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six thousand nymphs." Mr. Gale finds nothing- amusing- 

 in the feeding of eggs, but thinks it funny that the workers 

 feed the nymphs after they are sealed up. 



The strange thing about it is, that this book that Mr. 

 Gale says is the only comic production on bee-life that was 

 ever produced, is the same book that has been approved by 

 some others as thoroughly reliable in its teachings, being 

 nothing less than Maeterlinck's, " The Life of the Bee." 

 The charming manner in which the book is written seems 

 to have blinded the eyes of its reviewers to the many glar- 

 ing absurdities that Mr. Gale finds for the seeking, and of 

 which he gives nearly a score of samples. 



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The Weekly Budget. 



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It's Denver Next 'Week.— Are you going ? 



It's the National Convention Wednesday evening, 

 and all day and evening Thursday and Friday. 



Mk. E. E. Hasty has been in rather feeble health, hence 

 the omission of his department of " The Afterthought " 

 for several weeks. 



Mr. Chas. Monheng, proprietor of the Minnesota Bee- 

 Kee-Keepers' Supply Manufacturing Company, called at 

 our ofiice last week while in Chicago looking up machinery. 

 He reports a good season's business, though the honey-crop 

 is rather short in Minnesota. 



OfR AftekThinkek, Mr. Hasty, has this said about 

 him by " Stenog," in tileanings in Bee-Culture : 



E. E. Hasty's review of the apicultural world is always 

 readable because interesting. As a critic he is " the good- 

 natured man " of whom Goldsmith wrote. No stings about 

 Hasty. Some funny literature consists of nothing else. 



George F. Robbiks, formerly of Illinois, but of late 

 years manager of apiaries in Texas for E. T. Flanagan, 

 died very suddenly on Aug. 3. It necessitated Mr. Flana- 

 gan's going at once to Texas to see to his property there. 

 Mr. Robbins used to be a contributor of the columns of the 

 American Bee Journal, and a good beekeeper and writer. 



A Fui.i, Report of the Proceedings will be taken for 

 the American Bee Journal. We have arranged with an ex- 

 pert shorthand reporter, and expect a fine report. If you 

 have any bee-keeping friends that you would like to have 

 subscribe for the American Bee Journal, you should be able 

 to get them when you tell them of the Denver convention 

 report. We are expecting the greatest bee-keepers' conven- 

 tion ever held on this continent, right in the midst of the 

 greatest honey-producing region in the Tnited States, and 

 among the greatest lot of biggest and best bee-keepers on 

 earth. Now, with such a combination something unusually 

 good for beekeepers should happen. We believe it will. 

 Better go. 



Bee Keepers' Badges.— Referring to this subject, Mr. 

 F. Greiner, of Ontario Co., N. Y., wrote as follows : 



"Pres. Hutchinson is not in favor of a 3-cent badge to 

 be worn by members of the National Bee- Keepers' Associa- 

 tion at conventions or on other occasions. He wants some- 

 thing less conspicuous and of better quality. I fully agree 

 with him. A button with a bee, he suggests, should show 

 more artistic taste than the buttons I have seen so far. A 

 very expensive insignia, I believe, is out of question, other- 



wise a golden bee would be very becoming, and not con- 

 spicuous. To members who will pay their dues 5 years in 

 advance, paying $.5.00, such a bee might be given as a pre- 

 mium. < >therwise every member would have to pay for the 

 emblem. Are bee-keepers willing to do this ? is a question." 



We hope that a committee will be appointed at the Den- 

 ver convention, with full power to act in this matter, so 

 that a suitable badge of some kind may be secured for the 

 members. Then, each new member should be presented 

 with a badge when joining. If more are wanted afterward, 

 let the members pay for them. They should sell for not 

 more than 10 cents each, we think. 



International Bek-Exposition in Viknn.a, Austria. 

 — A prospectus of this exposition has been received from 

 the management, and preparations are already under way, 

 although the date for the exposition is April 4-26, 1903. 

 Fine quarters have been obtained, and during the course of 

 the exposition t^ree important excursions have been 

 planned. A bee-keepers' convention will occur during the 

 exposition, exact date not yet determined. 



Mr. Walter C. Lvman is one of the leading bee-keep- 

 ers of Dupage Co., 111. He has about 60 colonies some 20 

 miles southwest of Chicago. " Ye Editor " and wife spent 

 part of a day with Mr. Eyman, his mother (80 years of 

 age), and his sister. Mrs. Lyman is a dear old lady, but as 

 young in mind and heart as ever. She is also just as much 

 interested in current events as one 50 years her junior 

 might be. The bee-business is not very rushing with Mr. 

 Lyman this year. It has been too wet and cool. 



Mr. Wm. H. Heim's Home Apiary appears on page ,557. 

 When sending the picture he wrote as follows : 



" Feb. 22, 19112 (Washington's birthday), was a day not 

 soon to be forgotten in this city and nearby towns, as 

 then a heavy snow-storm visited this part of the State, 

 which was a curiosity, from the saying of old-timers, such 

 as has not been seen for many years. The snow all came 

 in one night, and was from 22 to 2S inches deep, delaying 

 all trains and destroying telegraph and telephone wires. 



"My home apiary (of which I send a photo, or a part of it) 

 was, as you see in the picture, nearly covered with snow — 

 a scene that put me in mind of Mr. A. E. Manum's apiary 

 in winter, shown in the ' A B C of Bee-Culture.' 



" Our snow did not last very long, as in a few days it 

 began to rain and it was soon all gone. " 



" The Bke-KeepERS' Guide, or Manual of the Apiary," 

 by Prof. A. J. Cook, the 17th edition of which we issued 

 recently, is thus referred toby Editor Abbott, of the Modern 

 Farmer : 



This work lias been thoroughly revised and brought 

 down to date. Some SO pages have been added and nearly 

 100 illustrations. In many respects this publication is the 

 best of its kind in existence. It has the merit of being free 

 from all personal advertising, and discusses matters in a 

 way that makes them clearly understood by any one with a 

 fair degree of intelligence. Prof. Cook is always an inter- 

 esting writer, and, as he is a practical bee-keeper as well as 

 a scientist, he has been able to state things so that they 

 will be understood thoroughly by those who have but little 

 knowledge of the industry. Evfiry bee-keeper should have 

 a copy of it in his library. Parents will find it an advan- 

 tage if they will place a copy of this work in the hands of 

 their children, even though they have never seen a colony 

 of bees. It will give their minds a bent in the right direc- 

 tion, and furnish them information that will be of practical 

 utility to them as long as they live. 



The postpaid price of this book is SI. 20; or with the 

 American Bee Journal one year — both for only $1.75. 



The Premiums oflfered this week are well worth working 

 for. Look at them. 



