200 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



of the British Bee-Keepers' Association, 

 representing almost eveiy county in Eng- 

 land, Scotland, Ireland and Wales. 



The honey was gathered from white 

 clover, sanfoin, fruit-bloom, lime (or lin- 

 den) , Scotch heather, and many other nec- 

 tar-bearing plants to be found in Great 

 Britain. It is exceedingly white in appear- 

 ance, and the bottles are tastefully labeled 

 and arranged. 



In this exhibit are also shown copies of 

 many of the English bee-books, and also 

 artistic diplomas which we believe are 

 offered for various objects by the British 

 Bee-Keepers' Association. We understand 

 that much more bee-literature, including 

 all the volumes of the excellent weekly 

 British Bee Journal, were sent for exhibition, 

 but for some reason are not shown. 



Considering the little inducement there 

 was for our British friends to make any 

 exhibit at all, we think what they have 

 done shows a grand fraternal spirit that 

 will be fully appreciated by their "cousins" 

 on this side of the " briny deep." 



Mr. I>. E. Merrill, of the well-known 

 firm of Falconer Mfg. Co., of Jamestown, 

 N. Y., called on us recently, but we are 

 sorry to say we happened to be out of the 

 office at the time he was in. Try it again. 

 Friend Merrill, the next time you are in 

 Chicago, and we will try to be in, then. 



Stutlying' I8ees.— In the Alameda 

 county, Calif., schools they have a short 

 course on Entomology, which includes the 

 study of bees. In the programme for the 

 spring term we find this requirement: 

 " Lesson XII. — Give a lesson on the bee and 

 its commercial value." We venture that 

 every student will be interested in that 

 lesson, for young people, as well as older 

 ones, are always ready to listen to any- 

 thing about bees. Good idea to teach it in 

 the schools. 



I'lncloMing- a. JPostag-e Stamp for 



reply is the very least you can do when 

 writing to any one on business, or when 

 asking questions that require time to an- 

 ,swer. Mrs. Atchley received a letter a few 

 days ago from a perfect stranger, who 

 asked fully 20 questions about Texas, and 

 the writer didn't even put in a stamp for 

 reply ! If this was the only letter of the 



kind, nothing would be said of it, but when 

 such letters run up to about 50 or 100 a 

 week, the postage and stationery for replies 

 amount to something, and Mrs. A., nor any 

 one else, should be asked to spend their 

 time and money for nothing. A lawyer 

 would expect a good, big fee for answering 

 a great many less questions than the one 

 referred to above sent to Mrs. Atchley, ex- 

 pecting her to sit down and write for half a 

 day just for fun, and furnish stamps, etc., 

 besides. Of course it is simply carelessness 

 or thoughtlessness that is responsible for 

 not enclosing at least a stamp for reply. 

 Please remember this, if you are among the 

 guilty ones. 



Xlie J^e>v York Honey Ex]iil>it 



at the World's Fair, which we described so 

 fully on page 137, seems to have contained 

 some un-" scientific pleasantries," as well 

 as unintentional ones, on our part. Dr. 

 Mason takes us to task about it in the fol- 

 lowing letter: 



AuBURNDALE, O., Aug. 7, 1893. 



Mr. Editor: — What is the matter with 

 you, anyhow ? I have just been looking 

 at the American Bee Journal of Aug. 3rd, 

 and on page 137 you show what a poor 

 guesser you are, in writing up the New 

 York honey exhibit, and I would like to 

 "kinder" straighten you out, or your edi- 

 torial, a little, so that when you guess on 

 the other exhibits at the World's Fair, you 

 won't get so far '' off." 



Your description of the cases is somewhat 

 misleading in the second paragraph, al- 

 though corrected in the third. 



You say, "The exhibit consists of about 

 5,000 pounds of comb honey, and about 

 3,000 pounds of extracted." If you will just 

 cut your figures in two, saying 2,500 and 

 1,500 pounds, respectively, you will be much 

 nearer the mark, and I believe even that 

 would be a good, strong estimate. If the 

 New York exhibit has 5,000 pounds of comb 

 honey, Ohio has a good thousand pounds; 

 and I know it has less than 500 pounds ; and 

 if New York has 3,000 pounds of extracted 

 honey, Ohio has about 2,200 pounds, and I 

 know that it has less than 1,100 pounds. 

 Ontario has, on your New York guessing, 

 nearly 0,000 pounds of extracted honey, 

 when, in fact, it has only about 3,000 

 pounds. 



You say " this enormous exhibit of beau- 

 tiful honey occupies 3}^ times the space 

 taken by any other State or foreign ex- 

 hibit," when, in fact, it occupies less th&n 

 2).^ times. 



You also say that " New York has on ex- 

 hibition more than ten times as much comb 

 honey of the finest quality as any other 

 State or foreign exliibit." Had you said 

 five times as much, instead of ten, you 



