1898. 



THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



175 



How the Union May Effectively 

 Use what Strength It Has. 



In answer to certain questions put to 

 me, as to how the membership of the 

 U. S. B. K's. U. could be increased so it 

 could do effective work, I replied, in 

 substance, let it go ahead and use the 

 strength it has effectively, and its 

 membership will be increased fast 

 enough. In the American Bee Journal, 

 page 505, the editor takes me to task, 

 and says, in part, "we could name sev- 

 eral large honey-adulterating firms 

 here that would simply laugh at the 

 presumption of an organization that 

 numbers only a few hundred members 

 with an equal number of dollars, at- 

 tempting to fight their millions of dol- 

 lars!" Let me say in reply that it isn't 

 necessary nor desirable to attack the 

 strongest organizations first. The 

 United States army in Cuba first at- 

 tacked Santiago, not Havana. Then the 

 editor forgets that in such cases the ac- 

 tion is criminal; and the people of the 

 state prosecute and furnish the prose- 

 cutor and all the machinery necessary 

 for a thorough trial. In this state, and 

 I presume the same is the case in Illi- 

 nois, the Union would not be permitted 

 to secure the services of an additional 

 attorney to assist at the trial. The 

 work of the Union in such a case would 

 be principally to discover evidence, and 

 set the machinery in motion by mak- 

 ing a complaint. If adulteration is car- 

 ried on in Chicago in so public a man- 

 ner as the language of the editor would 

 imply, a very large sum of money 

 ought not to be necessary to do the 

 work required. — R. L. Taylor, in Re- 

 view. 



The British Bee Journal says: "It is 

 probable that 1898 will be set down in 

 bee history as a record year for the 

 production of what is known as 'honey- 

 dew.' " We hear numerous complaints 

 of the same stuff in America this year, 

 also. The trouble seems to be uni- 



Sprig of Willow-herb. 



[Bef-Kfepcrif' Review.) 



NEW5 t^ N0TE5. 



A writer in Australian Bee Bulletin 

 reports a startling loss of bees by 

 working on wisteria bloom. 



"Writing from Honolulu to the South- 

 land Queen, C. F. Wolf says there are 

 not to exceed a half-dozen bee-keepers 

 in the Hawaiian Islands. 



