AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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THOMAS «. I^E^VIflAI^, 



EDITOR. 



Vol, mil. Jnne 25, 1891. No, 26. 



Editorial Buzziiigs. 



The Glow and gleam of clover tops 

 O'erfringe the veudtire'.s bounteous crops, 

 The shadows deepen in the wold, 

 And foxgloves ope' their cups of gold, 

 In June ! 



Tliis Volume contains 848 pages 

 and closes with the present issue. An 

 Index is one of the most desirable tilings 

 in a book. As intimated on page 165, 

 we have concluded to give sach every six 

 months. The Bee Journal can now 

 be bound annually, or semi-annually, as 

 may be preferred by each subscriber. 



"We R-egret to learn that friend 

 George E. Hilton, Fremont, Mich., has 

 had a severe attack of billious or catar- 

 rhal fever. He is now convalescing. 

 He says that competent help has not 

 allowed his business to suffer during his 

 enforced absence. 



A Stra^wberry Gro^wer in 



Nebraska, after a succession of failures 

 of crops, bought a colony of bees for the 

 sole purpose of fertilizing his straw- 

 berries. With the coming of the bees 

 the strawberry vines afterward produced 

 in abundance. 



Insects and Insecticides is 



the title of a practical manual concern- 

 ing noxious insects and the methods of 

 preventing their injuries, by Clarence 

 M. Weed, D.Sc, Professor of Entomology 

 and Zoology, New Hampshire College of 

 Agriculture and Mechanic Arts; recently 

 Entomologist Ohio Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station, etc. 



This book has been prepared with the 

 idea of furnishing the farmer, the fruit- 

 grower, the florist, and the housekeeper 

 with a short account of the injurious 

 insects with which they have to contend, 

 and the latest and best remedies for 

 them. It is the only book, published in 

 America which covers the whole field. 

 It is profusely illustrated, and hand- 

 somely bound in cloth, with embossed 

 cover. 



In the introduction there is a short 

 discussion of the Transformations of 

 Insects; Natural Enemies of Injurious 

 Insects ; the Principal Insecticides ; 

 Methods of applying Insecticides, with 

 especial reference to Spraying ; and 

 Directions for Collecting and Preserving 

 Insects. It will be sent to any address 

 on receipt of $1.25, by the author, C. 

 M. Weed, Hanover, N. H. 



At the I^ate meeting: of the 



Minnesota State Horticultural Society a 

 vote was taken to ascertain what por- 

 tion of the members were interested in 

 bee-culture, and the vote showed that a 

 large majority were so interested; a 

 cheerful indication. 



In Colorado, this year, no other 

 agricultural pursuit will show a greater 

 increase than honey production. 



