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American Bee Journal 



very best on hand in this locality to nieet the 

 case, and you will please remember that 

 others besides yourself may feel aggrieved if 

 their best paragraphs are ignored; so we will 

 look with interest, even if with no shade of a 

 twinkle in the eye, to see what you will do 

 with us in the near future. 



British Bee-Keepers' Insurance 



Details of this are given in the British Bee 

 Journal. The British Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion has arranged with insurance companies 

 to issue a policy to an intending insurer after 



he has sent to the Association " a premium of 

 2 cents per colony on the maximum number 

 of colonies kept; minimum premium IS 

 cents." 



The policy is to indemnify the owners of 

 bee-hives insuring under the British Bee- 

 Keepers' scheme against their liability to 

 third parties for damages to persons or prop- 

 erty occasioned by bees from the insured api- 

 ary outside such apiary, such claim in any 

 one year not to exceed the sum of f 150 in the 

 aggregate, and not to include any claim for 

 injury to the assured, or persons, or live 

 stock under his control. The policy covers 

 the period from March 25, 1907, to March 35, 

 1908, only. 



for Wisconsin, completed his 10th year as 

 inspector, on May 2S— about a week ago. 

 Wisconsin bee-keepers are to be congratu- 

 lated on their being able to retain Mr. France 

 as inspector for so long a time. 



{Miscellaneous 

 fleujs - Items 



National Convention at Harrisburg. 



—The Executive Committee of the National 

 Bee-Keepers' Association has selected Harris- 

 burg, Pa., as the place for the 1907 meeting. 

 The exact date at this time has not yet been 

 agreed upon. No doubt it will be settled 

 very soon, when we will be pleased to make 

 further announcement. We congratulate 

 Pennsylvania beekeepers, and all others of 

 the East, on the decision of the committee to 

 hold the next National convention at Harris- 

 burg. It oufht to be a well attended meet- 

 ing, and doubtless will be. 



' To Bee or Not to Bee ?" 



" To bee or not to bee ?"— when that old fellow 



Sprung that conundrum on us long ago, 

 He probably (when springtime should be 



mellow, , . ^ 



And all the earth with warmth and heat 



aglow) . 



Stood by hissnowclad bee-hives wondering 

 If time had struck and there would be no 



spring. 

 As we this year in Michigan ; and he, 

 Disgusted, wondered if it paid to Bee. 



It is warmer now; maybe we'll get some 

 honey yet. C. H. Benson. 



Bellevue, Mich., May 18. 



A "World's Pure Pood Show.— Chi- 

 cago's first annual World's Pure Food Show, 

 which will be held at the Coliseum, Nov. 19 

 to 25, 1907, has already enlisted the hearty 

 support and co-operation of manufacturers 

 and dealers in all parts of the country. The 

 names of the members of the various com- 

 missions are a guaranty to exhibitors of the 

 great commercial, industrial and educational 

 value of the exposition. 



Seventy-five awards will be made in as 

 many classifications. All of them will be 

 granted under the direct supervision of the 

 commiBsions, which are honorary bodies. 



Enthusiasm over the exposition is wide- 

 spread. For the first time in the history of 

 Jood-product expositions, the exhibitor will 

 be furnished with his booth. An elaborate 



scheme of decoration will be carried out. 

 Running all around the building an aisle 15 

 feet wide will carry the main crowd of specta- 

 tors. Along the outside of this aisle will be 

 scenic reproductions of shops of all nations 

 and time, making the aisle a veritable prome- 

 nade of all nations. In the center of the 

 building the booths will be uniform in de- 

 sign and color— a White City of pure foods 

 and food products. 



Managing Director Thos. T. Hoyne has 

 already received hundreds of letters in regard 

 to space and inquiring for information, dia- 

 gram, etc. 



The first allotment of space was not to be 

 made to exhibitors before June 1. Owing to 

 the fact that an enormous amount of space 

 has been devoted to aisles— more than in any 

 previous exposition at the Coliseum— the 

 actual space to be sold for exhibition purposes 

 seems ludicrously small in comparison with 

 the floor area of the big building. 



It is the purpose of the management to 

 make the annual World's Pure Food Show 

 the most attractive exposition held in Chi- 

 cago, and with this idea plenty of space has 

 been given up to handle a crowd of 20,000 

 spectators daily. 



It seems to us this will be a fine opportunity 

 for bee-keepers to make an exhibit of honey 

 that would simply surprise the public. We 

 do not now recall just where we saw it, but 

 some one suggested that the National Bee- 

 Keepers' Association would be the proper or- 

 ganization to take charge of the honey ex- 

 hibit. Why not use some of the money re- 

 ceived from the Honey-Producers' League, 

 for the purpose mentioned? Surely, it would 

 be good advertising for all bee-keepers, for 

 this World's Pure Food Show will be adver- 

 tised everywhere, and the various exhibits 

 will be described and Illustrated in countless 

 numbers of papers and magazines. 



Prof. A. J. Cook, of Claremont, Calif., 

 made this office a brief call on Monday of 

 last week, when on his way East to meet his 

 wife and daughter on their way home from 

 Germany, where they have been the past two 

 years. The " Professor " is looking fine, and 

 seems to be as youthful as ever, although he's 

 around 65 years now. 



Bread and Honey 



Of all the meals you can buy for money, 



Give me a meal of bread and honey ! 



A table of grass in the open air, 



A green bank for an easy chair. 



The table-cloth inwrought with flowers, 



And a grasshopper clock to tick the hours. 



Between the courses birds to sing 



To many a hidden shining string. 



And neither man nor maid be seen, 



But a great company of green. 



Upon a hundred thousand stalks, 



Talk to us its great green talks. 



And when the merry meal is done, 



To loiter westward with the sun. 



Dipping fingers ere we go 



In the stream that runs below. 



Of all the meals you can buy for money. 



Give me a meal of bread and honey. 



Richard Le Galliennk. 



Aiuerikanische Bienenzuclit, 



by Hans Buschbauer, is a bee-keeper's hand- 

 book of 138 pages, which is just what our 

 German friends will want. It is fully illus- 

 trated, and neatly bound in cloth. Price, 

 postpaid, $1.00; or with the American Bee 

 Journal one year— both for $1.75. Address 

 all orders to this office. 



Mr. N. E. Prance, of Platteville., Wis., 

 General Manager of the National Bee-Keepers' 

 Association, and also Inspector of Apiaries 



" Songs of Beedom." — This is a beau- 

 tiful 16-page-and-cover pamphlet, 6x9 inches 

 in size, containing 10 bee-songs— words and 

 music — all the songs so far written specially 

 for bee-keepers, we believe. It is nice, as 

 well as convenient, to have these songs all in 

 one binding. Every bee-keepers' organiza- 

 tion should have copies for use at conven- 

 tions. They could be sold to members after 

 using once, or held by the secretary for use 

 at future meetings. Of course, every bee- 

 keeper's family will want at least one copy. 

 It is sent, postpaid, for only 25 cents, or 3 

 copies for 60 cents ; or, we will mail one copy 

 with the American Bee Journal one year — 

 both for Sl.lO. Send all orders to the office 

 of the American Bee Journal. 



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The Sixth Annual Report of the 



Illinois State Bee-Keepers' Association has 

 just been issued, containing 176 pages. Its 

 contents, besides considerable miscellaneous 

 matter, are the 1906 reports of the Illinois 

 State Bee-Keepers' Association, the National, 

 and the Chicago-Northwestern. There are a 

 number of very fine engravings of apiaries, 

 the Illinois State Capitol, etc. Cloth-bound 

 copies were issued for the members of the 

 Association only, and will be sent out as longj 

 as they last to any who become members oi 

 the payment of f 1.00 to the Secretary, which T 

 not only secures a cloth-bound copy, but 

 membership in the State Association one year, 

 and the same in the National Association. A 

 paper-covered copy of the Report will be 

 mailed to any one who sends 15 cents to the 

 Secretary to pay postage and wrapping. We 

 think the Sixth Annual Report is as attrac- 

 tive and instructive as any we have ever 

 issued. General Manager N. E. France says 

 concerning this Report: "It is a credit to 

 all concerned in getting it out." 



Jas. A. Stone, Sec. 

 Route i, Springfield, 111 



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