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THOMAS G. NEWMAN, EDITOR. 

 GEO. W. YORK, ASSISTANT EDITOR. 



Vol. XXIX. May 5, 1892. Ro,19. 



Editorial Buzzijigs. 



" Sweet as the fragrance of a bee-kissed 



tiower. 

 Her gentle nature has its hidden cells 

 Full of rich offerings, wherever dwells 

 Love to all things." 



Cotton is the principal source of 

 honey in Arkansas. 



Tlie Merry Hum of the bees at 

 night is sweet music, after enduring a 

 hard day's vi^ork in Summer. 



The "Vermoilt Bee-Keepers' As- 

 sociation have had th<! report of the 

 proceedings of their last convention, 

 held at Middlebury, Vt., on .Jan. 27 and 

 28, 1892, printed in pamphlet form. 

 We have received a copy of it, which 

 also contains the Constitution and By- 

 Laws of the Association. 



Insect lyife, the periodical publi- 

 cation of the Division of Entomology of 

 the United States Department of Agri- 

 culture, contains among the editorial 

 articles of its April number an account 

 of a dangerous potato pest which has 

 recently found its way into this country. 

 It is known as the Potato-tuber Moth 

 {Lltd solanella Boisd.), and was first 

 noticed in 1855 in Tasmania. It has 

 been very destructive to potatoes in Aus- 

 tralia, Tasmania, New Zealand, and 

 Algeria, but in this country did not at- 

 tract attention until November, 1891, 

 when it appeared in California. The 

 remedy advised is the immediate seclu- 

 sion and destruction of all infested 

 potatoes. 



This number contains also an article 

 on " Bees of Great Value to Fruit and 

 Seed Growers," by Mr. Frank Benton, 

 which we will present to our readers 

 next week. It shows conclusively the 

 great advantage of bees to horticulturists 

 and fruit-growers. 



Mr. J. E. Pond, of North Attle- 

 boro, Mass., who is so well known to the 

 readers of the Bee Journal, has been 

 suffering with La Orippe for the third 

 time. We can sympathize with him 

 most fully in this affliction. On April 

 22, he wrote the editor as follows : 



I am just now getting around from 

 La Orippe once more, this being my 

 third season with it. I have had all I 

 want. I trust you are recuperating, 

 and hope you are able to attend again to 

 your active labors. Long may you be 

 able to stand at the helm, and keep the 

 Bee Journal in the right course. 



J. E. Pond. 



The Wfumtoerof men working on 

 the World's Fair buildings is now more 

 than 6,000. On some of the buildings 

 work is proceeding day and night. 



The Assistant Secretary of Agricul- 

 ture, Mr. Willits, is in charge of the 

 exhibit of that Department at the 

 World's Columbian Exposition. 



