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This is indeed a large country and 

 it seems to be impossible for nature to 

 bless all parts of it simultaneously. 

 Not only is this notieable in fruits 

 and grains, but in the honey crop as 

 well, for all in the same mail conies 

 the most encouraging reports from 

 one section, while from another sec- 

 tion we hear, " The honey crop is a 

 failure." 



Friend Alley devotes considerable 

 space in the July Apieulturist to the 

 Missouri Bee-Keeper in response to the 

 unfriendly and uncalled for charges 

 which that journal made against Mr. 

 Alley in its June number. As stated 

 previously we do not approve of such 

 personalities appearing in any journal, 

 but we really think Mi-. Alley is justi- 

 fied in returning the attack on his in- 

 tegrity and good name. 



different bee journals, while the Dih- 

 bern is receiving many "black eyes." 

 Friend Dibbern devotes almost his 

 entire space in the Western Plowman, 



of which he i.- " bee editor," to de- 

 fending his escape. 



■ Doubtless our readers will notice 

 the White Mountain Apiarist ad., offer- 

 ing a cash premium to the person 

 suggesting the best method of, — but 

 you can read the particulars in the 

 advertisement. You will find it no 

 easy matter to suggest a good idea. 

 Ideas in that direction are scarce, but 

 editor Ellindwood's idea of advertis- 

 ing this way is far superior and more 

 honorable than the worn out " chest- 

 nut " of offering a grand prize to the 

 first ten persons sending 10c and 

 guessing the number of letters in the 

 word pig or some such nonsense, the 

 only object being to get your 10 cents. 

 No matter how many dimes are sent 

 it only costs the advertiser SI. This 

 seems to us downright dishonesty. 



Speaking about bee escapes, we note 

 that the Porter is having a great 

 .amount of free advertising in the 



The 3Rssouri Bee-Keeper is improv- 

 ing, but still it continues to deal lib- 

 erally in personalities, and the AmePv- 

 [CAN Bee-Keeper came in for a share 

 of its wrath last month. It is hardly 

 worth while for us to notice the sever- 

 al sly shots made at us in one way and 

 another in the several different arti- 

 cles concerning us. Such things do 

 not interest our readers, but we will 

 say that we do not deal in queens or 

 bees, consequently have no axe to 

 grind, and our conclusions concerning 

 Carniolan bees were our honest con- 

 victions. After a more thorough ex- 

 amination of the subject we are com- 

 pelled to state that we can find no 

 reason for changing our co .vietions. 

 We are not defending yellow Carnio- 



