November, 1909. 



American Vee Journal 



enthusiastic and painstaking bee-keeper. 

 His purpose is to enlarge the Monroe api- 

 ary and make it his home apiary. This api- 

 ary dates back over 35 years, and was pur- 

 chased by me from the late Al Wolcott, who 

 had occupied the field for 25 years. 



My purpose is to enlarge my apiaries at 

 Bridgeport. Wis., unless I make up my mind 

 to go West. If I should do the latter, my 

 objective point would be southeastern Xew 

 Me.xico. among the alfalfa fields and apple 

 orchards. Harry L.^throp. 



Bridgeport. Wis.. Oct. 14. 



Bait-Sections in Super Center 



I agree with the contention that the place 

 for bait-sections is in the center of the su- 

 per. I have tried them both in the corners 

 and in the center, and will never put any 

 more baits in the corners. 



Bees naturally commence work in the 

 center of the supers, and as supers contain- 

 ing baits are generally put on at the season 

 when there are more or less cold days and 

 nights, the heat of the super should be kept 

 where it naturally belongs. 



Baits in corners divide the working force 

 too much. 



My practise is not to wait for the bees to 

 fill the outside sections, but to remove the 

 super when the central sections are finished, 

 and take out all the finished ones and fill up 

 the super with other unfinished sections. 

 and put on some hive as "go-backs." 



Leon. Iowa. Edwin Bevins. 



Colorado State Convention 



The annual meeting of the Colorado State 

 Bee-Keeoers Association will be held Tues- 

 day, and Wednesday. Dec. 7 and 8. iooq. in the 

 benate Chamber of the State Capitol. Den- 

 ver Colo X. L. Henthorne. .SVc. 



Platteville. Colo. 



Northern Michigan Convention 



The Northern Michigan Bee-Keepers' .As- 

 sociation will hold its next .Vational conven- 

 tjon at Mancelona. .Mich.. Wednesday and 

 Ihiirsday. Dec. i and 2. I'joo. A\l interested 

 in bee-culture and its advancement should 

 attend. \Ve will have a good and profitable 

 meeting. Try to be there. 



IKA D. Bartlett. Ser.. E. Jordan. Mich. 

 h. D. TOWNSEND. Pres.. Remus. Mich. 



Illinois State Convention 



cJ.'^^d''"'.'.'""""' convention of the Illinois 

 State Bee-keepers .Association will be held 

 in Room 17 of the State House, at Springfield. 

 wVik2''-."',i^"^-"'"^j '''h<-' headquarters 

 will be at the .Normandie Hotel, at a rate of 

 JI.2; a day-the only hotel in the city that has 

 no bar. On account of the I. O. O. F. meet- 

 ing the same week, most of the railroads in 

 this State will give a fare and a half for the 

 r.?ii."i. u r'P- A^"* >;°"'' railroad agent the 

 k5?k before what his instructions are. and 

 by that time he will know 



Because of the death of Pres. J. O. Smith 

 °resid''^' ^'ice-president. A. L. Kildow, will 



aPJ, '^i ^'"■'?r- of Lvons. Kans.. C. P. Da- 

 Sj".'' °f^ Hamilton. 111.. George W. York 

 bditor of the -American Bee Journal, and we 

 hope also Dr. C. C. Miller, of .Marengo. Ill 

 will be present and on the program. As our 

 membership is the largest in the history of 

 the Association, we can reasonably expect 

 a good meeting— because we have no other 

 kind. It IS quite important that all bee- 

 keepers have a vote for President and for 

 toul brood inspector, which we recommend 

 to be hlled by two persons instead of one as 

 heretofore. W hen our late President. J. Q 

 :smith. was appointed inspector in the first 

 place, we looked all around before we found 

 one who would consent, fhis difficulty will 

 not happen now We feel that the welfare 

 ot our Association hangs largely on the 

 question of who fills the offices of President 

 and foul brood inspector, next to and equal 

 with the Executive Committee, 



Come and help make this annual conven- 

 tifjn a good one. Jas. A. .Stone. Sec. 



Rouie4. Springfield. III. 



Chicago-Northwestern Convention Dec. 1 

 and 2 



As announced in the October American 

 Bee .lournal. the next meeting of the Chi- 

 cago- .Northwestern Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion will be held Wednesday and Thursday. 

 Dec. I and 2, I'wi, at the Briggs House. Chi- 



cago, northeast corner of Fifth Ave. and 

 Randolph St. Judging from the letters the 

 President and Secretary have received from 

 leading bee-keepers all over the country, 

 this is going to be the largest and best con- 

 vention held in America this year. 'I'he in- 

 dications are that there will be more leading 

 bee-keepers present than there were at the 

 Xational Convention at Sioux City in Sep- 

 tember. The Chicago-Northwestern meet- 

 ing comes at a time when bee-keepers can 

 more easily get away from home for a few 

 days. 



Among those who have written that they 

 expect to be present, or will be represented 

 by papers, are the following: Dr. C. C. Mil- 

 ler. Miss Emma Wilson. C. P. Dadant. F. 

 Wilcox, Geo. E. Hilton, Morley Pettit. R. .A. 

 Morgan. W. Z. Hutchinson, J, J. Wilder, 

 Ernest R. Root. X. E. France. M. E. Darbv. 

 Mrs. H. K. Beard, etc. It is expected that 

 there will be. in addition to the usual very 

 helpful question-box discussions, many short 

 papers on subjects that are of deep interest 

 to bee-keepers. This will help to start dis- 

 cussions that are bound to draw out much 

 information that will be invaluable to those 

 who are present. We hope it may prove to 

 be a regular bee-keepers' rally. There are 

 a great many bee-keepers who like to visit 

 Chicago at least once a year, and this is a 

 good time for them to come. 



Don't forget the time and place of meeting 

 —Dec. I and 2, at the Briggs House, Chicago. 

 The first session will begin at 10:30 a.m.. 

 Wednesday. Dec. i. Come and help make it 

 a large and profitable convention of bee- 

 keepers. 



An Orphanage Appeal for Help The Edi- 

 tor of the .American Bee Journal is the sec- 

 retary of the board of trustees of an orphan- 

 age or children's home locatedat Lake Bluff. 

 III.. 30 miles north of Chicago. He has won- 

 dered if there were not quite a number of 

 the benevolently inclined among the readers 

 of the American Bee Journal who would like 

 tosend to that orphanage something either to 

 eat or to wear, or even money, for the 135 

 children cared for there. They are all the 

 way in size and age from infants to 12 years. 

 The way to do is to ship by freight, always 

 prepaying the charges. Perhaps we might 

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 or good second-hand), etc. Any mother will 

 know just what boys and girls 12 years or 

 under will need to wear or to eat. It is the 

 most economically managed institution of 

 the kind that we know anything about. 

 Many of the children there are for adoption. 

 If you feel that you can. or would like to help 

 such a worthy cause, send what you can 

 spare from your abundance to Lucy J. Jud- 

 son. Supt.. Lake Bluff Orphanage. Lake 

 Bluff. III., and please don't forget to prepay 

 charges on what you ship. Also put your name 

 and address on each package, and, if you 

 like, write a letter to accompany it. either 

 in the package or by mail. If you desire 

 more particulars, write the superintendent. 



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