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THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



excursion rates, time table, badges, 

 etc. Please attend to this matter 

 and rall,y to the call in such num- 

 bers that the meeting will prove a 

 grand success. 



Friend Jones sends the following 

 notice of the annual convention of 

 the North American Beekeepers' 

 Association. As we were present 

 at the formation of tlie Ontario 

 Beekeepers' Association in To- 

 ronto, as well as at the second 

 convention of said Association, we 

 can promise our readers that if they 

 choose to visit Toronto they will 

 be received hospitably and enter- 

 tained in fine shape. 



" The National Beekeepers' As- 

 sociation will hold its annual con- 

 vention in the City Hall and 

 council chamber, in the city of 

 Toronto, on Tnesdfty, Wednesday, 

 and Thursday, the 18th, 19th, and 

 20th days of September, during 

 the second week of Canada's Great 

 Fair. All the railroads in Canada 

 will issue tickets during this week, 

 good to return up to Saturday 

 night, 22nd inst., single fare for 

 the round trip. Special excursion 

 rates will be arranged from various 

 parts of the United States, of 

 which due notice will be given. 

 Those who intend to be present 

 may be kept posted on the latest 

 excursion rates, etc., by addressing 

 me, and also that ] may arrange 

 hotel accommodation. Private 

 lodgings will, if possible, be secured 

 for those who desire it, and every 

 effort will be made to make every 

 body comfortable. A grand meet- 

 ing is anticipated." — D. A. Jonks, 

 Beeton, Ont. 



We have just received a news- 

 l^aper clipping stating tliat one of 

 the Root Bros. (A. H.lioot) of Mo- 

 hawk, N. Y., received a severe gash 

 and blow from an axe, while assist- 

 ing in putting up extracting-tents. 



We are pleased to know that al- 

 though the wound was severe, yet 

 it was not attended with any serious 

 results. 



We have just received a three 

 frame nucleus of Italian bees from 

 P. F. Rhodes, New Castle, Ind. 

 The}- arrived in fine condition. 

 The queen and bees are large, 

 handsome, gentle and yet active, 

 and so far prove first-class work- 

 ers. 



Friend Alley dropped into the 

 Office yesterday for a bee chat and 

 showed us a new food that he is 

 devising to use in the queen nur- 

 sery and in shipping queens. He 

 does not wish to explain its com- 

 position until he has thoroughly 

 tested it, but, so far, it is proving 

 the best I have ever seen for this 

 purpose. It is moist and yet it 

 will not run nor daub the cage or 

 bees ; neither will .it crumble and 

 scatter about the cage. We will 

 explain its composition more fully 

 when Mr. Alley has pronounced it 

 a success. 



Since publishing our last Jour- 

 nal, Theodore Ilouck of Canajo- 

 harie. New York, former editor 

 and publisher of the " Beekeepers' 

 Exchange," has fallen asleep. We 

 were associated with friend Houck, 

 both when he was a fellow work- 

 man and editor, and have enjoyed 

 many pleasant visits at his home. 

 We always found him to be ear- 

 nest, enei-getic and thoroughly 

 practical in his business ; he was 

 an enthusiastic apiarist. 



We would extend our heartfelt 

 symi)athies to the one who is left 

 to battle alone with life's tempes- 

 tuous sea. 



