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March 2, 1889, No. 9, 



Ill-grouiided passions quickly wear away ; 

 What's built upon esteem can ne'er decay. 



Xlie Paris Exposition will cost 

 over ten millions of dollars. 



Fallier I^aii^^slroth is quite weak 

 and still failing. After a few lines dated 

 Feb. 20, 1889, he writes to us : " I am almost 

 past using my pen." His many friends will 

 be sorry to learn this— though there is some 

 consolation in the fact that he is partially 

 relieved from his old " head trouble." 



'I'iie California Honey Crop, 



which was 9,000,000 pounds in 1884, fell to 

 1,200,000 pounds in ISST, and last year (1888) 

 it was increased to 3,.'j00,000. Fears are 

 already expressed that the crop of 1889 will 

 be a short one. 



Xiie Illinois State Fair is to be held 

 at Peoria this year. We hope that Mrs. L. 

 Harrison will see that there is a good display 

 of bees, honey, and apiarian implements. 

 There has never been a creditable exhibit 

 of such since she had the matter in charge 

 some years ago. 



Mr. Byron liams, of Worcester, Mo., 

 whose report we published on page 100, 

 with the remark that it was "fabulous," 

 now writes us that he " can prove his report 

 to be true, if necessary." That report 

 claimed a net profit of S360.50 from 3 colo- 

 nies in the spring of 1888— an average profit 

 of $120 per colony. If that is so, he surely 

 ought to be satisfied ! After this, who will 

 dare to say that bee-keeping will not pay— 

 at least in one instance ? 



Xlie Bee-Keepers' ifla^azine has 



not been issued since last December, and 

 we now learn that its subscription list has 

 been sold to the Bee-Keepers' Advitnce. 

 Brother J. B. Mason has been advancing on 

 the outposts, and has taken five of them by 

 storm. We are ghul to see this, for one 

 good periodical is far more useful and cred- 

 itable than five weaklings. 



The Magazine has been issued for IG 

 years, anl for most of the time was under 

 the able management of Mr. A. J. King ; 

 for the past 3 or 4 years it has been edited 

 and publislied by Mr. John Aspinwall, at 

 Barrytown, N. Y. 



Brother Mason has our congratulations, 

 and we hope the Advance will prosper 

 abundantly. We compliment him upon the 

 adoption of the following, which we copy 

 from his last editorial : 



We have no quarrels with any one, and 

 do not propose to allow our journal to be- 

 come a medium for others to quarrel in ; 

 and while we solicit articles of interest in 

 our specialties from all, we shall publish 

 nothing of a personal nature which reflects 

 in the least upon any one. 



The tendency with some is to be quarrel- 

 some, and they appear to be never satisfied 

 if they cannot get something into an article 

 which is an offensive personality. We de- 

 plore this, and would much prefer never to 

 receive an article from such writers, rather 

 than to publish unkind personal remarks 

 concerning those from whom they differ, 

 either in theory and practice. 



Farmers' Institutes. — Hon. John 

 C. Spooner has offered a Bill in the United 

 States Senate pioviilini; for a national sys- 

 tem (if Farmers' Institutes, to be held 

 throughout the Union under the authority 

 of the new Secretary of Agriculture. 



This measure, if it shall become a law, 

 will aff >nl an effecfive and practical outlet 

 for the work of the various State Experi- 

 mental Stations ; will give a new impetus 

 to improved agricultural and apicultural 

 methods, and also establish such close and 

 friendly relations between the farming 

 masses and the federal government as have 

 hitherto been wholly unknown. 



The provisions of the Bill are such that 

 any State may join with the national au- 

 thority in arranging and managing local 

 institutes, and .5,000 copies of the reports or 

 bulletins will go to each Experimental 

 Station for free distribution, in addition to 

 1,000 to each member of Congress. 



Those who favor this measure should 

 write to their Senators and Representatives, 

 and make their influence felt i. its behalf. 

 Bee-keepers are interested in this, matter, 

 since bee-culture is very properly ben. dis- 

 cussed at farmers' institutes. 



Rural Ute, a farm, stock, bee and 

 poultry periodical, which was started a year 

 ago, and " noticed " on page 99 of last year, 

 is consolidated with Popular Gardening. 

 This makes tivo less bee-papers, and two 

 " obituaries " of such, this week. 



Tiie ^Visconsin Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation met at Madison, on Feb. 7, 1889, Mr. 

 C. Hatch, President, in the chair. About 60 

 persons were present. Last season the 

 members produced nearly 40,000 pounds of 

 surplus honey, and 1,910 colonies were 

 placed into winter quarters. 



Among the subjects presented for discus- 

 sion were : " The President's Address," C. 

 A. Hatch, Ithaca; "A Successful Bee- 

 House," E. Pike, Boscobel ; " Spring Man- 

 agement," Rev. T. H. Dahl, Stoughton ; 

 " Bee-Keeping as a Specialty," F. Minnick, 

 Bessemer ; " Points in Bee-Culture," Dr. J. 

 W. Vance, Madison. 



Upon motion, beginners were " advised 

 to use the ten-frame Langstroth hive, or the 

 Simplicity ;" and "city and town authori- 

 ties wore requested, when selecting trees for 

 sliade or ornapiental planting, to give the 

 basswood a prominent place among their 

 selections." 



The officers elected for the ensuing year 

 were : C. A. Hatch, Ithaca, President ; 

 Rev. H. A. Winters, Madison, Vice-Presi- 

 dent ; F. Jonier, Wyoming, 3nd Vice-Presi- 

 dent; Dr. J. W. Vance, Madison, Secretary ; 

 J. C. Plumb, Milton, Treasurer. 



Xlie j\el>raslta Bee-Keepers held 

 a State convention last January, and we 

 have received the report from the Secretary 

 too late for this issue of the Bee Journal, 

 but it will appear next week. The bee- 

 keepers of Nebraska are justly proud of 

 what they have accomplished during the 

 past few years. They now have a building 

 on the State fair grounds, built for the ex- 

 clusive exhibit of bees and honey and api- 

 arian supplies. Their premium list for next 

 year will be increased and revised so as to 

 give more and larger premiums, and the 

 State Board of Agriculture have asked for 

 a full report of the proceedings of their last 

 convention, to be published in their annual 

 report. We congratulate our Nebraska 

 brethren upon their work and success. 



Foul Brooal, so-called, has consider- 

 able attention in this issue of the American 

 Bee Journal, because of several inquiries 

 concerning the treatment of that dreaded 

 disease. 



Xlie Approaching: inauguration of 

 President Harrison, and the opening of the 

 new regime at Washington, give universal 

 interest to Dr. Ferdinand C. Iglehart's arti- 

 cle on " The Nation's New Leadership," 

 which opens the March number of Frank 

 Leslie's Popular Monthly. The lives and 

 characters of President-elect Harrison and 

 Vice- President-elect Morton, and of their 

 wives, are sketched in vigorous, picturesque 

 and intimate style ; while the accompany- 

 ing portraits and other illustrations give a 

 permanent, as well as a timely, interest to 

 this contribution. The table of contents of 

 this number of the magazine is as rich and 

 varied as ever, literature and art vying with 

 each other in its attractive pages. 



