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EDITORIAL. 



We regret to find that Editor Hutch- 

 inson in .July Review places himself 

 squarely against the importation of 

 A'pis Dorsata by the government. We 

 are surprised for we have always re- 

 garded him as one of the most pro- 

 gressive and unbiased bee men in the 

 country and believed he would be 

 heartily in favor of giving Apk Dorsata 

 a trial. We do not mean to say that 

 all who object to the agitation of the 

 subject are not progressive, many are, 

 but unfortunately for the bee keepers 

 of the country, many of the best 

 writers and the most influential pub- 

 lishers are, without doubt, biased by 

 reason of their queen business, preju- 

 dices, etc. 



We wish to call our readers atten 

 tion to the fact that in petitioning the 

 government to introduce Apis Dorsata, 

 we are onlv doing what the Secretarv 



of Agriculture has intimated we 

 should do, and the undertaking is too 

 expensive for any individuals and 

 properly belongs to the government. 

 Mr. Hutchinson stfites that in his lo- 

 cality there are no blossoms that can- 

 not be visited by the common bee. 

 Tills uu\y be true, Ymi almost every- 

 where is found red clover and other 

 blossoms having deep nectaries which 

 the common bees cannot reneli. He 

 also is skeptical about Apis Dorsata se- 

 creting more wax and honey than the 

 common bee and their al)ility to con- 

 tend with wasps, etc. He however 

 offers no arguments or facts to prove 

 the contrary and skepticism does not 

 o'o for much, and we cannot know how 

 they will act in this climate until we 

 import some of them. Every bee 

 keeper should send for copies of 

 the petition that is ^now being circu- 

 lated, and which is to be presented to 

 the government with the object in 

 view of inducing it to import some of 

 these bees for experimental purposes. 

 Petitions can be had of W. F. Marks, 

 Secretary Ontario Co. Bee Keepers' 

 Association. Chapinville, N. Y. 



The annual meeting of the North 

 American Bee Keepers' Association 

 will be held at Lincoln, Neb. , some- 

 time in the near future, but as the 

 date was left depending on arrange- 

 ments of cheap railroad rates, etc. , no 

 one knows yet when it will occur. It 

 makes it somewhat inconvenient for 

 many not to know considerably in ad- 

 vance just when the convention will 

 take place so that arrangements can 

 be made for leaving home. The pro- 

 gram as prepared will doubtless be 

 very interesting, and includes articles 



