. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. ^I^ERICA^. HE OvStSt BEEHPAPe;,>j 4 2d YEAR. CHICAGO, ILL, JUNE 5,1902, No. 23. t^i.^is,ja^is^ia,:is,^ifi,si^ie^v^is,jAM >^ Editorial. ^- r Ho, for Denver!—There seems to be much enthusiasm among Western Ix'e-keepers with regard to the conTention to lie held Sep- tember in Denver. They have had excellent local eouventions in that region, and with the addition of others from outside it is likely to be one of the most notable National conven- tions ever held. Honey by 3IaiI.—It seems a little strange to us Americans to see in the British Bee Journ
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. ^I^ERICA^. HE OvStSt BEEHPAPe;,>j 4 2d YEAR. CHICAGO, ILL, JUNE 5,1902, No. 23. t^i.^is,ja^is^ia,:is,^ifi,si^ie^v^is,jAM >^ Editorial. ^- r Ho, for Denver!—There seems to be much enthusiasm among Western Ix'e-keepers with regard to the conTention to lie held Sep- tember in Denver. They have had excellent local eouventions in that region, and with the addition of others from outside it is likely to be one of the most notable National conven- tions ever held. Honey by 3IaiI.—It seems a little strange to us Americans to see in the British Bee Journal mention made ot improved boxes for sending sections of honey by mail. We couldn't afford it in this country, but, with all our boasting, Johnny Bull is away ahead of us with his " parcels post" to send things cheaply by mail. Pear-Blight and Bees.—The Pacific Rural Press contains a report from Charles Downing, who covered trees with netting to note the result. He seems to conclude that the bees are responsible for much of the dam- age, if not all, estimating his loss on his crop of Bartlett pears last season, due to blight, at , and his loss this season up to the time of the report, at not less than 1000 tons of fruit on 0000 trees. Just how the discrepancy between his view and the views of others can be accounted for remains to be seen. Sweet Clover in Ohio.—A bill was in- troduced in the Ohio legislature intended to kill sweet clover in that State. Instead ot sweet clover being killed, it seems that the bill itself was killed, according to the follow- ing item from Gleanings in Bee-Culture: The iniquitous sweet-clover bill that was introduced in the Ohio legislature has been killed, and killed so dead that I hope no suc- ceeding legislature will try to pass another measure like it. This only illustrates that bee-keepers, when they are united, and write to the members of their legislature, can exert a powerful influence. It it had not been for the b
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