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and no new members are to have anything 

 to do with the business. It will be con- 

 ducted as it has been heretofore, by A. I. 

 Root and his family, including the son-in- 

 law, Mr. J. T. Calvert, who has been for 

 many years business manager. A. I. Root, 

 besides being president, will, for the pres- 

 ent, be by far the largest stockholder; 

 Ernest R. Root, vice-president ; J. T. Cal- 

 vert, secretary and treasurer. 



The principal reason for making this 

 change is, that the business may go right 

 on uninterruptedly in case of death or ac- 

 cident to the founder, A. I. Root. We as a 



they are " we (e) " — ?i«fe — editors. Yet 

 there may be nothing very " small " about 

 them. 



J. T. Calvert, Treas. N.A. B.-K. A. 



family do not desire the intervention of 

 law or lawyers to settle up our business in 

 case of death to one or more of us. 



We should think that the editorial repre- 

 sentative of such a big company, would 

 from now on want to return to the editorial 

 " we," in Gleanings, instead of using the 

 " perpendicular " pronoun " I." 



Some people " don't know " one good rea- 

 son for using the editorial "we." We are 

 not surprised at that. There are a whole 

 lot of things that some very "knowing" 

 folks '• don't know." So there's no need of 

 feeling badly over not knowing just " one 

 good reason " for some things. Besides, 

 there are some matters that are 7wt worth 

 knowing about. May be " we " is one of 

 them. 



Some editors tnay use "we" because 



How to Make Honey-Candy.— 



Mr. W. S. Pierson, of Eureka, Mich., asks 

 for a recipe for making honey -candy. Here 

 is one used by Thos. Dobson, of Nebraska: 



Take one cupful of honey and the same 

 of best white sugar ; mix together and boil 

 in a new tin, which has been well greased 

 with fresh butter. If the candy is to be 

 white, pull it while warm. When cool 

 enough cut into small pieces and wrap in 

 buttered paper, as exposure to the air 

 makes it soft. 



A Hig'li Compliment, is the follow- 

 ing, for which we " make our best bow:" 



The American Bee Journal is excellent. 

 I get little time to read even bee-papers, 

 but I must read the American Bee Journal. 

 I congratulate you on getting up such a 

 good paper. It improves rapidly. 



A. J. Cook. 



Claremont, Calif., Nov. 19, 1894. 



Editoi- Qiiigley, of the Progressive 

 Bee-Keeper, calls upon the six other editors 

 who were present at the St. Joseph conven- 

 tion, to " decide " whether or not he looks 

 like an excitable, drinking man. It seems 

 a Texas correspondent of the Progressive 

 intimated that Bro. Q. was about that sort 

 of a critter. No, if this writer may judge 

 from his appearance and conduct at St. 

 Joseph, Editor Quigley is a model young 

 man in every respect — one who is not easily 

 excited, and who would not be guilty of 

 indulging in intoxicants at all. We hope he 

 has too much horse-sense to do the latter 

 shameful trick. 



Mr. Clias. ]>adant has a well-de- 

 served, enviable reputation as a bee-keeper, 

 on both sides of the Atlantic. In a " Chat 

 on European Matters " in Gleanings for 

 Dec. 1, Mr. Charles Norman, in speaking 

 of French bee papers and books, says this : 



Among the books are translations of Mr. 

 Cowan's " Guide," and Mr, Dadant's " Re- 

 vised Langstroth." Mr. Charles Dadant is 

 a contributor to the Reuue, and his articles 

 are well written —indeed, the emanations 

 of a mind which combines fine judgment 

 with great experience. He is held in high 

 esteem by the editor of the Revue, as well as 

 the other contributors. When mentioning 

 his name they do not spare words like 

 "master," "celebrated," and the like, and 



