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VOL XXXII. CHICAGO, ILL, AUG. 10, 1893. 



NO. 6. 



Our Cliinese €^oiiti-i1>iitor, Mr. 



Wung Lung, of California, favors us with 

 another article on page ISO, which gives 

 more details of his interesting experience 

 with the " honey-flies." His characteristic 

 descriptions ai'e certainly amusing, if not 

 altogether instructive. It does us all good 

 to have a hearty laugh, and the oftener the 

 better for our health and happiness. We 

 commend Wung Lung's writings to all who 

 are inclined to gloominess, or are easily 

 discouraged. Others like Dr. Mason and 

 Dr. Miller, who are never troubled with 

 " long faces,'' can skip Wung Lung's " face- 

 broadening '' contributions. 



Bro. HiitcIiin!^oii visited the Michi- 

 gan experiment apiary a short time ago, 

 and found Mr. Taylor, the State apiarist, 

 hard at work. Besides a picture of the 

 State apiary, the July Jiadew cantained Mr. 

 Taylor's first article on " Work at Michi- 

 gan's Experimental Apiary," which de- 

 scribes some of the experiments now being 

 conducted. Mr. Taylor certainly is ''the 

 right man in the right place," and his work 

 will prove of great value to bee-culture all 

 over the world. Next week we will give to 

 our readers Mr. Taylor's first report. 



Have You Read page 189 yet ? 



Apicitltiiral Experiments is a 



topic that has been up for discussion, more 

 or less, for several years, but during the 

 past few months, or perhaps a year, it has 

 received more careful attention than ever 

 before. 



On page 178 of this issue of the Bee Jour- 

 nal, the editor of the Bee- Keepers'' Reniev) 

 gives, in a clear, concise, and comprehen- 

 sive manner, the various reasons why bee- 

 keepers should have experiments conducted, 

 and also how to go about securing the es- 

 tablishment of State apiaries in which may 

 be carried forward such experiments as 

 shall most aid the progressive bee-culture 

 of to-day. 



As Bro. Hutchinson so thoroughly cov- 

 ered this subject in his introductory edi- 

 torial in the July Hei'iew, we decided, after 

 several careful readings, that we could not 

 do better than to copy it for the benefit of 

 our readers, and we trust that all will give 

 the matter the attention it deserves, so that 

 they may be able to help in obtaining what 

 must prove of inestimable value to bee- 

 keeping everywhere, if once secured and 

 properly carried on. 



While we agree with Bra H.'s ideas upon 

 this matter in almost every particular, we 

 can see no need for every State spending its 

 money for conducting the same experi- 

 ments. For instance, why should Illinois 

 and Iowa employ two sets of men and api- 

 aries to experiment upon a question that 

 can just as well be settled by either State 

 alone ? i 



Why would it not be as satisfactory to 

 have say four experiment stations to take 

 up the work— located in the North, South, 

 East and West ? As Michigan already has 

 one, let that suffice for the North. For the 

 South, have one in Texas; for the East, in 



