. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. GXIORGi: W. YORK. I DEVOTED EXCLUSIVELY J Weekly, $ a Year. Editor. i To Bee-Culture. I Sample Free. VOL. XXXII. CHICAGO, ILL, AUG. 31, 1893. NO. 9. -?*?^^?*?^^^?*?^^?^^^?^?^?*?^'^?' ^?^?'??^-'??^. Ifiro. C I*. I>ii4limt, of the comb- foundation firm of Chas. Dadant & Son, has been quite sick for several weeks. We are glad to know that he is about recovered, and hope he will soon bo all right again. Xlie Slotel is the place where the North American bee-convention will be held on Oct. 11th, 12th and I8th. See the advertisemen


. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. GXIORGi: W. YORK. I DEVOTED EXCLUSIVELY J Weekly, $ a Year. Editor. i To Bee-Culture. I Sample Free. VOL. XXXII. CHICAGO, ILL, AUG. 31, 1893. NO. 9. -?*?^^?*?^^^?*?^^?^^^?^?^?*?^'^?' ^?^?'??^-'??^. Ifiro. C I*. I>ii4limt, of the comb- foundation firm of Chas. Dadant & Son, has been quite sick for several weeks. We are glad to know that he is about recovered, and hope he will soon bo all right again. Xlie Slotel is the place where the North American bee-convention will be held on Oct. 11th, 12th and I8th. See the advertisement of the hotel on page 201 of this issue of the Bee Journal. Any of our readers who may be coming to the World's Fair before the convention is held, would do well to " put up" at the Louisiana Hotel. Full information about it is given on page 261. Striiclt by Ijigtttuiitg-.—Bro. J. L. Hubbard, of Walpole, N. H., we are veiy sorry to learn, has suffered a severe loss. His buildings were struck by lightning and all burned on the night of Aug. 19th, in- cluding crops, which were harvested, some stock, and part of his household goods. He saved his bees and honey, however, and was fortunate and wise enough to carry a fire insurance. Bro. Hubbard is one of the oldest subscribers to the Bee Journal, having taken it beginning with the very first number in 1861. ^Vorld's I'^'air Honey is a rarity, but Mr. Hershiser, who has charge of the New York State exhibit, was kind enough to present a beautiful one-pound section of honey to the editor of the Bee Journal. It was gathered by one of Bro. Doolittle's colonies of bees on exhibition at the Fair, and we want to say right now that Bro. D.'s bees gather excellent honey here in Illinois; just what kind the same bees would gather in New York we are not able to tell, though we feel certain it would be good. From the taste, it would be very difficult to tell from just what flowers the World's Fair honey was gathered, as it must have


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