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honey. It would be a curiosity that would 

 beat the oue mentioned in the Bible. 



Editor Hutchinson regrets that the honey 

 exhibits at the World's Fair were scattered 

 over the grounds in the various buildings. 

 Of course it is to be regretted ; the men 

 who managed the Fair forgot to take a les- 

 son from the methodical bee ; a bee would 

 not attempt to store the honey it was col- 

 lecting, in the various hives of an apiary. 

 The managers of the Fair could have been 

 likened to a bee, if they could have had 

 all the honey that was brought upon the 

 Fair grounds stored in one place. 



In Prof. Cook's valuable article in the 

 November limew, I notice that he for- 

 got to speak his couple of lines ere he 

 launched out upon the subject he proposed 

 to deal with. 



These lines at the beginning of an article 

 remind me of the boy at school who did 

 not appreciate "declamation day," and got 

 out of it, when his turn came to get up on 

 the platform and speak his piece. He did 

 it by rattling off — 



" Speaking is hard and tough : 

 I've spoke two lines and that's enough." 



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fsy~ Bo not write anything for publication 

 on the same sheet of paper with business 

 matters, unless it can be torn apart without 

 interfering with either part of the letter. 



Bees Had a Merry Christmas. 



The bees have been having a Merry 

 Christmas. Yesterday was warm and 

 balmy, and the bees had a ''picnic." They 

 celebrated the shortest day in the year by 

 a splendid flight. Bees, thus far, have been 

 doing well upon the summer stands. I 

 leave for the " Land of Flowers and Bun- 

 shine" on Wednesday, Dec. 27th, and hope 

 to be at home New Year's Day," at " Loney 

 St. Andrews by the Sea." 



Mrs. L. Harrison. 



Peoria, Ills., Dec. 25, 1893. 



The Past Season in Texas. 



Bees wintered well last winter, as far as 

 I have heard, but it was a very poor year 

 for swarming. I got n swarms from '2>i col- 

 onies, spring count, but took off 1,300 one- 



pound sections of fine honey, and some- 

 thing over 100 partly-filled sections, which 

 I have on hand for feeding in the spring. 

 The honey-flow stopped suddenly the first 

 of August, from dry weather. All the 

 honey gathered since then came from 

 broom-weed, so-called here — a very small 

 yellow flower, growing about IS inches 

 high. It is very sprangly, and stands the 

 dry weather well. 



My bees got plenty of honey for winter, 

 and are in fine condition. The weather is 

 splendid, but it is terribly dry. We have 

 had very little rain for four months. I 

 can't say what effect it will have on next 

 year's honey crop, but if it does not rain 

 soon, we will have no wheat crop, surely. 

 Honey sold here for 12^ .< cents per pound. 

 The mercury is 73 degrees in the shade to- 

 day. A. BiSHER. 



Baird, Tex., Dec. 11, 1893. 



Bees in the " Italy of America." 



Bees are now daily on the wing, and 

 jiollen is coming in. The mercury to-day is 

 76 degrees above zero — quite warm enough 

 for " winter weather." Tourists are more 

 numerous at this date than last season. The 

 Italy of America is Florida, only better, 

 as we Americans try to better everything, 

 you know — and do. Dr. Jesse Oren. 



Daytona, Fla., Dec. 2(5, 1893. 



Bees in Fine Condition for Winter. 



My 35 colonies of bees went into winter 

 quarters in fine condition, and I will be 

 surprised if I lose any. I have them all 

 well jjacked in leaves, with ground cork 

 and old carpet on top, the same as I have 

 wintered them for the last four winters 

 without loss. Wir. B. McCormick. 



Uniontown, Pa., Dec. 19, 1893. 



Getting Better Prices for Honey. 



Why could not the bee-keepers club to- 

 gether, and agree not to sell any honey for 

 less than a certain price, the price to be 

 governed by the season '. There is so much 

 honey put upon the market by those who 

 will ■• take what they can get " for it. and 

 this is ruining the market. If the bee- 

 associations could club together as the coal 

 and sugar companies do, it seems as if they 

 might get a good price. They could buy 

 the honey of those who are going to sell for 

 less. I would like to hear what some 

 others, and more experienced, bee-keepers 

 have to say on this subject. 



Chas. B. Allen. 



Central Square, N. Y. 



Bees Seem to he Wintering Well. 



We have had pretty steady winter 

 weather here for over a month, and good 

 sleighing for the past ten days, with about 

 10 inches of snow on the level. Bees in win- 

 ter quarters seem to be contented, with 40 



