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Ci9ol(leu-Rod Honey.— Mr. W. H. 

 Morse, of Florence, Nebr., has kindly sent 

 us a bottle of golden-rod honey — the first, 

 we believe, we ever saw. He says this 

 about it : 



Friend York : — I have mailed to you to- 

 day a small quantity of honey which I 

 thought would be of interest to you, as I am 

 sure it is exclusively golden-rod, it being 

 taken from a colony which had no surplus 

 until the above-named flower opened, and I 

 watched closely until I took the honey off. 

 I could with dilficulty extract it. In the 

 same room where it was kept, I have a 

 small bottle four years old, which never 

 showed signs of candying, and the sample 

 I send was showing signs of candying in 

 three days after extracting, but the weather 

 was so dry that the nectar had very little 

 water in it. 



I wish you every success with the "Old 

 Reliable," which I regard as a pet, and 

 would not like to miss its weekly visits. 

 Yours truly, W. H. Morse. 



Florence, Neb., Dec. 12. 



The sample is candied solid, and is nearly 

 as white as candied basswood honey. The 

 flavor is quite mild, resembling slightly that 

 of heart's-ease, we think. We shall be glad 

 to give our bee-keeping friends a taste of it 

 when they call at our oflice. 



Bee-Keepers' Editcatioiial So- 

 ciety.— In the Providence, R. I., Evening 

 Bulletin was printed the following para- 

 graph on Dec. 11 : 



Last evening, in response to Invitations, 

 some 16 bee-keepers were at the office of 

 William A. Greene, 21 Custom House street, 

 where steps were taken to form an associa- 

 tion for mutual improvement in the art of 

 bee-culture. It was voted to give the name 

 of " The Bee-Keepers' Educational Society" 

 to the association. Thomas M. Pierce, of 

 Wickford, was elected President, and Wal- 

 ter G. Gartside, of Providence, Secretary 

 and Treasurer. A committee of four, W. 

 A. Greene, Dr. Mackey, S. Lewis and J. 

 Parker, was appointed to draw up a con- 

 stitution and by-laws. The meeting ad- 

 journed to Friday evening, Dec. 31, when 

 it is hoped that many more will be present 

 to listen to interesting essays on the subject 

 of bees. 



Mr. W. G. Gartside sent the foregoing 

 with the following letter : 



Mr. Editor:— From the attached clipping 

 you will perceive that interest in bee-keep- 

 ing is progressing even in the little State 

 of Rhode Island. 



I once heard a story of a conversation 

 between a gentleman and Dr. Miller, at the 

 Columbian Exposition. The Doctor asked 

 the other, who appeared interested in the 

 bee-exhibit, if he kept bees. The answer 

 was that he kept a few colonies, and came 



from a State where there were six bee- 

 keepers, and all the territory was taken up. 

 The Doctor at once said, " Rhode Island?" 



I am pleased to be able to inform that 

 gentleman and the Doctor, that there are 

 now more than six — in fact, nearly fifty 

 who keep from one to four colonies, and, 

 nome territory still open for others. 



Now, while some Rhode Island bee-keep- 

 ers did not obtain more honey than Dr. 

 Miller did this year, there were several that 

 did obtain from 300 to 800 pounds of A No. 

 1 honey, part comb and part extracted ; 

 and from the general tone of conversation 

 and correspondence, I think that there is 

 interest enough to keep this new society in 

 a flourishing condition, with increasing 

 membership at its each monthly meeting. 

 Yours truly, 



W. G. Gartside. 



We hope to hear often from the Bee- 

 Keepers' Educational Society, through its 

 Secretary, Mr. Gartside. Possibly we may 

 be permitted to record in these columns 

 some of their monthly '"sayings" and 

 "doings." Surely, all our readers will be 

 interested in anything that comes from a 

 society having such a happy and wise 

 name. 



Pomona. College, at Claremont, 

 Calif., is where Prof. Cook is teaching. We 

 received a catalogue of that school a short 

 time ago, and in it we find this, under 

 " Entomology "—Prof . Cook's department: 



The science and practice of bee-keeping 

 also receive attention, if any of the students 

 desire instruction in this study. The races 

 of bees are discussed, and the students, by 

 actual practice, are made familiar with the 

 various manipulations of the apiary. 



Then on another page occur these words 

 under " General Regulations " of the col- 

 lege : 



Such obvious requirements as abstinence 

 from intoxicating drinks and vulgar and 

 profane language are understood. To se- 

 cure the best results, it has been deeAed 

 wise to forbid card-playing and the use of 

 tobacco. 



Guess Prof. Cook must be in pretty good 

 school — a safe place for parents to educate 

 their boys and girls. We are glad to speak 

 of it in these columns. 



Reg'itlai' Advertising- is a subject 

 which Editor Root touches on in "Glean- 

 ings" for Nov. 15. Here are his truthful 

 words : 



There has been a good deal written in re- 

 gard to advertising, but I thing there is one 

 point which has not as yet been fully em- 

 phasized; viz.: that the advertiser must 



