1895. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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can't make sure of the strip of honey to make the brood keep 

 its distance, I want a top-bar not less than % thick. [Here is 

 a point for the anti-thick-top bee-keepers to consider a little 

 more than they do ; but this is not the only point in favor of 

 deep bars. — Editor.] 



I don't know whether it's best to have more than one 

 entrance to a hive ; but I notice that, when there's a small 

 hole half way up the front of the hive, the bees crowd it a 

 good deal more than the regular entrance. It is an old-fash- 

 ioned way ; but as the bees seem to like it, isn't it just possible 

 it is a good thing? [That practical bee-keeper, Mr. Julius 

 Hoffman, of "Hoffman-frame" fame, with his several large 

 apiaries, believes in having two entrances — one at the bottom, 

 and one at the bottom of the second story. His hives are 

 deep. — Editor.] 



Foul brood cannot be affected by drugs, and it's no use to 

 try anything in that line, seems to be the verdict on this side 

 the water. May be. But in the face of so much testimony in 

 favor of,drugs from good men on the other side of the water, 

 it seems to me pure pigheadedness to refuse to make any trial. 

 If I had a case of foul brood in my apiary I would at least use 

 In the healthy colonies some of the drugs that have a reputa- 

 tion as preventives. If it did no good it could do no harm. 

 [After you had tried as much as we, and failed, your courage 

 would be weak. — Editor.] 



THE north AMERICAN AND THE UNION. 



In an editorial in the August Review, Editor Hutchinson 

 says this : 



"The advantage to the Union would be there would be a 

 face to face discussion each year that would be of great ad- 

 vantage. There is scarcely an organization that does its best 

 unless its members have a grand meeting once a year. This 

 friction of mind against mind in an actual personal encounter 

 and consultation is a great generator of ideas. Better work 

 will be done by the Union when its members hold annual 

 meetings. When the Union holds annual meetings at which 

 may be discussed subjects pertaining to practical apiculture 

 as well as those relating to the Union as it is now conducted, 

 of what use is the North American ? Or, if the North Ameri- 

 can would take up the work of the Union as now performed, 

 of what use is the Union ? In short, what use is there in hav- 

 ing two societies when one society rightly organized can do all 

 the necessary work ? One society can be more cheaply con- 

 ducted than two, and will be stronger and more prosperous. I 

 know that the character of the work of the two societies is 

 somewhat different, but the difference is not of such a charac- 

 ter that the amalgamation of the two Societies could not con- 

 duct successfully all of the branches of the two as now man- 

 aged. 



" Notwithstanding that I said a month ago that I had no 

 selfish personal ends in view in seeing the two societies united, 

 the story has been started that I wished to get the two 

 societies united and then get control of the amalgamation — in 

 short, to become its Secretary-Manager. Nothing was further 

 from my mind. Under no consideration would I accept the 

 position. I doubt the advisability of any bee-keeping editor 

 accepting that position if such an amalgamation should be 

 effected. There is a certain class that would be jealous of the 

 unlucky editor." 



Eugene Secor stands with Manager Newman, and says in 

 Review : 



" It is not clear to me that such a union will prove wise. 

 An increase in the membership of the North American would 

 be desirable from some points of view, and yet, I don't know 

 that numbers alone is necessary to accomplish all that we can 

 reasonably expect such an organization to bring about. 



" More money in the treasury would be a good thing to have 

 when we want a committee to do some work which is intended 

 for the benefit of bee-keepers at large — such, for instance, as 

 the work of the gentlemen who appeared before the R. R. 

 Classification Committee last winter. They ought not to be 

 obliged to pay their own expenses when working for the com- 

 mon good. And yet I doubt if more could have been accomp- 

 lished for bee-keepers before that Committee if we had ex- 

 pended .$500. Some writers have been lamenting the failure 

 of the North American to bring about any good, and I want 

 to cite that one act as proof of its right to exist." 



Tbe BIcEvoy Foul Brood Xreatment is 



given in Dr. Howard's pamphlet on " Foul Brood ; Its Natural 

 History and Rational Treatment." It is the latest publication 

 on the subject, and should be in the hands of every bee-keeper. 

 Price, 25 cents ; or clubbed with the Bee Journal for one year 

 —both for $1.10. 



The North 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 tlje 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, Ont., 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 be 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 iu 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 $1.50 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 the convention 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, III. — 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. 



Alien Pringle, Selby, Ont.— Mistakes of Bee-Keepers and 

 Bee-Journals. 



H. R. Boardman, East Towusend, 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. McKnight, Owen Sound, Ont. — Legislation for Bee- 

 Keepers. 



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



