AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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J'A^^^iS; 



XHOIUAS G. MEWIOAN, 



EDITOR. 



MXIVIl Feu, 12, 1,891, No, 7, 



Editorial Buzzings. 



A Law on foul-brood is before the 

 Wisconsin Legislature, and will prob- 

 ably be passed very soon. 



m^" The Inter- Mountain Horticulturist 

 is a wide-awake monthly published at 50 

 cents a year, at Salt Lake City, Utah, 

 by our friend John C. Swaner. It is 

 nicely printed and well edited. 



"Wisconsin is to have a grand exhibit 

 at the Columbian World's Fair. The 

 State Bee-Keepers' Association has ap- 

 pointed a committee to have charge of 

 the preparations, and to superintend the 

 exhibit. An application has been made 

 to the Legislature for a grant of $1,000 

 to cover the expenses of the apiarian 

 exhibit. 



Mr. Timpe sent us some of his 

 potatoes for trial. We hardly ever eat 

 potatoes, but our family say that they 

 were excellent for cooking, and very 

 tasty. They certainly had a "flowery" 

 appearance on the table. 



Particular Attention is called to the 

 letters of Dr. C. C. Miller, C. E. Yocom, 

 and J. S. Hughes, on page 230, about 

 the organization of a State Association. 



If all who are interested will act in 

 accordance with the suggestions of Dr. 

 Miller, and send a postal card to this 

 office AT ONCE, it can be determined 

 where to permanently locate the State 

 Society, and the call for a session of the 

 Capital Society at Springfield, on Feb. 

 26, gives an opportunity for the organi- 

 zation to be completed at an early day. 



The suggestion for such a convention 

 on April 10, at Decatur, is all very well, 

 but the time is too far distant for the 

 accomplishment of the desired ends. The 

 Society must be located and incorporated, 

 and it must appoint a strong committee 

 to present matters to the Legislature, in 

 order to obtain a sufficient appropriation 

 to pay the expenses of gathering, arrang- 

 ing, managing, and exhibiting the pro- 

 ducts of the apiary for the State, at the 

 Columbian World's Fair. We imagine 

 that all will admit that April is too late 

 to calculate upon for the accomplish- 

 ment of all chis work. 



Eleven. — "There is luck in odd num- 

 bers," says an old "saw" — but at the 

 risk of making it even, we will say that 

 the life-members of the North American 

 Bee-Keepers' Association now nutnber 

 11, and that 39 more (another odd num- 

 ber) are required to make the number 

 50. So far, there are 4 in Illinois, and 

 4 in Ohio, and one each in Ontario, 

 Iowa and New York. Let us break that 

 tie by adding another to Ohio or Illinois ; 

 and get several from other States. A 

 life-membership costs $10, and the 

 money should be sent to C. P. Dad ant, 

 Hamilton, Ills. Who will be the next? 



Catalogues and Price-Lists for 1891 

 have been received from 



W. S. Ponder, Indianapolis, Ind. —32 

 pages — Bee-Keepers' Supplies. 



Jacob T. Timpe, Grand Ledge, Mich. 

 — 8 pages — Italian Bees, and New Seed- 

 ling Potatoes. 



