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VOL. XXXI. CHICAGO, ILL, MAY 25, 1893. 



NO. 21. 



A?y^% 



Mr. W. A. Pryal, of North Ternes- 

 cal, Calif., is in Chicago, having come with 

 representatives of the press association. He 

 brought along some fine samples of both 

 comb and extracted honey, being of this 

 year's crop, and taken from the hives the 

 first week in May, some of which he kindly 

 left to sweeten "ye editor." Mr. Pryal has 

 often contributed to the columns of the 

 Bee Journal interesting articles on Cali- 

 fornia bee-keeping interests, more of which 

 we will publish shortly. He made the Bee 

 Journal office several pleasant calls while 

 here. He was ' ' taking in ' ' the great Fair 

 as fast as he could, which is a big job even 

 for a Californian, who is accustomed to 

 seeing wonderful things. 



XUe JTosli Billiitg!i« of Bee-Ciil- 

 tiire is what "Jake Smith" is proving 

 himself to be in his " amoosin' " letters to 

 " Mr. A. I. Gleenings." What an awful 

 "spell "comes over him whenever he at- 

 tempts to write ! After reading his "let- 

 ter," we almost feel inclined to send him a 

 spelling-book and a dictionary ; but if we 

 should, we fear he wouldn't know how to 

 use them. It's dreadful hard to help some 

 folks, especially when they are so willfully 

 ignorant as Jake Smith and a very feiv 

 others like him! Jake is indeed a " per- 

 coolyer hunny-perdoosser!" 



Fastening- Starters witli Paste. 



—Mr. C. G. Looft, of Cochranton, O., gives 

 the following in Oleanings, as a way to 

 fasten starters of comb foundation in 

 grooved brood-frames, using flour paste for 

 the purpose : 



Provide a receptacle a little longer than 

 the frames, fit to hold the starch paste. The 

 paste should be quite thick. The proper 

 consistency can soon be found by trial. The 

 starters should not be less than an inch or 

 more in width, unless of heavy brood foun- 

 dation. When narrow strips of thin foun- 

 dation were used, the bees, in nearly every 

 instance, cut it down to the wood. A starter 

 long enough for a Langstroth frame is 

 taken up, and one edge dipped into the 

 starch paste. This edge is pressed down in 

 the groove, which is about S^'s.%. Then the 

 frame is set away, starter side up, until the 

 starch dries. 



Tlie Illinois Honey Exliibit.— 



Just after closing the forms of last week's 

 Bee Journal, we received the following 

 notice, which we hope every one of our 

 subscribers in this State will read and heed : 



interesting to ILLINOIS BEE-KEEPERS. 



At last we send greeting and congratula- 

 tions to the bee-keepers of the State of 

 Illinois, for the honor conferred by our 

 present General Assembly, in granting us 

 an appropriation of $3,500 for the purpose 

 of making an appropriate exhibit of the 

 apiarian resources of the State at the Co- 

 lumbian Exposition ; and we trust that our 

 bee-keepers will arise to the dignity of the 

 occasion, and respond promptly and liber- 

 ally to the call of their Executive Commit- 

 tee, with their contributions of honey and 

 wax. 



The Premium List and Rules and Regula- 

 tions will soon be made known by circular, 

 and through the columns of the American 

 Bee Journal ; in the meantime, let me en- 

 join upon you the necessity of prompt prep- 

 arations to harvest the incoming crop of 

 honey in the most artistic and fancy forms 



