. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. TMm m'mmMic^MM mnw jQwmiiRiL. 451 ^^'?^'?^'^tmt—-'-^'-^'-^'-—'? — -?•. XHomAS a. NETvmAi^r, KDITOB. VoiniV. Jnly 11,1888. No, 28. Sucli boasting and taunting, Just tiear, oh, ye heavens— But "Barkis is willin'," Quoth W. ! ! ?\Ve liad a pleasant call last Saturday from Mr. A. I. Root's son-in-law, who is also manager of the establishment at Me- dina, Ohio. $$iig;ar ^lade from Honey.—On page 371 we made some remarks about Mr. Henry Alley's proposal to raise $5,000 "from the bee-keepers throughout the United States, and paid to the


. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. TMm m'mmMic^MM mnw jQwmiiRiL. 451 ^^'?^'?^'^tmt—-'-^'-^'-^'-—'? — -?•. XHomAS a. NETvmAi^r, KDITOB. VoiniV. Jnly 11,1888. No, 28. Sucli boasting and taunting, Just tiear, oh, ye heavens— But "Barkis is willin'," Quoth W. ! ! ?\Ve liad a pleasant call last Saturday from Mr. A. I. Root's son-in-law, who is also manager of the establishment at Me- dina, Ohio. $$iig;ar ^lade from Honey.—On page 371 we made some remarks about Mr. Henry Alley's proposal to raise $5,000 "from the bee-keepers throughout the United States, and paid to the person who will devise some method for converting honey into sugar, similar to granulated ; We remarked that we had some sugar made from honey in our Museum, which had been there for a dozen years, and said that it would not pay to make it. By request we sent some of the sugar to Mr. Alley, and lie does not seem to appre- ciate it. Of course we are sorry to differ from our friend, but the facts remain all the same. It is not a question of priority, particularly; but if a good article of sugar can be obtained from honey, wliich will compete with cane sugar, we shall be happy to see it. The Xliii-a Aiiniial Report of the General Manager of the National Bee- Keepers' Union is now published, and has been mailed to all the members with Voting Blanks for officers for the coming year. We hope that a general response will result in renewed subscriptions lor the coming year. As the fees are now reduced to a dollar a year, thousands should flock to its standard at once. An Apiarian Exlilbit is to be made under Governmental supervision at the Cincinnati Centennial Exposition next month. The following list of articles, show- ing the history and development of the in- dustry, have been sent from the Museum of the American Bee Journal. After the close of the Exposition they will be for- warded to the National Museum at Wash- ington for permanent display: Murphy's Hone


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