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EDITOR. 



voinviii, m.i\mi no. 9. 

 Editorial Buzzijigs. 



Mr. 1^. B. UlcCormick, an 



apiarist, Uhiontown, P^^., and corres- 

 pondent of the Bee Journal, gave us a 

 call last week. 



Connecticut's State Association 

 has affiliated with the North American 

 Bee-Keepers' Association. Mrs. W. E. 

 Riley, of Waterbury, is the Secretary. 



Mr. R. K. Holtermann, of 



Brantford, Ontario, will, attend the 

 Toronto Exhibition, as a representative 

 of the American Bee Journal, and 

 make a report for its pages in due time. 



An Apicultural Congress, organ- 

 ized by the French Society of Apiculture 

 and Insectology, will be held at Paris, 

 during the Exposition, which will be 

 open from August 23 to September 27, 

 1S91, in theTuileries. 



Xlie Punic virgin queens which 

 we received from England, were noticed 

 on page IB 7. As tliere stated, one was 

 dead when received. The other queen 

 was safely introduced, but disappeared 

 before laying — probably lost on her 

 "wedding trip."' Thus endeth the first 

 experiment. 



Dr. C. C. Miller writes to us that he 

 also received two from Mr. John Hewitt, 

 for experiment. Of these, one was lost 

 on her marriage-flight, but the other is 

 now laying. One out or 4 is a poor per- 

 centage. 



Cool Bees>vax gradually, and 

 then the impurities will settle to the 

 bottom, and may be scraped off the 

 bottom of the cake, when it is taken 

 from the pan. 



A Patent was issued on August 11, 

 1891, to a man at Addison, N. Y., on a 

 bee-hive with not one new feature in it. 

 It has, however, the usual number of 

 glass and wood doors, slides, drawers, 

 hooks and eyes. It is nothing but rob- 

 bery for the Patent Office to issue such 

 useless patents. With Grubb's this 

 is two that have been received within a 

 month. We pity the poor "inventors." 

 They are cruelly deceived ! 



Duringf the Chicago Exposition the 

 Northwestern Bee-Keepers' Association 

 meets. The authorities sometime since 

 ordered the demolition of the building, 

 as it stands on land belonging to the city. 

 Negotiations have lately been going on 

 to allow the building to stand until next 

 Winter, so that the Exposition may be 

 held in it next month, and the Fat Stock 

 Show from November 11 to 21. This 

 will, no doubt, be the result, though at 

 this writing it cannot be positively stated. 

 If the Northwestern Convention cannot 

 bo held during the Exposition for lack 

 of time to get notices out, it can be hold 

 during the Fat Stock Show, when reduced 

 rates will prevail on all the railroads. 



