582 



AMERICAM BEE JOURNAL. 



Xlie Tiine will soon be here for 

 the Northwestern Convention to be held, 

 and the indications are that it will be 

 well attended. Chicago is the center of 

 the great West, and as it was said of old 

 Kome, that all the roads led to it, so it 

 may be said of Chicago, that all the 

 railroads lead to it. The Fat Stock 

 Show will be held at the same time in 

 this city, and all railroads will have 

 reduced fare. The time is the best that 

 could have been hit upon, and bee-keep- 

 ers can come and not only enjoy the 

 '* reunion " and seeing the grand exhibi- 

 tion of fat stock, but witness the growth 

 of the great metropolitan city of the 

 Northwest. Many will want to do some 

 " trading," and this will give them the 

 opportunity. So we may as well invite 

 you all to come and bring "your sisters 

 and cousins and aunts," and have a 

 good time. 



Mr. Dabb, the popular proprietor of 

 the Commercial Hotel, the headquarters 

 of the bee-keepers, will do his level best 

 to welcome and provide for all who may 

 come, and the experience of all, during 

 our former conventions, goes to show 

 that he can entertain all his guests to 

 perfection. 



The following has just come to hand 

 from the Secretary, and confirms our 

 statement made above, that the meeting 

 will be well attended by bee-keepers 

 generally. Brother Hutchinson makes 

 these remarks about the prospects : 



Flint, Mich., Oct. 28, 1891. 

 Fkiend Newman: — The Chicago con- 

 vention will be a good one this year. 

 Every day brings me letters saying that 

 the writers will be present. Bee-keepers 

 from Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, 

 Wisconsin, Missouri, Kansas, Iowa and 

 Minnesota have written to me that they 

 were going to the Northwestern Conven- 

 tion. W. Z. Hutchinson. 



Oround Cork is the best packing 

 material for bees in Winter. It never 

 becomes damp, and it is a thorough 

 non-conductor. It Is so cheap that its 

 cost is practically nothing. 



Tlie Xliird Visit of la grippe is 

 confidently expected during the coming 

 Winter. The following from an editorial 

 in the Chicago Daily Post shows how 

 the matter is viewed by those on the 

 look out for coming events : 



The news comes from Germany that 

 the beginning of Winter finds 500 cases 

 of influenza in Silesia. It is useless to 

 expect that the same winds which blow 

 the poison germs across Europe will not 

 also waft them over the Atlantic, and 

 bind the Western Hemisphere with a 

 broad girdle of disease. The new ap- 

 pearance is said to have originated in 

 Russian churches, in an atmosphere 

 breathed over and over again by the 

 most wretched and dirty people in 

 Europe. 



Formerly the Mohammedans at Mecca 

 had credit for every pestilence ; now the 

 Greek branch of the Christian church — 

 of which the czar is sovereign pontiff — 

 is the head and front of the offending. 



Medical science in the United States 

 will now be called upon for its most 

 strenuous efforts. Two Winters ago the 

 epidemic slew its thousands, and last 

 Winter its tens of thousands. 



If a specific has not been discovered 

 by this time, it is probable that systems 

 weakened by the former attacks will 

 give way in still greater numbers. 



Experience, however, must now have 

 something to go upon in dealing with 

 the earliest symptoms. Influenza, in 

 any of its forms, should not be a closed 

 book to the medical profession. Every 

 public health ofiBcein the country should 

 be made an agency for the diffusion of 

 information as to the latest and most 

 successful methods of dealing with the 

 enemy. 



Xlie 'Wintering- Pro1>leni in 



Bee-Keeping ; an Exposition of the 

 Conditions Essential to Success in the 

 Winter and Spring Management of the 

 Apiary, by G. R. Pierce. This is the 

 title of a new pamphlet of 77 pages, 

 just issued by the author, who has had 

 25 years' experience in bee-keeping, and 

 for the past 5 years has devoted all his 

 time and energies to the pursuit. Price, 

 50 cents. For sale at this office. 



Do Not Forget the meeting of the 

 Northwestern Convention, on Nov. 19. 



