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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



A Cheap Feeder has been put upon 

 the market by Mr. A. G. Hill, and as the 

 time will soon be here for Spring feed- 

 ing, many feeders will be needed, if the 

 weather is unpropitious, and the bees 

 cannot obtain honey from the fruit 

 bloom. Mr. Hill says : 



A good bee-feeder is of the greatest 

 importance, and should embody all the 

 following advantages : 



1. It should be convenient to fill. 



2. It should be constructed so as not 

 to drown or daub the bees. 



3.- It should be so arranged that the 

 bees can take the food without leaving 

 the combs or cluster. 



4. The capacity should be enough to 

 furnish from 1 to 15 pounds at a single 

 feeding. 



5. It should be convenient to handle 

 and refill, that this disagreeable task 

 may be accomplished as speedily as 

 possible. 



All these particulars are embodied in 

 the Atmospheric Bee-Feeder. After it 

 is filled (from a faucet in a large can, 



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hill's atmospheric bee-feeder. 



which holds the syrup, or with a dipper), 

 the cover is put on, and the feeders are 

 inverted on the frames over the bees, as 

 shown above. 



They hold a quart, and cost only 15 

 cents ; or can be mailed for 6 cents ex- 

 tra. Per dozen, $1.60. They may be 

 obtained at this office. 



A "Bread and Butter Series" of 



pamphlets is being issued by George A. 

 Stock well, of Providence, R. I., at 25 

 cents each. No. 2 is on "Apiculture; 

 and the Double-Hive Non-Swarming Sys- 

 tem." Others in the series are to be 

 devoted to the Farm, Horses, Poultry, 

 Pigeons, Canaries, Vegetables, etc. 



The Illinois State Convention seems 

 to elicit but little interest, especially as 

 to its location. Dr. Miller asked those 

 who would attend a State Convention to 

 write to the Bee Journal and state their 

 preferences. So far, all the answers 

 received are these: 



For Springfield — William Yocom, D. D. 

 Cooper, W. H. Cook, C. E. Yocom, Mrs. L. 

 Harrison, Geo. F. Robbins, J. S. Hughes. 



For Chicago — E. P. Gibbs, Aaron Cop- 

 pin, L. Highbarger, A. Y. Baldwin. 



C. P. Dadant writes thus: "You may 

 count on my presence, at either Chicago 

 or Springfield. If there are no reduced 

 rates to either place, I would prefer 

 Springfield." 



J. S. Hughes writes thus: "I give up 

 Decatur and vote for Springfield, April 

 10. Our representative has just assured 

 me that it will be useless to expect any 

 legislative action before the election of a 

 United States Senator has been accom- 

 plished, and the Legislature settles down 

 to business. He says they will not ad- 

 journ before June 1." 



Mrs. L. Harrison writes: "Providence 

 permitting, I will attend a State Conven- 

 tion at Springfield, on Feb. 26. If the 

 meeting is held anywhere else, then some 

 of the 'boys' will have to go to Spring- 

 field, to interview the legislators. Thos. 

 G. Newman, Dr. Miller, C. P. Dadant, or 

 some others, will have to make the trip. 

 In my opinion, it will save time, travel 

 and expense, and do more effective work, 

 to meet at the capital. I have friends at 

 Chicago, whom I would dearly love to 

 see, but none at Springfield; yet I believe 

 that our interests demand that we meet 

 at the capital of the State." 



The preference is, therefore, decidedly 

 in favor of Springfield, where the Con- 

 vention will meet this week. We intend 

 to be present and aid in the organization, 

 and expect to present the decisions ar- 

 rived at, and the work accomplished, in 

 our next issue. 



Our personal preferences are in favor 

 of Chicago, but as the larger number are 

 in favor of Springfield, we cheerfully give 

 in to the majority. In order not to influ- 

 ence the location, we did not state our 

 preference, and we shall now work for its 

 prosperity, just as if it had been located 

 in the place of our choice. 



