AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



695 



ONE I30I.I.AR FEB TTEAB. 



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THOMAS G. NEWMAN, EDITOR. 

 GEO. W. YORK, Assistant Editor. 



VoUIIX, May 26,1832, 1.22. 



Editorial Buzzijigs. 



A Bird sang sweet and strong, 

 Tn the top of the highest tree ; 



Re said : •• I pour out my heart in song 

 For the Summer that soon shall ue." 



But deep in the shady wood. 



Another bird sang : " 1 pour 

 My heart on the solemn solitude, 



For the Springs that return no more." 



A Good Remedy for bee-stings 

 is to cut an onion in two and apply the 

 cut surface to the wound. 



Xlie "Weather of late has been 

 very wet. Continual showers have been 

 " the order of the day," and also the 

 night. The low land nearly all over the 

 country is under water. It seems now 

 almost an impossibility for there to be 

 any drouth this year — the ground is so 

 heavily charged with moisture, and the 

 bloom must be abundant, even if it is 

 long delayed. 



A Fire, on May 13, destroyed the 

 printing office and bindery where ttfe 

 Bee Journal had been printed and 

 bound during the past 15 years. Our 

 last issue came out on time, however, 

 through the kindness of the Woman's 

 Christian Temperance Union. The next 

 day after the fire, their largest press 

 was placed at our disposal, and hence 

 we were able to visit our readers at the 

 usual hour, just as though nothing 

 had happened. The loss is fully cov- 

 ered by insurance, as all such losses 

 should be. 



It is Soniewliat Difficult to 



say just when or where to begin to pre- 

 pare honey for market — perhaps the 

 best time would be before we have any. 

 To be able to have the choicest comb- 

 honey, it must be built in nice, white 

 sections. Another article of importance 

 is nice, thin foundation. With this 

 fastened in the sections, they have a 

 neat appearance. — ExcJiange. 



Dr. A. B. Mason was in Chicago 

 last week, and in company with the 

 editor of the American Bee Journal, 

 held a conference with Mr. Buchanan, 

 Chief of the Agricultural Department of 

 the World's Fair, with reference to the 

 Apiarian Exhibit. Our readers may 

 expect something definite about the 

 arrangements, in our next issue. 



Cliilian Honey is dark in color, 

 and inferior in quality. A correspondent 

 writes that he has seen in one day 500 

 barrels of honey shipped from one 

 Chilian port. He says that most of the 

 honey produced in that South American 

 country comes froni the Desert of Ata- 

 cama, which is a wonderful honey-pro- 

 ducing locality. 



^ot Securing the hives, sections, 

 foundation and other supplies in season 

 is a mistake made year after year by 

 many bee-keepers. 



