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EDITOR. 



ToimX, Mar. 24, 1892, 1.13. 



Editorial Buzzijigs. 



The Tissue of the life to be 

 We weave with colors all our own. 



And in the field of destiny. 

 We reap as we have sown. 



The Apiarian Kxliibits at the 



World's Fair are subjects of much in- 

 quiry now. The following comes from 

 one of our correspondents : 



I see in the Home Journal, page 85, 

 that space at the World's Fair must be 

 applied for on or before July 1, L892. 

 I would suggest that you give plain 

 directions as to whom to apply, and the 

 expense of space, in the American Bee 

 Journal, and Home Journal, and oblige 

 your Many Friends. 



Apply to Mr. W. I. Buchanan, Rand- 

 McNally Building, Chicago, Ills. There 

 is no charge for space. Until a Super- 

 intendent is appointed for the Apiarian 

 Department, nothing , definite can be 

 arranged. 



A Sample of vi^iliow-herb honey 

 was brougjit to our Museum last week 

 by Mr. L. S. Benham, of Petoskey, 

 Mich. Its botanical name is Epilohium 

 anciustifolium. It is prolific in common 

 names. It i§ called (besides willow-herb) 

 bay-willow, blood-vine, blooming Sally, 

 French-willow, Persian-willow, rose-bay, 

 rose-elder, etc. It is also called "fire- 

 weed," because its downy seeds blow to 

 great distances, and finding a lodgment, 

 their vitality makes them burst forth, 

 wherever brush is burned or forest-fires 

 rage." Its beautiful pink flowers cover 

 vast tracks of land in Northern Michi- 

 gan, w^here it is the source of immense 

 yields of honey — rivaling, if it does not 

 surpass, the famous honey harvests from 

 the red raspberries of that peninsula. 

 Mr. Benham says it is his main source 

 of honey. The honey is white, has a 

 heavy body, and is of pleasant flavor. 



L,ast "Week we had an interview 

 with W. I. Buchanan, Esq., Chief of the 

 Department of Agriculture of the 

 World's Columbian Fair. Dr. A. B. 

 Mason, of Auburndale, O., was invited 

 to come here and accompany us. To- 

 gether we spent the forenoon in discuss- 

 ing all the matters connected with the 

 apicultural exhibit, both as to location, 

 requirements of space, rules for exhibi- 

 tors, and the quantity and condition of 

 articles to be exhibited. 



In the afternoon all three of us went 

 to Jackson Park to see the location 

 offered to be assigned to the Bee and 

 Honey exhibit, and the progress made 

 in the Buildings, and in beautifying the 

 grounds. Both Dr. Mason and ourself 

 were astonished at the general magnifi- 

 cence and grandeur of the whole scene 

 before us. 



The majestic proportions of the 

 Buildings were astonishing. For in- 

 stance, the largest structure covered 31 

 acres of space, and some of them towered 

 up from 200 to 300 feet towards the 

 sky. Their very solid appearance, as 

 well as their ornamental and archi- 



