AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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fHOS. G.NEWMAN ^SON. 



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EDITOR. 



YolJXVni, Oct. 29, 1891, No. 18, 



Editorial Buzziiigs. 



Tlie Nearest Dream recedes unrealized. 



The heaven we chase, 



Like the June bee 



Before the school boy, 



Invites the race. 



Stoops to an easy clover, 



Di ps— evades— teases— deploy s— 



Then to the royal clouds 



Lifts his light pinnace. 



Heedless of the boy ; 

 Staring, bewildered, at the mocking- sky. 

 Homesick for steadfast honey— 

 Ah, the bee flies not 

 Which gives that rare variety. 



Oranulated Sugfar made from 

 oeets is not considered safe Winter food 

 for bees by the British Bee Journal. 

 What is the opinion of those who have 

 used such in America ? We vi^ould like 

 to hear from those who have experi- 

 mented with it. 



Xlie Nortli American Bee- 

 Keepers' Convention will be held at 

 Albany, N. Y., Dec. 8 to 11. Reduced 

 rates on all the trunk line railroads are 

 secured. Read the notiqe on page 566. 



tProf, Cook expects to spend the 

 Winter in California. Mr. A. I. Root 

 having been advised by his physician to 

 take a rest for 3 months, has arranged 

 to go with Prof. Cook and his family. In 

 a letter the Professor makes these 

 announcements about the trip : 



Dear Mr. Root : — We arrive at Salt 

 Lake Dec. 3 ; convention at Salt Lake 

 Dec. 3 and 4 ; or if for only one day, 

 Dec. 4. Leave Salt Lake Dec. 5 ; 

 arrive at Reno, Nevada, Dec. 6 ; leave 

 Reno Dec. 8 ; arrive at Colfax Dec. 8,- 

 stay two days; leave Colfax Dec. 11; 

 arrive at Sacramento Dec. 11 ; call a 

 convention for Sacramento Dec. 16 and 

 17. Do you like this? Can you not 

 arrange for the meetings at Salt Lake, 

 Utah, convention Dec. 3 and 4, and 

 Sacramento Dec. 16 and 17 ? We go 

 to Los Angeles Dec. 24. Why not 

 arrange for a convention at Los Angeles 

 about Jan. 6 and 7 ? It will be very 

 pleasant to meet them, and they will be 

 glad, I think. 



California apiarists will be much 

 pleased to meet these fellow laborers. 

 Prof. Cook will interest them, either in 

 the parlor, in the convention, or on the 

 platform. He is an interesting speaker, 

 and a charming gentleman. 



As Mr. Root made the apiarists of 

 California a visit so recently, they know 

 him, and have taken his measure as a 

 gentlemanly companion, a writer and 

 speaker — but his very recent illness has, 

 no doubt, weakened his energies, and 

 they must treat him tenderly, for he is 

 to take this trip as a rest, and a change 

 of air for general recuperation. 



The Bee Journal wishes them all a 

 safe journey and a pleasant time. 



A Bird was found rolling about in 

 front of a strong colony of bees by Mr. 

 R. R. Godfrey, at Flaxton, England. 

 He writes to the British Bee Journal 

 that she breathed her last in great 

 agony, some 2 or 3 minutes after being 

 freed from the bees. There were some 

 scores of them stinging her. Evidently, 

 she had imprudently ventured to tres- 

 pass upon the rights of the bees. 



