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VOL. XXXII. CHICAGO, ILL, NOV. 9, 1893. 



NO. 19. 



'I'lie Unreal "%Vorl<l's Fair is now 



a matter of history- It was closed on Oct. 

 30th. and since then exhibitors have been 

 removing their displays. What was a few 

 days ago the "dream city," is now what 

 might be called the "nightmare city," so 

 changed and demolished is its appearance. 



The number of paid admissions to the 

 Fair was 21,479,661 ; and the total paid and 

 free admissions was 37.539.041. The largest 

 single day's attendance was on " Chicago 

 Day," Oct. 9th. numbering 716,000 paid 

 admissions. 



We expect soon to continue the illustra- 

 tions of the various honey exhibits, with 

 descriptions of them. 



Take it all. in all, the World's Fair was 

 indeed a wonderful affair. Doubtless none 

 now living will see its like again. 



Bro. Holtei'iiiaiiin, who reported 

 the proceedings of the North American 

 convention for our columns, feels that we 

 did him a slight injustice in our remark, on 

 page 519, about the report being too late to 

 begin it in that issue of the Bee Journal. 

 We intended no reflection upon Bro. H., 

 as he is always very prompt in whatever he 

 agrees to do, but simply thought we owed 

 a short explanation to our readers for not 

 commencing the report in the Bee Journal 

 for Oct. '26th. That's all. 



mr. S. J. Baldwin, of England, 

 called on us last week. He is the able Ex- 

 pert-in-Chief of the British Bee-Keepers' 

 Association, his work being to visit the 

 honey and bee shows held in the various 

 counties of his country, and there deliver 

 lectures upon the subject of bee-culture. 

 Mr. Baldwin is an exceedingly pleasant 

 gentleman — just like all good bee-keepers — 

 and we did enjoy his call very much, 

 though it was awfully short. He expects 

 to return to England about Dec. 1st, after 

 further visiting prominent bee-keepers and 

 bee-supply firms here in America. He was 

 much pleased with the World's Fair, and 

 we trust that he may safely return to his 

 beloved homeland, bearing with him many 

 pleasant memories of his trip to America. 



T'lie Mai-lcetiHg; of Houcy profit- 

 ably is a greater question to the majority 

 of bee-keepers than is that of its produc- 

 tion. There are any number of folks who 

 have no trouble at all to get a good crop of 

 honey, but when it comes to realizing a 

 just profit therefrom, they simply are not 

 able to do it. ^o discover the reason for 

 this inability to profitably dispose of the 

 result of their toil, or to learn how such 

 ability may be acquired, should be the 

 earnest endeavor of every lover of the pur- 

 suit who wishes to be at least justly re- 

 warded for his eff'orts. 



For years we have believed that there 

 never has been, nor can there be, an over- 

 production of honey in this country. What 

 there has been, and always will be, until 

 bee-keepers learn how to rightly dispose of 

 their honey, is «;Af7er-consumption —not over- 

 production. How many — nay, how few — 

 families in evei-y town or city consume an 

 average of 10 pounds of honey a year ? We 



