THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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Vol. XXI. March II, 1885, No. 10. 



1^ We have received a very neat 

 programme for the New Jersey and 

 Eastern Bee-Keepers' Convention, to 

 be held in room 28 of the Cooper 

 Institute, New York, on March 11 

 and 12. 



The International Congress. 



Tlie meeting of bee-keepers at New 

 Orleans was a very pleasant one, and 

 us 24 .States were represented, it gave 

 an excellent opportunity for apiarists 

 to become acquainted with one an- 

 otlier, as well as to converse upon the 

 all-absorbing topic of bee -culture. 

 The essays covered much oi" the de- 

 batable-ground of apiculture, and tlie 

 discussions were in many cases quite 

 interesting and entirely harmonious. 



We give nearly all the space of this 

 week's issue of tlie Bee Jouknai, to 

 the Report, for we know our readers 

 will want to "know all about it" 

 while it is fresh in tlieir minds. 



We made many new acquaintances, 

 and renewed several older ones, and 

 think that all were well-pleased witti 

 the meeting. 



Still Another Pioneer Gone. 



W Mr. W. B. Stephens, of Steph- 

 ens' Mills, N. y., has sent us another 

 device for reversible frames. It con- 

 sists of a bent wire staple to slip into 

 holes in the top and bottom bars, which 

 must be alike provided with them. 



t^ Notwithstanding our repeated 

 cautions concerning tlie sending of 

 newspapers, models, etc., by mail, 

 and enclosing a letter with such, we 

 often receive them. On all such we 

 have to pay letter rates. Send your 

 letter separately ; and to mark the 

 article in a paper with a line (either 

 in ink or pencil) is quite sufficient. 

 Put your name on the outside with 

 '■ From " before it, on every package 

 sent, and all will be well ; but nci'er 

 enclose a letter with a model or in a 

 newspaper. 



1^ Mr. John Treston, of George- 

 town, Mass., has sent us another 

 device for reversible frames. It con- 

 sists of a piece of wire attached to the 

 ends of a frame, with tlie ends bent 

 over to support the frame on the rab- 

 bets. The ends are bent so that when 

 one stands out in a line with the top- 

 bar, the other at the bottom of the 

 frame is up close to the side-bar ; and 

 when reversed, the wire is turned }-4 

 of the way around, and forms the 

 " rest" for the frame at the reverse. 



JSIr. ]i. M. Argo, another of tlie 

 l)ioiieer8 of apiculture, has passed 

 fiom this state of existence. He died 

 of congestive chills on Feb. 1.3, 188.5, 

 and was buried in the cemetery at 

 I'aint Lick, Ky. 



It was rather a strange coincidence 

 that Jlr. Argo and Mr. Williamson, 

 both prominent apiarists of Ken- 

 tucky, died on the same day — Friday, 

 Feb. 13 — thougli residing some over 

 100 miles apart. Twenty years ago 

 Mr. Argo wrote quite extensively for 

 the Bee Jouknal (then the only bee- 

 paper published in the English lan- 

 guage), lie was a well-informed and 

 successful apiarist, and breeder of 

 Italian queens. 



Mr. jVrgo was engaged in the saddle 

 and harness business, and his store 

 was swept away by fire on Jan. 2, 

 1885, and when he died he was just 

 starting anew in a small room, in- 

 tending to build another store this 

 spring. The building was fully in- 

 sured, and the insurance was paid. 

 He had been deaf from childhood. 

 Ilis last letter to this office was writ- 

 ten on Jan. 29. His end was peace. 



^g" " How to be your own Lawyer " 

 is the title of a book on our desk from 

 M. T. Richardson, 7 Warren Street, 

 New York. It contains 500 pages, 

 and is sold for $1.00. It is a useful 

 book for every business man. 



^" We are pained to hear that our 

 friend, Mr. Paul L. Viallon, met with 

 a loss of $.3,000 by lire on Feb. 28, im- 

 mediately upon his return from the 

 Bee-Keepers' Congress at New Or- 

 leans. 



1^" A new pamphlet is on our desk, 

 entitled, "How John's Wife made 

 Money at Home with the Incubator, 

 Bees, Silk-worms, Canaries, Chickens 

 and one Cow." It is a very interest- 

 ing pamphlet containing 80 pages, and 

 is sold at .30 cents. Published by 

 Hunter MacCulloch, 1828 Reed street, 

 Philadelphia, Pa. 



1^" Articles sent for publication in 

 the Bee JournA'L, are so abundant 

 that we have to crave the patience of 

 our correspondents. We will publish 

 all suitable articles as soon as possi- 

 ble. The fact that we have such an 

 abundance (without solicitation) is 

 very flattering to the Bee Journal, 

 especially when some of our contem- 

 poraries are complaining of a charth of 

 original matter. 



li^ Fires .seem to be quite frequent 

 of late among supply dealers. Mr. J. 

 M. Shuck, of Des Moines, Iowa, re- 

 ports that his hive stock was burned 

 up some time since, and has delayed 

 his spring operations, but we have 

 just received his elegant 34-paged cat- 

 alogue stating that he is again pre- 

 pared for business. His announce- 

 ments may be found on another page. 



1^" Mr. H. R. Boardman's answer to 

 Query No. 30, on page 140, should have 

 appeared on page 117. in reply to Query 

 No. 23. The mistake occurred in our 

 absence by mistaking Mr. B.'s figures. 



1^" Messrs. Geo. W. :Meade & Co., 

 of San Francisco, Cal., have sent us 

 their 10th Annual Review of Califor- 

 n-ia crops, including comb and extrac- 

 ted honey. They estimate the honey 

 crop of California for 1884 at 0,000 0(W 

 of pounds. We will quote it in full 

 next week. 



Catalogues for 1885.— We have re- 

 ceived the following : 



Brifi'ht Bros., Mazeppa, Minn. 

 1). 8. Given & Co., Hoopeston, III. 

 Sumner .t Prime, Bristol, Vt. 

 Geo. F. Williams, New Philartelphia, O. 

 Joseph B. Shaver, NorthKiver, Va. 

 J. C. Newman & Son, Peoria, N. Y. 

 Bee -Keepers' Supply Co., New Comers- 

 town, O. 

 Am. Manufacturing' Co., New Carlisle, O. 

 J. M. Shuck, Des Moines, Iowa. 

 E. Kretchmer, Coburg, Iowa. 

 W. S. Cauthen. Pleasant Hill, S. C. 

 Henry Cripe. North Manchester, Ind. 

 G. W. McKallip, Hiawatha. Kans. 

 T. H. Kloer, Terre Haute, Ind. 

 E. H. Kicker & Co., Elfrin. III.— Grapes. 



E. B. Underhill, Poug'hkcepsie,, N. Y. — 

 Strawberry Plants. 



F. E. Fassett & Co., Ashtabula,©.— Plants. 

 Lewis Hoesch, Fredonia, N. Y. — Grape 



Vines 



W E. Bowditch, 64.5 Warren St., Boston, 

 Mass. — Seeds. 



