. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. (Entered a3 second-class mail-matter at the Chica>;o, III., Post-Ofllce.; Published Monthly at 50 cts. a Year, by George \V. York & Co., 118 W. Jackson Blvd. GEOIIGE W. YORK, Editor CHICAGO, ILL, NOVEMBER, 1907 VoL XLVII—No, 31 editorial ^ofes Commenfs I k The Harrisburg National Convention It was held on Oct. 30 and 31 as per announcement. There were about lOO present, perhaps the smallest meeting in many years. This may be accounted for by reason of the discouraging honey season this year. In the main the Harrisburg meeting was a very good on
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. (Entered a3 second-class mail-matter at the Chica>;o, III., Post-Ofllce.; Published Monthly at 50 cts. a Year, by George \V. York & Co., 118 W. Jackson Blvd. GEOIIGE W. YORK, Editor CHICAGO, ILL, NOVEMBER, 1907 VoL XLVII—No, 31 editorial ^ofes Commenfs I k The Harrisburg National Convention It was held on Oct. 30 and 31 as per announcement. There were about lOO present, perhaps the smallest meeting in many years. This may be accounted for by reason of the discouraging honey season this year. In the main the Harrisburg meeting was a very good one. Some excellent things were said and done, all of which will appear in the published report, which will probably be issued about De- cember 1st. There are now over 2500 members in the National Bee-Keepers' Association. There ought to be 25,000 at least. We wish that all of our readers were mem- bers. The annual dues are only $, and just one of the papers read at the Harrisburg meeting is worth many dol- lars to any bee-keeper who wishes to make something out of his bees. In fact, one of the leading members present said it would have been worth $200 to him had he been able to hear such a paper when he began with bees. It pays to knozu the best there is to be known, if one would succeed in any business. And bee-keeping is no exception. At the evening session on Wednes- day, Oct. 30th, General Manager N. E. France was presented with a beautiful gold watch and chain, which had been purchased with money contributed by many members, in amounts of 10 cents to $5 each. It was a worthy tribute to a worthy and self-sacrificing man. As there was more than needed to pay for the watch and chain, a dozen silver tea- spoons were bought and sent to Mrs. France, who so devotedly has stood back of Mr. France these many years, and thus has helped him do things for bee-keepers more successfully than probably he otherwise could have done. These presentations were made in most appropriate wo
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