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VOL. XXXII. CHICAGO, ILL, AUG. 31, 1893. 



NO. 9. 



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Ifiro. C I*. I>ii4limt, of the comb- 

 foundation firm of Chas. Dadant & Son, 

 has been quite sick for several weeks. We 

 are glad to know that he is about recovered, 

 and hope he will soon bo all right again. 



Xlie L.oiiiiitimisi. Slotel is the place 

 where the North American bee-convention 

 will be held on Oct. 11th, 12th and I8th. See 

 the advertisement of the hotel on page 201 

 of this issue of the Bee Journal. Any of 

 our readers who may be coming to the 

 World's Fair before the convention is held, 

 would do well to " put up" at the Louisiana 

 Hotel. Full information about it is given 

 on page 261. 



Striiclt by Ijigtttuiitg-. — Bro. J. L. 

 Hubbard, of Walpole, N. H., we are veiy 

 sorry to learn, has suffered a severe loss. 

 His buildings were struck by lightning and 

 all burned on the night of Aug. 19th, in- 

 cluding crops, which were harvested, some 

 stock, and part of his household goods. He 

 saved his bees and honey, however, and 

 was fortunate and wise enough to carry a 

 fire insurance. Bro. Hubbard is one of the 

 oldest subscribers to the Bee Journal, 

 having taken it beginning with the very 

 first number in 1861. 



^Vorld's I'^'air Honey is a rarity, 

 but Mr. Hershiser, who has charge of the 

 New York State exhibit, was kind enough 

 to present a beautiful one-pound section of 

 honey to the editor of the Bee Journal. 

 It was gathered by one of Bro. Doolittle's 

 colonies of bees on exhibition at the Fair, 

 and we want to say right now that Bro. 

 D.'s bees gather excellent honey here in 

 Illinois; just what kind the same bees 

 would gather in New York we are not able 

 to tell, though we feel certain it would be 

 good. 



From the taste, it would be very difficult 

 to tell from just what flowers the World's 

 Fair honey was gathered, as it must have 

 come from a great variety that are scat- 

 tered all over the Fair grounds. The comb 

 is very white, the section well filled and 

 evenly capped, and the very clear, light- 

 colored honey is thick, and — simply de- 

 licious ! 



IBce-litM'pt'rw' IPiciii*!.— The Cort- 

 land Union Bee-Keepers' Association will 

 hold their annual picnic at the Floral Trout 

 Park, Cortland, N. Y., on Wednesday, 

 Sept. 6, 1893. Everybody desiring a good 

 time is invited. Mr. C. W. Wilkins, of 

 Homer, N. Y., is Secretary of the associa- 

 tion, whom you can address for further in- 

 formation about the picnic. 



See Our IVe^v Preiniitin I^ist on 



page 285, and then decide to get some of the 

 premiums offered for securing new sub- 

 scribers for the Bee Journal. We want 

 every one of our present subscribers to 

 help us increase the number of our regular 

 readers. Will you see what you can do 

 toward it ? 



