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air through the brood-chamber will 

 have a beneficial effect. The matter 

 of exact spacing is not important 

 under the frames— a half-inch will be 

 all right. It is important, however, 

 that sufficient space be given to allow 

 for any shrinkage of hive-sides and 

 sagging of bottom-bars, so that bees 

 may not be crushed under the frames 

 during manipulation, and in order 

 that they may always swing clear 

 of the bottom. — Editor. 



December, 



NATIONAL CONVENTION POST- 

 PONED. 



Flint, Michigan, Nov. 7, 1905. 



Another slight postijonemeut of the 

 National Convention seems to be un- 

 avoidable. The Fat Stock Show upon 

 which we have depended for reduced 

 rates upon the railroad-s, has been 

 postponed two weeks. The reason 

 given is "the inability of the builders 

 of the amphitheater to secure structur- 

 al steel for the .same," and they don't 

 wish to hold the show out of" doors 

 hence the delay. Of course, there will 



be no excursion rates during the first 

 week in December, and, as it would 

 be -suicidal to attempt to hold a con- 

 vention without excursion rates, the 

 Executive Committee ' has decided to 

 postpone the convention two weeks 

 in order to take advantage of the Fat 

 Stock Show rates. The dates for 

 the Convention will now be December 

 19th, 20th and 2ilst. 



The place of meeting has also been 

 changed to the Bush Temple of :^Iusic 

 corner of Clark St. and Chicago Ave'. 

 This was done because it was feared 

 that the acconunodations at the Revere 

 House might prove too limited. The 

 Chicago bee-keepers, with their cus- 

 tomary enterprise and liberalitv. will 

 pay for the use of the hall. It "is only 

 five minutes' walk north from the 

 Revere House, which will be head- 

 quarters for the members. This new 

 place of meeting is in a new building 

 where everything is modern. There 

 are adjoining committee rooms, toilet 

 rooms, good drinking water, and ele- 

 vator service both day an-d night. 

 W. Z. Hntchinson. 



Secretary. 



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GEBMANT. 



The German bee-keepers have the same 

 problems before them to solve that we 

 Americans have. They are laboring hard 

 for a law to protect their product, "honey." 

 They define it thus, "Genuine honeys are the 

 sweet exudations and secretions of plants, 

 gathered by the bees and converted by them 

 into honey within the hive." 



or two stories of shallow frames for the 

 brood chamber is looming up from time to 

 time in the apicultural press. The deep 

 frame for wintering is considered the best. 



Foul brood Is the other problem. A law 

 for the controlling of the disease is needed 

 and very much desired by the bee-keepers. 

 The matter Is being agitated by the diflTerent 

 organizations. 



The question whether to use deep frames 



ITALY. 



A lady bee-keeper tells In Corr. Apistica 

 that she keeps down the grass around her 

 house apiary by covering the ground with 

 old phosphate sacks. Ants she drives away 

 or destroys them by throwing a small quan- 

 tity of salt over the ant-hill, then covering 

 with sacking. Iri some sections of Italy 

 the honey crop Is large — very large; in other 

 parts there has been a failure. The well- 

 known Rauschenfels says he has not. an 

 ounce. 



