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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL^ 



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Vol. XnV. CHICA&O, ILL.. AUG, 15, 1895. No. 33. 



Editorial Budgets 



Father Lang-strotll has most agreeably surprised 

 me with a letter in his own handwriting, dated Aug. 1, 1893. 

 He says : 



" I have about recovered from the last attack of my 



' head trouble.' It has lasted nearly three years I hope 



to send something of interest to the American Bee Journal 

 before long." 



I am sure all will re.)oice with Father L., that he is once 

 more himself, and can enjoy life even at the advanced age of 

 85 years. Also, it will be a pleasure to again read something 

 from his pen in the American Bee Journal, and all will look 

 forward to it with much interest. 



There is just the faintest possibility of Father Langstroth 

 being at the Toronto convention next month. Next week I 

 hope to be able to announce definitely that Be will be there. 



The Palmer House, located at the corner of King 

 and York streets, Toronto, will be the headquarters of the 

 North American convention Sept. 4, 5 and 6. Mr. J. C. Palmer, 

 the proprietor, writes me that he has made arrangements to 

 accommodate 200 delegates. So you see there will be ample 

 room for all. Where members "double up" — two in a bed — 

 only$1.50a day will be charged; .SI. 75 if you prefer to 

 " bunk " alone. 



Just across the street from the Palmer, is the Kensington, 

 another hotel owned by Mr. Palmer. Here the rate is 50 

 cents and up for rooms, and meals are furnished on the Euro- 

 pean plan — pay for what you order. 



It Is my intention now to be at the Palmer House during 

 the convention, all being well. 



The Xorth American at Toronto.— Although 

 all the program for the meeting of the North American Bee- 

 Keepers' Association at Toronto is not quite ready to an- 

 nounce. Secretary Hutchinson has sent me the following in 

 regard to transportation and hotel arrangements for those at- 

 tending the convention at Toronto, Sept. 4, 5, and 6 : 



The North American will hold its annual convention in 

 the auditorium of the Normal School, at Toronto, Out., Can- 

 ada, on Sept. 4, 5, and 6, the first session being on the even- 

 ing of the 4th. 



The Trunk Line Association and the Central Traffic Asso- 

 ciation have both given reduced rates — a fare and one-third. 

 Persons going will buy a ticket paying full fare going, and 

 get a Certificate from their station agent. If a ticket 

 Certificate cannot be obtained because your starting-point is a 

 small place, then buy a ticket to the nearest large town where 

 a Certificate may be obtained. It might be well to inquire of 



the agent a few days beforehand, and thus learn if he has 

 any Certificates, and the point where one can be obtained if 

 he has none. 



If 100 persons are present who have come on some legiti- 

 mate form of railroad transportation, all who have Certificates, 

 and have paid as much as 75 cents fare going, will be sold 

 tickets for the return trip at one-third fare. In Canada and 

 Michigan, and in other States, perhaps (but of this I do not 

 know), round trip ticket can be bought for but a single fare. 

 This, of course, will bo better than the certificate plan. Per- 

 haps many living a short distance beyond where excursion 

 rates are given, will find it cheaper to buy a regular ticket to 

 the nearest point where excursion rates prevail, but those 

 coming long distances will probably find the Certificate plan 

 the best. Each one must look up these matters in advance 

 and decide for himself which is the best for him. 



The Trunk Line Association covers the roads from Niag- 

 ara Falls. Buffalo, Salamanac, N. Y., Pittsburg, Pa., Bellaire, 

 Ohio, Weeling, Parkersburg, and Charleston, W. Va., and 

 points east thereof except New England. I hope to get reduc- 

 tions from New England. The Central Traffic Association 

 covers the territory west of Buffalo and Pittsburg to Chicago, 

 and St. Louis on the west, and the Ohio river on the south. 



Tickets must be bought not earlier than three days pre- 

 vious to the meeting, and return tickets bought not later than 

 three days after the meeting. 



The headquarters at Toronto will probably be at the 

 Palmer House, corner of King and York streets. This is 

 $2.00 a day house, but if members will double up. two in a 

 bed, the price will be only ."51.50 a day. If separate beds are 

 wanted, it will be $1.75. Remember this is during the Indus- 

 trial Fair, when no reductions at all ought to be expected. 

 The street cars pass the hotel, and they can be taken within a 

 block of the Normal School, where theconvantion is to be held. 



While the program is not yet complete, the following can 

 be announced : 



Thomas G. Newman, Chicago, Ills. — The Bee-Keepers' 

 Union : Its Past, Present, and Future. 



Dr. C. C. Miller. Marengo, 111. — Amalgamation of the 

 North American Bee-Keepers' Association and the Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Union. 



Hon. John Dryden, Minister of Agriculture, Toronto, 

 Canada — Address of Welcome, Etc. 



A short address by Jas. Mills, M.A., L.L.D., President of 

 the Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, Canada. 



S. T. Pettit, Belmont, Ont. — Introducing Queens. 



Ernest R. Root. Medina, Ohio— Bee-Paralysis : What We 

 Know and Should Do About It. 



Allen Pringle, Selby, Ont. — Mistakes of Bee-Papers and 

 Bee-Journals. 



H. R. Boardraau, East Townsend, Ohio— How to Feed 

 Bees Profitably. 



Hon. R. L. Taylor, Lapeer, Mich. — How Bee-Keepers 

 Might Receive More Benefit from the Experiment Stations. 



F. A. Gemmill, Stratford, Ont.— Who Shall Winter Bees 

 Out-of-Doors ; Who in the Cellar ? 



Dr. J. P. H. Brown, Augusta, Ga.— What is Indicated by 

 Color in Italian Bees ? 



James Heddon, Dowagiac, Mich. — The Proper Size of a 

 Brood-Nest, and How It Shall be Decided. 



B. Taylor, Forestville, Minn.— The Surest and Best Way 

 of Producing a Crop of Comb Honey. 



G. M. Doolittle, Borodino, N. Y.— Some Things of Interest 

 to Bee-Keepers. 



R. McKuight, Owen Sound, Ont. — Legislation for Bee- 

 Keepers. 



Flint, Mich. W. Z. Hutchinson, Sec. 



It seems to me that there will not be any question about 

 100 bee-keepers with Certificates being at the Toronto con- 

 vention — the number necessary to secure the >:i rate of fare 

 returning. The Central Traffic Association covers all the 

 main lines of railroad in southwestern Ontario (Canada), and 

 the States of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and Illinois. Surely 

 there ought to be 100 present from that region alone, not 

 counting those from east and south of Ohio, and west of 

 Illinois. 



Please he sure to get a Certificate when purchasing your 

 ticket ooiJiy to Toronto, then at the meeting have Secretary 

 Hutchinson sign it so that afterward, upon presenting it to 



