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topics) should be foredoomed to stuff their 

 narratives of travel with dull rubbish, 

 when the)' actually ran against things 

 with which a traveler of Mr. Leahy's 

 class would delight us. It isn't faultless- 

 nessthat is required, for fault could easi- 

 ly be found with this series of papers if 

 one desired to do so. But it would be a 

 strange being that could read the series 

 without being a better person for it. And 

 what does a flaw or two count against 

 winsomeness, when coupled with reso- 

 lute zeal to make one's own corner of this 

 bad world a little better? Surely you 

 must travel again, friend Leahy. 



The Progressive is a good hand to keep 

 its old departments rather than to be fitful- 

 ly changing them. Some of them are non- 

 germane, too, notably the department of 

 instruction in law, by lawj-er Sprague. 

 Somnambulist and the poet Will Ward 

 Mitchell still hold their places. In the 

 November number comrade F. L. Thomp- 

 son appears both as a bee writer and as a 

 poet. I hadn't caught on to F. L. T's. 

 being a poet before, and therefore I prick 

 up my ears. 



It seems that sweet alyssum, one of the 

 plants of the old fashioned flower garden, 

 has got loose in Colorado, and has be- 

 come so plentiful that this year it began 

 to yield surplus honey. Its honey is well 

 flavored and light amber in color. Friend 

 Thompson finds the difference micro- 

 scopic between the new "fence" and the 

 old separator, as to getting the sections 

 well filled. Progressive, 313. 



Fred Thorington has a department now- 

 called "'Straws from the Apiary." On 

 page 317 he reminds us that sometimes 

 one case of sections is better as a super 

 than several tiered up — if we will take 

 pains to remove sections individually 

 when they get full. Much less danger 

 of a lot of half built ones to close with. 

 August 29th his bees were still in swarm- 

 ing mood, which is pretty late for .swarms. 

 J. E. Crane well says that the inexpe- 

 rienced find it hard to realize how much 

 harm exposure to wind will do in an api- 

 ary. In the same apiary the windy side 



or corner often loses bees much worse in 

 winter than the rest of the yard. Pro- 

 gressive, 290. Same with me. 



Somnambulist says that every time he 

 sees sweet clover he is reminded how ex- 

 cellent is its continuation quality. Pro- 

 gressive, 258. 



I was going to go on and give several 

 selections from Somnambulist; but Soni- 

 my, though a very pleasant writer is also 

 a very unquotable one — as he dispenses 

 his gas and dreams — won't it do just as 

 well to refer all you'uns to the original 

 pages ? In fact, I don't know but the 

 dreamers, whose stock in trade can't be 

 stolen and retailed around at second hand, 

 are to be congratulated on that incidental. 

 Richards, Ohio; Nov. 26, 1898. 



EDITORIAL 



^fferin^s 



A. Merry Christmas and a happy 

 New Year is what I most sincerely w ish 

 all who read these words. 



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The Progressive Bee-Keeper will 

 pay I50. for the best bee-story. For fur- 

 ther particulars write to the Leahy Mfg. 

 Co., of Higginsville, Mo. 



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Mr. C. Davenport, of Southern Min- 

 nesota, whose intensely practical and 

 interesting articles have appeared occa- 

 sionall}', during the past year or two, in 

 Gleanings and the American Bee Journal, 

 will begin for the Review, in January, a 

 series of articles that witli run through 

 the year. 



Mr. Hunt's Apiarv, the picture of 

 which appears this month as a frontis- 

 piece, is the neatest I have seen in Mich- 

 igan — yes, or anywhere. If anyone else 

 has a neater apiary, I wish that he would 

 send me a picture of it and let it appear 

 in the Review. Until this is done, Mr. 

 Hunt will wear the belt. 



