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EDITOR. 



VoinVIII, Jnly2,1891, No.1. 



Editorial Buzziiigs. 



How doth the busy little bee 

 Improve each shining- hour ? 



It gets a hustle on itself, 

 And works the earlj^ flower. 



Spraying- Kruit Trees.— We 

 have a new pamphlet on this subject by 

 P. C. Lewis, of Catskill, N. Y. Jt will 

 be sent free upon application to him. 



The Fifth Annual Corn Palace 

 Festival will be held in Sioux City, Iowa, 

 Oct. 1 to 17, 1891, inclusive. With the 

 world-wide reputation for beauty, 

 novelty and expression of the resources 

 of the West, which the Corn Palace has 

 acquired, the knowledge and ambition of 

 its builders have increased, and it is no 

 idle promise to say that the Fifth Annual 

 Corn Palace will be the grandest and 

 handsomest structure yet conceived. 



Mr. Joliti P. Reynolds will 

 this week, no doubt, be chosen Chief 

 Executive of the Board of Illinois 

 World's Fair Managers, which has the 

 collection of an exhibit in charge. The 

 position is a very important one, and no 

 one else is considered for it. Mr. Rey- 

 nolds has been for years the Manager of 

 the State exhibits held in the Exposition 

 building, and will be a competent chief. 

 One of the Chicago daily papers gives 

 him this " send off :" 



Mr. Reynolds is known to every turnip 

 raiser in Winnebago county, to every 

 ruddy orchard pruner of Crawford 

 county, and to every bee-keeper of 

 Brown county. He is also known to 

 those dwellers of Stark and Pike coun- 

 ties, who have lugged their prize pump- 

 kins every year up to the big Chicago 

 fair. As grain inspector he is known to 

 all the wheat growers of Macoupin and 

 La Salle, and to the corn buskers of 

 Boone. In fact, Mr. Reynolds is a 

 patriarch exhibitor. He it was, who, 

 with Potter Palmer, years ago, first 

 conceived and executed the idea of an 

 inter-state exhibit. 



That Board will have the disposition 

 of the $800,000 appropriation, and 

 those who are acquainted with Mr. 

 Reynolds will do well to write their 

 congratulations, and remind him of the 

 $5,000 required for the apiarian exhibit 

 of Illinois, referred to on page 16 of 

 this issue, by Mr. Hambaugh. We hope 

 that he will help us to secure sufficient 

 funds to insure a grand exhibit. 



Xlie Crops in Illinois are reported 

 to be in a more promising condition than 

 they were a 'year ago. But the great 

 question now for bee-keepers is, "What 

 will the honey harvest amount to ?" In 

 some places white clover had no 

 "sward" from last year, and conse- 

 quently there was no honey from that 

 source this year. In other places the 

 yield is reported to be very satisfactory. 

 The basswood honey crop is yet an 

 unknown quantity. But we hope that 

 there will be a good flow from it in a 

 few days. Have your tubs " right side 

 up" to catch it, if the shower comes. 



