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VOL. XXXII. CHICAGO, ILL, SEPT. 21, 1893. 



NO. 12. 



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I'lie r^'ortli American. — We re- 

 ceived from Secretary Benton a long list of 

 names of those who have expressed their 

 intention of being at the Chicago conven- 

 tion on Oct. 11th, 12th an# 13th ; but it 

 came too late for this number of the Bee 

 Journal. We will give it next week, with 

 other names that may be sent in. It's going 

 to be the biggest and best convention the 

 North American ever held. 



Iti'O. \%\ I*. ISoot is the very efficient 

 stenographer and proof-reader in the office 

 of GIea>ilu(/t<. Some time ago, Bro. A. I. 

 Root purchased a lot of very ancient bee- 

 books (some of them a good deal over a 

 hundred years old), and Bro. W. P. has 

 been reading them and writing condensed 

 reports of what he has read, which reports 

 are published in Gleaninys from time to 

 time. Although in a few instances some of 

 the old apiarian authors knew a thing or 

 two about bees, in the majority of cases it 

 is shown that bee-kuowledge in those days 

 was exceedingly limited. Never, in the 

 history of the honej^-bee, were the mysteries 

 surrounding it and its management, so 

 well known and understood as they are to- 

 day. The present is a wonderful age, in 

 many ways. How fortunate are the living 

 geiaerations ! Do we appreciate our advan- 

 tages ? 



9I1-. Joliii Hilton, father of Hon. 

 Geo. E. Hilton, was run over and killed by 

 a railroad train on Sept. 5th, near Mont- 

 gomery, Mich. Mr. Hilton was born in 

 England about 73 years ago, and has been 

 in this country 40 years. Some 36 years 

 ago he settled on the farm upon which he 

 lived at the time of his death. He leaves 

 five sons and four daughters to mourn his 

 terrible death. Our sincere sympathy goes 

 out to the bereaved ones, all of whom we 

 trust will so live that some day they may 

 meet ''father" in that eternal home be- 

 yond. 



ISev. B. 1>. tiiitlier and wife, of 

 Yellow Springs, O., called at the Bee Jocr- 

 NAL office last week. Bro. L. combines 

 Presbyterian preaching with bee-keeping, 

 and says they go well together. He reports 

 117 pounds of comb honey from one colony 

 this year, and that often he secures a crop 

 of honey when his neighbor bee-keepers get 

 none. So much for •' knowing how." Bro. 

 Luther is a very pleasant man to meet, 

 is a member of the same Presbyterian 

 synod as Father Langstroth, and has often 

 met Apiculture's " grand old man." 



Xlie Ne^v Yorlc i^tate Exliibit of 



bees, honey and supplies has been pretty 

 thoroughly advertised in the Bee Journal, 

 in the articles by Mr. Hershiser and Dr. 

 Mason. On page 373 of this number will be 

 found the closing article of the discussion, 

 so far as this journal is concerned, as we 

 do not believe that anything is to be gained 

 by now devoting further space to this sub- 

 ject. Both Dr. Mason and Mr. Hershiser 

 have explained matters pretty thoroughly, 

 and when simmered right down, it mainly 



