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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Aug. 1 



Special Notices. 



COMB FOUNDATION REDUCED. 



The price of beeswax is ruling- so low we have decided 

 to reduce the price of comb foundation 2 cents a pound 

 right through the list, making the price of one pound 

 at the present five pound rate: five pounds at the pres- 

 ent ten pound rate, etc. All our dealers and other 

 manufacturers, so far as we are aware, make a similar 

 reduction. The reduced price takes efi'ect from this 

 date. 



Convention Notices. 



The Missouri State Bee-keepers' Association will 

 meet in Sedalia, Aug. 22, 23. The opening session will 

 be at 2:30 P. M., Aug. 22. The room for us to meet in 

 will be named later. Louis A. Osborn, of that place, 

 has kindly consented to act as host, and will direct us to 

 a place of meeting and to accommodations. Good hotel 

 accommodation can be had at $1.00 to $2 00 a day; pri- 

 vate boarding, cheaper. Hon. Geo. B. Ellis, Secretary 

 Agricultural Department, will be there to give us a talk 

 and lend us a helping hand. The State fair, to be in 

 session there at the same time, will cause cut railroad 

 rates to be obtained from all parts of the State. The 

 State Live-stock Association, also meeting there the 

 24th, will give us some inspiration. Let us turn out 

 and make an extra effort. W. T. Gary, Sec. 



Wakenda, Mo., July 11. 



THE NATIONAL CONVENTION TO MEET IN SAN ANTONIO, 

 OCTOBER 28 TO NOVEMBER 1. 



The International Fair holds its annual exhibition in 

 San Antonio. Texas, Oct. 28 to Nov. 1. When this fair 

 is in progress there are very low rates in force on the 

 railroads out for 600 or 700 miles. Then there are har- 

 vest excursions from the North on the second and 

 fourth Tuesdays of the month. The fourth Tuesday in 

 October comes on the 24th. Considering these facts, it 

 has been decided to select Saturday, Oct. 28, as bee- 

 keepers' day at the fair. This will give ample time for 

 members from the North to reach the city by starting 

 the 24th. The regular sessions of the convention will 

 begin Monday, Oct. 30. and continue three days. 



"The Fair Association has designated Saturday, Oct. 

 28, as bee-keepers' day, and will so advertise it. and 

 especial pains will be taken to have on exhibition hives, 

 honey, wax, bees, and other apiarian products. At this 

 fair will be on exhibition all of the agricultural and 

 other products of the South and Mexico, and a visit to it 

 will really be worth all the trip will cost, to give one an 

 idea of the South and her products. 



Then the Texas members propose to give a genuine 

 Mexican supper, which will be free to all outside mem- 

 bers. There will be Mexican band and toast-making— 

 in short, it might be called a banquet. On Sunday the 

 members can attend churcti or go on a trolley-ride 

 around the city. Side trips to Uvalde and other places 

 are planned for all who wish to see the country after the 

 convention is over, bee-keepers at the various honey- 

 centers having promised to take the bee-keepers around 

 free of charge. Texas is one of the greatest, if not the 

 greatest, of honey- producing States in the Union, and 

 bee-keepers will now have an opportunity to see her 

 wonderful resources, enjoy the hospitalities of her peo- 

 ple, and profit by meeting in convention, all at very 

 small cost. 



The headquarters of the National Association will be 

 at the Bexar Hotel (pronounced Baer, long sound of a ', 

 corner of Houston and Jefferson Sts., and rates are only 

 $1 00 a day. and up. The convention will be held at 

 Elks' Hall, 125 W. Commerce St., only two blocks from 

 the Bexar Hotel. 



Every thing is now arranged except the program, and 

 I wish that every one would write and make sugges- 

 tions in regard to topics and men to discuss them. If 

 you have no special topic that you wish put into the 

 program, you must surely have some question that you 

 w^ould like brought before the convention. Pour in the 

 suggestions and queries, and let me get up one of the 

 best programs that we have ever had. 



W. Z. Hutchinson, Secretary. 



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