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VOL. XXXII. CHICAGO. ILL, NOV. 16, 1893. 



NO. 20. 



Bro. «. K. Hiibbiii-d, of Ft. Wayne, 

 Ind., has gone with his invalid wife to 

 reside in Riverside, Calif., for a year or 

 two. His bee-supply business will be con- 

 tinued as formerly at Ft. Wayne, in care of 

 a " trustworthy foreman," and a branch 

 will be started at Riverside. We trust that 

 Mrs. Hubbard's health may be entirely re- 

 stored, in that "land of sunshine and 

 flowers." 



iWrs. E. ^Vliitcoinb, of Friend, 

 Nebr., has made an enviable reputation for 

 artistic designs in figures, flowers, etc., 

 formed out of pure beeswax. The thou- 

 sands who visited the World's Fair, will 

 remember seeing samples of her skill in the 

 Nebraska honey-case. Mrs. W. was in 

 Chicago when the Fair closed, and before 

 leaving for her Western home, she pre- 

 sented to the editor of the Bee Journal 

 one of the beautiful framed pieces of cross 

 and flower work, besides other flowers, ears 

 of corn, and " Angel at Prayer " — all being 

 made of beeswax, with her own deft fingers. 

 We wish here to express our thanks to 

 Sister Whitcomb for her very pretty gifts, 

 and to assure her of our appreciation of 

 her kindness and good-will. We shall 

 highly prize the wax-work, and will take 

 much pleasure in showing it to future 

 callers at the Bee Jouknal olflce. 



Bro. W. I*. Root is still taking 

 " Another Peep at the ' Good Old Times,' " 

 in Oleanings, which is very interesting. 

 Why wouldn't it be a good thing to extract 

 the best parts of all those old bee-books, 

 and publish them in a new volume ? Then 

 perhaps call it a history of bee-culture. 

 The author, or compiler, might go back to 

 the earliest records of bee-keeping, and 

 bring it down to date. It seems to us that 

 such a book would find sufficient demand to 

 warrant its publication, and we think that 

 Bro. W. P. Root would be the right man to 

 " father " it. We wonder what Bro. A. I. 

 Root thinks of this. 



Xlie Woi-l<l'» Fair Bee-Folks 



have been exceedingly kind to us the past 

 six months, and we enjoyed the privilege 

 of meeting them almost weekly during the 

 Fair. We were again at the honey exhibit 

 the third day after the Fair closed, and 

 while viewing the taking down of the 

 honey, etc., we were very kindly remem- 

 bered by the Superintendents of the va- 

 rious State honey exhibits. Among them 

 was Bro. Whitcomb, who gave us a sample 

 bottle of Nebraska's famed heart' s-ease 

 honey, rich and thick, weighing 13 pounds 

 to the gallon. 



We also received a bottle of metheglin 

 from Mr. A. C. Davidson, of Omaha, Nebr. 

 This will be kept only for exhibition pur- 

 poses in our office, as it would hardly be 

 called a ''soft drink." We promise not to 

 allow any of our prohibition or other 

 friends to get hold of that bottle, as we 

 don't want to be guilty of "putting the 

 bottle to our neighbor's lips." 



Bros. Hambaugh and Stone, of the Illi- 

 nois exhibit ; Bro. Cutting, of the Michigan 



