GEORGE W. YORK, 

 Editor. 



Devoted exclusively 



To Bee-Culture. 



Weekly, $1.00 a Year. 

 ! Sample Free. 



VOL. XXX. CHICAGO, ILL, DECEMBER 1, 1892. 



NO. 23. 



Mrs. L,. C. Axtell, of Roseville, 

 Ills., says in Gleanings : " In bee-culture 



Let him who wishes to XL, 

 Or who aspires to B most Y's, 



Remember this : A Y's man O's 

 Much of his wisdom to his I's. 



And he must not his ears XQ's ; 



But ears must hear and I's must C, 

 And he must all his senses U's 



Who hopes a Y's man e'er to B." 



Reduced Rates have been se- 

 cured for the entire week commencing 

 Dec. 12th, on all the railroads in Michi- 

 gan going to Lansing. This will ac- 

 commodate the Michigan State Bee- 

 Keepers' Association on Dec. 13th and 

 14th, and also the State Grange. 



The First Snow-Storm of the 



season reached Chicago on Friday, Nov. 

 25th, just after Thanksgiving Day, 

 which was a clear, bright day here. So 

 far as reports have been received at this 

 office, bees are pretty generally in good 

 condition for winter, and amply pro- 

 vided with excellent stores of honey. 

 Hence, the almost universal expectation 

 is, that they will winter nicely, and be 

 ready to gather a large crop of honey. 



The North American. -On 



page 655 we mentioned the matter of 

 holding the North American Convention 

 in Washington during the holidays, and 

 requested those interested to let us 

 know how they liked that time. The 

 committee who have to decide upon the 

 time of holding the convention, would 

 like to accommodate those who expect 

 to attend, and took this way of finding 

 out the preferences of the bee-keepers 

 who expect to attend. Let there now be 

 a prompt and general response. 



Dr. A. B. Mason, of Auburndale, O., 

 wrote us as follows concerning this sub- 

 ject, on Nov. 21, 1892: 



I haven't made up my mind yet as to 

 what I " think of holding the next meet- 

 ing of the North American Bee-Keepers' 

 Association [in Washington during the 

 holidays." It was proposed to hold the 

 meeting during the Grand Army Re- 

 union, and I wrote the Secretary that I 

 was in favor of that time, but Mr. Frank 

 Benton came out ahead, because, as he 

 said, there would be gatherings at 

 Washington during the winter when we 

 could go just as cheaply. The railroad 

 fare from Toledo, O., to Washington for 

 the G. A. R. Reunion and return was 

 $11.50. Whenever Mr. Benton and the 

 officers can find a time the fare will be 

 as cheap, or even one-half more, it will 

 suit me very well. I want to take Mrs. 

 M. along to take care of me, and keep 

 me out of mischief, and if the rates are 

 too high, I'm afraid she'll stay at home 

 and keep me with her. I think she wants 

 to go, but she doesn't say so. 



A. B. Mason. 



We think it would be well for the 

 officers to find out just what rates they 



