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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



The World's Fair.— The President has 



issued his proclamation to the Nations of 

 the Earth, inviting them to the World's 

 Columbian Exposition. 



Our friends all over the World will 

 now take due notice, and send or bring 

 an exhibit of bees, honey, and bee-appli- 

 ances, so that there may be the largest 

 and grandest exhibit of such ever seen in 

 the World. 



The proclamation contains the follow- 

 ing paragraphs : 



Now, therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison, 

 President of the United States, by virtue 

 of the authority vested in me by said act, 

 do hereby declare and proclaim that such 

 international exhibition will be opened 

 on the first day of May, in the year 

 eighteen hundred and ninety-three, in 

 the city of Chicago, in the State of 

 Illinois, and will not be closed before the 

 last Thursday in October of the same 

 year. 



And in the name of the Government 

 and of the people of the United States, I 

 do hereby invite all the Nations of the 

 Earth to take part in the commemora- 

 tion of an event that is pre-eminent in 

 human history, and of lasting interest to 

 mankind by appointing representatives 

 thereto, and sending such exhibits to the 

 World's Columbian Exposition as will 

 most fitly and fully illustrate their re- 

 sources, their industries, and their prog- 

 ress in civilization. 



The Demand for Honey exceeds the 

 supply. There have been many inquiries 

 of late at this office as to where comb- 

 honey could be obtained. One person 

 wanted a carload of white-clover honey. 

 In Indianapolis the same state of affairs 

 seems to exist. The Indkma Farmer sa,ys : 



Comb-honey here is being retailed at 25 

 cents per pound. The demand for ex- 

 tracted-honey seems to be mostly for the 

 one-pound can. Evidently these cans 

 have gained a reputation that has come 

 to stay. 



Catalogues and Price-Lists for 1891, 

 are received as follows : 



G. B. Lewis Co., Watertown, Wis.— 32 

 pages— Hives, Frames, Sections, etc. 



S. F. & I. Trego, Swedonia, Ills.— 6 

 pages— Italian Queens, Fowls, etc. 



Echoes, a monthly heretofore pub- 

 lished at Nevada, O,, by Will M. Young, 

 is dead. The editor, in his "valedic- 

 tory," remarks as follows : 



Last January we had the pleasure (?) 

 of an acquaintance with that world-re- 

 nowned leech, the " grip," and it fast- 

 ened itself to our anatomy with a 

 tenaciousness that would be commend- 

 able in a worthy cause, and this insidious 

 enemy of mankind refuses to " let go." 

 We believe this Winter in the "sunny 

 South" will bring us out "right side 

 up," therefore we have made arrange- 

 ments to sojourn in that Winter resort, 

 Jacksonville, Fla., until about May 1, 

 and will start about the middle of 

 December. 



To our bee-keeping friends we will say: 

 Whether we return North in the Spring 

 to stay or not, we will not lose sight of 

 the " busy bee." We expect to return 

 to our home about May 1, and should we 

 arrange to be absent the coming Sum- 

 mer, some one will have charge of our 

 business here, and customers can get 

 supplies as heretofore. 



The acquaintances we have made 

 through Echoca have been pleasant, and 

 we expected to widen, considerably, our 

 circle of friends through the same 

 medium had we continued it. W^e feel 

 thankful, friends, for your favors, and 

 now as the publisher of Echoes we bid 

 you adieu. 



Some Expect to hear of heavy losses 

 during the coming Winter ; many colo- 

 nies have gone into Winter quarters too 

 light for safety, and will need feeding in 

 early Spring. 



Mr. J. C. Swaner, of Salt Lake City, 

 Utah, has sent us his photograph, and it 

 is placed into the office album with 

 thanks. 



Supply Dealers desiring to sell our 

 book, "Bees and Honey," should write 

 for terms before issuing their Catalogues. 



The Bee Belt of Colorado is that 

 portion of the Bear Creek Valley iu Jeffer- 

 son County, lying between the towns of 

 Morrison and Littleton. There are fully 

 2,500 working colonies of bees in the 

 district named. 



