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VOL XXXI. CHICAGO, ILL, JUNE 22, 1893. 



NO. 25. 



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Iflicltigan Apini-i»^t!^ are to make an 

 exhibit at the World's Fair. The State has 

 finally appropriated $500 for making the 

 apiarian display, and Mr. H. D. Cutting, of 

 Tecumseh, Mich., has charge of it. Any 

 Michigan bee-keeper that can furnish auj'- 

 thing for exhibition should correspond with 

 Mr. Cutting at once. 



Xlie Centi*ull>latt, for June 1st. con- 

 tains a communication from Dr. C. C. 

 Miller, written in as fine German language 

 as any one could wish for. In the latter 

 part of his letter the Doctor urgently in- 

 vites all German bee-keepers to be present 

 at the North American bee-convention in 

 Chicago. Oct. 11th, 12th and 13th. Every 

 American bee-keeper will heartily second 

 that invitation. 



State Kxpei-iment Apiaries are 



now receiving some very much deserved 

 attention. On page 787 of this number of 

 the Bee Journal Bro. Hutchinson tells how 

 they succeeded in securing such an apiary 

 in Michigan ; and on page 784 Dr. Miller 

 writes on the needs of such an apiary. The 

 bee-keepers in several other States besides 

 Michigan have finally realized their hopes 

 in this line, and we trust that the apiarists 

 in the rest of the States will bestir them- 



selves at once. Bro. Hutchinson describes 

 so clearly just how to go about getting ex- 

 periment apiaries, and Dr. Miller gives 

 some 'good arguments as to their impor- 

 tance to bee-keepers, and to the State in 

 general. In a private letter to the Secre- 

 tary of the Illinois State Bee-Keepers' As- 

 sociation, accompanying his essay, the 

 Doctor said : 



I have no excuse to offer that my essay 

 has been hastily prepared. That it is not 

 better is because I have not the ability to 

 make it better, for I deem it a matter of 

 great importance, and have given it my 

 best thought. I hope earnest action may 

 be taken, and that good results may follow. 



C. C. Miller. 



We hope the subject wiU now be thor- 

 oughly discussed, its supreme importance 

 be faithfully impressed upon the Boards of 

 Agriculture of the various States, and the 

 evident justice be accorded the long and 

 much neglected bee-keeping industry. Bee- 

 culture is too intimately connected with 

 horticulture and other branches of agricul- 

 ture to be longer neglected or slighted. Let 

 us kindly, but clearly and firmly, present 

 our case, and then see how readily the gen- 

 erous Boards of Agriculture will help us as 

 well as themselves. 



Bro. llitteliiiisott says: "As agri- 

 culture is at the foundation of all other 

 kinds of business, so everything connected 

 with bee-culture rests upon honey-produc- 

 tion. When that ceases to be profitable, 

 queen-rearing, the manufacturing and sale 

 of supplies, and the publication of apicul- 

 tural literature, will be dropped. Profitable 

 honey-production is the basis." 



"Bees and Honey" — see page 7T1. 



