, 

 the Large, the Conqueror, and the 

 Doctor — surely as complete an assort- 

 ment as the most fastidious could de- 

 mand. 



P. Roby, of. Chanute, Kansas, sent 

 his timber feeder made to hang in the 

 hive, the same as a brood frame, and 



