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Established in 1861THE AMERICANOldest Bee-Paper in AmericaBee Journal
Weekly, $1 a Year. }Devoted Exclusively—To Bee-Culture.{ Sample Copy Free.VOL. XXXIII.CHICAGO, ILL., JAN. 11, 1894.NO. 2.
EDITORIAL
GEORGE W YORK.EDITOR
The Weather, up to Jan. 5th, herein Chicago, has been more like fall thanwinter. Reports seem to indicate that beesare wintering well, so far.
Mr. John Hager, Jr., of Arabi,La., has sent us a box of specimens ofhoney-plants now in bloom in his locality,among them white clover and golden-rod.We wish to thank Bro. Hager for his kindness,as it is something unusual for us tosee blossoms of honey-plants in the monthof January. Louisiana, as well as theother States in our Sunny Southland, oughtto be a Paradise for the bee-keeper and hisbees. Doubtless it only needs a little morepush and energy to wonderfully developthe bee-industry in that region of almostperpetual sunshine and blossoms.
Gleanings in Bee-Culture forJan. 1st, 1894, appeared with a few very niceimprovements. The principal one is theproposed “leading” of the reading matter—thatis, putting strips of lead or metal betweenthe lines, so that they will be furtherapart. This paragraph is “leaded,” while“The Stinger’s” department in the BeeJournal is “solid,” as printer’s say.
This “leading,” Bro. Root says, will reducethe amount of reading in Gleaningsabout one-fifth, and as Bro. Hasty, in theReview for March, 1893, figured that theBee Journal then contained over 16.000more words of bee-reading per month thanGleanings, hereafter the Bee Journal will bemore than ever at the head of the list inquantity of bee-matter published; and as toquality of contents—well, we can safelyleave that to our subscribers, whether ornot it is up to standard.
Bro. Root has also put in some nice newdepartmental headings, which, with the“leading” of the type, give to Gleaningsan exceedingly neat and tasty appearance.
☞ It is hardly necessary for me to saythat the Italians are my choice amongall the bees that I have ever seen, eitherfor comb honey or for extracted.—Doolittle.
Bro. Pringle, of Canada, who had incharge the Ontario honey exhibit at theWorld’s Fair last summer, left for homeon Dec. 21st. He had been in Chicago eversince April 6th, being the first apiariansuperintendent to reach the Fair grounds,and the last to leave.
The day before departing for his Canadianhome, Bro. Pringle kindly called tobid us “good-bye,” at the same time bringingwith him, for “ye editor,” a quart jarof fine clear extracted honey, as a mementofrom Bro. McEvoy, Ontario’s popular FoulBrood Inspector; also a pound jar of honeyfrom Mr. D. Chalmers, of Poole, Ont.; and,besides, a beautiful one-pound section ofhoney as a slight remembrance from Bro.P. himself. We