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they would proceed to look after details. 



Dr. Mason was just the man to state 

 our case. He made his modest little 

 speech to a body of picked men. This 

 body was made up of some of the best 

 men in Ohio, full of business and vim ; 

 among them the Vice-President of the 

 Baltimore & Ohio railroad, Capt. W. W. 

 Peabody, the Chairman of the Board; 

 Mr. Ritchie, and Hon. Harvey Piatt, 

 United States Commissioners for Ohio ; 

 L. N. Bon ham, Secretary of the State 

 Board of Agriculture, and others. 



One of the number, the chairman, was 

 disposed to have a little fun ; but he 

 found he had his match in Dr. Mason. 

 Said he, "Mr. Mason, about how much 

 space will the Ohio bee-keepers want ?" 

 The Doctor replied that he always liked 

 to ask for enough. Turning to E. R. R., 

 with a twinkle in his eye, he said, "I 

 think we need about 10,000 square 

 feet." TheCommissionei-s, and especially 

 the Chairman, were nonplused ; and the 

 Vice-President of the Baltimore & Ohio 

 railroad took out his pencil and began 

 to figure. In the meantime, the Doctor 

 behaved himself very circumspectly. 

 Pretty soon they saw the joke, and 

 began to laugh ; and by dint of ques- 

 tioning, they learned that about 2,500 

 square feet would answer. 



It is some cause for congratulation to 

 the bee-keepers of Ohio, that they have 

 made their application early — perhaps 

 as early as any other association ; and 

 through Dr. Mason, they stand v^^ell 

 with the Commissioners, and will doubt- 

 less receive a fair share of the appro- 

 priation and space under their control. 



Our delegation made a very favorable 

 impression upon the Commissioners, 

 several of whom showed much interest 

 in the matter, and voluntarily promised 

 to do all they could for us. Dr. Mason 

 has some personal friends among the 

 Commissioners, and we feel much elated 

 at the prospect before us. — Gleanings. 



Bee-KeeBing in Coloraio, 



KEY. E. MILLESON. 



About six years ago the State Bee- 

 Keepers' Association was organized, with 

 some six members, for a beginning of 

 what is now a very creditable organiza- 

 tion. 



At the time of our organization it was 

 not known that it was possible to produce 

 any considerable amount of honey in 

 Colorado. The introduction of alfalfa as 

 a forage plant, very soon developed the 



fact that it was also one of the very best 

 honey-producing plants grown in the 

 West. 



The vast developments In all the 

 departments of industry in our young 

 State has opened the eyes and quickened 

 the steps of the vast number of toilers. 

 The enterprising bee-keeper has not been 

 left behind. Until recently we had no 

 market for Colorado honey ; California 

 honey had the preference ; but now it is 

 all changed ; there is no better honey 

 produced on the American continent than 

 is found in our sales rooms in Colorado. 



I anticipated a good report from the 

 bee-keepers from the north, middleand 

 extreme south ; there are very many 

 questions to be asked and answered in 

 our annual gatherings ; it affords us an 

 opportunity to exchange our experiences ; 

 our successes and failures will, no doubt, 

 do us all good. 



I am well pleased with the growth of 

 our association in the past, and look for- 

 ward to still greater achievements in our 

 particular industry in the future. The 

 possibilities of the bee culturist in Col- 

 orado for the future are indeed great, with 

 such unlimited honey-producing plants, 

 both in the northern and extreme south- 

 ern portion of the State. 



Allow me to congratulate you, bee- 

 keepers, on the continued prosperity of 

 our calling ; hoping that the future may 

 continue as bright and remunerative as 

 the past has been. I am glad that there 

 is indeed light ahead in regard to the 

 foul-brood. This peculiarly bright cli- 

 mate surely is very much in our favor. — 

 Read at the State Conventio7i. 



Denver, Colo. 



fJouTention I^otices. 



Cr"The ninth annual meeting of the Susquehanna 

 County, Bee-Keepers' Association wyi be held on 

 Thursday, Sept. 3, at South Montrose, Pa. 



H. M. Seeley, Sec. Harford, Pa. 



11^" The Southwestern Wisconsin Bee-Keepers' 

 Association will hold its next meeting on Wednes- 

 day and Thursday, Oct. 14 and 15. 1891, at Fennimore, 

 Grant Co., Wis. 



BENJ. E. Rice, Sec, Boscobel, Wis. 



Bees will not work on fruit juice 

 when there is honey in the fields, and 

 they cannot hurt sound fruit at any 

 time. If any of you doubt this state- 

 ment, put a bunch of sound grapes or a 

 sound peach in a hive of bees, and note 

 the result 24 hours afterwards. It is 

 birds and hornets that damage sound 

 fruit— bees only gather lost juices.— 

 Exchange. 



