. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. GEORGE W. YORK,) DEVOTED EXCLUSIVELY J Weekly, $ a Year. Editor. ) To Bee-Culture. I Sample Free. VOL XXXII. CHICAGO, ILL, OCT. 26, 1893. NO. Iti'O. C. B. Bankston, of Chries- man, Tex., had the great misfortune to have his residence and all its contents burned on Oct. 8th. He is a rising young queen-breeder, and will have the sympathy of all his bee-keeping friends in his severe loss. Xlie Report of the recent meeting of the North American convention we had expected to begin this week, but our re- porter has not yet sent in any of the mat- t


. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. GEORGE W. YORK,) DEVOTED EXCLUSIVELY J Weekly, $ a Year. Editor. ) To Bee-Culture. I Sample Free. VOL XXXII. CHICAGO, ILL, OCT. 26, 1893. NO. Iti'O. C. B. Bankston, of Chries- man, Tex., had the great misfortune to have his residence and all its contents burned on Oct. 8th. He is a rising young queen-breeder, and will have the sympathy of all his bee-keeping friends in his severe loss. Xlie Report of the recent meeting of the North American convention we had expected to begin this week, but our re- porter has not yet sent in any of the mat- ter, so it will have to be delayed until another week, when we hope to be able to publish a good slice of it. Scores of Bee-Keepers, from all over the United States, have favored the Bee Journal office with calls during the past two weeks. So many have kindly "dropped in" on us, that we could not keep track of them so as to mention each one in a personal item in the columns of the Bee Journal. We wish, however, to assure them all that we were delighted to meet them and make their acquaintance, and trust that the friendships thus formed may be mutually pleasant and continuous. We are always glad to see both our new and old bee-keeping friends, and trust that whenever any of them are in Chicago, they will come in and at least say, " Howdy ?" All Kxtra t,arge Hoiiey Crop is reported this year in the section of country around Valley Centre, San Diego County, Calif. It seems that in many localities of the United States the honey crop of 1893 was either an exceptionally fine one, or else a total failure. It is very refreshing to hear of a large crop of honey. Oh, that it could have been universally so ! Then could all bee-keepers rejoice with exceed- ingly great joy. But now the fortunate can "weep with those that weep," and thus average up on " feelings," at least. Soiitliwest Xexas.—An Illinois sub- scriber to the Bee Journal would like a de


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