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enough narrower to make a larger space. In case the separa- 

 tors are used in section-holders, making the separators nar- 

 rower does not hinder their being held at the right place, for 

 the cleats are made long enough to rest where wanted — at 

 least part of them. For use with these separators, the uu- 

 folded section is one straight piece of uniform width its entire 

 length, and when folded there is no "naughty corner." One 

 sweep of the knife scrapes all four edges on one side, and the 

 narrower sections allow more to go in a case, saving one- 

 fourth the cost of shippiog-cases. The section with the comb 

 coming within '« inch of the surface looks plumper and fuller 

 than the ordinary section used with the ordinary separator, 

 in which the comb comes within % inch of the surface. The 

 narrower section will cost less than the old width with scoring 

 out at top and bottom. No change need be made in section- 

 holders or T supers to make the new section and separator 



work all righ;. 



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Tlie Bee-master is an English monthly that has 

 now reacht its 4th number. Its chief end seems to be to show 

 what a bad lot are British bee-keepers, especially T. W. 

 Cowan (a free use being made of such words as "liar" and 

 " blackguard "i, and to boom the Punic bees. Notwithstand- 

 ing the unique statement plainly made, "There is no Editor 

 of the Bee-Master," it is edited with such vigor that one can- 

 not help wishing it might be directed in a more useful chan- 

 nel. In one respect there is a refreshing originality and 

 frankness that contrasts sharply with what has been the case 

 with bee-periodicals on this side the water that have lived out 

 their short spans and then succumbed. With them the story 

 has always been that they were having unbounded encourage- 

 ment, subscriptions were pouring in, and all that, when at that 

 very time they were in arllculo morlis — with not subscriptions 

 enough to pay for the blank paper used. With open candor, 

 the Bee-Master says it is a long way off from paying expenses, 

 sample copies sent out still only bring in about '60 subscribers 

 per 1,0(J0. and that it is a question whether it can be kept up 

 until subscriptions pay expenses. If it is ever to become self- 

 supporting, there will probably be an elimination of formic 



acid. 



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Xhe Laugstrotli monument Fund has lan- 

 quisht for some time, but it seems the Utah Bee-Keepers' As- 

 sociation, through its progressive president, Mr. E. S. Lovesy, 

 took up the matter and secured the following subscriptions, 

 amounting to .So. 00, with promises of more later on : 



E. S. Lovesy, SI. 50; J B. Fagg, .§1.00; Frederick 

 Schach, $1.00; John Bouck, .SI. 00 ; T. B. Clark, 50 cents. 



We have received 50 cents from E. E. Wheeler, of Con- 

 necticut, for the same purpose. ' 



Up to this time we- have turned over .So. 00 toward the 

 Langstroth Monument Fund, and will be glad to acknowledge 

 the subscriptions in the Bee Journal as fast as they are re- 

 ceived. How many can we have by Jan. 1, 1898 ? 



T)r)c Weekly Budget. 



Mr. a. (i. Wilson-, of Vernon Co., Wis., wrote us Oct. 31 : 



"One or two days' more work will fix my 365 colonies 

 ready for their 6ve months' solitary confinement." 



Mb. E. S. Lovesv, President of the Utah Bee-Keepers' 

 Association, writing Oct. 26, said : 



" We have had a splendid honey-flow here this fall, and 

 the bee-keepers that had their bees in good condition have 

 reapt a bountiful harvest, and they are correspondingly 

 happy. The ' Old Reliable ' still comes to hand regularly. 

 We congratulate you on the progressive interest of the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal In behalf of bee-keepers and the bee-Industry." 



Mr. W. p. Keyes, manager of The One-Piece Section Co., 

 of Wisconsin, in renewing his subscription recently, said : 



"We cannot do business without the American Bee 

 Journal." 



Mr. John H. Martin, of California, is reported, in Glean- 

 ings for Nov, 1, as being very sick. All will regret to learn 

 this, and trust that the Rambler may soon be restored to 

 health, and be able to resume his rambling as of yore. 



Mr. George Wilbrecht, of Fillmore Co., Minn., wrote 

 us Oct. 22 : 



"I would not be without the Bee Journal if it cost .S2.00 

 a year in place of .fl.OO, so I send the dollar for another 

 year." 



Mr. J. N. Ladenburoer, of Hamilton Co., Ohio, gives his 

 essimate of the Bee Journal as follows, when paying for 



1898: 



" I could not do without the American Bee Journal. It 

 comes regularly every Thursday, at 10 o'clock." 



Mr. O. O. Poppleton, of Dade Co., Fla., writing us Oct. 

 25, said : 



"The past month has been the rainiest one I have ever 

 known in Florida, and that is saying much. Bees are suffer- 

 ing severely, but I think I can carry mine through in fair con- 

 dition until Dec. 1, when the honey-flow will begin." 



" Grandpa Cook " is what Prof. A. J. Cook has been for 

 nearly a month now. Our congratulations are hereby ex- 

 tended. Writing us Nov. 1, the Professor said he had started 

 for Chicago three days before, and got as far as Arizona, 

 when he was called back. Too bad, for had he been permitted 

 to continue his journey we certainly would have had him with 

 us here at the Northwestern convention this week. And what 

 a treat and help that would be! 



Mr. Jewell Taylor, son of the late B. Taylor, of Fill- 

 more Co., Minn., wrote Nov. 1 : 



"The honey crop was very light here the past season, but 

 I aoa not ready to part with the ' Old Reliablfi.' " 



We don't anticipate that very many are ready to part 

 with the " Old Reliable " just yet. It has tried to stand by 

 the interests of bee-keeping through failures and successes, 

 and expects to be of more value to its readers as time goes on. 



Mr. S. J. Baldwin, a bee-keeper and supply dealer of 

 England, is again in this country. October 26 he wrote us 

 as follows, from his New Jersey home : 



" Ill-health and the prospects of benefits to be derived 

 from another visit to this great and interesting country has 

 induced me to come here again, and I am happy to say that 

 my most sanguine expectations have been realized, as I am 

 greatly improved iu health already. I left Liverpool Sept. 8, 

 and reacht Philadelphia on the 18th. I expect to return to 

 England just before or after Christmas." 



Mr. I. J. Stringham, of New York, wrote us as follows 

 Oct. 25 : 



"One of my customers in this city took five 28 one-pound 

 section supers of honey ( 140 pounds) from his best colony, 

 and averaged somewhere around 80 pounds to the colony from 

 14 colonies. Can Chicago beat that much? We know you 

 people can always tell good stories about your city, so I sup- 

 pose you can." 



How about that, Chicago bee-keepers ? Let's have a re- 

 port from " Greater Chicago," now that " Greater New York " 

 has been heard from. 



Dr. Hoose's Yellowzones. — We wish to direct the at- 

 tention of our readers to the advertisement of " Yellowzones," 

 which appears on another page of this issue. Judging from 

 the testimonials and the guarantee, we should say that the 

 remedy is everything that is claimed for it. In fact, we have 

 used Yellowzones ourselves, and simple justice compels up to 

 say that we found them quite effective. We are personally 

 acquainted with their manufacturer, and are assured by him 

 that it contains no babit-provoking or dangerous drugs, but 

 that it is a simple curative, of great power and undoubted 

 value. Better try Yellowzones, and see for yourself. 



