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EDITORIAL, 



Is it not about time we all discon- 

 tinued the practice of calling everyone 

 connected wilh bee-keeping "brother" 

 this, or "brother" that ? We know id' 

 no other occupation, trade or business 

 pursuit wherein the appelations 

 " brother" and "friend" are so. gener- 

 ally used as in that of bee-keeping. 

 It is a peculiarity much noted and 

 commented upon by those uninterest- 

 ed in this pursuit. We do not know 

 the origin of the custom but it certain- 

 ly is not journalism, nor business, and 

 savors strongly of tod y ism and flattery. 

 We do not believe that the fact of 

 two men, separated perhaps by the 

 width of a continent, being interested 

 in the same industry, is sufficient to 

 warrant them in referr.ingto each other 

 by terms indicating the closes! familar- 

 ity. Members of any other trade or 

 pursuit would regard it in the light of 

 an absurdity, so in fact do the strictly 

 business portion of the men engaged in 

 branches of the bee industry. When 



bee-keeping was in a primitive con- 

 dition where their weir only a colll- 

 paritively i'vw engaged in it, and they 

 only in the production of honey,there 

 could he no objections to (he common 

 use of the terms. Then there was 

 little or no strife, every one had only 

 a friendly feeling for his fellow crafts, 

 man, but now things have greatly 

 changed. Bee-keeping has many 

 branches : the production of honey, 

 the raising of queens and the manu- 

 facturer of supplies, in each branch 

 of which there is sharp competition, 

 not always friendly, we are sorry to 

 say. So that in many instances when 

 the word "friend" or brother is used, 

 it is with sarcasm or at least far from 

 the friendly spirit which the words 

 seem to indicate. The custom is only 

 in vogue in the United States, where 

 it seems to be perpetuated by the dif- 

 ferent bee publications. The terms 

 are never seen in the journals of Can- 

 ada, Great Baitian, Australia or else- 

 where. Let us drop the custom or at 

 least use it only in proper sincerity. 



Within the past few days we have 

 made definite arrangements with Mr. 

 E. A. Weed, of Cincinnati, by which 

 he will hereafter have charge of the 

 manufacture of all our comb foun- 

 dation. Mr. Weed is the inventor of 

 certain machines and processes which 

 enables him to produce foundation 

 which runs absolutely even and uni- 

 form and the thinest ever made. 

 The cells are deep and perfect and the 

 wax i> sheeted without heating. We 

 will mail samples of this foundation 

 after May 15th to any one requesting 

 it who will send 2c stamp for postage. 

 It is absolutely the best foundation 

 ever produced by any one, 



