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week instead of 7 to 10 pouiici^. This is an age when intel- 

 lig-ence can be turned into cash, when, as Secretary Coburii 

 says, "Muscle to win must be lubricated with brains." 



D. H. Otis. 



Some one ask.s, " Well, what has that to do with bee- 

 keeping- "? We answer, everything. Why shouldn't intel- 

 ligence and brains, when applied to the care of bees and the 

 production of honey, be equally- successful ? 



We feel sorry for the bee-keeper who takes and reads 

 no paper devoted to bee-culture. He stands right in his 

 own light, and cannot possibly hope to compete success- 

 fully with the bee-keeper who reads and studies, and then 

 uses his increast intelligence in conducting the apiary. 

 This is an age when to be able to compete in the struggle 

 for an existence and subsistence, a man needs to avail him- 

 self of every advantage possible, and nothing can be more 

 helpful in the race for success than a good supply of iTitel- 

 ligence properly applied. 



" Buckwheaters " and Grading. — An interesting con- 

 versation between Editor E. K. Koot and Mr. S. A. Niver 

 was taken down in shorthand, and is reproduced in Gleanings 

 in Bee-Culture. "Buckwheaters," as Mr. Niver calls those 

 who have large crops of buckwheat honey, as many do in 

 New York State, have conditions quite different from 

 others. Bees usually go into winter quarters " loaded clear 

 to the brim " with buckwheat honey. From the time of 

 soft maple in the spring there is always something coming 

 in. so that if a colony dies in winter its combs of honey are 

 not needed to supply other colonies, and being extra-ripe 

 and good may be extracted. Mr. Coggshall extracted 3,000 

 pounds of such honey from colonies that died the past 

 winter. 



Grading was discust, Mr. Niver not agreeing with Mr. 

 Root that there ought to be a special grade for sections 

 tilled out clear to the wood. He thought it would only con- 

 fuse, the amount being so small, and advised that such 

 hone}' be eaten at home, altho he thought a section really 

 nicer that had no honey in the outside row of cells. To g^et 

 sections filled and sealed clear to the wood requires that the 

 bees be so crowded that such sections will cost more than 

 the extra price that can be obtained for them. 



on this 



The Honey Season in Canada seems poor as well as 

 side the line. The Canadian Bee Journal says : 



" The Canadian crop has not been all harvested : fre- 

 quent showers may give a good deal of thistle honey, but so 

 far the clover honey crop has not been up to expectations : 

 conditions seemed to be all favorable, but did not pan out." 



The editor thinks no one need to sacrifice his honey 

 crop in order to dispose of it. 



York's Honey Almanac is a neat little 32-page pamph- 

 let especially gotten up with a view to create a demand for 

 honey among should-be consumers. Aside from the Alma- 

 nac pages, the forepart of the pamphlet was written bj- Dr. 

 C. C. Miller, and is devoted to general information concern- 

 ing honey. The latter part consists of recipes for use in 

 cooking and as a medicine. It will be found to be a very 

 effective helper in working up a home market for honey. 

 We furnish them, postpaid, at these prices : A sample for 

 a stamp ; 25 copies for 40 cents ; SO for 70 cents ; 100 for 

 SI. 00; 2S0forS2.25; 500 for S4.00. For 25 cents extra we 

 will print your name and address on the front page, when 

 ordering 100 or more copies at these prices. 

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Langstroth on the Honey = Bee, revised by the Dadants, 



is a standard, reliable and thoroughly complete work on 

 bee-culture. It contains 520 pages, and is bound eleg-antly. 

 Every reader of the American Bee Journal should have a 

 copy of this book, as it answers hundreds of questions that 

 arise about bees. We mail it for $1.25, or club itjwith the 

 Bee Journal for a year — both for only $2.00. 



The Philadelphia Convention, to be 



held Sept. 5, 6 and 7, in Franklin Insti- 

 tute, 15 South 7th Street, between Market 

 and Chestnut Sts., promises to be the best 

 ever held by the United States Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association, if we may judge by the 

 excellent program arranged for the occa- 

 sion. Also in view of the low railroad 

 rates guaranteed to every one going to 

 Philadelphia, Sept. 1 to 4 inclusive, there should be a very 

 large attendance. The editor of the American Bee Journal 

 and Dr. C. C. Miller, with other bee-keepers, will go over 

 the Pennsylvania Lines, beautiful illustrations of whose 

 entrancing scenery and elegantly equipt coaches we have 

 the pleasure of showing on our first page this week. With- 

 out doubt the Pennsylvania Lines run thru the finest coun- 

 try for scenic beauty to be found in all the East. 



The Grand Array of the Republic holds its 33rd annual 

 meeting in Philadelphia, Sept. 4 to 9, inclusive. Many bee- 

 keepers are also old soldiers, and likely members of that 

 splendid national organization of war veterans; all such, 

 as well as other bee-keepers, should take advantage of the 

 low rates secured by the G. A. R. people, and be in Phila- 

 delphia during the week of the Grand Army meeting and 

 the bee-keepers' convention. The round-trip rate from 

 Chicago, over the Pennsylvania Lines, is only $16.45. That 

 means you will be given a ride of 1,645 miles. 



The Grand Army Encampment will be noteworthy in 

 many ways. It is expected to be the largest ever held. For 

 the first time since the occurrence of the events which gave 

 birth to the Grand Army of the Republic, the Stars and 

 Stripes have again been carried to victory, and the fire of 

 patriotism again burns with a bright and steady flame 

 which will induce many veterans, their families and friends, 

 to attend this annual reunion. 



Extensive arrangements are being made for the enter- 

 tainment of visitors to the City of Brotherly Love on this 

 occasion, and the exercises will be of unusual interest. 



The festivities of the week will be inaugurated by a 

 parade of Naval Veterans on Monday, Sept. 4. The grand 

 parade of members of the Grand Army of the Republic will 

 occur on Tuesday, Sept. 5. On the evening of that day the 

 reception will be held. The President of the United States, 

 the Governor of Pennsylvania, the Mayor of the city of 

 Philadelphia, Admiral Dewey, Gen. Miles, and a long list 

 of distinguisht statesmen and officers of the Army and 

 Navy are to be present. The " Dog Watch " of Naval Vet- 

 erans will be held Wednesday evening, Sept. 6, and on 

 Thursday evening, Sept. 7, the National Association of 

 Union ex-Prisoners of War will hold a camp-fire. Wednes- 

 day and Thursday, Sept. 6 and 7, will be given over to re- 

 unions of societies and business sessions of the National 

 organizations. A great Naval Review, the grandest event 

 of its kind, will take place on the Delaware River, Friday. 

 Sept. 8. 



Sight-seeing side-trips will be the order after the En- 

 campment terminates. Many interesting places will be 

 found near Philadelphia, where time may be pleasantly and 

 profitably spent. Valley Forge, famous in the Revolu- 

 tionary period of the Nation's history, is only a short dis- 

 tance from the city, and at League Island, another near-by 

 point, may be seen the old-time and the new -war vessels. 

 Special rates will be made from Philadelphia to Gettysburg. 

 Baltimore, Washington, and from Washington to the bat- 

 tle-fields of Virginia. Also to Old Point Comfort, Va. 

 Daily excursions to Atlantic City and the famous seashore 

 resorts along the Atlantic coast are run from Philadelphia 

 over the Pennsylvania Double Lines to the Sea. 



The great Pennsylvania route leads thru interesting- 



