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say, but for the life of us we don't know how 

 to say it, or whether, indeed, we ought to say 

 anything at ail. We refer to some kind, very 

 kind things said of us in a biographical sketch, 

 accompanied by a good portrait, in the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal,, of your humble servant. 

 We seriously fear we do not deserve all of it ; 

 at all events we tender our awkward "thank 

 you." and in the meantime will try to ward 

 off that peculiar insidious malady that some- 

 times affects young men— the " big head." 



We are just excrutiatlngly sorry If we 

 published anything about our Bro. Root 

 that can't be proven true. We hope he 

 will forgive us this time, for our " mo- 

 tives" were certainly in a healthy condi- 

 tion, and we'll promise not to do it 

 again, or at least not until we get 

 another good chance. 



We don't believe in saving up all the 

 flowers or kind words until a funeral 

 calls them out. Why not bestow them 

 while they can be appreciated, instead 

 of waiting until our friends have passed 

 away forever ? A single word of en- 

 couragement given now, will be worth 

 whole dictionaries of memorial resolu- 

 tions. We shall all pass this way but 

 once, and ought tp do all the good we 

 can while we have the opportunity. 



Xlie Kansas State Bee-Keepers' 

 Association will meet in Ottawa, Kans., 

 on April 6th and 7th, and the following 

 is the programme : 



FIRST DAY. 



Address by President. 

 Bee-Keeping in Kansas. 

 Different Races of Bees. 

 Economy in Bee-Keeping. 

 Bees and Horticulture — Their Rela- 

 tions. 



SECOND DAT. 



The Subject of Hives, by Mr. P. Shaub, 

 of Olathe. 



Best Methods of Producing Comb 

 Honey. 



Best Methods of Producing Extracted 

 Honey. 



Ups and Downs of Bee-Keeping. 



Exhibit at the World's Fair, and 

 What Shall We Do About It? 



The Different Honey-Plants of the 

 State of Kansas. 



Chanute, Kans. L. Wayman, Sec. 



Bee Journal at tlie Head.— 



Mr. Hasty began his "Condensed View" 

 in the March Bee-Keepers' Review with 

 this question : "How many -words of 

 reading matter, by actual count, did the 

 several joixrnals place before their Jan- 

 uary readers?" He then proceeded to a 



comparison of the number of words of 

 reading matter in the January Issues of 

 eight bee-papers, and here is the result 

 in an interesting table: 



Bee Matter. Total Heading. 



American Bee Journal.. 58, 675 Same. 



Gleanings 42,229 64,685 



Canadian Bee Journal ..24,254 Same. 



Guide 16,566 18.316 



Review 15,099 16,836 



Apiculturist 9,205 Same. 



American BeeKeeper... 7,093 7,770 



Progressive Bee-Keeper. 5,959 .. Same. 



Should Mr. Hasty make a comparison 

 of the March numbers of the same 

 papers, we think there would be a still 

 greater showing in favor of the Amebi- 

 CAN Bee Journal,, as we have five is- 

 sues this month, while in January there 

 were only four. Our nearly 60,000 

 words contained in four numbers would 

 make about 15,000 words per week, or 

 for the extra issue of this month ; then 

 averaging this number of words among 

 the three months of the quarter, would 

 give about 5,000 more words to be 

 added to January, or in all we print 

 nearly 64,000 words of reading matter 

 in one month, aft devoted to bee-keeping. 

 At this rate, we place before our readers 

 in one year about 750,000 words, and 

 all for $1.00. 



Bee-Paralysis is thus written 

 about by Mr. J. A. Golden, of Reiners- 

 ville, O., in Gleanings for March 1st : 



Symptoms of Bee-Paralysis. — In my ex- 

 perience and study of bee-paralysis, I find 

 that the first symptoms of the disease are 

 first noticeable, so far as we have been 

 able to judge, by the guard-bees at the en- 

 trances attacking the diseased sisters with 

 a hustling movement as they go and come ; 

 and the diseased bee, in this stage, seems to 

 enjoy this kind of treatment : and this in- 

 dicates, to my mind, that the bee is fever- 

 ish — a condition that produces an itching 

 sensation, also causing the hair to loosen, 

 and to be easily extracted by the bees in 

 the hustling movement, as above stated. I 

 also find that, when bees reach the second 

 stage, or haiiiess condition, the guard-bees 

 are more determined to drag them from the 

 hive than at any other time. Further ob- 

 servations teach us that, as soon as the bee 

 begins to bloat, she immediately leaves the 

 hive, and soon expires. 



How TO Cuke. —As soon as the bees begin 

 to fly freely, make a strong brine and thor- 

 oughly wet the bottom-boards of these 

 hives once a week, so that, when they dry. 

 they will look frosty ; also freely spray the 

 combs and brood with a solution of salt 

 water that you can taste quite a little salty 

 (not strong), once a week, during the sea- 

 son, then report the result; and if you 

 don't forget to apply the remedy, I am sure 

 your report will be in favor of salt. 



