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EDITOR. 



VfliniX, Mar, 3,1892, No, 10, 



Editorial Buzzlngs. 



"We Regret to learn that earache 

 and La Orippe have lately been afflicting 

 Brother Ernest R. Root. We are glad 

 to state that he Is recovering his usual 

 health. The weather has been so un- 

 favorable of late that the indisposed 

 would make a large army. 



Quite a number of circulars have 

 been sent to this office concerning the 

 Cronkleton method of preventing after- 

 swarms, asking : " Is this a humbug?" 

 " Is there anything in it?" etc. We do 

 not know anything about the " method " 

 proposed to be sold. From correspond- 

 ence with Mr. Cronkleton, we think 

 that he is sincere, and his "intentions " 

 all right. But " schemes " are many, 

 and there are some who are suspicious 

 of even honorable dealings. We, there- 

 fore, advised him to select some bee- 



keeper of undoubted integrity, who was 

 well-known, then advertise this method, 

 and have the money sent to the person 

 selected, and after examination, if the 

 method was approved, to have the 

 modus operandi sent to each subscriber, 

 and the money paid to him. Instead of 

 following our advice, he has sent out 

 circulars. That is all we know of it. 



Our Honey Prophet sends the 

 following as his predictions for the 

 honey crop of Iowa this year. As he 

 came so near to being correct last year, 

 his " forecasts " become more interest 

 ing. He says : 



I promised to give the bee-keepers my 

 predictions of the honey crop for next 

 Summer, sometime this month. I will 

 confine myself to Iowa at present, and 

 will give my predictions for the other 

 States sometime next month. 



The honey-flow will be far better in 

 Iowa next Summer than it was last, and 

 it will be still better in the eastern part 

 of the State. It will be the best in 

 Jackson and Clinton counties. It will be 

 good at Tipton, and from there north- 

 east through Jackson county to the 

 Mississippi River. The worst failure 

 will be at Glenwood, Mills county, and 

 from there northeast through Cass, 

 Guthrie and Dallas counties. It will not 

 be good at Des Moines, the capital, but 

 will get better from Polk county east. 

 The flow will not be good in the western 

 part of the State, but will be fair in the 

 eastern part as a general rule. 



Cosby, Tenn. Sam Wilson. 



Irately the Review has given small 

 half-tone pictures of the authors of 

 communications at the beginning of each 

 article. While those in the February 

 issue are an improvement, still we much 

 prefer Tardinary wood engravings. Friend 

 Hutchinson is very enterprising, and 

 deserves great credit for the general 

 typographical excellence of the Review. 



Xhe Ravag-es of La Orippe are 

 growing in intensity. The number of 

 apiarists reported at this office as under 

 its power is quite alarming. 



