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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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fed on honey. That doesn't agree very well 

 with the theory that bees get wax directly from 

 the outside covering of pollen. 



To STOP A FELON, stick the finger into a bot- 

 tle of tincture of iodine for a minute, night and 

 morning, and begin as soon as you hurt your- 

 self. — Dr. Peiro, i?i A. B. J. Scalding hot 

 water's good too. 



That doctrine, " where bees commence to 

 store, there they will continue," is sometimes 

 crowded too far. Don't bees always commence 

 storing in the brood-chamber? Did you ever 

 know them to store in sections with no honey 

 in the brood-combs? 



That Texas stoky about tinding honey in a 

 petrified tree has crossed the sea, and that 

 stubborn German, Reepen, refuses to credit it 

 because petrifaction takes thousands of years, 

 and bees have been here only 200 years. The 

 idea of objecting for a little thing like that! 



Thk.ouy is one thing, practice sometimes an- 

 other. A worker cell is I of an inch across, so I 

 thought that, by cutting out a strip of founda- 

 tion I of an inch wide the cut parts would just 

 fit together. Actually measurinff, I find it re- 

 quires a strip nearly twice as wide— .3.55 of an 

 inch. 



Lock your bicycle when leaving it stand- 

 ing. A regular system of bicycle robberies is 

 being carried on. The thief mounts a bicycle 

 standing on the sidewalk, or hires one for a 

 short time from an agent, runs to the next 

 station and ships it to Chicago, then disappears. 

 J. A. Green was victimized, as mentioned above, 

 but got back his wheel. 



Dandruff comes from irritation by sharp- 

 toothed combs. To cure, apply vaseline, best 

 with a sponge, every third day for about four 

 times. Men use a brush, women a wide- tooth 

 comb ground very dull. When dandr.iff is 

 pretty well gone, wash head daily in clear cold 

 water, and rub scalp briskly with finger-ends, 

 not nails.— Dr. Peiro in A. B. J. 



THE NORTH AMERICAN. 



THE OLD QUESTION OF AFFILIATION; HOW A 



LARGE ATTENDANCE MAY IJE SECURED 



AT THE NEXT MEETING. 



Btj Pi en. E. T. Ahhott. 



The articles of incorporation of this Associa- 

 tion (which it would not be a bad idea for all 

 the bee-papers to publish in full), adopted at 

 Keokuk, say: "This Association shall consist 

 of its officers, life members, delegates from 

 affiliated local as>uciations, and ex-presidents." 



They then set forth the conditions on which 

 bee-keepers may become life and annual mem- 

 bers, and say that "delegates from affiliated 

 local associations shall be admitted free." It 

 is further stated that any " State, District, Ter- 

 ritory, or Province in North America may be- 

 come affiliated upon the annual payment of 

 $.5.U0, which shall be due on the first day of 

 January in each year, in advance." 



I should like to learn how many there are of 

 these " affiliated " associations at the present 

 time. I see a list of eight is given in the 

 report of the meeting at Keokuk; but I find 

 nothing in the last annual report to indicate 

 that there were any " affiliated " associations at 

 that time. If not, why not? Then, again, 

 what benefit is to be derived from becoming 

 "affiliated"? These are merely questions 

 thrown out to provoke an expression of opinion, 

 if possible, on the part of our leading bee- 

 keepers. 



It is a truth which no one can gainsay, that 

 it is human nature not to remain "affiliated " 

 very long when no benefit of any kind is to be 

 derived from the affiliation. I can see how 

 every individual who attends a meeting of the 

 North American can be greatly benefited; but I 

 confess I do not see where the benefit is to 

 accrue to those who are only "affiliated " and 

 never attend any of the meetings. It seems to 

 me that it ought to be possible to identify the 

 interest of all local societies more closely than 

 they are at present with that of the national. 

 I do not know just how this can be done; but I 

 want to suggest a plan by which I think it 

 could be brought about at our next meeting in 

 October. I should like very much to see this 

 the largest meeting that was ever held in the 

 interest of apiculture on this continent. This 

 can be done with very little efl'ort, if we all set 

 about it at once in the right way. 



1 would suggest, first, that every county in 

 the LTnited States, where there is a sufficient 

 number of bee-keepers, organize at once a local 

 society. Let each member pay in a fee of 50 

 cts., and then proceed to elect a delegate to the 

 North American, and equip him with money 

 enough to pay his expenses, and the Jl.OO for 

 the annual membership-fee. Discuss thor- 

 oughly what you would like to have him pre- 

 sent to tlie North American, and send him out 

 instructed to vote every time for the thing 

 that comes nearest representing what the local 

 society desires. As part pay for the benefit 

 this delegate is to derive personally fi'om at- 

 tending the North American, he should be re- 

 quired lo write up fully the entire trip and the 

 doings of the North American, and pr.^sent 

 this to the next meeting of the local society. 

 Our Canadian friends should do the same in 

 every province in Canada. In this way we 

 could secure a very large attendance and create 

 sufficient enthusiasm to put the North Ameri- 

 can in a way to be a power in ihe land. \Viiat 



