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to be of any value. Principally it will 

 be an editorial department, and, we 

 trust, will prove to be interesting and 

 profitable to all. 



But bear in mind that it takes time to 

 get questions " through the mill," and 

 don't expect an answer by return mail. 

 Sometimes there is a mass of matter on 

 hand, and your questions may have to 

 wait some little time ; and even if it 

 does not have to wait, but is pushed 

 through with the greatest rapidity, if it 

 happens to reach us on the day when 

 the "forms" are closed for the next 

 Bee Jouenai,, it must be some days be- 

 fore it can be reached, and then Uncle 

 Sam must have a little time for his part 

 of the contract. 



So remember that all reasonable ques- 

 tions are not only permitted, but wel- 

 comed. Make your questions as clear 

 as you can, and be sure to ask them so 

 there will be plenty of time for answer. 

 Just as soon as your question can be 

 reached, you will find the printed an- 

 swer in our columns. Of course, ques- 

 tions of such character as to go into the 

 department of "Queries and Replies" 

 may not be published for a good many 

 weeks, for such questions are sent out a 

 number at a time to the experts for an- 

 swer, taking some time to get such an- 

 swers, and then they are published in 

 their order afterward. 



The R.evie'w said recently that 

 " G. T. Somers is the name of a pleasant, 

 nice looking young man who has been 

 editor of the Canadian Bee Journal for 

 the last year. I met him last week at 

 the Ontario Bee-Keepers' Convention. 

 Practically, Mr. D. A. Jones has noth- 

 ing more to do with the Canadian Bee 

 Journal." 



The Hxports of Honey from 

 the United States during 1892 were 

 valued at only $42,462, against $70,- 

 771 in 1891, No record is made of any 

 importation in the statement of the 

 Treasury Department. 



Illinois Bee-Keepers must act 

 at once, if they wish to secure the an- 

 nual appropriation of $500 from the 

 State Legislature. Here is a letter dated 

 March 9th, which fully explains Itself : 



Bradfokdton, Ills. 



Friend York : — A Bill has been pre- 

 sented in the House of Representatives 

 to provide for the usual appropriation 

 of $500, for the purpose of publishing 

 the report of the Illinois State Bee- 

 Keepers' Association. A similar Bill 

 has been presented in the Senate, and 

 was, by a small majority, not favorably 

 received. 



Unless the bee-keepers of the State 

 act immediately, it will share the same 

 fate in the House. It is therefore of the 

 utmost importance that bee-keepers 

 write to their respective members of the 

 House and Senate, urging the early and 

 favorable consideration of the said Bill. 



All are requested to write each of 

 their three Representatives, and Senator 

 as well, from their District, and as 

 strongly as possible urge upon each the 

 importance of the measure to bee-keep- 

 ers interested in developing the industry 

 throughout the State. 



Let all please favor the undersigned 

 with the letters they receive in reply, 

 in order that the Legislative Committee 

 may be fully advised of the interest or 

 opposition to the same in the House and 

 Senate, and advocate the early passage 

 of the Bill. Yours truly, 



Jas. a. Stone, Sec. 



G. W. D£]«IAREE, ESQ. 



So far as as we remember, we have 

 never before seen either a biographical 

 sketch or a portrait of Mr. G. W. Dem- 

 aree, of Christiansburg, Ky., in any 

 publication ; so we are afforded the 

 pleasure of presenting for the first time, 

 to the readers of the Bee Journal, the 

 face and short life-story of Mr. D., who 

 is so well known as one of the oldest 



