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THOIWAS G. I^E^VI»lAr«, 



EDITOR. 



Vol, XXVIII, Dec, 10, 1891, No, 24, 



Editorial Buzziiigs. 



Tlie Report of the National Bee- 

 Keepers' Union will be published in 

 next week's Bee Journal. The annual 

 dues for 1892 can be paid at any con- 

 venient time. One dollar will cover the 

 whole cost for 1892. 



Xlie District of Columbia has 



decided to ask Congress for an appro- 

 priation of $50,000 to enable it to 

 make a creditable exhibit at the World's 

 Fair. 



Tliese States were represented at 

 the Northwestern Convention last month: 

 Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michi- 

 gan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio and 

 Wisconsin. The officers for the ensuing 

 year are : C. C. Miller, President ; J. 

 A. Green, Vice-President ; W. Z. Hutch- 

 inson, Secretary; and Thomas G. New- 

 man, Treasurer. 



Xlie Illinois State Bee-Keepers' 

 Association will meet at Springfield next 

 week. This is an important meeting, 

 and we hope that all who can do so will 

 attend and take part in the delibera- 

 tions. Several have written to us to 

 know whether we expect to be there, 

 and in reply we will say that while we 

 fully intended to be present, we have 

 been compelled to give up the idea. We 

 are much better than we were during 

 the Northwestern Convention, but do not 

 yet feel able to leave home; and, besides, 

 our office work has run so far behind on 

 account of our illness, that to leave it 

 now would increase the burdens and 

 make them intolerable. No ; we shall 

 be present in spirit, both at Albany this 

 week and at Springfield next week — but 

 not in body. We submit to the inevit- 

 able as gracefully as possible. 



Xlie Grading: of Honey will 

 hereafter be a very easy matter if the 

 North American Association at Albany 

 this week shall adopt a grade schedule, 

 when the committee from the North- 

 western shall submit the matter for 

 consideration. Then there need be no 

 dispute as to what grade any comb-honey 

 belongs, and it can be sold any where 

 without furnishing a sample, like wheat, 

 etc. 



TTIie "Bee-Keepers' Magazine" is 

 the new name adopted by Mr. A. K. 

 Cooper, Winona, Minn., for his new bee- 

 periodical. He has accepted our sugges- 

 tion as to name, and we wish the new- 

 comer success. 



Tlie Kirst catalogue for 1892 is 

 on our desk. It is the price list of S. F. 

 & I. Trego, of Swedona, Ills. — Italian 

 Queens. 



It l^ill :Not hurt you to smile once 

 in a while. A cheering word makes the 

 work easier, and the time passes the 

 more quickly. 



