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nis.), have been bothered with honey-bees. 

 The bees became such a pest that it was 

 determined to get rid of them, so a dozen 

 or more farmers assembled at the church 

 and tore off the siding on one side, discov- 

 ing an immense deposit of honey. Over 

 seven tubs full of sweetness were taken 

 out, and the bees successfully hived. What 

 a sweet hive that was ! And here we have 

 some "church-going bees." Pretty good 

 example they have been setting, too. They 

 carried their "contributions" to the 

 church, and when the "collection" was' 

 taken it was found that the bees had "con- 

 tributed " seven tubs full of gold-en honey ! 



COI^VENTIOIV l>mECTORY. 



Time and place of meeting. 



Sept. 6, 7.— Iowa State, at Des Moines, Iowa. 

 J. W. Bittenbender, Sec., Knoxville, Iowa. 



Sept. 13, 14.— Nebraska State, at Lincoln. Neb, 

 L. D. Stllson, Sec, York. Neb. 



Oct, 11, T2, 13,— North American (Interna- 

 tional), at Chicago. Ills. 

 J<rank Benton. Sec. Washington, D. C. 



In order to have this table complete, 

 Secretaries are requested to forward full 

 particulars of the time and the place of 

 each future meeting. — The Editor. 



North American Bee-Keepers' Association 



President- Dr. C. C. Miller Marengo, Ills. 



Vice Pres.— ,1, E, Crane Mlddlebury, Vt. 



Secretary— Frank Benton. Washington, D, C. 

 Treasurer- George W. York... Chicago, Ills. 



National Bee-Keepers' Union. 



President— Hon. R. L. Taylor.. Lapeer, Mich. 

 Gen'l, Manager— T. G. Newman, Chicago, 111. 



Almost Every Bee-Book that is now 

 published we mention on the third 

 page of this issue of the Bee Journal. 

 Look over the list and select what you 

 want. For every new yearly subscriber 

 that you secure for us at $1.00, we will 

 allow you 25 cents, to apply on the 

 purchase of any book we have for sale. 

 This is a rare chance to get some valua- 

 ablc apicultural reading-matter, and at 

 the same time aid in spreading helpful 

 apiarian knowledge among your friends. 



IVM. M. BAR^VTa. 



The subject of our sketch this week, 

 William Matthews Barnum, was born in 

 Canaseraga, Allegany county, N. Y., in 

 June, 1869. He moved to the adjoin- 

 ing village of Angelica at the age of 14, 

 where his father had purchased a farm 

 of some 270 acres. It was here that 

 young William first became interested 

 in bees. * 



He had a natural liking for "entomo- 

 logical " studies, and other sciences ; 

 and although there were no bees upon 

 the old place, he persuaded his father to 

 purchase a swarm for him from a near 

 neighbor, and from that time- on, when 

 he was wanted, he could genprally be 

 found somewhere in the vicinity of that 

 "lone bee-hive." It was a box-hive (as 

 were all others in the neighborhood), 

 but the next spring he had safely trans- 

 ferred his bees into a Langstroth-Sira- 

 plicity hive, and during the summer in- 

 creased it to four large, promising colo- 

 nies. 



The next spring he had left only the 

 one colony — the original — but experi- 

 ence had taught him a lesson, and soon 

 a fairly large apiary was established at 

 " Burr Farm." 



In the year 1889 — at the age of only 

 20 — he was tendered the position of 

 associate editor of the Indiana Farmer, 

 published at Indianapolis, Ind. This 

 position he accepted and occupied for 

 some 12 or 14 months. Prior to this 

 time— in fact, from his 15th year— he 

 had been a "voluminous" correspond- 

 ent to nunierons agricultural, apicul- 

 tural, and poultry papers — and even 



