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VOL. XXXI. CHICAGO, ILL, MARCH 9, 1893. 



NO. lU. 



" Tliere is No Friend like the old friend 



who has shared our moruing- days. 

 No greeting like his welcome, no homage like 



his praise ; 

 Fame is the scentless sunflower, with gaudy 



crown of gold ; 

 But friendship is the breathing rose, with 



sweets in every fold." 



Your Attention is called to the 

 advertisement of Mrs. J. P. Cookenbach, 

 on page 291 of this issue of the Bee 

 Journal. If you wish to secure good 

 accommodations in advance of coming 

 to see the World's Fair, just write to her, 

 and she will be glad to help you, and 

 see that you are well cared for. Mrs. C. 

 is a splendid christian woman, whom we 

 have known for five or more years, 

 hence we feel that we can recommend 

 her to you. 



Partly-Filled Sections,— The 

 following sentence appears in a cata- 

 logue and price-list for 1893 : " As 

 there are many who will no doubt try 

 the experiment of feeding sugar-syrup 

 for the purpose of having partly-filled 

 sections completed, to such I would 

 recommend my new feeder, as they were 

 invented with this purpose in view." In 



view of the fact that practically all have 

 agreed that it is not well to do anything 

 to encourage sugar-honey, we must im- 

 plore all who have any spark of honor 

 not to jeopardize the business of honey- 

 producing for the paltry sum to be ob- 

 tained from selling a few feeders or 

 models. It is safe to say that the great 

 mass of bee-keepers would call loudly 

 to keep out of view any feeder invented 

 with such a "purpose in view." 



The Bee-Keepers' Revie-w 



for February is perhaps the most val- 

 uable number yet issued by Mr. Hutch- 

 inson. Hon. R. L. Taylor's first article 

 under the head of " Timely Topics," is 

 packed with hints that are seasonable, 

 and also well seasoned. "Rambler" 

 gives one of his usual interesting articles 

 on the "Pacific Coast, its Magnitude 

 and Honey-Pasturage." These are only 

 two of the many " meaty " articles and 

 items contained in that issue. 



Since publishing our "final state- 

 ments " on page 231, we have received 

 a long letter from Mr. Hutchinson, and 

 also one from Prof. Cook, in reference 

 to the late utterances in the Bee Jour- 

 nal, upon the sugar-honey question. It 

 seems that the opinion prevails to some 

 extent that we thought Prof. Cook and 

 Mr. Hutchinson were dishonest. Nothing 

 could be further from our thought. We 

 have known both too long to be very 

 easily convinced that they were not 

 hcmest, either in their convictions or 



