. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 76 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. Mar. 9,. Evils Correcting Themselves. THOMAS C. NEWMAN, EDITOR AND PllOPKIETOH, CHICAGO, ILL., MAK. 9,1881. ^•"Correspondence "and "Letters" having accumulated very much, and it being highly important to give our readers all the news about the present condition of the bees throughout the country, we have devoted much of the present issue of the Bee Journal to these departments, at the expense of the space usually given to Conventions, Exchanges and Editorial. Time has fully demonstrated that the Weekly


. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 76 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. Mar. 9,. Evils Correcting Themselves. THOMAS C. NEWMAN, EDITOR AND PllOPKIETOH, CHICAGO, ILL., MAK. 9,1881. ^•"Correspondence "and "Letters" having accumulated very much, and it being highly important to give our readers all the news about the present condition of the bees throughout the country, we have devoted much of the present issue of the Bee Journal to these departments, at the expense of the space usually given to Conventions, Exchanges and Editorial. Time has fully demonstrated that the Weekly Bee Journal was a necessity which could not have been dispensed with much longer. The perfect deluge of correspondence which we now have, could not have been accommodated in a Monthly, and besides,progressive apiar- ists need a medium of communication much oftener than once a month. ^- By an oversight in reading proof of advertisement last week, the price of Bingham & Hetherington's honey- knife was placed at $2. It should have been SI, as usual. ^° Sec. Chamberlain, of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture, gives the following as his views on " Bees and honey in Onio : " " Bees are well distributed through the State. In nearly all the counties, the range, as may be seen, is from 1000 to 3000 hives of bees, with a proportion- ate product of honey. The total value of the ? crop ' is(at 20cts) §270,548, and bears to the total value of the wheat crop the ratio of $1 to$; ^"Several bee-keepers in this vicin- ity are considering the feasability of holding a convention in Detroit this spring. The law in regard to foul brood, which is about to be passed, makes an organization necessary. It is desirable to know how many would fa- vor the enterprise. Will such please send me their address. A. B. Weed. No. 75 Bagg street, Detroit, Mich. ^ One of the handsomest publica- tions is the Illustrated Scientific News, published by Munn & Co., New York. Ever


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