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in'." He showed us through his supply 

 factory, which he told us must bo run 

 day and night to keep up with the or- 

 ders, and while it appeared to one who 

 knew little of the demands of bee-keep- 

 ers, that the stock on hand would sup- 

 ply every bee-keeper in the State for 

 years, yet he assured us that he would, 

 owing to the increasing demand, be com- 

 pelled to put in a larger engine and in- 

 crease his facilities in every direction; 

 clearly illustrating the fact that these 

 conventions have been the means of de- 

 veloping some of the best bee-keepers 

 and most extensive apiaries in the South. 



Through the kindness of Mrs. Atchley 

 and her interesting family of queen- 

 breeders, for every child from the oldest 

 to the youngest handles bees like profes- 

 sionals, we were shown through the api- 

 ary ; the beautiful queens from which are 

 bred annually thousands of fine queens, 

 the bright 5-banded workers, their gen- 

 tle manners, being manipulated without 

 smoke, all tended to prove the value of 

 this strain. 



While these little kindnesses shown us 

 by the "out-door department," had 

 their effect toward making the meeting 

 a success, yet they bear only a passing 

 interest when compared with the " bill 

 of fare," and the manner in which it 

 was served. In the announcements 

 published, the password was, "No hotel 

 bills," and be assured that Delmonico 

 could not have served a menu that 

 would have been appreciated by bee- 

 keepers with such a relish. We are 

 nothing if not chivalrous, and many of 

 our lady friends showed their apprecia- 

 tion, in accompanying their husbands 

 and sharing in their enjoyments. 



(Db.) Wm. R. Howard. 



Fort Worth, Texas. 



Mutual Aid, or Helping Each Other. 



The following essay was read at the 

 Texas State Convention held on April 

 5th and 6th, at Greenville : 



It is with pleasure and great joy to me 

 to be blessed with the privilege of meet- 

 ing so many bright bee-keepers' faces. 

 Let us endeavor to help each other, es- 

 pecially in this our loving pursuit — bee- 

 keeping — and may we each and every 

 one ever be ready to assist each other, 

 and to bear one another's burdens in 

 this great cause of apiculture in the 

 South. 



Let us all remember that our Sunny 

 Southland is the paradise of the honey- 

 bee, and I ask the co-operation of all 



present to assist me in this grand work 

 of building up bee-keeping in the South. 

 Let us know no North, no South, but 

 may we work together as a band of 

 brothers and sisters, and by our mutual 

 assistance may we ever be made to re- 

 joice that we have been the means of 

 helping others along in this work. 



In conclusion I ask the assistance of 

 all present to help me in making the de- 

 partment of " Sunny Southland " in the 

 American Bee Journal what it ought 

 to be — a prize and a help to further the 

 cause of bee-keeping in the South. 



I wish to state that I would be glad 

 to make the personal acquaintance of 

 every bee-keeper here, and ask you be- 

 fore you leave, to come into my office 

 and give me a shake of your hand. If 

 there are any here that wish to sub- 

 scribe for the " Old Reliable," I am 

 ready and willing to take your names, 

 and count you one of our band, and for 

 an inducement I am prepared to give 

 you the weekly American Bee Journal, 

 for one year for $1.00, and also a 200- 

 page bee-book as a premium. I would 

 be very proud, indeed, if every bee- 

 keeper here would take it, as through 

 its columns I hope to become more and 

 more acquainted with you, and assist 

 you all in my power to make your bees 

 pay, and to give you value received 

 when you read the American Bee Jour- 

 nal. Jennie Atchley. 



A Report from Tennessee. 



The past winter was unusually severe, 

 and as the fall crop was remarkably 

 short, many bees died in this locality. I 

 went into the winter with 78 colonies- 

 some of them were nuclei — and have 

 come so far with a loss of only 12. I 

 need not have lost any if I had fed at 

 the proper time, and in sufficient quan- 

 tity. Several colonies that appeared 

 good and strong last year, and from 

 which I took no surplus, starved out 

 before I knew of their necessities. 



Feeding can be done here almost any 

 time, if proper judgment is exercised. 

 As an illustration : When the mercury 

 was dancing around about 6° above 

 zero at night, I knew some of my weak 

 colonies were about gone up, so when 

 the sun came out in the middle of the 

 day, I examined them, and finding one 

 in which more than half of the bees had 

 starved, I gave them a frame of sealed 

 honey, pushing it close up to the cluster. 

 I think there was not more than a quart 

 of bees living at the time. By abundant 



