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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



June 1 



skillful queen-breeder, rearing' queens at 

 one time for the A. I. Root Co. and for Mr. 

 Hains. As a sample of what she could or 

 did do, she once gra.ited /oriy-eij^/ii Doolittle 

 cell cups on one frame. They were a// 

 accepted without a miss, and every one of 

 them hatched a queen. This breaks the 

 record so far as I know. 



She was also a successful honey-producer, 

 and occupied a prominent position in our 

 Stale Bee-keepers' Association meetings. 

 She was twice elected Secretary of the 

 Ohio State Bee-keepers' Association, and 

 was secretary of the old defunct organiza- 

 tion at the time of her death. 



MISS LODEMIA BENNETT. 



She was for many years a contributor to 

 the Cleveland Plaindealer, one of the larg- 

 est daily papers published in Ohio. She 

 was an active and enthusiastic worker in 

 the temperance and other reforms. A Bible 

 student, she arranged many lessons there 

 from for her co-workers in the temperance 

 cause. Some years ago she used to write 

 for the various bee- journals; but during 

 latter years ill health compelled her to re- 

 linquish some of her activities. 



THE NATIONAL CONVENTION AT LOS ANGE- 

 LES; WHY BEE-KEEPERS SHOULD GO. 



Los Angeles, Cal., is to be the place of 

 the next meeting of the National Bee-keep- 

 ers' Association. The time set is August 

 18 — 20. The Executive Committee, in de- 

 ciding on this date and place, based their 

 decision on the low railroad rates in force 

 at that time on account of the encampment 



of the G. A. R. in San f^rancisco the same 

 week. 



It was suggested that we make the Santa 

 Fe route the semi-official one of the bee- 

 keepers. A tourist sleeping-car could be 

 made up largely of bee-keepers, to start 

 from Chicago in time to give a day's stop- 

 off at the Grand Canyon — probably the 

 most remarkable scenery of the kind the 

 world affords. The train is then to go on 

 to Los Angeles, fitly named the " City of 

 the Angels," one of the most delightful 

 cities I have ever visited. It is not delight- 

 ful because of its architecture, but because 

 of the surrounding scenery and its bracing 

 climate. Cool evenings and warm days 

 make living there most enjoyable. 



Board and lodging can be secured at 

 very reasonable rates. In one of the good 

 hotels of the city I secured a room at 25 cts. 

 a night, and board at 25 cents a meal, and 

 that the very best. There were other places 

 where I could have had accommodations 

 still cheaper. The bee-keepers there are a 

 most hospitable set of fellows, and I shall 

 not forget some of the pleasant hours spent 

 with some of them. 



This is a good year for California; and 

 if one desires to see the real extent of bee- 

 keeping possibilities in one of the fairest 

 climes the world affords, let him take this 

 trip. Do not go simply because you may 

 get enough at the convention to pay you, 

 but because your horizon of life will be en- 

 larged, and because, years afterward, you 

 can live over again (in memory) one of the 

 most delightful trips you ever took. Just 

 think of it! You can take a car in the 

 morning in Los Angeles, and go to the 

 coast and take a sea-bath. You can then 

 come back to Los Angeles, and eat straw- 

 berries and pick roses. In the afternoon 

 you can go to Pasadena, a little city that 

 is even more beautiful and more perfectly 

 laid out than Los Angeles, where the great 

 wealth of the East has been poured. In- 

 deed, it is almost a heaven on earth. An 

 hour's ride will take you up into the moun- 

 tains where you can get above the clouds — 

 yes, may take a sleighride and enjoy a 

 good snowballing. Just think of it I a sea- 

 bath in the morning, strawberries and roses 

 at noon, a sleighride above the clouds, and 

 snowballing, all in one day! Talk about 

 going " from the sublime to the ridiculous" I 

 This beats any thing for a rapid change of 

 season and scenery. While this is possible 

 in the spring of the year, it may not be pos- 

 sible in August. 



But one of the most thrilling trolley-rides 

 (dangerously near precipices) that can be 

 imagned is to take an electric car and ac- 

 tually glide above the clouds and look down 

 upon the valle}' spread out like a panorama 

 thousands of feet below. One can see the 

 ocean, and the cities of Pasadena and Los 

 Angeles, and all the small outl3ung towns, 

 with their fine orange-groves and all the 

 beautiful luxuriance of a tropical climate. 

 In short, he can see typical Southern 

 California. 



