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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Oct. 30, 1902. 



to work in the field ; but it seems pretty certain that under 

 stress of circumstances they may be forced to begin work 

 at considerably less than 8 or 10 days of age. Only to give 

 one well-authenticated instance : 



For the sake of caution a valuable queen was put in a 

 hive containing sealed brood, much of it just ready to 

 emerge, but not a bee was left in the hive except the queen. 

 The hive was placed over a strong colony, so as to receive 

 the heat therefrom, but wire-cloth prevented the passage of 

 any bee. The hive was kept closed bee-tight for 5 daj-s, 

 and then the entrance was opened, the hive being so placed 

 that there was no danger of the entrance being confused 

 with the other. On that day young bees were seen enter- 

 ing the hive with loads of pollen, showing clearly that 

 when necessity requires a worker may gather pollen at 5 

 days of age. 



\ * The VVeekly Budget. ^ \ 



Mr. W. p. Hogarty, of Wyandotte Co., Kans., who is 

 an old soldier, called on us when on his way home from 

 attending the G. A. R. encampment recently held in Wash- 

 ington, D. C. 



W. Z. Hutchinson has been appointed Foul Brood In- 

 spector for the State of Michigan, John M. Rankin, the 

 former inspector, having secured a steadier and more profit- 

 able position with some business firm. 



Mrs. J. J. Glessner — one of the wealthy society ladies 

 of Chicago — returned Oct. 11 from her summer home in the 

 mountains of New Hampshire, where she has her bees. She 

 had 7 colonies in the spring, and secured over 700 pounds 

 of comb honey and about 160 pounds of extracted, besides 

 increasing to 13 colonies. Of course, she keeps bees only 

 for the pleasure it afi'ords her. There are one thousand 

 acres in their place, and no other bees near. Mrs. Glessner 

 attended them personally this season, and enjoyed it im- 

 mensely. There are a lot more society ladies that could do 

 likewise, if they desired to add to their stock of pleasure 

 and good health by useful outdoor exercise. 



Thb Chicago Convention — Dec. 3 and 4— promises to 

 be a regular hummer. If any bee-keeper within say 200 

 miles of Chicago doesn't attend, he (or she) is going to miss 

 it. See what Secretary Moore has to say about it now : 



THE NEXT CHICAGO CONVENTION. 



There should be a very large attend- 

 ance of lady and gentleman bee-keep- 

 ers at the next meeting of the Chi- 

 cago-Northwestern Bee-Keepers' As- 

 sociation to be held at the Briggs 

 Hotel club room all day Wednesday 

 and Thursday, Dec. 3 and 4, 1902. 

 Six well-known bee-keepers are ex- 

 pected to be present. 



E. T. Abbott says : " I thank you 

 for the invitation, and will see if I 

 can arrange my matters so I can at- 

 tend." 



C. P. Dadant says : " I shall be 

 glad to accept the invitation unless 

 unexpected circumstances prevent." 



N. E. France says : " I will be 

 there with drawings and samples of 

 foul brood. I am always glad to speak 

 to bee-keepers on this important sub- 

 ject." 



Pres. W. Z. Hutchinson says : "It affords me pleas- 

 ure to accept your invitation to be present at your coming 

 convention. I will come prepared to address the conven- 

 tion on " Commercial Organization Among BeeKeepers." 



Dr. C. C. Miller says : " Providence permitting, I shall 

 be with you at your annual meeting, Dec. 3 and 4 ." 



Mr. E. R. Root says: "My brother Huber has been 

 making a long series of experiments in melting up old 

 combs under pressure. He will give a paper on ' Wax- 

 Presses : Their Construction and Their Uses.' In case he 

 can not come I will take his place. If I can get away per- 

 haps both of us may come." 



With all this talent we can have the best convention 

 ever held in Chicago, if the 300 bee-keepers near by will 

 also come and bring their wives and sisters. 



Herman F. Moore, Sec. 



Wouldn't it be a joke on the National, if the Chicago 

 convention should exceeed the one held in Denver 

 recently, both in size and interest ? That is entirely 

 possible. Many agree that Chicago is the best bee- 

 keepers' convention city on this continent. It would not 

 do for us to say that, but we can easily coincide with that 

 opinion. 



There is quite a little time yet before the Chicago con- 

 vention meets, so that everybody can begin to plan to be 

 here on Dec. 3 and 4. It is expected that all the railroads 

 centering in Chicago will ofl^er excursion rates at that 

 time, on account of the International Eive Stock Exposi- 

 tion that will be held here beginning Nov. 29 and continu- 

 ing for a week or more. Ask your nearest railroad ticket 

 agent concerning it, say about Nov. 25. He will know all 

 about it by that time, if not sooner. 



J. E. Anderson, of McHenry Co., 111., gave us an ex- 

 ceedingly pleasant call on Tuesday, Oct. 21, when attend- 

 ing a meeting of the Presbyterian Synod in Chicago. Mr. 

 Anderson is one of the oldest bee-keepers we know, and has 

 been a reader of the American Bee Journal for over 30 

 years. And still he is well and happy 1 He has about 80 

 colonies of bees, but this has been a- discouraging year for 

 him, as he has taken only about 500 pounds of honey. 



The Apiary of Mr. J. J. Duffack is shown on this 

 page. When sending us the picture he wrote as follows : 



" My apiary contains 18 colonies of bees. They are in 

 the resident part of the city, and so far I have not had any 

 trouble with my neighbors concerning the bees. 



" I commenced bee-keeping four years ago with one col- 

 ony. My average yield of comb honey, for 1901, was SO 

 pounds per colony. My bees are wintered in a cellar spe- 

 cially built for them, in which they have done very nicely, 

 as the temperature varies very little. 



"You will notice that I did not have my picture taken 

 with the bees, as I am no't as good looking as the majority 

 of the bee-keepers who appear with their bees." 



APIARY OF J. J. I»LFFA» 11, Ol- lA.NKiuN CO., •■■ i'VK 



