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knows that while bees are foraging they 

 flee from the ajiproach of man or beast, 

 an'l never mal<e an attack away from 

 lionie. It is very evident that the plain- 

 tiff in the Freeborn case is not much more 

 of a sheepman than he is of a bee-man, 

 and cannot distinanish between a honey- 

 bee and a gad-liy ; the latter are very 

 annoying to sheep. I do not believe 

 there is an intelligent judge or jury in the 

 United States that will render a verdict 

 against Mr. Freeborn ! 1 have had no 

 surplus honey. Bees are consuming what 

 stores they have, and will soon have to be 

 fed or starve. 



Good Honey Crop.— Win. Anderson, 

 Sberman,ot Mo., on Aug. 10, 1885, 

 writes : 



. I have extracted 500 pounds of honey 

 from 8 colonies. My bees are not all iii 

 movable frame hives. They have done 

 •well, and will have plenty of honey to go 

 thniugh the winter with. Even the third 

 swarm that came out from the same hive, 

 has stored nearly enough for winter. As 

 we are having plenty of rain now, they 

 will get plenty I think. I shall have no 

 cause to do any fall feeding, as buckwheat 

 is in full bloom now. My honey yield 

 will be exceedingly good this year, lam 

 very sorry to seethat^ so few of the bee- 

 keepers have joined the Union. " He that 

 will not invest a penny wdl never have 

 man.v." Secure yourselves and save 

 dollars. 



Insurance.— A. W. Osburn, Cuba, 

 W. I., on July 25, 1885, writes : 



I fully agree with you, Mr. Editor, when 

 you say, " This is a wide field," in your 

 comments upon the letter of Chas. Follett, 

 of Osage, Iowa, where he proposes to 

 attach to the National Bee-Beepers' Union 

 an "Insurance Mutual Bee-Keepers' As- 

 sociation." I have no doubt that some 

 sort of a bee-keepers' insurance company 

 may be found advisable or necessary at 

 some future time, but at this time 1 think 

 it iiremature. The bee-keepers are not 

 educated up to the necessity of such an 

 organization. 



Poor Honey Season.— 11. T. Hart- 

 man. Freeport,x> Ills., on Aug. 8, 

 1885, writes : 



We are having the poorest honey season 

 this year that 1 have known since I com- 

 menced liee-keeping. White clover was 

 nearly all winter-killed ; this was al*o an 

 off year for basswood. 1 had 70 strong 

 colonies in the spring, which were all 

 fixed for comb honey, but there is hardly 

 anytliing done in the section, only 4 have 

 swarmed. Last year I had over 3,000 

 pounds of comb honey in the honey room; 

 there is not 100 pounds in there this year. 

 II I get throui;h with a barrel of sugar 

 this fall, in feeding mv bees for winter, I 

 will call it well, yet 1 hope to make it all 

 up another year. ■■ 



Stranfre Notions of Itees. — L. J. 



Keyes, Nora Springs, 5 Iowa, on Aug. 

 10, 1885, writes : 



I neighbor came to my apiary a few days 

 since for a hive and instructions for secur- 

 ing a colony of bees that had commenced 

 building comb and storing honey under 

 the eaves of his lionse. The colony was a 

 good sized one, with about 10 pounds of 

 honey stored, and brood in alnmdance. 

 They were ont-ot-doors in reality, oidv 

 being protected from the rain by the pro- 

 jection of the cornice. To smoke tliem 

 away from the comb, fasten it into the 

 frames of the hive and put the bees in, 

 was an easy task ; they are now at work, 

 and apparently well pleased with the 



change in quarters. I have lost a very 

 valuable ipieen by trying Mr. Simmins' 

 plan of introducing, on page 472. I may 

 try it again sometime, but with a queen of 

 less value. The lioney-tiow from white 

 clover and basswooil has been abundant 

 this season. .Some of my colonies stored 

 28 pounds each in the supers in eight days 

 besides making new combs. A neighlior 

 of mine (}4 of a mile distant) hived two 

 swarms in one box, that had clusten^d to- 

 gether, where they remained at work for 

 five diiys, when a part of them swarmed 

 out again, and were hiveil in another box. 

 Upon examination each had a queen, and 

 lia<l worked together five days without 

 either being destroyed. Can any of the 

 readers of the Bee JouiiNAi. account for 

 this strange frealv ? 



Bichloride of Mercnry. — J. M. 



Shuck, Des Moines. Iowa, on Aug. 

 11, 1885, writes us as follows concern- 

 ing this as a remedy for the cure of 

 foul brood : 



Dr. Agnew, of Haverford College, Pa., 

 (a surgeon of national celebrity), writes 

 me that bichloride of mercury is one of 

 the very best germicidal agents, and has 

 been in use soujetime. The strength gen- 

 erally employed is one part of the salt to 

 one and two thousand parts of water. He 

 further says there is no such preparation 

 as l)icbromate of mercury. Mr. Arthur 

 Todd, of Germantown, is also helping me 

 run tills thing down, and he will write Mr. 

 Cheshire about it. I hope to get at some- 

 thing tangible before long. 



[The remedy named is one of the new 

 mercurial preparations, and is said to have 

 been used in Europe for the cure of foul 

 brood. We are glad Mr. Shuck is endeav- 

 oring to get the facts concerning this 

 matter.— Ed.1 



The National Bee- Keepers' Union. 



CONSTITUTION. 



Akticle I.— This organization shall be 

 known as the "National Bee -Keepers' 

 Union," and shall meet aiunially, or as 

 often as necessity may require. 



Article II.— Its object shall be to pro- 

 tect the interests of bee-keepers, and to 

 defend their rights. 



Article III.— The officers of this Union 

 shall consist of a President, five Vice- 

 I'residents, and a General Manager (who 

 shall also be the Secretary and Treasurer), 

 whose duties shall be those usually per- 

 formed by such officers. They shall be 

 elected by ballot, and hold their several 

 otiices for one year or until their successors 

 are elected and installed ; blank ballots 

 for this iiur|K)sc to In- mailed to every mem- 

 ber by the General .Mamiger. 



Akticle IV.— The officers shall consti- 

 tute an Advisory Board, which shall 

 ilctcrinine what action shall be taken by 

 this Union, iqion the application of any 

 l.H'c-keej'.ers for defense, and cause such 

 extra assessments to be made upon all the 

 iiiend>ers as may become necessary for their 

 defense. 



Article V.— Any person may become a 



member by paying to the General Manager 

 an Entrance Fee of one dollar to the 

 Defense Fund, and an annual fee of 3.5 

 cents, for which he .shall receive a printed 

 receiptmaking him a member of this Union, 

 entitled to all its rights and benefits. The 

 annual fee shall be due on the first day of 

 .Inly in each year, and must be paid within 

 30 days in order to retain membershij) in 

 this Union. 



Article VI.— Donations of any amount 

 may be made at any time to the Defense 

 Fund, in addition to the entrance and 

 membership fees and the regular assess- 

 ments made upon the members by the 

 Advisory Board. 



Article VII.— The Defense Fund shall 

 be used for no other purpose than to defend 

 and protect bee-keepers in their rights, after 

 such cases are approved by the Advisory 

 Board, and shall only be subjected to Drafts 

 regularly made in writing by the Advisory 

 Board. 



Article VIII.— The annual tees paid by 

 the members shall become a general fund, 

 from which shall be paid the legitimate 

 expenses of this Union, such as prmting, 

 postage, clerk-hire, etc. 



Article IX.— Meetings of this Union 

 shall be held at such times and places as 

 shall be designated by the Advisory Board, 

 or upon the written requisition of ten 

 members. 



Article X.— This constitution may be 

 amended by a majority vote of al^' the 

 members at any time. 



LIST OP MEJIBEnS AT THIS DATE : 



Addenbrooke, W., 

 Allen, Ransura, 

 Ander.son. J. Lee, 

 Andersiui, VVm., 

 AnKell. v.. S.. 

 BnUlwin, B. T.. 

 Barnes. Wm. M., 

 Ba.\-ter. E. J., 

 Bernschein, Ernst. 

 Besae. 11.. M. D., 

 Kitzer, Wm.. 

 Bolin, (Ju(*tav, 

 Bray, Moaes, 

 Brickey, Peter. 

 Buchanan, J; W. & Bro. 

 Burrell. H. D., 

 Burton. L.. 

 Carder, A., 

 Chapman. J.. 

 Cheney, 11. IT.. 

 Cl.rke.Rev. W. F.. 

 Connley, John T., 

 Cook, Prof. A. J., 

 Cripe, Henry, 

 Dadant. Chas., 

 Dadant. <'. P , 

 Darby, M. E.. 

 Dayton, C. W., 

 Decker, A. A.. 

 Demaree, G. W., 

 Dibbein, C. H St. Son, 

 Dickason.T. B., 

 Dittnjer. Gus, 

 Dodee, U. E., 

 Doolittlc. G. M., 

 Downs, Robert, 

 Drane. E., 

 Dunham, P., 

 Dunn, .I,)hn. 

 EaKleslleld, B. C 

 Kastwood. L., 

 Elwo.Hl. Sr., W. R., 

 Feathers. Harvey, 

 Klanauan, E. T., 

 KnRlai.d, P. .1., 

 Follett, < harles, 

 Forbes, W. K., 

 France, K. & Son, 

 Freeborn, s. I., 

 Fulton. W. K., 

 Funk, H. W., 

 Furness, Dwight, 

 Gander. A. M., 

 Goodrich, A. S., 

 Green, Charles H., 

 Greening, C. F., 

 Gresh, Abel, 

 Grimm, Chrlstoplier, 

 Ilarlens, J G., 

 Harrison, S. H.. 

 Haskin. A. S., M. D., 

 Hatch. C. A., 

 Havens, Reuben, 

 Hayhurst. E. M., 

 Heaton, J. N., 

 Heddon, James, 

 Henslev, J. P., 

 Hettel,M., 

 Hill, A.i;., 

 Hills. Mr.s. IL. 

 Hilton, George E., 

 Hoke. Abe, 

 Kollinasworth, C. M., 

 Howard. J. B.. 

 Hoyle, Georce H.. 

 Hu.^e. Wni. II. . 

 Hutchinson, W. Z., 

 Hvne. James M., 

 Isham. IL B., 

 Jones. George W.. 

 King. D. N.. 

 KinR, T. Frank, 



antrstroth. Rev. L. L.. 

 Lannini;. John, 

 Lawton, B. W. 

 Le Roy, J. W., 

 Lindsly, L. 



Ludkey, Charles, 

 Ludlotr, K., 

 Maddox, W. T., 

 Mahory, S. IL, 

 Manum, A. E., 

 Marden, Henry, 

 Margrave, J . W., 

 M;ison, J,.s. B., 

 Mattuon, .las., 

 .Mc< "onnpll, .lames. 

 MeCormick. Emery. 

 McGee. Charles. 

 McLees. S.. 

 McNay. Frank. 

 McNeill. .lames, 

 Millard. D., 

 MUler. B. J. JcCc. 

 Miller. Dr. C. C, 

 Miller. Henry, 

 Mills.).. D., 

 .Minnich. F., 

 Minor, N. L., 

 Morse. Wiliiam, 

 Aluth-Rasmussen, Wm., 

 Nelson, Janies A., 

 Newman, Alfred H., 

 Newman, S M., 

 Newman, Thomas G- 

 Nipe, James, 

 Nutt, W. C, 

 Parker. D. G.. 

 Pennoyer. L. A.. 

 Peters. Geo. B., 

 Phelps, N. T.. 

 Pond. Jr.. J. K.. 

 Powell, p. W.. 

 Pray, G. L., 

 Rainey, Jarvis, 

 Keed, L., 

 Hey, John, 

 Reynolds. M. G., 

 Roberts, Jesse H.. 

 Root. A. L. 

 Rowe. David. 

 Roye, Burr, 

 Schaper, E. F.. 

 Scheuring, Paul, 

 Seabright, L. C, 

 Secor. Eugene, 

 Shapley. D. L.. 

 Slieariuan, J. O., 

 Shirley, W. IL, 

 Smith, George, 

 Snell, F. A., 

 Spady, Jno., 

 Spencer, M. L., 

 Stearns, J. R.. 

 Stephenson, IL W., 

 Stephens. VV. B., 

 Stewart, W. IL, 

 Stocker, Wm. S. 

 Stolley, Wm., 

 Storer, B. M., 

 Talbert. M., 

 Taylor, George, 

 Thatcher, Will., 

 Theilmann, C, 

 Thompson, <Jeo. 

 Tinker, Dr. G. L., 

 T.mgue. L. N., 

 Travis, F. VV., 

 Travis. I. A., 

 Trim berg. T, John, 

 'I'urner, T. E., 

 Tyner, Ali^nzo, 

 Vanhouten, C. W., 

 Viallon, P. L.. 

 Walton, Col. R., 

 Webster, H. S., 

 Weeks, C, 

 Wendt, Henry, 

 Whitney. W. v., 

 ^Vicherts, A.. 

 WMlkins, Miss Lucy A., 

 Wolcott, Wm.C, 

 Wright, W. I)., 

 Zwiener ,H. L. 



. M., 



