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amounts to a difference in the way of look- 

 ing at things, as we stated on page 296. 



As Mr. Hershiser says on page 373, he 

 simply furnished the principal items about 

 the New York State exhibit, which we then 

 used in preparing the editorial on page 137. 

 In again referring to Mr. H.'s data, we see 

 that, in speaking of the space occupied by 

 the exhibit in question, 30x50 feet was the 

 outside measurement of all the floor space 

 occupied by the New York bees, honey and 

 supplies, instead of hoiiey alone, as we 

 wrongly stated on page 137, when saying, 

 " This enormous exhibit of beautiful Tioiiey 

 occupies 33^ times the space," etc. Aside 

 from this, we think thei'e is nothing about 

 that first editorial that has not already 

 been corrected by either Dr. Mason or Mr. 

 Hershiser himself. 



We are glad to note the good feeling that 

 exists between those concerned in this dis- 

 cussion, and as such is the case, there is 

 another good reason for now terminating 

 it, lest, if continued, good-nature, as well 

 as good-feeling, might become marred. We 

 are satisfied that neither Dr. M. nor Mr. H. 

 intended at any time to cast a single re- 

 flection upon any exhibit whatsoever, and 

 we know that we are anxious that all shall 

 receive the utmost degree of credit which 

 is justly due. 



Iti'O. Alley $$ays, in the September 

 Apiculhtrist, that an abundance of rain had 

 fallen in Massachusetts, and the prospects 

 for a fall honey harvest were very promis- 

 ing. They had a few weeks of dry weather, 

 but not a severe drouth. Here in Chicago 

 we had no rain for over 80 days before 

 Sept. 13th and 13th, when we had several 

 refreshing showers. The fall crop of honey 

 will likely be a minus quantity hereabouts, 

 as the rains came almost too late to do very 

 much good for the bees. 



Xlie Nitinbor of llees in a pound, 

 according to Prof. B. F. Koons, of the Con- 

 necticut Agricultural College, is 4,833 of 

 average size ones. So he reported in Olea7i- 

 ings, after careful weighing experiments. 

 Thus it is pretty safe to say that, in round 

 numbers, there are .5,000 bees in a pound. 



Mi". <«. \¥. TMaiK'e, of Authou, Iowa, 

 has sent us a beautiful bunch of golden-rod 

 that his bees just roll in the honey from. It 

 lasts about three weeks. 



Xlie IjSing;$i>trotli Fund, contribu- 

 tions to which are now reported in the Bee 

 Journal, we find is mentioned in a very 

 complimentary way in the apiarian depart- 

 ment of the September California Cultivator 

 and Po^dtry- Keeper. It is also there sug- 

 gested that another Langstroth fund be 

 raised in Southern California. Why not 

 raise it, and then send it on, to be added to 

 the fund being raised by the Bee Jour- 

 nal ? Here is what the above paper says 

 further about the matter : 



It is but a duty that we owe to one who 

 has spent years of labor and much money 

 in developing the science, and has been the 

 means of elevating apiculture to the ex- 

 alted position it now occupies in the scien- 

 tific world. While we are reaping the 

 benefit of his labor, let us aid in smoothing 

 down his declining life. 



Langstroth, though in indigent circum- 

 stances, will outlive the millionaire, for 



On his tomb the chisel will trace, 

 Great benefactor of his race. 



Mr. C E. ]?Ieatl, a bee-keeper with 

 about a dozen colonies of bees here in Chi- 

 cago, has kindly presented to us a nice sec- 

 tion of sweet clover honey. His crop, this 

 year, was about 50 pounds per colony. The 

 dry weather cat it short here, as in many 

 other localities, which will also interfere 

 not a little with the fall honey crop. 



^Vorl<l's Pair I\ote!i$. — Saturday 

 afternoon is our time to visit the World's 

 Fair, and those v^'ho keep track of us pretty 

 closely (Mrs. York, for instance), say that 

 we never see anything but the honey ex- 

 hibit, no matter how often we go to the 

 Fair. We never have undertaken to dis- 

 prove their statement, for we do not like to 

 invite defeat, if it can possibly be avoided. 



Now, we didn't start out to tell what 

 others have to say of our visits to the Fair, 

 but we did think we would report what 

 progress the apiarian exhibits have made, 

 so to the subject in mind. 



On Saturday, Sept. 9th, as has become 

 our custom, we took another peep at the 

 bee and honey exhibits, and at the few bee- 

 men that were still in charge of it. 



Bro. Cutting expected to have the Michi- 

 gan exhibit entirely completed by the fol- 

 lowing Wednesday, which was "Michigan 

 Day.'' He has been hard art work, and his 

 exhibit shows it. Michigan folks may well 



