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paid Dr. Besse S75 lu cash, besides giving him points and 

 assisting him in every possible way. C. C. Mili.kk. 



McUenry Co., III., Nov. 23, 189T. 



Altho we did not express ourselves at the time on the 

 subject — whether or not the old Union was holplne Dr. Hesse 

 — vi-e were surprised to learn that he had received much aid 

 from that source. But wo are glad of it, for we have held all 

 along that he should have such help. 



Of course, any one who was present when Dr. Miller, as 

 chairman, said he thought no aid had been given Dr. Besse, 

 knew well enough that he spoke from his honest belief, and 

 intended no injustice to Manager Newman or anybody else. 

 It seems to us, in view of what appeared in these columns the 

 past year bearing on Dr. Besse's case, he should have been 

 quick to acknowledge publicly the full extent of the aid re- 

 ceived. Up to the time of the Northwestern convention voc 

 did not know that he had received any substantial help from 

 the old Union, and had any one askt us the question we would 

 probably have intimated that it'e thought he did not. So we 

 are pleased to learn that so much help has been given him, for 

 we believe it is a just case. 



Xo Colorado Bee-Keepers.— Mr. R. C. Aikin, 

 President of the Colorado State Bee-Keepers' Association, 

 sends us this notice which he desires every Colorado bee- 

 keeper to read, remember, and act upon: 



The Colorado State Bee-Keepers' Association will hold 

 their annual convention n the State Capitol building in Den- 

 ver, .Tan. 17, 1S9S. Let every apiarist in the State who can, 

 be at that meeting. Whether you can be at the meeting or 

 not, write to me just as soon as you read this. First, I want 

 your n'u;ic n?«i (K^dres.s very plainly written. It is very likely 

 that the Association will have something to communicate 

 to you that will be to your and others' interest, so we want 

 your name and address, sure. With the address tell me what 

 topics you want discust at the meeting, or any other business 

 you wish transacted. 



Any others — individuals or associations — having business 

 with this Association will please communicate with our State 

 Secretary, Mr. Frank Rauchfuss, Elyria, Colo., or with myself. 



Lovelaud, Colo. R. C. Aikin, 



Pres. Colo. State Bee-Keepers' Association. 



TJ-e niiunesota Convention of bee-keepers will 

 meet in Minneapolis, at the New Court House, Wednesday 

 and Thursday, Dec. 8 and 9, 1897. The Horticultural 

 Society convenes on Tuesday, Dec. 7, and continues for four 

 days. 



Dr. E. R. Jacques, of Crystal, Minn., is the Secretary of 

 the bee-convention, from whom any further information can 

 be obtained, if desired. 



There should be a large attendance of bee-keepers at this 

 convention, and if possible take in the horticultural meeting 

 also. 



Ti)c Weekly Budget. 



Mr. G. M. DooLiTTLE, in an article in American Bee-Keeper 

 for November, says swarming will beat its height by the time 

 that page meets the reader's eye. Must be a cog loose some- 

 where. Can hardly be in Doolittle's head, whose machinery is 

 always so tightly geared. 



Mr. H. Dui'Ret, of the Province of Quebec, Canada, when 

 renewing his subscription for 1898, wrote thus : 



" I cannot understand how you can give us weekly so 

 much sound bee-literature for so little money. The department, 

 ' Beedom Boiled Down,' I think is a success, and must require 

 a good deal of reading." 



"Mr. M. H. Mendleson, of Ventura Co., Calif., has 900 

 colonies of bees, and his crop of honey this season amouuts to 

 about GO tons." — Pacific Bee Journal. — Whew I but doesn't 



that almost take one's breath away ? 120,000 pounds ! Pro- 

 bably a good part of it was bean hOney, which C. A. Hatch in 

 the same paper says is white and fine flavored, but inclined to 

 candy quickly. 



Dk. Miller, of Mcllonry Co., 111., writing us Nov. 24, 

 said : 



"Cold. Most of the bees are in the cellar, and Philo is 

 getting the balance in today. They had a good flight Satur- 

 day, and will be in good condition for winter. I'm hoping 

 they'll remain in good shape." 



Mr. W. T. Richardson, President of California Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Exchange, when renewing his subscription to the Bee 

 Journal, and also paying his membership fee to the new Union 

 Nov. 16, wrote : 



" I am greatly interested In the object of the United States 

 Bee-Keepers' Union, and want my mite to go for the good of 

 the cause. Your work in bringing forward and showing up 

 humbugs in the honey market, through the Bee Journal, is 

 greatly appreciated by me." 



Mrs. Mate L. Williams, of Wadena Co., Minn., when 

 renewing her subscription, wrote thus: 



" The honey harvest in this part of Minnesota was abun- 

 dant, and we call our honey the 'finest in the world,' gathered 

 almost entirely of wild flowers. It is a light golden color, 

 and thick as thickest syrup. If I thought the editor would 

 care to see it, I would send him a sample." 



Why, certainly, we are always willing to "simple" the 

 " finest honey in the world," no matter from what part of the 

 world it comes. 



Mr. Edward B. Gladish, Secretary of the Leahy Mfg. 

 Co., of Missouri, has recently met with very great affliction, 

 in the loss, by accident, of one little daughter and the injury 

 of another child. Our sympathy goes out to Mr. aud Mrs. 

 Gladish in their sore bereavement. The Progressive Bee-Keep- 

 er tells about the sad accident in this paragraph: 



" We had a very sad accident at the factory on the even- 

 ing of Nov. 3. Three little children (two of Mr. E. B. Glad- 

 Ish's and one of a neighbor) had gone to one of the lumber- 

 sheds to play. No one knew they were there, or they would 

 have been sent home. While passing at some distance, a 

 scream and a falling of lumber attracted attention. It seems 

 they had been trying to climb upon a pile of boards about 4 

 feet high, and it had fallen over on them, crushing the life out 

 of one, while another had a leg broken, and Clifton Gladish 

 was more or less injured. The one killed was little Florence 

 Gladish, a bright, sweet child, aged 4 years and 1 month." 



Dr. Wm. R. Howard, of Texas— the author of the valua- 

 ble booklet on Foul Brood— we regretted to learn through a 

 letter from him, dated Nov. 10, had met with a heavy loss by 

 fire. He tells us about it in the following : 



Editor York:— On last Aug. 7, I lost my dwelling, labor- 

 atory aud scientific library by fire, since which time my work 

 has been in the laboratory of the Medical department of the 

 Fort Worth University ; but now the College is open and the 

 laboratory there is workt to its utmost in the branch of Medi- 

 cine, that I have had no time to work. At last I have my lab- 

 oratory refitted with the best apparatus of precision that is 

 made. I have the largest and most thoroughly equipt pri- 

 vate laboratory in the South and West; the building is sepa- 

 rate from other buildings, purposely built and arranged — mi- 

 croscopical, chemical and bacteriological — a regularly ar- 

 ranged biological laboratory. I am rebuilding my residence, 

 and hope to be in it by Christmas. We are now temporarily 

 occupying the laboratory building as a residence, until our 

 house is finisht. 



I hope for you a prosperous winter, and a doubling of your 

 subscription list. Wm. R. Howard. 



A New Binder for holding a year's numbers of the 

 American Bee Journal, we propose to mail, postpaid, to every 

 subscriber who sends us 20 cents. It is called "The Wood 

 Binder," is patented, and is an entirely new and very simple 

 arrangement. Full printed directions accompany each Binder. 

 Every reader should get it, and preserve the copies of the Bee 

 Journal as fast as they are received. They are invaluable for 

 reference, and at the low price of the Binder you can afford to 

 get It yearly. 



