THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 235 



semblage; but, doubtless, a gratifying 

 result to certain participants. 



PUBLISHED MONTHLY. 

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Mr. J. W. Tcfft, Buffalo, N. Y., who 

 has spent the summer in Southern. Cal- 

 ifornia, writes that a most deplorable 

 condition of affairs exists in the apia- 

 ries of the southern countries of the 

 state. Starvation and feeding to save 

 the bees is the substance of the matter. 



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J. A. Green says in Gleanings, 

 rith regard to different kinds and 

 ualities of propolis, "Remember there 



more in 'locality' than some people 

 re willing to admit." There are 



reener'' people than J. A. 



'With reference to the St. Louis con- 

 ention all are agreerl upon one point: 

 [t was a harmonious meeting." Not a 

 ery broad claim for a national as- 



The two-pound, and the half-pound 

 sizes of section, which used to strive 

 for a place in the honey market, have 

 been crowded out by the medium-size 

 —one-pound. The late "tall section" 

 fad is the only menace to loom up be- 

 fore the very desirable condition of 

 uniformity in American comb honey 

 packages. 



It may work no great injury, 

 either to the fraternity or the public, 

 for an apiarian journal to publish er- 

 roneous statements in regard to minor 

 details relative to the pursuit of api- 

 culture; neither will it tend to estab- 

 lish or develop prestige in favor of 

 the periodical which indulges in this 

 loose style of journalism. 



During the past month we have re- 

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 were unable to supply. Volume XIII 

 is practically exhausted, there being 

 but a very few copies, of two or three 

 numbers, left in the office. 



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