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try, and it needs encouragement as well 

 as any other department of agriculture. 

 While I am not, as you might say scien- 

 tifically posted upon the subject of bees, 

 nor made them a particular study, yet I 

 have always found them to be very in- 

 teresting. They were interesting to me 

 from the time when I first learned that 

 couplet, 



How doth the little busy bee, 

 Improve each shining hour ? 



It gathers honey every day 

 From every opening flower ; 



and it was held up tu me as an example, 

 especially when I was inclined to drow- 

 siness in the afternoon sun. 



I always found it very interesting, too, 

 when a boy, to run after the bumble 

 bees, and as they alighted on the holly- 

 hocks, close the flowers up and hold 

 them prisoners ; and then again, they 

 were always interesting when we used 

 to discover bees'-nests in the fall, or 

 when putting up hay. Aside from all 

 this, it is a subject that has demanded 

 the attention of some of our best men, 

 and it is becoming more and more inter- 

 esting to those who study into the ways 

 and habits of the busy bees, for it brings 

 them into closer contact with nature, 

 and the closer to nature a man iS; the 

 better man he is. 



I will say this in conclusion, gentle- 

 men, that in your industry, lam heartily 

 with you. I do not believe that you 

 have met with the encouragement that 

 you should^ and that you deserve. I 

 will co-operate with you and lend you 

 all the assistance \m my power to see 

 that this department reaches the prom- 

 inence that it deserves. I am very glad 

 to have had this short talk with you, 

 and have had the pleasure of meeting 

 with you. 



Mr. Pope — We should like to have a 

 little assistance about making an exhibit 

 at the World's Fair, and also to have 

 the Commissioners of the World's Fair 

 grant us an appropriation, in order that 

 we can make an exhibit there that will 

 be a credit to our State. 



Gov. Matthews — Yes, I quite agree 

 with you, and think thisjs the time that 

 you siaould put your best foot forward, 

 I am inclined to think that the Board of 

 Commissioners has slighted this whole 

 department. I do not think they are 

 giving the agricultural department, or 

 the live stock department, the attention 

 that it deserves. There has not been 

 any specific appropriation set aside yet, 

 although I have urged that this be done. 

 If you will allow mo to suggest, I think 

 it would be wise for you to confer with 



the Executive Commissioner, and have 

 him go before them and make a state- 

 ment of your plans, the amount you 

 think you should have for this, and to 

 impress upon them the necessity of set- 

 ting aside a proper amount for the 

 exhibition of your industry. I believe 

 that it would be well to appoint a com- 

 mittee at once. 



Dr. Hicks — I move that we give the 

 Governor a vote of thanks for his re- 

 marks in our behalf and interest. We 

 shall look to him in his oiBcial capacity 

 in connection with our pursuits, and see 

 that we get our best deserts in future 

 operations at our State exhibits. 



Mr. Wilson — I am also in favor of 

 giving the Governor a vote of thanks for 

 his kind remarks and promises of hearty 

 co-operation with us. 



A vote of thanks was accordingly ex- 

 tended to the Governor. 



[Concluded next week.] 



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The Real Cause of Foul Brood 

 Among; Bees. 



Written for the American Bee Journal 

 BY WM. M'EVOY. 



Have the scientists been of any value 

 to bee-keepers on foul brood ? I must, 

 for the public good, answer this question 

 with a most positive No, and declare 

 that they have not been of any benefit, 

 but often their opinions, when heeded, 

 have done great damage. And now I 

 go in for ruling out the whole lock, 

 stock and barrel of scientists, and Mr. 

 Larrabee along with them. When the 

 bee-keepers have failed to agree on 

 some things about foul brood, and got 

 the scientists to help to solve the prob- 

 lem so as to settle, if possible, all dis- 

 putes for all time to come, it has only 

 ended in greater confusion than ever, 

 because the scientists have not only 

 disputed the discoveries of practical bee- 

 keepers, but they have actually contra- 



