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EDITORIAL, 



We have been so extremely busy 

 the last few days that it has been im- 

 possible to devote any time whatever 

 to our editorial work, besides our 

 printers tell us that we have so filled 

 up the space with other matter that 

 there is no room for editorial. Well, 

 next month we will try to do better 

 although probably the most of our 

 subscribers are just as well satisfied 

 to have us say little and thereby give 

 them the beuelit of the writings of 

 our contributors. We are not much 

 given to gossip anyway. Some edi- 

 tors make their editorial columns each 

 month so full of personal gossip that 

 they remind us of a session of some 

 sewing society. 



We have seen in some of the bee 

 papers, notices of a •' new process" 

 comb foundation. We have also seen 

 samples of it. It is made by a party 

 in Cincinnati (or Ludlow, Ky., which 

 is near Cin.) The manufacturer ne- 

 gotiated with us all last summer and 



until quite recently, endeavoring to 

 get us to take hold of his ideas. The 

 wax is sheeted without heating by his 

 method, but there are really no superior 

 merits in the foundation produced as 

 far as we could ascertain or in the 

 methods of making it. 



James Heddon will issue in a few 

 days (if it has not already appeared) 

 the first number of a new bee magazine, 

 the Bee-Keepers Quarterly. Mr Hed- 

 don is a bee-keeper and writer of vast 

 experience and an old hand at " run- 

 ning a paper " so we willnotbe sur- 

 prised if he produces a magazine 

 worthv of hhjh rank in bee literature. 



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 cents extra will receive as premium 

 a package of choice flower seeds valued 

 at 90 cents — or for 25 cents extra a 

 collection of flower and vegetable 

 seeds and bulbs, worth at retail ovei 

 $1.50. This is the best offer ever 

 made by anyone. 



Wm. M. Gerrish, East Nottingham , 

 N. H., will keep in stock a supply of 

 our goods this season. Our customers 

 in his part of the country will find it 

 convenient to get their supplies of him. 



The delightful spring weather which 

 we enjoyed during early March, sud- 

 denly caught a severe cold and instead 

 of an early spring as everyone predict- 

 ed, it now looks as if summer is quite 

 a ways off yet. 



Special attention of our readers is 

 called to the list of No. 1 and cull sec- 

 tions, frames, etc., printed in another 

 column. They are well worth the 

 prices asked. 



