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VOL. XXX. CHICAGO, ILL, OCTOBER 13, 1892. 



NO. 16. 



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The Man who knows it all 

 And keeps it, we adore ; 



But he who knows it all 

 And tells it, is a bore. 



Kerosene Oil as a remedy for 

 bee-stings is suggested in one of our ex- 

 changes. It says that " it will not 

 swell any if applied immediately." 



The Fat Stock Snow, which 

 for years has been held in November in 

 Chicago, has been indefinitely postponed, 

 on account of the inability of the Mana- 

 gers to have the proposed new building 

 completed in time. 



Golden-Rod has been selected as 

 the flower of the new Chicago University, 

 which opens this fall with President 

 Wm. R. Harper at its head. By the way, 

 it seems that the golden-rod is much 

 more popular in educational circles than 

 is the birchen-rod. Some of us, doubt- 

 less, have reason to remember our ac- 

 quaintance with the latter in our younger 

 days. . 



The Illinois State Conven- 

 tion which is to meet at the Commer- 

 cial Hotel here in Chicago on Oct. 18th 

 and 19th, promises to be a good one. 

 Mr. Jas. A. Stone, its enthusiastic Sec- 

 retary, makes the following explanation 

 about the programme : 



Friend York : — On account of the 

 unavoidable delays in the mails and 

 otherwise, we are unable to have pub- 

 lished a programme in full of our Chi- 

 cago meeting of the Illinois State Bee- 

 Keepers' Association on Oct. 18th and 

 19th. Many of the most prominent 

 bee-keepers of our land will be there. 

 Excursion rates on all the railroads will 

 be secured. Let every one attending 

 load himself or herself with the ques- 

 tions they desire answered and dis- 

 cussed, and it is very certain that none 

 will go away saying the programme was 

 not a good one. 



We expect Dr. Miller with his songs. 



It is very important that a large rep- 

 resentation of bee-keepers be there, as 

 there will be a formal action taken, re- 

 questing the Illinois State Board of 

 Agriculture to appropriate such an 

 amount as will be needed for our State 

 to make a creditable apiarian exhibit at 

 the World's Fair. Yours truly, 



Jas. A. Stone, Sec. 



Colorado, it is said, is becoming 

 the banner honey-district of the West. 

 The shipments of honey from Denver 

 this fall will aggregate fully 20 car- 

 coads. And the industry is still in its 

 infancy. Good for the " Centennial 

 State." 



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