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" ApiCHltiiral Joiirnalisiii," says 

 Bro. Root in Oleanings for May 1st, "was 

 never on a higher plane than now, both in 

 quality and quantity." That is saying a 

 good deal, but we know of no one who is 

 better prepared to make the statement than 

 Bro. Root. It speaks volumes for those 

 who are writing for the various bee-periodi- 

 cals, and now if we shall only be able to 

 say the same of the honey crop this year, 

 all will be well. Perhaps one of the causes 

 of the improved " apicultural journalism " 

 of to-day, is the poor seasons of the past 

 few years. Now. if the yield of honey will 

 only catch up with the advanced apiarian 

 journalistic efforts, the publishers will all 

 be ready to take another big stride forward. 

 We are ready for both the large crop, and 

 the big stride to follow it ! 



Texas and it.»» Resources will be 

 written up by Mrs. Atchley, to follow the 

 report of the Texas State Convention, 

 whicli is now being published in her depart- 

 ment of the Bee Journal. She is receiving 

 many questions regarding Texas, and she 

 will take this way to answer them. 



I<^ai*iii, nel«l aii«l Fireside, pub- 

 lished here in Chicago, at $1.00 a year, is 

 one of the most progressive and wide-awake 

 agricultural periodicals published to-day. It 

 has been issuing specially artistic and at- 

 tractive numbers the past few months, and 

 the "World's Fair Edition," issued for 

 Saturday, May 6th, is particularly fine, and 

 contains pictures of all the buildings at the 

 Fair Grounds. We can club the Farm, 

 Field and Fireside with the Bee Journal for 

 one year, for $1.75. 



l*reventioii of'SMarmiiig' is a sub 



ject that has received much attention at 

 the hands of bee-keepers with an inventive 

 turn of mind. The latest, and, we believe, 

 the most promising of beneficial results is 

 the device invented by Mr. H. P. Laugdou, 

 of New York, which Mr. Frank Benton de- 

 scribes and illustrates on pages 627' to ()3() of 

 this number of the Bee Journal. 



Mr. Benton thinks that Mr. Langdon has 

 made " one of the most valuable additions 

 to the list of apiarian inventions that had 

 appeared for a long time — one that, after 

 the frame hive, would rank equal with or 



ahead of the honey-extractor or comb- 

 foundation machine." 



In the May Be»iew, Bro. Hutchinson says : 

 " The fundamental principle of shifting 

 the bees from one hive to another is one 

 that I believe will eventually settle the 

 swarming problem." 



It will pay you to read very carefully all 

 of Mr. Benton's article, and thus become 

 familiar with this great advance movement 

 in modern progressive bee-keeping. 



Xlie Progressive Bee - Keeper 



for May came out with a bright and clean 

 new "face," made up of flowers and scenes 

 characteristic of bee-culture. It was de- 

 signed and engraved by the Murray-Heiss 

 Engraving Co., of Cleveland, O., who are 

 making quite a rejiutation for artistic work 

 in the line of bee-keeping. The Leahy Mfg. 

 Co., the new publishers of the Progressive 

 £ee-Keepe)\ are making progress very rapidly 

 with their paper. Again the Bee Journal 

 wishes them success. 



iflr. J. I*. Hiickaltay, who at- 

 tended the Texas bee-convention at the 

 home of Mrs. Atchley, handed her 25 cents 

 toward helping to pay her for reporting 

 the proceedings of the meeting, and thinks 

 that it was a mistake not to have voted to 

 Mrs. A., at the meeting, something to pay 

 her for her work in their behalf. K all 

 those who attended would send Mrs. Atch- 

 ley whatever they feel would be their 

 share, we are sure it will be well invested, 

 for Mrs. A. is a very busy woman, and is 

 doing a grand work for bee-keeping in the 

 South, as well as laboring in the interest of 

 the pursuit everywhere. 



Propolis as Smolcer Piiel.^Mr. 

 A. E. Manum, in a recent number of Gleau- 

 ifigs, says that Mr. J. E. Crane first told 

 him about burning propolis in his bee- 

 smoker. Sprinkling it over the fuel in the 

 smoker-barrel is one way to use it. Mr. 

 Manum says : 



I never tried anything that would just 

 dn'/'e the bees out of the way as nicely as 

 this will. I think it would be a good plan 

 to melt up a lot of propolis and dip pieces 

 of wood into it, and keep them handy by, 

 to be used whenever the bees are trouble- 

 some, for it will quiet them in a moment. 



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