AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



149 



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EDITOR. 



VoLXim Jan. 29, 1891. No, 5. 



Editorial Buzziiigs, 



Trade-Mark or no trade-mark. That 

 is the question. Opinions are divided. 



While the Weather in North America 

 is unusually mild, Europe is having the 

 coldest Winter for many years. All over 

 the Continent the suffering is intense. 

 The people are totally unprepared for 

 such an extraordinary and unexpected 

 change. 



^^ Has the "Advance," heretofore 

 published at Mechanic Falls, Maine, 

 ceased to exist? We have not had a 

 number for months. Brother J. B. 

 Mason should tell us why. 



The Bee-World. — No. 1 of this new 

 monthly is on our desk. It contains 

 16 pages, and is published by W. 

 S. Vandruff, W^aynesburg, Pa. This 

 should have been noticed before, 

 but was mislaid. It is nicely printed, 

 well edited, and has our best wishes for 

 success, 



It is Qiiite possible that Mr. G. H. 

 Knickerbocker, the efficient Secretary of 

 the New York State Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation, was not able to attend the annual 

 Convention, held in Albany last week, on 

 account of his wife's illness. She has an 

 attack of typhoid fever, and is reported 

 to be in a critical condition. 



m^ The Rev. Stephen Roese, of 

 Maiden Rock, Wis., writes thus : "The 

 American Bee Journal came duly, in 

 its new dress, and is a credit to its editor, 

 who has labored for 17 years to made it 

 such a valuable periodical. It has made 

 its 30th birthday memorable indeed. It 

 well deserves its rank of not only being 

 the oldest, but the most thoroughly 

 practical bee-periodical in America." 



Killed Himself.— Mr. Zimri Presnall, 

 of Nevada, Iowa, a harness maker and 

 bee-keeper, was found dead in his shop 

 on the morning of Jan. 22. It is a sup- 

 posed suicide, by shooting. He leaves a 

 wife end three little girls. So writes T. 

 W. Blackman. 



Five new bee-periodicals have been 

 launched upon the sea of literature since 

 New Year's Day. It must have taken 

 considerable "enthusiasm," in the pub- 

 lishers, to do this, after the failure of the 

 honey crop last year. There are more 

 now than are well-supported. It may be 

 that before another year rolls around 

 disgust will take the place of enthusi- 

 asm, and " experience " will be the result 

 of an empty pocket-book. While we 

 wish them prosperity, we cannot approve 

 of their judgment in selecting such an 

 inauspicious time for embarking on the 

 already-crowded sea of apicultural lit- 

 erature. But time will tell. 



The Indiana State Bee-Keepers' 

 Convention was held at Indianapolis on 

 Jan. 16, 1891. The report has not yet 

 come to hand, but we expect it every 

 day. When it comes, we will present it 

 to our readers, 



