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very hard and trying places, yet we stood 

 together without a murmur. She was an 

 invalid for the last two years, suffering 

 from nervous prostration, finally ending 

 with brain trouble, which only lasted three 

 weeks, when she quietly passed away, leav- 

 ing myself and two married daughters to 

 mourn her loss, whilst she joins a son and 

 daughter in Heaven. D. C. Wilson. 



We can conceive of nothing more sad 

 than the loss of a life companion and a 

 mother of children who are left to mourn 

 a loss that can never be replaced. May 

 our bereaved brothers, in their affliction, 

 lean upon Him who alone can" comfort 

 the sorrowing heart, and trust im- 

 plicitly for that help and strength that 

 comes from One who has endured all 

 things for our sakes. The Bee Journal 

 sympathizes most sincerely with our 

 sorrow-stricken brethren, and trusts 

 that they may so live that there may 

 some day be a blessed reunion in " the 

 home over there." 



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Bees and Honey "—page 453. 



Exliibits at Fairs — Mr. J. W. Tefft. 

 who seems to have a good deal to say about 

 bee-keeping, in the Anoericati Farmer, com- 

 ments thus upon a question about exhibits 

 of honey and apiarian implements at Pairs : 



Secretary Jas. A. Stone, of the Illinois 

 Bee-Keepers' Association, asks in the 

 American Bee Journal, "How can ex- 

 hibits of honey and apiarian appliances at 

 Fairs be made to increase the interest in 

 bee-keeping, and promote the industry?'" 



The answer is by separating the exhibits 

 thus: "The Honey -Producers" Depart- 

 ment." "The Queen -Breeders' Depart- 

 ment." "The Supply Manufacturer's De- 

 partment."' 



Queen-breeders and manufacturers should 

 not exhibit honey at all. for by so doing 

 they discourage the honey-producers to 

 such an extent, that at the late New York 

 State Fair there was but one who had the 

 courage to exhibit. But the supply dealer 

 was there in full force, with his honey pro- 

 ducts and his implements. One supply 

 dealer took about $80 in premiums, and $10 

 of it was on wax, $20 on extracted honey, 

 $20 on comb, and $20 on bees. They were 

 all Inferior, and not entitled to third prize. 

 The judge was a manufacturer of bee-im- 

 plements. 



Honey is a branch in bee-keeping of itself. 

 so is queen-rearing and manufacturing api- 

 arian implements. All branches of apicul- 

 ture derive their living from the honey-pro- 

 ducer, but the queen-breeder and manufac- 

 turer are driving him to the wall by exhib- 

 ting honey they never produced, but 

 bought to exhibit for a prize. It is all 

 wrong. Let the honey-producer alone in 



this matter of the exhibition of honey at 

 State and County Fairs, or you " kill the 

 goose that lays the golden egg. ' ' 



We quite agree with Mr. TefFt, that it is 

 unfair for supply dealers to purchase honey 

 for exhibits at Fairs, to compete for prizes 

 or premiums with that actually produced 

 by the other exhibitoi's. We doubt very 

 much if it is done to any great extent — 

 surely, it would not be considered just. We 

 cannot imagine a farmer purchasing from 

 another a pumpkin or squash to place on 

 exhibition at even the smallest country 

 Fair, and claiming that it was from his own 

 growing! We have a better opinion of 

 supply dealers, than to think they would 

 purchase honey for exhibition purposes. 



On the other hand, dealers in bee-appli- 

 ances, who also produce honey, certainly 

 have a right to exhibit samples of their 

 honey, if they so choose, in addition to 

 making a showing of supplies for the api- 

 ary. We see nothing unfair in that. 



We know nothing about the apiarian ex- 

 hibit in New York, mentioned by Mr. Tefft, 



but doubtless some of our readers do, who 



live there. 



COWVENTIO]^ DIRECTORY. 



1893. 



Tirae and place of meeting. 



April 18.— Colorado State, at Denver, Colo. 

 H. Knight Sec., Littleton. Colo. 



April 20.— S. W. Wisconsin, at Wauzeka, Wis. 

 N. E. France, Pres., Platteville, Wis 



May 2.— Connecticut, at Hartford, Conn. 

 Mrs. W. E. Riley, Sec, Waterbury, Conn. 



May 4.— Susquehanna Co., at Montrose, Pa. 

 H. M. Seeley, Sec, Harford, Pa. 



May 4.— Allegany Co., at Belmont, N. Y. 

 H. C. Farnum, Pres., Transit Bridge, N. Y 



May 18, 19.— South Texas, at Wharton, Tex. 

 T. H. MuUin, Sec, Eagle Lake, Tex. 



In order to have this table complete, 

 Secretaries are requested to forward full 

 particulars of the time and the place of 

 each future meeting. — Thb Editor. 



Nortli American Bee-Keepers' Association 



President— Dr. C. C. Miller Marengo, Ills. 



Vice-Pres.— J. E. Crane Middlebury, Vt. 



Secretary— Frank Benton, Washington, D. C. 

 Treasurer— George W. York.. .Chicago, Ills. 



National Bee-Keepers' Union. 



President- Hon. R. L. Taylor.. Lapeer, Mich. 

 Gen'l Manager— T. G. Newman, Chicago, 111. 



