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which this was true to the extent that it 

 is in 1890-91. Last year there was a 

 local scarcity of honey. The bees did 

 not have enough to serve them as food 

 during the following Winter, to say 

 nothing. of any surplus for sale. Last 

 Winter we had to feed sugar to the bees, 

 and this coming Winter wo shall have to 

 feed them more. The scarcity of honey 

 this year is not only local — it is national. 

 You may tell the housewives that honey 

 is going to be very scarce and high this 

 year. 



A1)OUt a Year Ag^o we noted the 

 fact on page 707 of the Bee Jourxal, 

 that the apiarists of Switzerland and 

 America assembled in annual convoca- 

 tion on the same day — at Lausanne £^nd 

 Keokuk. We then addressed a letter to 

 our friend and colaborer, Mr. Ed. Ber- 

 trand, editor of the Intematio7ial Review, 

 and enclosed a copy of our address on 

 "Fifty Years' Progress in Apiculture," 

 intending to have it read in both con- 

 ventions at the same time. By the 

 International Review we notice that it 

 arrived in Switzerland one day too late 

 for that assembly. It was, however, 

 presented at the next meeting, and here 

 is a translation of the item concerning 

 it from the International Review, page 

 180, which arrived during our late trip 

 to New Jersey, or it would have received 

 earlier attention : 



Mr. Bertrand asked permission to 

 present a retrospective communication 

 as follows : 



"Our last assembly at Lausanne oc- 

 curred on Oct. 30, the same day as the 

 convention of the American apiarists at 

 Keokuk. Mr. Thomas G. Newman, the 

 eminent editor of the American Bee 

 Journal, mentioned the coincidence in 

 his Journal, and on that occasion 

 addressed a charming letter to me, 

 which, unfortunately, did not arrive 

 until the day after our reunion. He 

 also sent to me the text of his address 

 given at Keokuk, entitled "Fifty Years' 

 Progress in Apiculture." 



It is just 11 years since he assisted at 

 our Reunion at I'Hotel de France, and 

 through me he presents his fraternal 

 salutations to Swiss apiarists, particu- 

 larly to those with whom he then had the 

 pleasure of becoming acquainted. I am 

 sure that all of us who met him at 



Lausanne 11 years ago, are happy to 

 receive these new assurances of Mr. 

 Newman's esteem and friendship. 



Mr. Nouguier, and a number of the 

 older members, thanked Mr. Newman 

 for his kind remembrance, and requested 

 Mr. Bertrand to convey to him their 

 best wishes and salutations (applause). 



M[r, Dit>t)ern is now at work on a 

 new bee-escape, which he calls the 

 "American Super Clearer," and he 

 thinks it will supersede all others. 



Crops* — A leading agricultural jour- 

 nal estimates that the produce of our 

 farmers will be worth one billion dollars 

 more this year than ever before. 



Punic Bees are getting some hard 

 blows from good apiarists. 



Mosquitoes, which delight in 

 disturbing sleeping humanity, can easily 

 be foiled by using a Globe Bee- Veil. 



Disg^usted.— Last January the Bee 

 World was started as a monthly bee- 

 periodical. It omitted issues in February 

 and June, and died after publishing the 

 July number, as will be seen by the 

 following just received : 



Waynesburg, Pa.*, Sept. 25, 1891. 



I have discontinued the Bee World. 

 You will please stop sending me your 

 AxMERiCAN Bee Journal, as I am going 

 out of the bee-business. 



W. S. Vandruff. 



Fe-w Youi^g: motliers have 

 access to the latest information regard- 

 ing the diet of infants and young chil- 

 dren, and it is therefore with pleasure 

 we recommend for the perusal of all 

 who have anything to do with children, 

 the exhaustive article "How and What 

 to Feed the Baby," in the October 

 number of DemoresVs Monthly Magazine. 

 It is published by W. Jennings Demorest, 

 at 15 East 14th St., New York. Price 

 20 cents. For sale by newsdealers. 



