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throw them on a big fire built out of doors 

 and the ends drop out, and leave the sides 

 all in one piece, but unsoldered at the 

 joint. These pieces of tin are straighten- 

 ed out and tacked on the cover the same 

 as so many shingles. They make a water 

 tight roof, and the man who has more 

 time than mone3- ma}' find it worth while 

 to try this plan, 



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Overstocking is a difficult subject to 

 solve. To know when a locality is over- 

 stocked is the main point. A man can 

 not decide for himself when he owns all 

 ot the bees in his locality, but when some 

 other man propose to move in more bees, 

 the first comer often feels quite sure that 

 the locality is overstocked. The State 

 Colorado Bee Keepers' Association has ap- 

 pointed a committee of three to examine 

 into the merits of eacn disputed case, and 

 say whether the new comer ought to come 

 in. Of course, such a committee would 

 have no authority — it could simply pass 

 an opinion. 



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A Big Undertakig is what some of 

 us think it is to step into a parlor car and 

 ride 1,000 or more miles to attend a bee 

 convention, but there was one man from 

 Utah who rode 120 miles in a wagon, and 

 another from the same State who rode 

 40 miles on horse back, that they might 

 then take the cars and ride several hundred 

 miles, and meet with us at Denver. One 

 of these men this year produced 90,000 

 pounds of extracted honey, and it will 

 have to be hauled those 120 miles, by 

 wagon, before it can loaded on the cars. 



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Colorado bee keepers did themselves 

 proud in their entertainment of the Na- 

 tional .Association. Nothing was left 

 undone. 



It sometimes seems as though secretary 

 Working had done nothing else this sum- 

 mer except to work for the success of 

 this meeting, and that he not only work- 



ed himself but "worked" about every one 

 else with whom he came in contact. I 

 am satisfied that all who attended, carried 

 home pleasant and profitable memories. 



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The Exhibition of honey, hives and 

 implements at the Denver convention at- 

 tracted much attention, but I have one 

 suggestion for the managers of future ex- 

 hibitions — don't put them in the same 

 room with the convention. It divides the 

 attention and groups will persist in gather- 

 ing about the exhibition, and talking 

 even when the convention is in session. 



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Bees in Color.\do is a delightful sou- 

 venir of the Denver convention. It is a 

 48-page book gotten ut) in a beautiful way. 

 It is printed upon heavy enameled paper, 

 and illustrated by half tone cuts of the 

 officers, . leading bee keepers of Colorado, 

 and of their apiaries. Then there are 

 scraps of history of Colorado apiculture, 

 and statistics showing its magnitude. 

 The grading rules of the Colorado State 

 Bee Keepers' Association are given, ac- 

 companied by half tone cuts illustrating 

 those rules. In short it contains a choice 

 lot of tid bits that must be seen and read 

 to be appreciated. If the reader was so 

 unfortunate as not to be present at the 

 late Denver convention, he might get a 

 crumb of comfort by sending 10 cents to 

 D. W. Working, box 432, Denver, Colo., 

 for this little souvenir. 



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Quarter-Pound Sections were an at- 

 tractive and a novel feature of the Den- 

 ver banquet. I say quarter-pound be- 

 cause they were only two inches .square, 

 one-fourth size, but Mr. J. U. Harris, the 

 only man with sufficient persuasive power 

 to induce the bees to accept sections of 

 this size, told me that the bees were so 

 put out because of the small size that 

 they really put in only two ounces of 

 honey. Years ago, when the half-pound 

 sections were being discussed, Mr. E. J. 



