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VOL XXXllI. CHICAGO. ILL, MAY 3, 1894. 



NO. 18. 



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** 'Fliank <mo<1 for the beautiful flowers 

 That blossom so sweetly and fair ; 



They garnish this strange life of ours 

 And brighten our paths everywhere." 

 — Dexter Smith. 



" Xlie Elementary Principles of 



Money " is the title of a little 15-cent 

 pamphlet which is well worthy of being 

 read by everybody who wishes to know 

 something about the financial question of 

 ^ the day. It contains statistics on gold and 

 silver money, with quotations from laws 

 passed on the subject. Clubbed with the 

 Bee Journal for one year for $1.05. 



Itlrs. Atcliley's Scliool in bee-keep- 

 ing begins again in this number of the Bee 

 Journal. Show it to those whom you 

 would like to get as subscribers, and see 

 how quickly they will decide to take the 

 Bee Journal right along, after knowing 

 that Mrs. Atchley is going to describe her 

 20 years' successful experience with bees. 

 This ought to bring in a great many new 

 readers, who want to learn about keeping 

 bees, from the very beginning. Be sure to 

 urge all to commence with the " first les- 

 son." as begun on page 556 of this issue. 



Mr. E. S. liOvesy, our Utah corres- 

 pondent, has very kindly sent us a small 

 box of seeds, among them being lucerne 

 (or alfalfa), sweet clover, and Rocky 

 Mountain bee-plant. In the box was also 

 a sample of Utah asphalt, crystal and rock 

 salt, and specimen stalks of the alfalfa. We 

 wish to thank Bro. Lovesy for his kindness 

 in thus favoring us. • 



Since writing his " Notes," on page 434, 

 he has received over 100 letters and postal 

 cards, asking for samples of seed, as per his 

 offer. On page 562 of this number of the 

 Bee Journal, will be found another article 

 from Mr. Lovesy's pen, giving something 

 further about lucerne, etc. 



Rack Niiinljers. — We have quite a 

 good many odd numbers of the Bee Jour- 

 nal on hand, running back for perhaps 10 

 years. We have had some enquiry for 

 such back numbers, and have decided to 

 let them go at one cent ixr copy, postpaid. 

 Any new subscribers who would like to see 

 such back copies of the Bee Journal can 

 send us any number of cents they wish, 

 and we will mail them as many copies, all 

 of different dates. Please say, when order- 

 ing, back of just what date you would like 

 to have them. 



Appreciates His IViie. — Dr. Miller 

 honors his much "better half" by ac- 

 knowledging in a " Straw " in Oleaidngs her 

 wisdom and ability to rule. Verily, "straws 

 show which way the wind blows," and here 

 is one of them : 



I took 10 colonies out of the cellar on 

 March 17th. Weather kept beautiful for a 

 week, but wife wouldn't let me take out 

 more. Said I'd given strict orders not to 



