AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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 GEORGE W. YORK, 



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VoLXIIX, Jne9,1892, 1,24. 



Editorial Buzzijigs. 



'' Delicious month of June ! 

 Wlien winds and birds all sing in tune ; 

 When in the meadows swarm the bees 

 And hum their drowsy melodies, 

 While pillaging the buttercup. 

 To store the golden honey up." 



Geo. Poindexter, of Kenney, 

 Ills., one of the oldest readers and 

 friends of the American Bee Journal, 

 is sorrow-stricken by reason of the 

 death of his loved and loving wife. He 

 writes these tender words when inform- 

 ing us of his sad loss: "She always 

 greeted me at the door with a loving 

 smile and a kind word. She was a lov- 

 ing wife, good, kind and forgiving." 

 We extend to our bereaved friend and 

 brother our most heartfelt sympathy, in 

 this time of his sore afUictiou. It is 

 hard, sometimes, to say, "Thy will be 

 done." 



Dr. Miller must have enjoyed 

 " nutting excursions " when a boy, or at 

 least cracking and eating nuts on pleas- 

 ant winter evenings, if we may judge by 

 the way he throws out " nuts te crack " 

 at conventions, and even In his writings. 

 Wc find this "stray" "nut" among his 

 " Straws " In Oleanlngs : 



Is the thorax of a laying queen any 

 larger than it was when she was a 

 virgin ? Who can tell us ? For It's the 

 thorax, isn't it, and not the abdomen, 

 that prevents a queen from going 

 through an excluder? Bro. Larrabee, 

 there's a nut to crack. 



As "Bro. Larrabee" is now in the 

 " nut-cracking " business at the Michi- 

 gan Agricultural College apiary. Dr. 

 Miller will likely receive both the 

 " kernel " and the " shuck " very soon. 

 Of course, we can almost imagine we 

 hear the Doctor saying just now: "L 

 don't know !" 



Xlie First Annual Report of 



the Illinois State Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion is received. It is a nicely printed 

 pamphlet of nearly 200 pages, pub- 

 lished by the State of Illinois. Besides 

 a full report of the meeting of the 

 Illinois State Bee-Keepers' Association, 

 it contains much information about the 

 National Bee-Keepers' Union and Its 

 work, and also 14 or 15 pages of gen 

 eral instructions and information about 

 bees and bee-keeping. It is very inter- 

 esting throughout, and the Secretary, 

 Mr. Jas. A. Stone, is to be congratulated 

 upon the production of such a complete 

 and interesting report. We may have 

 more to say concerning it after having 

 had time for a thorough examination of 

 of its contents. 



Some did not quite comprehend the 

 notice of sale in last week's Bee Jouk- 

 NAL. Thomas G. Newman & Son have 

 not disposed of the Bee-Keepers' Supply 

 Business or the Home Journal. Both 

 will be continued as heretofore, at the 

 same location as before, 199 East Ran- 

 dolph St., Chicago, Ills. 



