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VOL XXXllI. CHICAGO, ILL, JAN. 25, 1894. 



NO. 4. 



"^^ GEORGE W YORK.%s^ 



Ilecs"*vnx, so it is said, is formed by 

 one equivalent of starch changed into fat 

 by losing one equivalent of carbonic acid 

 and seven equivalents of oxygen. 



Xlic Oliio Convention will be 

 omitted this winter. So we are informed 

 by Miss Dema Bennett, the Secretary of 

 the association. She says that the Execu- 

 tive Committee has so decided, but will 

 hold one next winter. Due notice of time 

 and place will be given in the Bee Journal. 



Bi'O. €!eo. '^N. Brodbeclc, of Los 



Angeles, Calif., has been appointed chair- 

 man of a committee to secure and put in 

 place the bee and noney exhibit at the Mid- 

 winter Fair now being held in San Fran- 

 cisco. 



It is proposed that a •• honey pyramid," 

 consisting of comb and extracted honey, be 

 built, six feet square at the base, and 15 

 feet high. It is thought that 1,500 pounds 

 will be required, and that this will exceed 

 the famous Egyptian pyramids — in sweet- 

 ness. 



California bee-keepers are invited to help 

 make the display, which, no doubt, they 

 will do in a handsome manner. 



JSi-o. Cw. M. l>ooIittle is writing a 

 series of semi-political articles for the Fne 

 Press of Skaneateles. N. Y. The first is on 

 " The Tariff Wrong in Principle."' Another 

 will be on ' ' The Tariff for Protection 

 Wrong;" the next on "The Tariff for 

 Revenue Wrong;" then will come two 

 articles on "The Liquor TraflBc," which will 

 probably be followed by one on the finan- 

 cial situation of our country. If the reader 

 desires to see all these articles, send 25 

 cents to the F'ree Press for three months 

 subscription, asking the publisher to begin 

 with Bro. Doolittle's first article, then you 

 will have them all. For ourselves, we can 

 say that we are always interested in what 

 Bro. Doolittle may have to say, whether it 

 be on bee-keeping, or anything else. 



Bees never puncture fruit, and un- 

 less the skin has been broken by other in- 

 sects or birds, they never molest it. — Neiv- 

 man. 



ISii!!iii$ of Honey-I*retIi<'tions. — 



Finally, we think we have learned upon 

 what basis certain honey-prophets base 

 their prophecies about honey crops. It ap- 

 pears to be something like this: 



The more rain and snow in November 

 and December, the more honey there will 

 be the following season ; and if there is no 

 rain or snow in the two months mentioned, 

 there will be no honey. 



The predictions are made upon the re- 

 ports of the State Weather Bureaus, or the 

 Weather Bureau reports in Washington, 

 D. C. All who wish to test the reliability 

 of such a basis for a honey-prediction, 

 should get the weather reports, and begin 

 to foretell for themselves, and thus not be 



