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VOL. XXXIII. CHICAGO. ILL, FEB. 15, 1894. 



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Sweet Clover Honey.— Bro. M. M. 

 Baldridge, of St. Charles, Ills., called on us 

 last week, with a sample of sweet clover 

 honey gathered where he lives. This honey 

 was referred to by Mr. R. Miller, on page 

 153, and is indeed a fine specimen. In color 

 it is scarcely as dark as white clover honey, 

 and in flavor — well, we don't want any- 

 thing finer. It is simply exquisite, and 

 Bro. B. says he would much rather have 

 one acre of sweet clover as bee-pasturage 

 than 25 acres of white clover, to depend 

 upon year after year. During the next 

 month or two the Bee Journal will con- 

 tain something interesting in regard to 

 sweet clover, both as a honey-plant' and as 

 forage for stock. 



Xliat Convent ion Report was 



finally mailed to the members of the North 

 American about two weeks ago. We hinted 

 some time since tliat in appearance we 

 thought it would be a little ahead of any 

 previous Report, and from the following 

 appreciative acknowledgement it seems we 

 were not far out of the way : 



Bradfordton, Ills., Feb. 5, 1894. 

 Friend York: — Again I am under re- 

 newed obligation. You must be more 

 careful, or you will get a bigger load on me 

 than I can relieve myself of. I refer to the 



Report of the proceedings of the North 

 American. I do not know when I have re- 

 ceived anything that I prized more highly. 

 It is just invaluable, especially to those 

 who spent the summer at the World's Fair; 

 for we can have our visits all over again, 

 when we see the faces of our friends in this 

 report. 



And if I were speaking for some bee- 

 keeper who did not have the pleasure of 

 visiting the Fair, and the convention, per- 

 haps I would be compelled to say that it is 

 better for those who did iwt, than for those 

 who did, see those things of which it re- 

 ports ; as one who reads the Report gets 

 for 25 cents what the other paid largely for. 



Your Report, Bro. York, would be cheap 

 at 50 cents. Yours fraternally, 



Jas. a. Stone, 

 Sec. III. B.-K. AasociatioH. 



Bro. E. F". <|nig-ley, of Unionville, 

 Mo., is now Associate Editor of the Pro- 

 grexsive Bee-Keeper. No wonder that paper is 

 moving forward so rapidly, when Bro. 

 Leahy has such an efficient helper. The 

 Bee Journal and the Beview are still going 

 on in " single blessedness," as it were. But 

 then, if either of them were connected with 

 a supply business, no telling how soon an 

 extra editor would be needed to help ab- 

 sorb the profits. Guess Bro. Hutchinson 

 and ourselves will still continue to be 

 happy and contented, and try not to get 

 very lonesome. 



lIcil«1on and Adulteration. — Last 

 week we published an essay written by Mr. 

 James Heddon for the recent Michigan con- 

 vention. Having I'ead a resume of the es- 

 say in the January Beview, Bro. Root, in 

 Glcaninffs for Feb. 1st, utters these ringing 

 woi'ds, after having briefly outlined the es- 

 say, and especially calling attention to Mr. 

 Heddon's idea that, " if we cannot 2}revent 



