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EDITOR. 



Mmil, Jan, 22,1891. No, 4, 



The Rev. Stephen Roese has had 

 another light attack of La Grippe. He 

 is a correspondent of four bee-periodicals 

 in Germany, as well as several in America. 

 He has our wa pathy in his affliction. 



After Adding 6 more pages of read- 

 ing matter to this number of the Bee 

 JouKNAL, still there are many interest- 

 ing articles crowded out, which were 

 intended for this week's issue. Is it 

 worth two cents to the reader ? That is 

 all it costs, at $1.00 a year ! 



This is What our friend, James 

 Heddon, the President of the Union, 

 wrote, when sending in his dues and 

 vote for officers for the coming year : 

 " Allow me to thank you for the energy 

 and good work devoted to the Union 

 during the past year." 



C. H. Dibbern, when sending his 

 dues to the Union, writes : " There is 

 nothing I pay more cheerfully than my 

 dues to the National Bee-Keepers' 

 Union." This is the sentiment generally 

 expressed by all its members. 



Stock of Honey on the Market. — 



Chicago is at present well supplied with 

 honey, but it is not white clover. The 

 extracted-honey is nearly all from Cali- 

 fornia, as well as the comb. Desiring to 

 know how the stocks were in New York 

 and Boston, we wrote to the honey- 

 dealers there, and as their replies will 

 interest our readers, we give them here : 



The quantity of comb-honey on our 

 market is very light, probably the light- 

 est for years. We do not think that 

 there are 300 crates in the entire market. 

 The demand is not very strong, but it is 

 moving off fairly, in a jobbing way. 



Blake & Ripley. 



Boston, Jan. 5, 1891. 



The stock of comb-honey in our mar- 

 ket consists of from 500 to 600 crates, 

 principally in one-pound sections, un- 

 glassed. There is no fancy, desirable 

 stock on our market. The demand has 

 almost ceased, especially for this class of 

 goods. Our market is well stocked with 

 extracted honey, especially with Cali- 

 fornia honey, of which there are about 

 5 to 6 carloads. Tne stock of basswood, 

 white clover and buckwheat extracted- 

 honey is light, and the prices are firm. 

 Hildreth Bros «fc Segelken. 



New York, Jan. 5, 1891. 



A Pure-Food Bill is now before Con- 

 gress. In the interest of health and the 

 general welfare, each one of our readers 

 should send a letter to the member of 

 Congress from that District, urging him 

 to call up the Bill for immediate consid- 

 eration, that it may be acted upon at 

 once. This Bill relates to fraudulent 

 imitations of food and drugs, and this 

 includes honey. All bee-keepers are 

 therefore interested in its passage. At 

 the Detroit Convention this subject came 

 up, and resolutions were passed, as pub- 

 lished on page 88 of our last issue. 



We Have been adding over 100 neV 

 subscribers per week since the new year. 

 That is genuine appreciation ! 



Xiie Investment of a dollar in the 

 Bee Journal, gives you 52 dividends in a 

 year. Can any one desire a better invest- 

 ment? or will they ask for richer returns? 



