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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



queen cells from her brood, then introduce 

 a good queen or give a card of brood 

 with eggs in it from a good colon}-. Keep 

 all colonies strong. 1 do not think the 

 most of pickled ' brood is owing io the 

 queen, but rather to heat and lack of 

 proper food at stated times. In most 

 cases I find it to be a lack of unsealed 

 honey and pollen stored near the young 

 brood. There come times in the spring, 

 (between dandelion and white clover 

 bloom) with no honey coming in, when 

 the old bees eat this uncapped honey, 

 starving the larva bee at an early age. 

 The result may be pickled brood, and at 

 a date late enough so that they are gath- 

 ering honey. If a little careful feeding 

 during each day of these shortages is 

 practiced, there will be little or no pick- 

 led brood. Rye flour in early spring of- 

 ten will be taken as pollen by the bees if 

 put out di>ors in a warm place. Strong 

 colonies with plenty of good feed and 

 young laying queens seldon have any 

 pickled l>rood. 



THE PHILADELPHIA CONVENTION. 



Rates That may be had in Going to the 



Meeting of the United Stales Bee- 



Keepers Association. 



As has been already announced, the 

 United States Bee-Keepers' Association 

 will hold its annual convention in Phila- 

 delphia, Sept. 5, 6, and 7. I have just 

 received from the Secretary, Dr. A. B. 

 Mason, of Toledo, Ohio, the following in 

 regard to railroad rates: 



Sta. B, Toledo, Ohio, June 26, 1S99. 

 Mr. Editor: — I have been faithfully 

 trying to get the railroad rates to the (x. 

 A. R. encampment at Philadeljihia for 

 the information of those bee-keepers who 

 may wish to attend the convention of the 

 United States Bee-Keepers' Association 

 on the 5th, 6th, and ylh of ne.\t Septem- 

 ber, and find that in the territory covered 

 by the General Passenger .Association the 

 rate will be one cent per mile each way, 

 "with a minimum of 5 1 1 (except that the 

 fare will not apply via Pittsburg, Penn- 

 sylvania r()a<l and Washington ), but via 

 Ilarrisburg direct," but the $1 1 rate will 

 be waived where the current f^rst-class 

 one-way fare is less. In such cases the 

 fare will be one cent per mile each way in 

 the Central Passenger Association terri- 

 tor\- added to the authorized one-wav 



fare for the round-trip from the nearest 

 Trunk Line gateway (or station J. Tick- 

 ets for s.ile Sapt. r to 4, inclusive. 



The rate in the territory covered by 

 the Trunk Line Association will be "one 

 fare for the round with a minimum of 

 I [.00, except that the fare from New 

 York and Baltimore will be 1^3.00; from 

 Washington I4.00; from Newark, N. J., 

 I2.85; from Elizabeth, N. J., $2.-js; and 

 and j>roportionatel3' from intermediate 

 points. One fare to New York plus I3.00 

 from points west of Binghamton and vSyra- 

 cuse via New York, going and returning 

 same route." Tickets to be sold, and 

 good going, Sept. 2 to 5, inclusive. 



The Central Passenger Association ter- 

 ritory includes that part of Canada lying- 

 south of a line running from Toronto near- 

 ly west to Lake Huron; the southern pe- 

 ninsular of Michigan, that of Illinois h'- 

 ing east of a line running from East St. 

 Louis to Chicago, including both of these 

 cities; all of Indiana and Ohio; that por- 

 tion of Pennsylvania lying west of the 

 Allegheny River, and that part of New 

 York Iving west of a line from Sala.^anca 

 to Buffalo. 



The remainder of the United States 

 h'ing east of the Mississippi River, and 

 south of the Ohio River and those por- 

 tions of Pennsylvaniaand New York not in 

 the Central Passenger territory above 

 described, and all of New England, are 

 in the Trunk Line Association territory. 



In both the territories named above, 

 "tickets will be good returning to Sept. 

 12, inclusive; except that by deposit of 

 ticket with joint agent at Philadelphia, 

 between Sept. 5 and 9, both dates in- 

 clusive, and on payment of a fee of 50 

 cents, return limit may be extended to 

 Sept. 30, inclusive." 



Rates have not yet been fixed by the 

 vSouthwestern Passenger Bureau, and the 

 Western Passenger Association, but both 

 have promised to inform me as soon as 

 announcement is made." 



By iiujuiring of the station agent any 

 one can readily learn the rate of fare. 



Side trips to Washington, Richmond, 

 Norfolk. Gettysburg, Antietam and other 

 points of interest will be provided for 

 at about one fare for the round trip, or a 

 cent and a half per mile for circuitous 

 routes. 



In a letter just received from Mr. I". 

 Hahniaii, secretary of the Philadelphia 

 Bee-Kee])ers' Association, he writes in 

 substance: 



"If those expecting to attend the con- 

 vention will write me we will find (juar- 

 ters for them; those not notifying us will 

 have to take their chances, as we cannot 



