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EDITOR. 



VolJXVIIL 



Dec, n, 1891, 



No, 25, 



Editorial Buzziiigs. 



A Full Index will be given next 

 week, and that will show what a diversity 

 of subjects has been discussed during 

 the past six months — for we now give an 

 Index every half year. Those who wish 

 to bind the Bee Jouenal every six 

 months can do so, and those desiring to 

 have volumes bound yearly can do that 

 — under the new arrangement, with the 

 increased number of pages and new 

 form. 



"We HaTe Decided not to pub- 

 lish any of the Olfficial Report of the 

 North American Convention until the 

 first issue in the New Year. The only 

 intervening number is next week's, and 

 that ends the volume. It would be 

 better to have the Official Report all in 

 the same volume, and so we hope to give 

 at least a part of it in the Bee Jouknal 

 for January 1, 1892. 



Mrs. I-,. Harrison writes as fol- 

 lows to the Prairie ^armc/' about the late 

 Convention in Chicago : 



Notwithstanding the poor returns de- 

 rived from bee-culture for several years, 

 eight States of the Northwest and 

 Florida were represented. Much time 

 was spent in discussing subjects apper- 

 taining to bee-keepers at large, and the 

 talk was not confined to the routine of 

 the apiary. A number of practical bee- 

 keeping women were present. 



There were hives, sections, a section- 

 folder, crates, queen-cell protectors, bee 

 escapes, etc., on hand for inspection; 

 also some white honey, gathered In 

 Michigan from the willow herb. 



Tlie Daugfliters of the American 

 Revolution have been granted 3,000 

 square feet for an exhibit in the Woman's 

 Building of the World's Fair. The 

 organization, of which Mrs. B. Harrison 

 is president, has 1,000 members. 



Tlie NorthL American Conven- 

 tion has now passed into history. What 

 it has done, is done, and will be ap- 

 proved, discussed or censured, as the 

 case may warrant. We are sorry to 

 learn that Dr. A. B. Mason was unable 

 to be present. An excellent body of 

 officers were elected, consisting of the 

 following : 



President — Eugene Secor, Forest City, 

 Iowa. 



Vice-President— Capt. J. E. Hether- 

 ington. Cherry Valley, N. Y. 



Secretary — W. Z. Hutchinson, Flint, 

 Mich. 



Treasurer— E. R. Root, Medina, O. 



Mexico has made a World's Fair 

 appropriation of $50,000. This is only 

 preliminary, however, and it is fully 

 expected that the whole of the $75,000, 

 which were asked for, and perhaps more, 

 will be voted. 



Next Year the " North American" 

 Convention is to be held at Washington, 

 D. C. This will be the first time that it 

 has held a meeting at the Capital. 



