AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



469 



EDITOR. 



VoLIIVIL April 9, 1891. No, 15, 



Editorial Buzziiigs. 



Before the blue-bird wings its way 

 To northern g-Iade and dell. 



There comes a dear and happy day 

 When buds begin to swell. 



A Son was born to Mr. and Mrs. 

 Ernest R. Root on Easter Sunday, March 

 29, 189 1-. His name is Leeland I-ves 

 Root, and his weight is 8 pounds. A 

 cute birthday card comes to our desk 

 announcing the event. Ernest is now 

 " father," and Uncle Amos is a "grand- 

 father." The Bee Journal offers con- 

 gratulations all around. 



Bulletin No. 9, of the Rhode Island 

 Agricultural Experiment Station, is 

 devoted to experiments in apiculture, by 

 Samuel Cushman. We will republish 

 some of them as soon as we can find 

 room. 



Samples of Perforated Zinc are re- 

 ceived from Dr. G. L. Tinker. The 

 perforations are smooth, and the work- 

 manship excellent. 



Father Lang-stroth, in response to our 

 letter of recent date, writes as follows : 



Dear Friend :— Your letter of sympa- 

 thy is received. I thank you for the 

 same. We do, indeed, look to the Divine 

 love as the true source of comfort in the 

 sore bereavement which we have sus- 

 tained. I am too much affected by dis- 

 ease to say more. 



Yours affectionately, 



L. L. Langstroth. 



This short letter betrays his state of 

 mind, and at the same time shows the 

 severity of the bereavement in the loss 

 of his son-in-law, with whom he has for 

 years had a "home." Wliat the future 

 arrangements are to be we are not 

 informed, but we hope they will be none 

 the less pleasant for our aged friend and 

 benefactor. This reminds us of the an- 

 nuity fund, created some three or four 

 years ago. Those who then subscribed 

 to it, should be prompt in sending the 

 amount this year, and thus cheer the 

 heart and renew the resources of the 

 apicultural " grand old man " of America 

 — the Rev. L. L. Langstroth. 



H. D. Davis, an apiarist in Vermont, 

 with a manufacturing outfit, and 300 

 colonies, is contemplating the feasi- 

 bility of removing his plant to Denver, 

 Colo., increasing the colonies to 1,000, 

 and engaging extensively in the bee- 

 business. So says an exchange. 



Fire destroyed the store-room of the 

 branch apiary of Mr. James Heddon, at 

 Glenwood, Mich., March 26. It probably 

 caught fire by the sparks from a neigh- 

 boring sawmill. It contained a honey 

 extractor, and a lot of cans, tools, etc., 

 and was fully insured. This we learn 

 from Mr. Ira D. Deming, at Glenwood. 



. Mr. Hiram J. Ward, a fruit-grower 

 and honey-producer of Farmington, 

 Kans., gave us a call on Monday, and 

 left his photograph on our desk. He is 

 an old subscriber to the Bee Journal, 

 having taken it ever since 1868, 



