AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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EDITOR. 



VoLIIYII. MarcH2, 1891. No, 11, 



Editorial BuzziMS. 



A. G. Baldwin, of De Kalb, Ills., was 

 prevented by sickness from attending 

 the Convention at Springfield on Feb. 

 26. We regret to learn that he was 

 "confined to the house during the whole 

 week." 



Another bee-keeper has been found in 

 the Illinois Legislature. Mr. Smith, 

 Representative from Macon county. He 

 intends to support a bill to prevent the 

 spreading of foul-brood, which the Hon, 

 J. M. Hambaugh will present in a few 

 days. He will also help us to get the 

 $5,000 appropriation. 



J. B. Mason, of Mechanics Falls, Me., 

 has " fallen from grace." He was "a 

 pillar in the church," and a loud-mouth 

 advocate of social reforms. But, alas, 

 in an evil hour, he gave way to tempta- 

 tion, and decamped with " another man's 

 wife" — going to. "parts unknown," 

 leaving a wife and family to mourn hjs 

 absence.. Why, we know not... 



The Fniit Growers of Tulare county, 

 Calif., have presented a petition, signed 

 by 77 taxpayers, to the Board of Super- 

 visors, asking for an ordhiance prohibit- 

 ing the keeping of bees in that locality. 

 If the Supervisors are green enough to 

 pass the ordinance, it will avail nothing. 

 Bee-keeping is a lawful vocation, and 

 cannot be pi-ohibited. Bee-keepers have 

 rights under the Constitution of the 

 United States, which must be respected 

 everywhere within the borders of Uncle 

 Sam's domains ! Besides, the bees are 

 the best friends to fruit-growers, and 

 they are making a sad financial mistake. 



The Second Annual Convention of 

 the Eastern Iowa Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion was held at Maquoketa last month, 

 and was a very successful one. The 

 Secretary, Mr. Frank Coverdale, when 

 sending the report (which may be ex- 

 pected in our next issue), writes : " Our 

 meeting was a very busy one. So great 

 was the interest in the discussions, that 

 some of the essays had to be carried over 

 until our next annual meeting." 



Our Friend Viallon has been sadly 

 bereaved. He did not answer the last 

 lot of Queries we sent him. We wrote 

 to him, and sent another copy. The 

 following letter will tell the reason : 



You will have to excuse an unfortu- 

 nate one, who took his wife to her last 

 resting place on the 3d inst., for not 

 answering the Queries you sent him. My 

 wife had been suffering from heart 

 disease for several, years, although she 

 was in tolerably good health ; about 

 three months ago La Grippe took her 

 and brought on a complication, and she 

 quietly died on March 2, in her 49th 

 year. On the 7th of last August we 

 celebrated the 25th anniversary of our 

 marriage, not expecting the end to be 

 so near, but such is the will of Provir 

 dence. Yours in grief, 



P: L. ViA^LLoisr.. 



Bayou Goula, La., March 5,. 1,891,. 



We deeply sympathize with friend: 

 Viallon in his sad bereavement, as will 

 our readers who have been perusing his 

 replies to Queries for years.. 



