1895. 



THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



159 



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EDITORIAL, 



In the May Crsmopolitan there ap- 

 pears an illustrated article by W. Z. 

 Hutchin.soo, concerning bees and bee- 

 keeping. The article is well written 

 and very interesting, even to one who 

 knows nothing of bees. It is very 

 instructive and will no doubt be the 

 means of inducing a great many of 

 the readers of the Cosmopolitan to 

 start in bee-keeping. The subject 

 will be continued in the June num- 

 ber. 



Copies of the Cosmopolitan contain- 

 ing the article can be obtained at 20 

 cents each, post paid, by addressing 

 W. Z. Hutchinson, Flint, Mich. 



We are in receipt of the first num- 

 ber ot the Southland Queen published 

 by the Jennie Atchley Co. The con- 

 tents are well up to the standard and 

 show evidences of experience on the 



part of the writers. The typographi- 

 cal appearance however is very in- 

 ferior, and the proof reader evident- 

 ly needs considerable experience. 

 However these are faults that can 

 easily be remedied and will no doubt 

 disappear in a short time. 



We wish the Southland Queen suc- 

 cess. 



The article on ' ' Giant Bees of In- 

 dia " by Frank Benton which we 

 recently published in the Bee-Keeper 

 has caused considerable stir among 

 bee-keepers. We have been request- 

 ed to publish the following petition 

 sent us by Ruth S. Taylor, Secretary 

 of the Ontario Co. Bee-Keepers' As- 

 sociation. 



Wheras, The honorable secretary of 

 agriculture in his last report to the presi- 

 dent says " The entomologist strongly rec- 

 ommended as a part of the work oi this fis- 

 cal year an attempt to introduce into the 

 United States from Ceylon, Giant Bees of 

 India- A pis dorsata 



Whereas, it now remains with the bee- 

 keepers and farmers to unite in petitioning 

 the proper authorities to carry out the 

 work recommended by the entomologist, 

 therefore let it be 



Resolved, That we, the bee-keepers of 

 Ontario county, New York, in convention 

 assembled, respectfully ask the publishers 

 of the bee-papers to print and distribute 

 with their papers a petition to be circulated 

 by each subscriber, the extra expense to be 

 shared pro rata by the bee-ktepers' societ- 

 ies tliroughout the United States. 



Signed C. A. Olmstead. 



E H. Perry. 

 E. Hutchinson. 



It would not be very expensive to 

 obtain some of these bees from Cey- 

 lon and we believe the experiment is 

 worth trying, and if petitions were 

 circulated as suggested in the above 

 resolution there is little doubt but 



