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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



duced to what it is now in subscribing 

 for several journals. Of course, there is 

 truth in this view, but there is another 

 view; competition is a great spur to im- 

 provement. 



The United States Bee-Keepers' 

 Union will hold its annual convention 

 in Omaha, Septetnber, 13, 14, and 15, at 

 the Delone Hotel, corner i4tli St. and 

 Capital Avenue. Rates for rooms, on the 

 European plan, will be ^Ir.oo a day, and 

 board |i.oo a day. Railroad rates will be 

 one fare, plus |2.oo, except from points 

 within 150 miles of 0:uaha, where the 

 rate will be simply one fare. The round 

 trip from Chicago will be ^14.75; Peoria, 

 $13.25; St. Louis, $15.50. 



Snow-WhiTE Sections are in demand 

 by bee-keepers, but I agree with Mr. 

 Hubbard, as he expresses himself in the 

 article that I copy this momth, that they 

 are the only ones that demand them. 

 Neither the merchant nor the consumer 

 asks for them. It is the honey they look 

 at. Of course, the sections ought not to 

 look rough, dirty or mildewed, they 

 should be neat and smooth, but, in or- 

 dinary cases, I believe it is poor business 

 management to pay extra for snow-white- 



foi^ding paper for the bottoms of 

 shipping-cases. 



Gleanings for June 15th uses more than 

 a page and several diagrams in describing 

 the method and tools used by Mr. Muth- 

 Rasmussen in folding the paper trays that 

 go in the bottom of the no-drip shipping- 

 cases. There is no doubt that the plan 

 described will work all right, but there is 

 a much simpler and quicker method. It 

 was described in the Review of a year 

 ago. I quote as follows: 



"If any one experiences any trouble in 

 folding up the jiaper tray that goes in the 

 bottom, let him make a board about one- 



eighth of an inch, or a trifle more, small- 

 er than the inside of the case. Place the 

 sheet of paper on top of the case, lay on 

 the board, and then gently press down 

 upon the board, forcing the paper to the 

 bottom of the case. A nail driven in the 

 upper end of the board will furnish a han- 

 dle for removing the board. The lower 

 corners of the board maj- need rounding 

 off to prevent their puncturing the paper. 

 It may require a little patience and prac- 

 tice to get the board just right and to 

 learn how to use it, but the neatness and 

 dispatch that follow will amply repay the 

 trouble. ' ' 



Mr. Taylor has given some of his crit- 

 icism to slang; and in the last issue of 

 Gleanings its editor is inclined to defend 

 the use of slang, on the ground of its ex- 

 pressiveness. He says their proof reader 

 calls slang, ' 'language in gestation — form- 

 ed but not born." Beautiful, pure lan- 

 guage, and clear, and well formed, logical 

 sentences are very enjoyable, and are to 

 be commended; at the same time, as ed- 

 itor Root says, slang is very expressive. 

 The temptation to use it is sometimes 

 very great; and perhaps a moderate use of 

 respectable slang is not so very objection- 

 able. Slang is born from some stress of 

 circumstances, and so thoroughly is the 

 spirit of the occasion impressed upon 

 it, so pat are the words thus coined, that 

 the meaning is at once recognized with- 

 out any definition. Let us not be too 

 hard on slang. Old words are dying and 

 new words taking their places; and when 

 these new words are babies they are call- 

 ed slang. 



HONEY-DEW FOR WINTER- STORES. 



Quite a number have written me that 

 their bees have gathered honey-dew this 

 season. In some localities the bees have 

 filled their hives with it. Gleanings for 

 August 1st has an editorial of about a 

 column on this subject. In this article 



