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or s:'ll lliem where they will be consumed 

 within a few weeks. But do not, under any 

 consideration, let them go out mixed with 

 the best grades of comb honey into the 

 general market. Better by far to extract the 

 honey and save the dry combs for bait. 



To a lesser extent partly tilled sections of 

 the same season completed by feeding back 

 diluted extracted honey will granulate more 

 quickly than comb honey iDroduced in the 

 regular way. Such honey should also be 

 sold near home, and sold early. 



A New Edition of the A B C and X Y 

 Z of Bee Culture under Way 



We are hard at work on a new edition of 

 tlie ABC and X Y Z of Bee Culture. The 

 new volume will contain anywhere from 

 900 to 1000 pages. As far as possible every 

 subject of any importance will be treated 

 fully, taking up all the latest developments. 

 Nearly all the articles on botany will be 

 written by John H. Lovell. Articles on 

 the chemistry of honey will be written by 

 A. Hugh Bryan, formerly of the Bureau of 

 Chemistry, Washing-ton, now of the Arbuck- 

 le Brothers, of New York. The anatomy 

 of bees will be handled by Mr. S nod grass, 

 and the development of the honeybee by 

 Dr. Nelson, as before. The subject of alfalfa 

 will be treated exhaustively. We have gone 

 over carefully the latest works on alfalfa- 

 growing and sweet clover, and the new 

 articles will contain hints on their culture 

 as well as their value as a honey-jDlant. 



While the old volume was the largest bee- 

 book in the English or any other language, 

 the new one will surpass it considerably. 

 It will contain a large number of entirely 

 new subjects as well as large additions to 

 old ones. The old edition is almost exliaust- 

 ed, and it is possible and even probable that 

 the new one will not be ready for the public 

 until some time next fall. The price will 

 be anywhere from $2.50 to $3.00 ; but until 

 Sept. 1 we will accept $2.00 in advance as 

 the price on the new edition, when it will 

 be advanced to $2.50 or $3.00. 



The Attitude of Gleanings toward 

 Goldens 



Considerable comment has been stirred 

 up over articles appearing in Gleanings 

 recently concerning golden Italians. Both 

 sides of the question are represented ; but 

 so far the majority have protested against 

 Arthur C. Miller's condemnation of the 

 goldens. 



Strangely ciiough, oire or two have hinted 

 that Gleanings suppresses favorable re- 



ports of goldens, and jiublishes only the 

 unfavorable. It is hardly necessary to deny 

 this, for any one can learn the truth by 

 examining our pages for the last year or 

 two. We received some reports condemn- 

 ing goldens that we thought best not to 

 publish. Being anxious to give the goldens 

 a fair chance we accepted a number of in- 

 teresting reports favoring the goldens. 



We can not believe that the great major- 

 ity of our readers would think for a mo- 

 ment that we could have any ulterior mo- 

 tive promjDting us to suppress facts. We 

 would not mention this matter at all, were 

 it not that so much testimony has come in, 

 pra and con, that it will be simply impossi- 

 ble to publish more than a small part of it. 



We believe there will always be a de- 

 mand, and a good demand too, for golden 

 Italians. They are beautiful bees, and there 

 are many strains of them fully the equal of 

 if not superior to the average leather-color- 

 ed Italian. Our belief in this matter, as 

 we have stated before, is that the average 

 goldens are inferior to the average leather- 

 colored Italians, judging from our own ex- 

 perience and the reports that we receive, 

 both the published and the unpublished. 

 Perhaps time will prov-e that we are wrong. 



The National Convention in Chicago 



This was held at the Sherman House, as 

 scheduled, on Feb. 22, 23, 24. The atten- 

 dance was not as large as it has usually 

 been, especially for a point like Chicago. 

 There appeared to be an undercurrent of 

 dissatisfaction over former policies, and as 

 a result some were conspicuous by their 

 absence. 



The general discussions were spirited and 

 good, however, and, taking it all in all, 

 entire harmony prevailed. 



There were only six or seven delegates 

 present, and the question arose as to wheth- 

 er so small a representation could do busi- 

 ness. However, they met in separate ses- 

 sion and discussed the question whether the 

 organization should not disband, and leave 

 room for another of national scope, to re- 

 organize along national lines. Wiser coun- 

 sels prevailed, however, and now it is plan- 

 ned to reorganize; and as a means to that 

 end, an entirely new set of officers were 

 elected as follows: 



President, Prof. Francis Jager, of the 

 Minnesota State University, St. Paul ; Vice- 

 president, Dr. Ernest H. Kohn, Clover Hill, 

 Ohio; Secretary-treasurer, F. E. Mellen, 

 Lansing, Mich. 



As we were i"ot a delegate we were not 

 present at the delegate meetings; but we 



