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VOL XXXII. CHICAGO, ILL, JULY 20, 1893. 



NO. 3. 



A Poetical Straw is the following 

 fi-om Dr. Miller's " Stray Straw " field in 

 last Gleanhigs : 



Bees gather sweet honey 

 On days that are soney, 



And store it away in the comb ; 

 It seems vei-y fouey 

 That thus they make money 



As far o'er the meadows they romb. 



That reminds us of — 



Homb, homb, sweet, sweet homb, 



Be it ever so hombly, 

 There's no place like homb. 



Xlie Season of 1S93 promises to be 

 the best for bee-keepers in years, if we may 

 judge by the reports received so far. Some 

 supply dealers have been receiving orders 

 by telegram lately, which shows that honey 

 is being gathered rapidly and almost unex- 

 pectedly. We hope that everybody will be 

 able to get several good tastes of honey as 

 the result of a prosperous year for bee- 

 keepers. If possible, keep up the price on 

 your honey, and sell as much of it as you 

 can in your home market. 



Jtlr. A. C Ilaminontl, of Warsaw, 

 Ills., died of heart failure on June 20, 1893. 

 He was nearly 03 years old, and a very 

 prominent horticulturist of this State. The 



Orange Judd Far/ner says: " In Mr. Ham- 

 mond's death the State Horticultural So- 

 ciety loses an efficient and faithful Secre- 

 tary, and the cause of horticulture one of 

 its bright lights ; the community in which 

 he lived, and the church of which he was a 

 member, sustain an irreparable loss; the 

 wife and son a loving husband and father, 

 a wise counsellor and guide." 



Hon. Eiig-ene Secor, of Forest City, 

 Iowa, we are pleased to learn, has been ap- 

 pointed Judge of the Apiarian Exhibits 

 at the World's Fair. "This is an honor that 

 comes to but few in a lifetime, and Bro. 

 Secor will fill the position most eminently. 

 No better, or more acceptable, appointment 

 could have been made, for Mr. Secor stands 

 high in the estimation of not only bee- 

 keepers all over the country, but all who 

 know him love to honor him as one who 

 really merits all that they can bestow upon 

 him. We congratulate Bro. Secor, the 

 World's Fair Managers, and also the api- 

 arian exhibitors, upon this wise appoint- 

 ment. 



Plants as Barometers. — In the 



Boston Commonwealth we find an item which 

 says that a French observer, named M. 

 Cana, has been for some time past closely 

 observing the action of several common 

 plants when the barometer indicated a 

 change of weather. He found that if the 

 heads of clover and other leguminous 

 plants stand upright there will be rain. 



If the leaves of sorrel turn up it is a sure 

 sign of storm, which is also foretold by the 

 leaves of willow grass slowly turning up. 

 The closing of the flowers of convolvulus 

 indicates rain, which, as is so generally be- 



