. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. fg^^s^M^' ^^:f^«^ffl. ?????????????????????????????????' (Entered at the Post-OfBce at Chicago as Second-Class Mail-Matter) Published Weekly at a Vear by Oeorg:e W. York A, Oo., 334 Uearbom St. QBORaB W. YORK, Editor CHICAGO, ILL,, OCTOBER 19,1905 VoLXLV—Nc,42 /n (Sbitortal Hotcs ^ (Eomments % V= =j The Chicago National Convention The program being arranged for the Na- tional Bee-Keepers' convention, to be held here in Chicago Dec. 5, 6 and 7, is one that it will pay to hear all the way through. Some exceedingly important subjects are to come up


. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. fg^^s^M^' ^^:f^«^ffl. ?????????????????????????????????' (Entered at the Post-OfBce at Chicago as Second-Class Mail-Matter) Published Weekly at a Vear by Oeorg:e W. York A, Oo., 334 Uearbom St. QBORaB W. YORK, Editor CHICAGO, ILL,, OCTOBER 19,1905 VoLXLV—Nc,42 /n (Sbitortal Hotcs ^ (Eomments % V= =j The Chicago National Convention The program being arranged for the Na- tional Bee-Keepers' convention, to be held here in Chicago Dec. 5, 6 and 7, is one that it will pay to hear all the way through. Some exceedingly important subjects are to come up for discussion and action, and so it is hoped that it may be a very representative gathering of bee-keepers of the United States, Canada and Cuba. Some may feel that they can not afford the expense. Some years ago even so experienced and successful a bee-keeper as Mr. C. P. Dadant said he felt well repaid for attending the National convention held in St. Joseph, Mo., just for one thing learned about wintering bees. Last year Mr. and Mrs. Gus Dittmer, of Wisconsin, told the writer that the Chi- cago-Northwestern convention, which they were then attending, was a very profitable in- vestment for them. And so it goes. Come to the National convention in Chi- cago, Dec. 5, 6 and 7, and get new inspiration besides several other things that may not be estimated in dollars and cents. Loss from Outdoor Feeding J. A. Green says in Gleanings in Bee Cul- ture that a loss of bees that was serious occurred in outdoor feeding upon the occur- rence of a cold, drizzling rain last spring. Although he put out no feed on that particu- lar day, he found to his disgust that the bees came out after the feed as usual. " They hovered around the feeders until they became wet and chilled. Bees were scattered all over the ground, and festooned over everything near the feeders that would support them, until many thousands of them perished. The losses from that source prob- ably came near balancing


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