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VOL XXXII. CHICAGO, ILL, OCT. 26, 1893. 



NO. 17. 



Iti'O. C. B. Bankston, of Chries- 

 man, Tex., had the great misfortune to 

 have his residence and all its contents 

 burned on Oct. 8th. He is a rising young 

 queen-breeder, and will have the sympathy 

 of all his bee-keeping friends in his severe 

 loss. 



Xlie Report of the recent meeting of 

 the North American convention we had 

 expected to begin this week, but our re- 

 porter has not yet sent in any of the mat- 

 ter, so it will have to be delayed until 

 another week, when we hope to be able to 

 publish a good slice of it. 



Scores of Bee-Keepers, from all 

 over the United States, have favored the 

 Bee Journal office with calls during the 

 past two weeks. So many have kindly 

 "dropped in" on us, that we could not 

 keep track of them so as to mention each 

 one in a personal item in the columns of 

 the Bee Journal. We wish, however, to 

 assure them all that we were delighted to 

 meet them and make their acquaintance, 

 and trust that the friendships thus formed 

 may be mutually pleasant and continuous. 

 We are always glad to see both our new 

 and old bee-keeping friends, and trust that 

 whenever any of them are in Chicago, they 

 will come in and at least say, " Howdy ?" 



All Kxtra t,arge Hoiiey Crop is 



reported this year in the section of country 

 around Valley Centre, San Diego County, 

 Calif. It seems that in many localities of 

 the United States the honey crop of 1893 

 was either an exceptionally fine one, or else 

 a total failure. It is very refreshing to 

 hear of a large crop of honey. Oh, that it 

 could have been universally so ! Then 

 could all bee-keepers rejoice with exceed- 

 ingly great joy. But now the fortunate 

 can "weep with those that weep," and thus 

 average up on " feelings," at least. 



Soiitliwest Xexas. — An Illinois sub- 

 scriber to the Bee Journal would like a 

 description of Foley and Presidio counties 

 in southwest Texas, through this paper. A 

 full description of the counties, as well as 

 the people, would be greatly appreciated. 

 Is it a good location for bees ? Will some 

 one who knows, please comply with this 

 request, as briefly as possible, and yet do 

 the subject justice 1 



Xlie Various Hoiiey-Exliitoits at 



the World's Fair have been great attrac- 

 tions to even those not directly interested 

 in bee-culture. Bro. Secor, the well-known 

 Judge of the apiarian department of the 

 Fair, has been much pleased with the dis- 

 plays from all countries, and of course has 

 found everything that was placed on exhi- 

 bition relating to bee-keeping, no matter 

 from what part of the world it came. He 

 has very kindly furnished us a list of the 

 countries represented, and tells about it in 

 the following paragraphs: 



It may be of interest to bee-keepers who 

 have not visited the World's .Fair, and 

 possibly to some who have, to know the 



