1905. 



THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



141 



it necessary to locate in the country. 

 We can not all live in Buffalo, St. 

 Joseph or some other city, where milk, 

 butter, eggs, garden truck and fruit 

 can be had for little money. The mOiSt 

 of us are compelled to raise these 

 things ourselves or let our families go 

 without. In order to have a moral 

 right to keep bees we ought to own 

 some land upon Avhich we live. This 

 land produces pasture for not only the 

 bees but the cow, the horses, the poul- 

 try. It may produce a little grain, 

 juckwheat, corn, or some fiiiit. The 

 pecialist bee-keeper must attend to 

 hese things. There is absolutely no 

 )ther alternative; and although lie 

 night make more money if he could 

 Irop these other things, thus enabling 

 lim to keep more bees instead, he 

 ust don't want to give up his good 

 lome-made butter, clean, sweet, un- 

 vatered or chalked milk, fresh eggs 

 nd plenty of fruit. He, the specialist 

 bee-keeping, is satisfied with a 

 mailer bank account at the end of the 

 eason for the sake of these other ad- 

 antages. Nevertheless, he is a spe- 

 ialist bee-keeper. What else could Be 

 e called? 



Some men have the stuff in them to 



lanage a vei-y large business. I 



now some farmens who own several 



irms, hundred's of acres, and can 



" anage them successfully. Some oth- 



s have all they can do to manage 50 



res or even less. It is a good deal 



with bee-keepers. Some can run a 



rge number of out-yarus and thus 



ake money, others could not do it, 



d still all may be specialists. 



Naples, N. Y." Jan. 3, 190.5. 



[E NATIONAL CONVENTION 



Meet in San Antonio, October 28-November 1. 



The Inter-National Fair holds its 

 nual exhibition in San Antonio, 

 ■xas, Oct. 2lst to Nov. 1st. When 

 lis fair is in progress, there are very 

 Iv rates in force on the railroads out 

 1" <)00 or 700 miles. Then there are 

 lirvest excursions from the north on 

 li 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the 

 itnth. The 4th Tuesday in October 

 Ones on the 24th. Con-sidering these 

 f'ts, it has been decided to select 

 Sturday, October 28th, as bee-keep- 

 e' day at the fair. This will give 

 aple time for members from the 

 >rth to reach the city by starting 



the 24th. The regular sessions of the 

 convention will begin Monday, October 

 oOth, and continue three days. 



The Fair Association has designated 

 Saturday, Oct. 28th, as bee-keepers' 

 day, and will so advertise it, and es- 

 pecial pains will be taken to have on 

 exhibition hives, honey, wax, bees, 

 and other apiarian products. At this 

 fair will be on exhibition all of the 

 agricultural and other products of the 

 South and Mexico, and a visit to it 

 will really be worth all the trip will 

 cost, to give one an idea of the South 

 and her products. 



Then the Texas members propose to 

 give a genuine Mexican supper which 

 will be free to all outside members. 

 There will be Mexican band and 

 toast-making — in short it might be call- 

 ed a banquet. On Sunday the mem- 

 bers can attend church or go on a 

 trolley ride around the city. Side-trips 

 to Uvalde and other places are planned 

 for all who wish to see the country 

 after the convention is over, bee-keep- 

 ers at the various honey centers hav- 

 ing promised to take bee-keepers 

 around free of charge. Texas is one 

 of the greatest, if not the greatest, 

 of honey producing states in the Union, 

 and bee-keepers will now have an op- 

 portunity to see her wonderful re- 

 sources, enjoy the hospitalities of her 

 people, and profit by meeting in con- 

 vention, all at veiy small cost. 



The headquarters of the National 

 Association will be at the Bexar hotel 

 (pronounced Baer, long sound of a), 

 corner of Houston and .Jefferson 

 streets, and rates are only $1 a day, 

 and up. The convention vdll be held 

 at Elks' hall, 125 W. Commerce street, 

 only two blocks from the Bexar hotel. 



Everything is now all arranged ex- 

 cept the program, and I wish that eve- 

 ry one would write and make sugges- 

 tion.s in regard to topics and men to 

 discuss them. If you have no special 

 topic that you wished put into the 

 progi'am. you must surely have some 

 question that you would like brought 

 before the convention. Pour in the 

 suggestions and queries, and let me 

 get up one of the best programs that 

 we have ever had. 



W. Z. HUTCHINSON, Sec. 



Zeal without knowledge is like ex- 

 pedition to a man in the dark. — ^John 

 Newton. 



