AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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EDITOR. 



VoinVII. May 7, 1891. No, 19, 



Editorial Buzzijigs. 



So Bright the bud's unfolding leaves, 

 So tempting- sweet the nectar-cup ; 



The fragrance that it softly breathes. 

 Invites the blithesome bee to sup. 



Mr, S. Corniel writes us that he 

 has obtained some important facts with 

 respect to -spreading foul-brood by foun- 

 dation, which he will communicate 

 through the columns of the American 

 Bee Journal at an early date. 



A Prediction concerning the 

 honey crop from linden and white clover 

 this year is on file in this office, and has 

 been here for two months. The author 

 of it feels sure he can tell it to a cer- 

 tainy six months in advance. We shall 

 see ; but it will take several years to 

 prove it. " One swallow does not make 

 Summer " — nor does one prediction 

 and its fulfillment prove that its author 

 can foretell the matter with certainty 

 every year. In July we will refer to this 

 prediction again. 



Our Friend, the Hon. Joseph M. 

 Hambaugh, and his co-laborers in the 

 Legislature at Springfield, Ills., have 

 carried every bill successfully through 

 the committee rooms, which pertain to 

 the pursuit of apiculture. 



There is no doubt but that we shall 

 get an allotment on the appropriation 

 for the Columbian Exhibit, but the 

 amount is not yet known. The matter 

 is in the hands of the Committee on the 

 World's Fair. 



There is nothing like having faithful 

 friends in the Legislative halls. We owe 

 them a hearty vote of thanks for their 

 vigorous assistance, no matter whether 

 the bills pass or not, but we fully expect 

 them to become State laws. 



Xlie INetorasUa State Millers held 

 their annual convention in Omaha on 

 May 1. From reports of committees 

 appointed early in the season to investi- 

 gate crop conditions, it is announced 

 that there is sufficient grain in the State 

 to last until harvest ; that the crops are 

 in excellent condition, 'and promise the 

 largest yield in the State's history, and 

 that the reports of wheat in Kansas 

 being damaged by rust and insects are 

 untrue. If the crops are good, the bees 

 usually do well. Bee-keepers may 

 therefore confidently expect a good crop 

 of honey. 



l^Tien J. B. Mason left Mechanic 

 Falls, Me., on Dec. 22, he allured away 

 a neighbor's wife, Mrs. Cotton. They 

 went to Los Angeles, Calif., and a letter 

 from her appears in last week's Boston 

 Herald, appealing to her husband for 

 forgiveness, saying that she neither 

 expected nor deserved his love. Mrs. 

 Mason and the forsaken family have 

 appealed to the courts to dispose of the 

 property left by the dishonorable hus- 

 band and father. He was editor of the 

 Bee-Keepers' Advance, but it did not 

 "advance "in his hands. He dragged it 

 down to death. 



