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VOL. XXX. CHICAGO, ILL, OCTOBER 20, 1892. 



NO. 17. 



The Honey-Bee, that wanders all day long 

 The field, the woodland, and the garden o'er, 

 To gather in its fragrant winter store. 

 Humming in calm content its quiet song, 

 Seeks not alone the rose's glowing breast, 

 The lily's dainty cup, the vioiet's lips ; 

 But from all rank and noisome weeds it sips 

 The single drop of sweetness ever pressed 

 Within the poisoned chalice. Thus, if we 

 Seek only to draw forth only the hidden sweet 

 In all the varied human flowers we meet 

 In the wide garden of humanity, 

 And, like the bee, if home the spoil we bear, 

 Hived in our hearts, it turns to nectar there. 



The foregoing beautiful stanza was 

 thoughtfully sent to us by Dr. Albert 

 Sayler, of New Palestine, Ohio. Accom- 

 panying it was the following : 



Friend York : — The enclosed incom- 

 parable sonnet, by the poet A. C. Lynch, 

 is taken from that " Queen " of Gram- 

 mars — Brown, 1877 edition, page 151. 

 The three words in capital letters are 

 not emphasized in the Grammar ; but by 

 reading you will notice that they are the 

 especially emphatic words in the entire 

 sonnet. Albert Sayler, M. D. 



October 20th and 21st will be 

 "red letter" days for Chicago, on ac- 

 count of the dedication of the World's 

 Fair buildings. Visitors — 150,000 — 

 are expected to be here. 



Mr. Frank Benton, of Wash- 

 ington, D. C, expected to be at the con- 

 vention of the Illinois State Convention, 

 but the notice about his attending, we 

 are sorry to say, was not received in 

 time to make the announcement last 

 week. We mention it now, though not 

 in time for the good of the convention, 

 which begins before this issue of the 

 Bee Journal is mailed. In a letter to 

 Thomas G. Newman, dated Oct. 8, 

 1892, Mr. Benton writes : 



I have just been handed a commission 

 from the Secretary of Agriculture, that 

 authorizes me to attend, as a delegate, 

 from the Department of Agriculture, the 

 next meeting of the Illinois State Bee- 

 Keepers' Association at Chicago. 



I shall present a few thoughts on 

 "Modern Bee-Keeping in Europe," at 

 the convention. Very truly yours, 

 Frank Benton, 

 Apiarist U. S. Dept. Agriculture. 



Eight Extra Pages are added 

 this week to accommodate a few pre- 

 mium pages. Look at every page and 

 see if we do not offer something that 

 you want. It will pay you to get some 

 new subscribers for the Bee Journal, 

 and secure one or more of the premiums 

 offered. 



The Apiarian Exhibit at the 



World's Fair will soon demand the in- 

 terest and hearty co-operation of every 

 honey-producer in the World. No doubt 

 something definite will be done soon to 

 start active preparations for the finest 



