. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 483. THOMAS a. NEWMAN, Editor. t>\T^>4^ Vol. mi. Anpst 3,1887. No. 31. Tbe Hot Weather seems to have been general this summer not only in America, but also in England and on the Continent of Europe. The excessive heat has dried up the nectar in the flowers, and ruined the honey crop for this year, not only in Amer- ica, but also in Europe. What honey there Is, however, will com- mand a good price. Last week we heard of a man, who had 500 pounds of comb honey, being so foolish as to offer it for sale in a neighboring tow
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 483. THOMAS a. NEWMAN, Editor. t>\T^>4^ Vol. mi. Anpst 3,1887. No. 31. Tbe Hot Weather seems to have been general this summer not only in America, but also in England and on the Continent of Europe. The excessive heat has dried up the nectar in the flowers, and ruined the honey crop for this year, not only in Amer- ica, but also in Europe. What honey there Is, however, will com- mand a good price. Last week we heard of a man, who had 500 pounds of comb honey, being so foolish as to offer it for sale in a neighboring town for 15 cents per pound at retail, when he could just as well have had 25 or yo cents. He was probably too poor to take the Bee Journal,, and hence threw away $.50 because of his Ignorance. Foulisb AbbreTiatlons.—When writing to this oihce it is essential to Tname the State you live in as well as the Post-Oflioe where you get your mall. To use unintelli- gable abbreviations is foolish. We often have letters with nothing but M. to indicate the State. Now that may mean Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minne- sota, MissisBippi, Missouri or Montana. In order to find out which is meant, we have to waste valuable time to look over all these States, because the same Post-Offlces occur in nearly all the States—all because of a foolish abbreviation which means nothing. Others write " ; to indicate the State. This may mean Indiana or Iowa, and often causes serious delay in attending to busi- ness, or the loss of the papers, books, or goods sent. We request all to be more care- ful in this matter. A man was in the office some time ago, and honestly propounded this question to us : " What is the difference between comb foundation and fdn. t We explained it to him, and he was astonished : be always thought that each was a distinctive name of something. There are quite a number of other foolish abbreviations. Among these we will only refer to one. A double-cro
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