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I*aris World's Fair. — It has been 

 previously annouuced iu these columns that 

 Prof. N. W. McLaIn has been entrusted by 

 the Department of Agriculture with the 

 work of preparing and forwarding to Paris 

 an exhibit of apiarian products and sup- 

 plies, as well as methods and machinery 

 employed in the pursuit of bee-keeping. 

 Some are inquiring for the particulars con- 

 cerning this great enterprise, and we will 

 here quote from the New York Mall and 

 Express the following : 



The Universal Exposition of 1889, at 

 Paris, promises to be one of the largest and 

 most successful of the world's fairs held iu 

 recent years. Elaborate arrangements for 

 the reception and display of the exhibits 

 are well under way, and unusual facilities 

 both for the transportation of goods from 

 this country and their care are assured. 



The French government extended a 

 formal invitation to the United States to 

 take part in the Exposition. The invitation 

 was accepted by a joint resolution of the 

 Senate and House of Representatives, and 

 the governors of the several States and Ter- 

 ritories were requested to invite the people 

 to assist in the proper representation of the 

 products of American industry, and of the 

 natural resources of the country. 



The President was directed to appoint a 

 commissioner-general and an assistant eom- 

 missionergeneral, to make all of the ar- 

 rangements for exhibits, and represent the 

 government at the Exposition. He was also 

 directed to appoint nine scientiflc experts 

 as assistants to the commission, each to be 

 assigned to one of the nine groups into 

 which the exhibits will be divided. 



Provision was made for the salaries of 

 the commissioners and the necessary as- 

 sistants, and the sum of $2.50,000 was appro- 

 priated to be used under the direction of 

 the Secretary of State to defray all expenses. 

 The action of Congress was approved May 

 TO, and the President has appointed General 

 William B. Franklin, Commissioner-Gen- 

 eral, hnd Mr. Somerville P. Tuck, Assistant 

 Commissioner-General. 



The Expostion will open May 5, and close 

 Oct. 31, 1889, and there will be no charge for 

 space occupied by exhibitors. The com- 

 mission will forward and return all articles 

 received, free of freight charges. 



Goods of exhibitors who are unable to go 

 to Paris, or send representatives, will be 

 cared for free of all expense, except that of 

 unpacking and repacking. There will be 

 no duties to pay except on goods that are 

 sold or consumed. 



The exhibition is to be divided into nine 

 groups or departments, as follows : 



1. Works of art. 



2. Education, and processes used therein. 

 8. Plain and decorative house furniture. 



4. Textile fabrics. 



5. The raw and manufactured products of 

 mining, forestry, chemistry, etc. 



6. Apparatus and methods of mechanical 

 industries. 



7. Food products. 



8. Agriculture, vine culture and fish cul- 

 ture. 



9. Horticulture. 



The French government has appropriated 

 43,000,000 francs toward the expenses of the 

 Exposition. 



The buildings for the exposition are now 

 nearly completed. They occupy the Champ- 

 de-Mars and the Troeadero Palace and Park 

 on the banks of the Seine. In the Park at 



the entrance to the exhibition on the 

 Champ-de-Mars the wonderful Eiffel Tower 

 is now in course of erection. It is to be en- 

 tirely of iron, and 1,000 feet in height. Its 

 object is to show the triumph of modern en- 

 gineering skill. It will be furnished with 

 an elevator of American manufacture. 



On the right of the tower is the Palace of 

 Liberal Arts, aiid on the left the fine Palace 

 of Fine Arts. Large gardens occupy the 

 centre of the square, and at the back is the 

 main building, or the gallery of machines, 

 as it is called. The buildings are magnih- 

 cent structures of glass and iron, lighted by 

 electricity, and fitted with every modern 

 convenience. 



It is expected that the total number of ex- 

 hibitors from all countries will reach 30,000; 

 it is estimated that 12,000,000 persons will 

 enter the grounds and buildings. Some idea 

 of the magnitude ot the exhibition maybe 

 gained from the fact that the total area of 

 buildings and enclosed grounds, which is to 

 be lighted by electricity, is 3,000,000 square 

 feet. The space allotted to the United 

 States is about 75,000 square feet. W. B. 

 Franklin is the United States Commis- 

 sioner-General, and the oflttce of the United 

 States Commission to the Paris Exposition 

 of 1889, is at 35 Wall Street, New York City, 

 N. Y. 



Unfarorable YVeatlier lor tlie 



Queens.— Henry Alley, Weuham, Mass., 

 on Oct. 8, 1888, writes as follows about the 

 unfavorable fall weather in the East : 



This has been the worst fall I ever knew 

 for the queen business. I have lost more 

 than 200 queens, for the reason that they 

 could not take a flight to male. There have 

 been but three favorable days since Aug. 

 25, for queens to fly— -cold, cloudy and rainy 

 all the time. 1 have had to purchase 600 



Sounds of sugar to feed to bees for winter, 

 [ad the weather been as good as it gen- 

 erally is in September, I would have had 

 honey to sell from the fall crop. As it is, I 

 had to buy sugar. Golden-rod never was 

 more abundant. 



Fall Honey fnr Winter Stores. — 



The Orange Judd Farmer for Oct. 6, con- 

 tains the following very characteristic arti- 

 cle on the above subject, and the joy ex- 

 perienced by bee-keepers over the crop of 

 fall honey secured. It says : 



Bee-keepers are smiling, yes, almost 

 laughing, and With good reason, because 

 after the failure of tlie first and second flow 

 of honey, and while bee-keepers were in 

 their last days ot grace, the bees have filled 

 their hives lull, even to overflowing. No 

 feeding had to be done to keep the bees 

 from starving during the winter. Such is 

 the experience of Mrs. L. HarriS(m, the 

 Queen bee of Peoria, Ills., as given the O. 

 J.Faiiner. She continues: There is one 

 consolation to be derived from the poor sea- 

 son, and that is this, that bees usually pass 

 the fiillowing winter in safety. Queens 

 have had plenty of room to deposit eggs, 

 and young bees crowd the hives. They are 

 full of vitality, and will keep the poor old 

 bees warm, and well they may, for the old 

 ones have worn their wings, until they are 

 all ragged and torn, in carrying home sup- 

 plies to rear the young, and for food in 

 winter. 



Those who have been fortunate enough 

 to secure honey for sale, should demand a 

 good price for it, as there is very little to be 

 had in this country or England. I know of 

 but one apiary in Illinois where white 

 honey was secured, and that is located in 

 the river bottom, and the honey was gath- 

 ered from button-bush, which grows in the 

 water ; so it was not injured by two pre- 

 vious years of drouth. 



A Race Uetiveen Pig^eons and 



Bees.— Prof. J. P. Miller, wlio is exhibit- 

 ing bees at the Casino Museum at Pittsburg, 

 Pa., sends us the following item from the 

 Pittsburg Press of Sept. 22, 1888, which we 

 give for what it is worth : 



The oddest race I ever heard of was one 

 lately flown in northern Genuany between 

 bees and pigeons, says a correspondent in 

 the London Illustrated Spoitliiy and Dra- 

 matic News. Twelve pigeons and 12 bees 

 (4 drones and 8 working Dees) were taken 

 an hour's distance from their home at 

 Hamm and freed simultaneously. My in- 

 formant tells me that a drone won the race, 

 arriving four seconds in advance of the 

 pigeon, the three other drones and a second 

 pigeon came next together, and the eight 

 working bees preceded the remaining ten 

 pigecms by a length, I am told, but what 

 sort ot a length I do not know. If a bee 

 beat a pigeon a length— that is to say, by a 

 bee's length- it would be a very precise 

 judge who did not give the result a dead 

 heat. I should certainly have supposed that 

 a bee would not have had a 1,000 to 1 chance 

 with a pigeon, but I confess that I have no 

 idea of the bee's best record for an hour's 

 flight. 



Frank l.ieslie's Sunday 9Iaga- 

 zine for Novemlier continues the beautiful 

 story, " Genevieve ; or. The Children of 

 Port Royal," and in addition provides a 

 charming Thanksgiving story, by Fannie 

 Aymar Matthews, entitled, " A Leaf from 

 the Log of the Neitjc." There is also a 

 story, "A Charm of Halloween," by Mrs. 

 Alexander. "The Story of Zenana Mis- 

 sions " is well told by Emma Raymond 

 Pitman. The pictorial features of the num- 

 ber are as abundant as ever, and some of 

 the pictures are very beautiful. The last 

 page is occupied with an exquisite composi- 

 tion by C. Wenham Smith, organist of 

 Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, to Faber's 

 hymn, "Pilgrims of the Night." 



l>o IVot Ship Honey to Us without 

 first corresponding with us about it. We 

 have received several undesirable lots with- 

 out previous notice, or correspondence of 

 any kind. 



Can YoH l>o Anytiiing that will do 

 more to advance and defend the pursuit of 

 bee-keeping, than to aid its Weekly Ex- 

 ponent and Defender ? The Amekicak 

 Bee Journal is the pioneer bee-paper of 

 America, and is fully entitled to the active 

 support of every progressive apiarist, for it 

 works constantly and faithfully for the best 

 interests of the pursuit. We therefore 

 specially request all our readers to use their 

 influence to double our subscription list 

 during the coming autumn. Reader, will 

 you please send us a new subscription with 

 your renewal or before that time ? A good 

 weekly at one dollar a year is surely cheap 

 enough to command patronage. 



I>r. iTliller's Book, "A Year Among 

 the Bees," and the Amekican Bee Jouk- 

 NAL for one year— we send both for $1.50. 



