1896. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



221 



The Bee-Keepers' Guide: 



Or Manual of the Apiary, 



By Prof. A. J. Cook. 



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historic grounds. I have one that was 

 cut Dec. 5. IS',1.5. on the battle-field of An- 

 tietam. with the bees •still in it. It had 

 about 40 pounds of honey. I am going to 

 transfer the bees the last of this month, or 

 first of April. 



The outlook at present is very good for 

 another big crop of peaches, so next sum- 

 mer it will be '■ honey and peaches." 



Keedysville, Md. L. A. Hammond. 



A "High-Minded" Testimony. 



I hope it will not be out of place right 

 here to mention what a great help the 

 American Bee Journal has been to me — an 

 inexperienced "tenderfoot." I have re- 

 ferred to different articles contained there- 

 in many times, any one being worth more 

 than twice the price of subscription. Just 

 to-day I have received information on " a 

 heap " of subjects that will no doubt save 

 me trouble and expense later on. 



I am a pretty -high-minded'' fellow, 

 hibernating 9.000 feet above sea-level. 

 Fruit-trees stop growing nearly a mile 

 lower down, but wild flowers are abundant 

 way above " timber-line." 



"Yes— the iiee sings here— I confess it — 

 Sweet as honey— Heaven bless It; 

 Yet she'd be a sweeter singer 

 If she didn't have no stinger." 



Leslie Alexander. 

 Silver Cliff, Colo. 



He's "Agin" the Amalgamation. 



The " old reliable " American Bee Jour- 

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In reference to the amalgamation of the 

 National Bee-Keepers' Union and North 

 American Bee-Keepers" Association, as a 

 member of the former I have this to say: 



I am most emphatically opposed to the 

 uniting of the two organizations, for the 

 following reasons: As it has already been 

 understood, the object of the two organiza- 

 tions are altogether different, the North 

 American Bee-Keepers' Association being 

 more for pleasure, while the National Bee- 

 Keepors' Union is an organization, strictly 

 speaking, for hnsimss only, and. in my hum- 

 ble opinion, should so remnin, for I think it 

 will be conceded that business and pleasure 

 cannot be successfully carried on together — 

 one or the other is bound to suiter, and 

 that is sure to be the business part of the 

 organization. 



Dr. C. C. Miller cites us (on page 3) to the 

 fact that the German societies combine 

 business with pleasure. 1 think his citation 

 is not well taken. In the first place, the in- 

 fluences in the United States (or rather in 

 North America) that govern these things 

 are not quite the same as they are across 

 the " big pond." in Germany. Over there, 

 as I understand it, everything of a business 

 nature (at least) is controlled by the gov- 

 ernment. If a bee-keeper over there, or 

 any one else, is found adulterating his 

 honey, or some human hyena attempts to 

 persecute a bee-keeper or fellow tradesman, 

 or any one else for that matter, he is pun- 

 ished in short order, while over here hell- 

 hounds can do these things (or attempt to, 

 at least) and escape punishment. Conse- 

 quently, we need just such an organization 

 as the Xatinnnl Bee-Keepers' Unkm, devoted 

 to nothing else but atrkthj biishiesx. 



It strikes me that when we go to giving a 

 premium, or some inducement to join the 

 North American Bee-Keepers' Union (as 

 some have proposed since this discussion 

 started), we fail to fully appreciate the ob- 

 ject for which the National Bee-Keepers' 

 Union was inaugurated, and puts the or- 

 ganization on a par with some little chil- 

 dren's affair, where it is necessary to make 

 some kind of a present in order to induce 

 the children to join, and stay joined. The 

 way I see these things is this: 



If the National Bee-Keepers' Union isn't 

 worth belonging to strictly for business, 

 and for the protection each and every mem- 

 ber is entitled to, and is bound to receive, 

 without any other attachments of any 



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