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twccn tlic two some newspapers with 

 tile eiuls falling over the sides and 

 ends; then shove a telescope cover snug- 

 ly over the whole. 



"But there will be some who will find 

 themselves without these telescope cov- 

 ers. All such we would advise secur- 

 ing some large squares of heavy manilla 



paper. l''old the old newspapers over 

 the top of llie regular hive-cover; then, 

 with the help of any attendant, fold one 

 of the squares of manilla papers cen- 

 trally over the top. Tuck the edges 

 neatly down over the super as you would 

 a package of soap, and then tie a string 

 around if, looping it into a bow-knot." 



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Oi isccl laneouil 

 ITecios - Items 



From a Weekly to a Monthly. — In 

 the American Bee Journal for June 27, 

 we published the following: 



An Import.\nt Announcement. 



To the subscribers of the American Bee 



Journal: — 



Believing that the old American Bee 

 Journal should occupy a wider field, and 

 thus be a help to a larger number of 

 readers, we have decided to issue it 

 monthly, beginning with July (next 

 month), instead of weekly, and at 25 

 cents a year. This very low price will 

 permit every bee-keeper everywhere to 

 subscribe for it, even if he or she has 

 only one colony of bees. Yes, and any 

 one who is at all interested in bees as a 

 Nature study will, no doubt, be glad 

 to read it regularly. 



For 26'/2 years the American Bee 

 Journal has been issued every week, but 

 it has been found that there are only 

 about so many bee-keepers who are suf- 

 ficiently interested in bees to think that 

 they need a iceekly bee-paper. What we 

 want is a larger constituency, hence we 

 believe that by publishing the American 

 Bee Journal once a month, and making 

 the subscription price 25 cents a year, 

 we will be able to reach the goal of our 

 ambition sooner, and at the same time 

 do a better service to all. The yearly 

 price to Canada will be 35 cents; to 

 England and other foerign countries in 

 the Postal Union, 50 cents a year.) 



We believe that after a few months 

 at least 99 percent of our present list 

 of readers will see that we have done 

 wisely in making the change mentioned. 



We are not quite ready to announce 

 more of our plans just now, but will 

 do so in the July number and in those 

 immediately following it. We trust we 

 may have the continued cooperation of 

 all our old friends, and, of course, we 

 expect very soon to enlist that of many 

 thousands of new ones all over the 

 world. 



We may say that the monthly Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal will contain at least 32 

 pages each issue. The weekly number 

 was supposed to contain 16 pages, so 

 that imder the new plan there will be 

 half the quantity of reading matter at 

 only one-fourth the former cost. 



The July number will be issued about 



the isth of the month; then thereafter 

 we expect to mail it on the loth of each 

 month. The advertising forms will 

 close on the 5th. 



Of course, all who have paid their sub- 

 scriptions in advance at the regular $1.00 

 rate (or the extra foreign rate) will 

 be credited just four times as far ahead 

 as their present address-label indicates. 

 Those who are in arrears will pay at 

 the rate of $1.00 a year up to the end of 

 this month. 



In the next issue we will be able to 

 make further announcement. In- the 

 meantime let us all hope that bee-keep- 

 ers may harvest a good crop of honey, 

 and that although the prospects rnay 

 have been discouraging, the silver lining 

 of the clouds may be revealed and all 

 be prosperous and happy. 



George W. York & Co., 



Chicago, 111., 118 W. Jackson Blvd. 



We wish to add a little to the fore- 

 going. We should have said that all 

 subscribers to the monthly American 

 Bee Journal in Chicago will pay 50 cents 

 a year, as the postofiice requires a 2- 

 cent stamp on each copy of a monthly 

 paper mailed in the city where pub- 

 lished. 



"Apicultural Investigations" is a 

 division in the Bureau of Entomology, 

 Department of Agriculture, Washing- 

 ton, D. C, entirely devoted to the in- 

 terests of bee-culture. Just now there 

 are 6 persons connected with the work, 

 as follows: 



E. F. Phillips, in charge. 



G. F. White, Expert in Bacteriology. 



J. M. Rankin, in charge of Apicultural 

 Station, Chico, Calif. 



B. N. Gates, Collaborator, Worcester, 

 Mass. 



Jessie E. Marks, Apicultural Clerk. 



The National Membership was 2390 

 on July I. So it lacks only no of being 

 a round 2500. This number should eas- 

 ily be reached by the time of the Har- 

 risburg meeting, exact date of which we 

 hope to be able to announce next month. 



We understand that New York State 

 members are coming back into the Na- 

 tional Assi-iciation "in a bodv," even by 



county associations. '1 his is a wise move. 

 It not only saves so cents to each mem- 

 ber thus coming, but helps to increase 

 the total membership so much more 

 rapidly. Let the good work go on. 



Worcester Co., (Mass.) Field-Meet- 

 ing. — A. H. Estabrook, Secretary of the 

 Worcester Co., (Mass.) Bee-Keepers' 

 Association sent us the following on 



July 2 : 



The Worcester Co. (Mass.) Bee-Keep- 

 ers' .'\5sociation held a field-meeting at 

 the apiary of Mr. J. S. Whittemore, on 

 Pleasant St., in Leicester, on Saturday, 

 June 29, 1907. The resignation of 

 Pres. Burton N. Gates, of Worcester, 

 was read to the Association and ac- 

 cepted. Pres. Gates leaves the society 

 to take .a position as bee-expert in the 

 Department of Agriculture at Washing- 

 ton. It was then voted to leave the 

 matter of electing a new President until 

 the annual meeting next January. It was 

 voted to hold a Fair in September in 

 Horticultural Hall, the same as last 

 year. On September 24, 25, and 26, 

 1906, the Association held an exhibi- 

 tion of bees, hives, honey, and imple- 

 ments used in bee-keeping; and the Fair 

 was a decided success, so much so that 

 we have decided to hold another one 

 the coming September. 



The same plan of popular lectures will 

 be carried on, and every eiTort will be 

 made to secure the most prominent lec- 

 turers on bee-matters in the country. 

 The exhibitions will be, as before, for 

 the amateur as well as the dealer in 

 supplies. Further notice of this Fair and 

 exact date will be published as soon as 

 possible. A. H. Estaerook, Sec. 



Clark University, Worcester, Mass. 



Missouri's St.\te Inspector of Apia- 

 ries is Mr. M. E. Darby, of Springfield, 

 Mo., as announced in the following from 

 Mr. R. A. Holekamp, Secretary of the 

 State Bee-Keepers' Association : 



Editor York:— Our State Board of 

 Agriculture met at Kansas City, Mo., on 

 June 5, and appointed Mr. M. E. Darby, 

 of 400 East (Commercial Street, Spring- 

 field, Mo., as State Inspector of Apiaries. 



Mr. Darby is the candidate supported 

 by the Missouri State Bee-Keepers' As- 

 sociation, and by making this appoint- 

 ment the State Board of Agriculttire 

 showed the bee-keepers did right in giv- 

 ing the Board the appointive power 

 when asking our Legislature to pass our 

 Bill. 



If the bee-keepers of our State will 

 now give their inspector all the assist- 

 ance they can, by reporting to him locali- 

 ties where foul brood exists, and fol- 

 lowing his instructions in curing dis- 

 eased apiaries, we have good reason to 

 hope that our State may become, to a 

 certain extent, free from foul brood. 



Mr. Darby is well fitted for the work, 

 and will make a good inspector. 



Robt. a. Holekamp, 

 Secretary Mo. State B.-K. Association. 



Missouri, like Illinois, has now an ap- 

 propriation of $1,000 a year to be used 

 in the interest of bee-keeping. We are 

 sure that Mr. Darby's appointment is a 



