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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Ho'vv to Do It. — Mrs. L. Harrison 

 writes us ^s follows about bee-keepers 

 using their influence with members of 

 the Legislature to get them to vote for 

 our bills now before that body. She 

 says : 



Me. Editor : — In compliance with 

 your request, I wrote to the representa- 

 tives and Senator of this district, asking 

 them to vote for the $5,000 appropria- 

 tion for the Columbian Fair. The en- 

 closed is the answer received. If you 

 think it would encourage any one else to 

 " do likewise," you can publish it. 



Mrs. L. Harrisox. 



Peoria, Ills. 



Senator Mark M. Bassett is Chairman 

 of the Committee on Canals .and Eivei's, 

 and his reply is as follows : 



Springfield, March 27, 1891. 

 Mrs. L. Harrison — Dear Madam : 

 Yours of the 21:th inst. is at hand, and 

 in reply thereto will say that I think a 

 suitable appropriation should be made 

 for the purpose you name, and will do 

 all I can to that end, when your bill 

 comes up. My good wife is with me, and 

 insisted o)i my early answer, and sends 

 regards. Respectfully yours, 



M. M. Bassett. 



This shows what can be done by con- 

 certed action by bee-keepers. No time 

 should be lost now, as the appropriation 

 matter may come up any day. The 

 Spraying and Foul-Brood bills should 

 also be referred to, when writing to your 

 Senators and Representatives. 



A Frencli Hditioti of the book 

 known as the Langstroth-Dadant, is on 

 our desk. We noted the fact of its 

 appearance on page 378. It is of the 

 same size and general appearance as the 

 American edition, and is a close transla- 

 tion of it, made by our friend Edward 

 Bertrand, Esq., of Nyon, Switzerland. 

 We hope it will have a ready sale in 

 Europe, and revolutionize the methods 

 there practiced. 



R.. K. Holtermann will resume 

 the management of the supply business of 

 E. L. Goold & Co., Brantford, Ont. So 

 says the Canadian Bee Journal. 



Progress is reported on the bill to 

 prevent the spraying of fruit trees when 

 in bloom. Just as these forms are ready 

 for the press, we have the following 

 from the House of Representatives at 

 the Capitol : 



Friend Newman : — Hip, hip, hurrah ! 

 We have carried the "Spraying Bill" 

 through the committee, flying. My 

 speech with letters, etc., have been 

 ordered printed, and a copy placed on 

 each member's desk. Tally one for bee- 

 culture. Hastily yours, 



J. M. Hambaugh. 



Springfield, Ills., April 11, 1891. 



Prof. X. M. Mcl^ain has left 

 the Experimental Station in St. An- 

 thony's Park, Minn., and returned to 

 Chicago, to enter into a mercantile pur- 

 suit, which offers greater remuneration 

 than a college professorship. W^e wish 

 him success. 



Cork, for winter packing receives 

 much favor, because it absorbs no water. 

 If it should become wet, the water will 

 remain between the particles, and dry 

 out very quickly. 



"We are Sorry to learn, by the last 

 Can<(dlan Bee Journal, that friend Mac- 

 pherson is still prevented from attending 

 to business by his accident, a month ago. 

 He has our sincere sympathies. 



Catalogues and Price-Lists for 

 1891 have been received from 



T. Phillips & Co., Orilla, Ont.— 16 

 pages — Bee-Keepers' Supplies. 



Christian Weckesser, Niagara Falls, 

 N. Y. — 24: pages — Vegetable Seeds. 



J. T. Wilson, Pink, Ky.— 1 page- 

 Italian Queens. 



Daniel Wyss, New Philadelphia, O. — 

 12 pages — Nursery Stock. 



R. B. Mitchell, Box 816, Chicago, 

 Ills.— 36 pages— Poultry, "Eggs, and 

 Poultry Supplies. 



F. C. Erkel, Le Sueur, Minn. — 1 6 

 pages — Bee-Keepers' Supplies. 



