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" novice's 1 ' gleanings in bee culture. 



(price 10 cents now) we have Ihe smooth 

 falsehood only instead,, to entice $2.00 

 from the unsuspecting. From another 

 part of Busy Bee we clip as follows : 



"All the marvels of bee architecture and 

 government, which so delight, charm and 

 elevate the soul, point out to us a higher 

 and lovelier state, where we shall not on- 

 ly see the Creator's wisdom reflected, but 

 can see Him as He is. They are the Al- 

 mighty's decrees, reflecting His wisdom, 

 and cannot be violated with impunity. 

 The patient and untiring nparian, who la- 

 bors to unfold the mysterious nature of 

 the honey bee, will, as he unveils the skill 

 and power of the All-wise Creator, be 

 taught a lesson well-calculated to elevate 

 the mind above the gross and carnal, and 

 he must be dull indeed who cannot here 

 gather volumes of instruction and enter- 

 tainment." 



It is the greatest pity, Mr. I'\, that your 

 pursuit has not as yet elevated your soul 

 sufficiently to have deterred j T ou from 

 taking $2 from your fellow men for some- 

 thing that was already common property, 

 and worst of all to pretend it was the re- 

 sult; of your own researches. Has it real- 

 ly come to such a pass that whenever we 

 see Scripture quoted or appeals made to 

 the wisdom of our Creator, we must 

 straightway look about to see what new 

 swindle is being prepared for us ? 



We at first proposed that Mr. Flick 

 should go in company with Mitchell, but 

 we feel sure now that the latter would be 

 ashamed of such small meannesses. Oh, 

 yes, Mr. F., we want our $2 back. The 

 recipe is not as represented. For bee 

 feed, omit all the ingredients except the 

 sugar and water. For table use it may 

 do for a syrup, but no one would mistake 

 it for honey. The slippery elm will cause 

 it to ferment in warm weather (see Dr. 

 Chase's book.) AVe have given the re- 

 cipe to all our readers, and Mr. F. has 

 good grounds for seeking legal redress if 

 the law allows any in such cases. 



Wfc presume that courtesy and custom 

 would dictate that a pleasant mention be 

 made of the Oct. No. of the National Bee 

 Jmirnal]u&\ at hand, with Mrs. Tupper's 

 name appended as Editor and Publisher; 

 yet the whole appearance of the number 

 is so unlike her work, and so little to her 

 credit, that we forbear any criticism for 

 the present, farther than that the number 

 of typographical errors in many places 

 seriously interferes with a proper und< r 

 standing of the subject. Mrs. T. has not 

 yet "got hold of the reins,'' we presume. 



HONEY C'OLIMN. 



Jefferson, Wis., Oct. Is, 1873. 



BlTrll. A. J. ROOT:— Dear Sir:— Bee 

 H keeping has added over $22,000.00, 



during the last five years, to my earthly 

 posessions; my income is such that i 

 would have no need to keep bees for the 

 sake of making a living. But I am satis- 

 fied that I could not live a contented life 

 without the keeping of a large number of 

 colonies of bees, and therefore will keep 

 them until I really get tired of them. 

 Well, I have been in Chicago to sell my 

 own and some honey I had bought of my 

 neighbors. I called on C. O. Perrine. 

 who had written to Mr. Fuerbringer that 

 he was prepared to pay cash for all the 

 honey he could get; and when I asked 

 him if he could pay me the cash, if 1 con- 

 cluded to sell to him he replied that he 

 could pay no cash under 00 days, but 

 would pay me 12 per cent, interest. He 

 had formerly, once invited me with my 

 honey to Chicago, under the same pre- 

 tense, and I was forced to take his notes 

 for thirty and sixty daj's, or remove the 

 honey again after I had delivered it. I 

 call this a mean trick. There is nothing 

 that can make a bee keeper feel better 

 than the clean cash for his surplus honey 

 crop at the end of the season, [Have we 

 a reader who don't intensely feel the truth 

 of this remark. — En ], and to be forced 

 to take notes of a very doubtful value 

 creates quite an unpleasant feeling. 

 After enquiry I found that great solitaire 

 honey house of C. O. P. had lost its chief 

 pillar. His former wife and almost ex- 

 clusived manager of the house in Chicago 

 for two years time (C. O. P., carrying on 

 a honey house in Philadelphia,) separated 

 from him last, winter. After more care- 

 ful inquiry I learned that C. O. P. only 

 keeps above water by paying up old debts 

 and making new ones. I think *it is my 

 duty to the American bee keepers to com- 

 municate this to you, as 1 had recom- 

 mended C. O. P. as a honey house to 

 which a large amount of honey could he 

 sold at one lick. Jt is true after a forced 

 drawing off of over $50, I got all my pay 

 out of him, but other parties have not 

 succeeded so well. 1 will only add that 1 

 sold my honey to some parties who are 

 about to open a honey house under the 

 firm name of the Chicago Honoy Com- 

 pany, 300 Wabash Avenue, Chicago, and 

 g^ot a very satisfactory price and the cash 

 for it. It will be carried on by the former 

 Mrs. C. 0. Perrine as principal manager, 

 the little honey woman to whom 1 en- 

 trusted, after the great Chicago fire, my 

 large honey crop of two years ago, com- 

 ing to over $1,000, and who paid me 

 promptly as agreed until C. O. P. came 

 back to Chicago and then pay was com- 

 ing very slow. And now Mr. Editor if 

 you consider this of any value to your 

 readers, 1 give you leave to insert it in 

 your columns. Very respectfully, 



Adam Grimm. 



