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VOL. XXXII. CHICAGO, ILL, AUG. 24, 1893. 



NO. 8. 



'* mistress Apis,'' dressed in brown, 



Markets mostly out of town. 

 She goes to Clover Fields for honey, 



But never pays a cent of money. 

 Her flour she buys of those who keep 



A stock of pollen fresh and cheap 

 For she must make some good bee-bread, 



That many babies may be fed. 

 She's such a worker ! For you see 



She is a little honey-bee. 



— Yuuth's Comjjanion. 



]VIicliig'aii's Experiment Apiary 



■we are permitted to show to our readers 

 this week, through the kindness of Bro. 

 Hutchinson, who loaned us the engraving. 

 It is found on page 245, in connection with 

 Mr. Taylor's report of the experiments with 

 the Langdon non-swarming attachment. 



i?lr. J. X. Calvert, the most excel- 

 lent son-in-law of Bro. A. I. Root (and also 

 manager of their great bee-supply business 

 in Medina, O.), recently paid Bro. Holter- 

 mann and the Canadian Bee Journal a visit. 

 Mr. Calvert was on a bicycle tour, taking 

 in the glorious Christian Endeavor Conven- 

 tion held at Montreal, Quebec. We shouldn't 

 be surprised to hear that Mr. Calvert, with 

 Bros. A. I. and Ernest Root, were going to 

 the World's Fair on their "wheels," as 

 they are all expert bicyclists. If they do, 

 we'll agree to "wheel " into line our best 

 and truest — welcome. 



Xliat Somnainbiilist has not been 

 sleeping very much of the time the past 

 month or so. is clearly shown by the August 

 Ffogressive Bee-Eeeper. Why, he has gone 

 to work and summed up some 20 of the 

 biographical sketches ^hat have appeared 

 in the Bee Journal beginning with Mr. B. 

 Taylor and ending with Master Ralph Ben- 

 ton ! You needn't tell us that a person can 

 go Somnambulisting around a very great 

 deal, and also write as much and as en- 

 tertainingly as does the Somnambulistor 

 under consideration. " Sommy," why not 

 sign your right name occasionally, just for 

 a change ? 



Xlie Canacliaii ISee .Voiiriial for 



August is received, and it /*• a. great improve- 

 ment over its former self. Why, it shows 

 a vigor and vim that is surprising, and also 

 refreshing. Editor Holtermann takes 

 "holt " as if he meant business, and it now 

 looks as if Canadians were going to have a 

 bee-paper that is not only a credit to the 

 printer's art, but also an honor to the Old 

 Dominion. Here's our editorial t^", Bro. 

 H., that will give you a hearty shake when 

 you come to the North American conven- 

 tion in October next. 



Sometliiiig; for ISostouians. — On 



page 243 of this issue of the Bee Journal, 

 our good friend, Mr. W. A. Pryal, of Cali- 

 fornia, tells something about a new product 

 that the Golden State is now turning out, 

 and which should very much interest every 

 Bostonian. It is Bean Honey ! Just think 

 of it — Boston's best brown bread and baked 

 beans, with beautiful bean honey gathered 

 by busy, buzzing bees ! Great is the B- 

 business 



