AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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The Nebraska State Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Convention will beheld in the Honey 

 Hall on the State Fair Grounds at Lin- 

 coln, Nebr., on Sept. 7 and 8, 1892. It 

 is desired that every bee-keeper of that 

 State attend the meeting. The pro- 

 gramme, as arranged, and published in 

 the Nebraska Bee-Keeper for August, is 

 as follows : 



FIKST DAY — SEPT. 7. 



Roll Call. Reports of Officers. 

 President's Address. Essays and Dis- 

 cussions. 



• SECOND DAY — SEPT. 8. 



Election of Officers. Essays and Dis- 

 cussions. 



The following essays and persons are 

 announced : 



Where Should We Market Our Surplus 

 Honey ? — E. Whitcomb. 



Queen-Rearing — Chas. White. 



Woman as a Bee-Keeper — Mrs. J. N. 

 Heater. 



Bee-Journalism — L. D. Stilson. 



Nebraska and Iowa as Honey-Produc- 

 ing States — E. Kretchmer, of Red Oak, 

 Iowa. 



Bee-Keeping as an Avocation — Aug. 

 E. Davidson. 



Honey-Producing Plants — A. C. Tyr- 

 rel. 



How to Begin Right in the Apiary — J. 

 M. Carr. 



Difficulties of a Beginner — W. F. Jen- 

 kins. 



The Hive We Use, and Why We Use 

 It — Discussion, led by Levering Broa. 



Statistics of the Year — Secretary L. 

 D. Stilson. 



Hard to Please. — It is strange 

 how differently constituted members of 

 the human family are. A great variety 

 may be found in the ranks of any pur- 

 suit. Some can see no good in any- 

 thing, and find fault with everything. 

 These kind of people work injury to an 

 industry, and, while it may be impossi- 

 ble to change their natures, perhaps 

 some of them, by reading the following 

 anecdote, related by a certain Dr. Todd, 

 will realize how ridiculous they appear : 



Some people are always out of sorts. 

 The weather is always just what they 

 don't want. I met one of these men 



awhile ago, a farmer, who raised all 

 manner of crops. It was a wet day, and 

 I said : 



"Mr. Nayling, this rain will be fine 

 for your grass crop." 



" Yes, perhaps ; but it is bad for the 

 corn, and will keep it back. I don't 

 believe we shall have a crop." 



A few days after this, when the sun 

 was shining hot, I said : 



" Fine day for your corn, sir." 



"Yes, but its awful for the rye. Rye 

 wants cold weather." 



Again, on a cold morning, I met my 

 neighbor, and said : 



" This must be capital for your rye, 

 Mr. Nayling." 



" Yes, but it is the very worst weather 

 for corn and grass. They want heat to 

 bring them forward." 



Prof. Chas. E. Bessey, of Lin- 

 coln, Nebr., we learn by the Nebraska 

 Bee-Keeper, is getting up a display of 

 the honey-plants of Nebraska, and de- 

 sires the co-operation of bee-keepers. 

 Those wishing to aid him in making the 

 collection, will kindly send him a postal 

 card asking for instructions. Other 

 States should also undertake such a dis- 

 play, so that the whole country may be 

 represented in what would be an inter- 

 esting floral feature of the apiarian 

 exhibit at the World's Fair next year. 



Friend Hutchinson, editor of 

 of the Bee-Keepers' Review, is " pictured" 

 in the Canadian Bee Journal for Aug. 

 15. In the comments about the like- 

 ness (?) we find that it is called " a very 

 spirited representation " of our brother 

 editor. Quite true. It is so " spirited " 

 that it might be taken for a " ghost" or 

 " hobgoblin," were it not for the name 

 under the picture. All joking aside, the 

 Canadian Bee Journal has been much 

 improved during the past few months. 



It is Announced that the Post- 

 master-General of the United States has 

 decided to issue a new series of postage 

 stamps, with designs appropriate to the 

 commemoration of the discovery of 

 America. 



