AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 309 



A BEE-MAIV'S FRIEIVOI^Y CHAX. 



BY J. A. GOLDEN. 



Friend YoBK : — I use the word "Friend", because there is no word in the 

 English language that seems to be clothed with so much love to our fellow man as 

 the word/rie?id, notwithstanding there appears to be quite a hesitancy with some 

 bee-keepers to use the phrase, rather intimating that its use implies deception. 

 Let this be as it may, when I receive a communication from any source commencing 

 with the word " Friend," it instantaneously thrills my whole nature with a love of 

 friendship to the individual. 



Thanks for the sample copy of the American Bee Journal, which we received 

 from you a few days ago, of Aug. 9, 1894, which we read and appreciated, and we 

 congratulate you in publishing so bright and terse a weekly journal — in fact, as a 

 weekly, and containing such information as the copy you sent me, it is the best 

 journal for beginners in bee-keeping that I have read ; and so long as it keeps from 

 long discussions by experts on topics of advanced bee-culture, it will surely meet 

 the wants of thousands of bee-keepers who are never heard of as writers or theorists; 

 however, many of them possessing a practical knowledge of successful bee-keeping 

 that would put to shame many a theorist's logic, if placed side by side. And while 

 we greatly appreciate the writings of our most eminent and learned men in apicul- 

 ture, there are very many that censure some of our bee-papers for giving so much 

 space to a few expert writers on certain topics, forgetting that this is a progressive 

 age in bee-culture, as well as other callings. 



We cannot see why the American Bee Journal should not find a place in every 

 "bee-keeper's home (who is able to take it), with its valuable information in its 

 different departments, and giving extracts of many useful hints from other journals 

 that are real money to many a novice in apiculture. 



Issuing of Swarms. — I notice on page 171, that Dr. Miller, in answer to Ques- 

 tion No. 3, says the swarm always issues before the young queen hatches out. We 

 admit that this is usually the case, but not always, for I have had two cases come 

 under my observation where the queen hatched in one case some three days before 

 the swarm issued, and the other was noticed running over the combs when trans- 

 ferring the combe to hive the swarm on the old stand. 



Bee-Paralysis. — The article on page 178, by " Novice," is very misleading so 

 far as a more northern climate is concerned, as regards bee-paralysis, where he 

 says the only correct method is to destroy bees, corab and hives. The sodium cure, 

 properly administered, will cure the worst form of paralysis, so far as this climate 

 is concerned. So don't destroy the bees. We can furnish positive proof to the 

 above cure. 



We say "Amen " to his suggestion as to purchasing diseased bees or queens. I 

 was making it a specialty in rearing queens when the disease made its appearance 

 at the house-apiary, and we refused to send out any more queens. We now chal- 

 lenge all beedom to produce brighter and healthier bees than we can here at the 

 house-apiary. We publicly predicted, some two or three years ago, that unless api- 

 culturists succeeded in stamping out the so-called paralysis, that many apiarists 

 would have to look for some other pursuit for their bread and butter ; and it seems 

 as though California and the Southern States will verify the prediction, according 

 to reports. 



Success to the Ajferican Bee Journal, under its new editor. 



Reinersvllle, O.. Aug. 20. 



