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AMERICAN BEK JOURNAL. 



has run an out-apiary of about 80 colo- 

 nies for extracted honey. 



In August, 1890, he became ac- 

 quainted, personally, with the junior 

 editor of Oleanings in Bee-Culture, Mr. 

 Ernest E.. Root, and in November of 

 that year, when Prof. Cook was search- 

 ing for an assistant in conducting the 

 experiments in bee-culture that were 

 undertaken by the authorities of the 

 Department of Agri 'ulture at Washing- 

 ton, Mr. Root referred him to Mr. Lar- 

 rabee, and after inquiries, he was asked 

 to fill the position, which he did to the 

 best of his ability for two years, when 

 the station was discontinued. The re- 

 port of his experiments for 1892 will be 

 printed, we think, in Bulletin No. 28 of 

 the Department of Agriculture, soon to 

 be issued. 



Mr. L.'s present home is in Lansing, 

 Mich. Although he is not, the present 

 season, engaged in bee-culture, he re- 

 tains his interest in the pursuit, and 

 reads all the principal apiarian periodi- 

 cals, so far as time will permit. His 

 younger brother, Wallace, at Larrabee's 

 Point, Vt., has charge of his bees, and 

 he considers himself very fortunate in 

 having a brother who can be depended 

 upon to carefully care for his pets. W. 

 G. Larrabee follows his brother in his 

 love of the bees, and owns about 60 col- 

 onies himself. 



Mr. Larrabee bears an untarnished 

 record wherever known. He is unmar- 

 ried, which, we think, must be wholly 

 from choice. More will be heard from 

 him bye-and-bye, we are led to expect, 

 and we also sincerely hope. 



Mrs. Jennie Atchley will at- 

 tend the meeting of the horticultural 

 society at Rockport, Tex., on June 20th. 

 Bee-keepers will unite in the meeting, 

 and a grand time is expected. A steamer 

 will be placed at the command of the 

 meeting, to be used on the Ocean as they 

 may choose. Belter go if you can, and 

 have a good time, as well as got intel- 

 lectual profit. 



CONDUCTED BY 



Greenville. Texas. 



Texas State Bee-Keepers' Convention. 



For the first time In many years I at- 

 tended the Texas Bee-Keepers' Conven- 

 tion, its last meeting being held at the 

 apiaries of W. R. Graham and Mrs. Jen- 

 nie Atchley, in Greenville, Tex. There, 

 in a beautiful grove of large oaks, sur- 

 rounded by the busy bees, we went on 

 April 5th and 6th, 1898. The weather 

 was like summer, and the hum of the 

 millions of workers was encouraging 

 music to our ears. It filled me with the 

 happiness and zeal of former days. The 

 meeting was in the neighborhood in 

 which I had lived for ten years, and the 

 meeting of old friends and neighbors 

 made it doubly interesting to me, since 

 all evinced a real and undisguised pleas- 

 ure in welcoming me. The days of our 

 early acquaintance were gone over 

 again, and it seemed more like a family 

 reunion for pleasure than for the discus- 

 sion of the subjects, for which we have 

 assembled. 



While Time had removed from us 

 many of our most zealous workers, and 

 wrought changes in the appearances of 

 persons and places, yet that safce confi- 

 dence and affection existed, such as no 

 calling or profession recognizes with that 

 mutual feeling of friendship, like that 

 of bee-keepers, more especially in our 

 beautiful Southern home — our own be- 

 loved Texas. Too much cannot be said 

 for our host, Wm. R. Graham, and hos- 

 tess, Mrs. Jennie Atchley, who had 

 taken careful pains to see that every 

 arrangement for our accommodation 

 and pleasure was complete, and to thera 

 we owe, in a great measure, the success 

 of our meeting. 



Bro. Graham is one of our oldest and 

 most successful bee-keepers in the 

 South, he is always "at home" to bee- 

 keepers, naturally generous, and is in 

 the zenith of his glory at a " bee-raeet- 



