THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



93 



The American gee-Keeper, 



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EDITORIAL, 



The weather in this locality during 

 the past mouth has been most un- 

 pleasant, and not at all favorable to 

 bee-keepers. Rain has fallen at least 

 four days out of every five, and the 

 weather has been cold. Vegetation 

 is far behind, and bees have hardly 

 done anything. We have heard of 

 only two or th.ree swarms yet, al- 

 though things should be getting quite 

 lively in the bee yard by this time in 

 ordinary seasons. It will be found 

 necessary to feed in some localities 

 some days yet, unless it comes oil' 

 warm very soon. 



Brother Hutchinson says he has al- 

 most concluded to give up the "Spec- 

 cial Topic " feature of the Review, as 

 so many miscellaneous articles are 

 constantly crowding in upon him 

 This has been one of the special fea- 



tures of the Review since it started, 

 and it will hardly seem the same old 

 friend without its special topics, but 

 W. Z. will find it much easier work 

 without that feature, aud we doubt 

 not that he will make the Review just 

 as interesting as ever. 



Considerable is being said in differ- 

 ent bee journals about imbedding 

 wire in foundation by electricity. 

 Several bee-keepers of a scientific 

 turn have experimented in this direc- 

 tion with fair success. We do not- 

 think the method will become of very 

 general use, as the apparatus is too 

 costly and requires too much care to 

 keep it in running order. 



The first number of the National 

 Bee Gazette has appeared, and is a 

 neatly printed 28-page magazine hail- 

 ing from St, Louis. Its rather high- 

 sounding name is, however, hardly 

 applicable, as but uine pages are de- 

 voted to bee-keeping, the other nine- 

 teen pages being made up of clippings 

 concerning farm and literary matters, 

 and a miscellaneous lot of advertise- 

 ments, a large number of which, if 

 we may judge from our own, which 

 is included, were not ordered, for we 

 find on one of its pages a copy of an 

 old "ad." which we run some months 

 ago, and which makes us offer a spe- 

 cial discount of five per cent, on all 

 orders until December 1st, At this 

 time of year we cannot allow any dis- 

 count whatever from our catalogue 

 prices, and the insertion of this "ad." 

 has caused us considerable trouble 

 and expense, as we are compelled to 

 explain to all our customers who write 

 us regarding it. The publisher as- 

 sumes considerable when he takes the 



