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THOS. G.NEWBlANf^SON, 



CHICAGO, IL.L.. ^ 



KDITOH. 



Voinyi. Jan. 1M890. No. 3, 



" lia. (lirippe " has taken full posses- 

 sion of the Bee Journal office. Several of 

 the corps are at this \vriting (Friday, Jan. 

 10) down with it. The foUowing, from an 

 exchange, gives a pretty correct diagnosis 

 of the disease : 



If you have "bigness " of the head, 



Catarrh and " ringing " ears, 

 A hot and feverish cuticle. 



And eyes suffused with tears. 

 An " all gone " feeling round your waist, 



And aching legs and hip. 

 Though " far from strong " you're hardly sick, 



You have not lost your "grip," 



If you have running at the nose 



And constant fits of sneezing, 

 A chilly feeling down your back. 



As though your spine was freezing. 

 If in a "rocky," nervous state, 



Like one in drunken frenzy ; 

 My friend, you've got the French "la grippe," 



Or English influenza. 



For several hours to-day the Bee Jour- 

 nal office was entirely deserted, and the 

 door locked — one after another left their 

 post of duty, being unable to longer keep a 

 perpendicular attitude— but we are hopeful 

 that the worst is now passed, and that all 

 will be at their post of duty again soon. 



Ijatcr.— Monday, Jan. 13— the editor is 

 still confined to his bed, but is convalescing 

 slowly, and hopes to be in the office again 

 in a short time. In consequence of this 

 scourge', many of the items, and much mat- 

 ter, promised to appear in this issue, must 

 now be indefinitely postponed— or until 

 such time as the editor wUl be able to at- 

 tend to them. All correspondents, whose 

 various matters require his personal atten- 

 tion, win please accept this explanation, 

 and have a little patience. G. W. York. 



Xlie tVisconsin State Bee-Keepers' 

 Association will hold its sixth annual meet- 

 ing in the Capitol, at Madison, Wis., on 

 Thursday, Feb. 5, 1890. A complete pro- 

 gramme of the convention will be duly 

 mailed to the prominent bee-keepers of the 

 State. 



Il»ii<-y l«i- •• l.,u <«ri|»|><'.'"'— Asthis 

 disease is rapidly spreading throughout the 

 country, and various remedies for its cure 

 are recommended by physicians, wo will 

 state what occurred near the editor's home 

 a few days ago. A neighbor's wife was 

 very low with the disease, and a consulta- 

 tion by three doctors was held, the result 

 of which was to advise, as a last resort, the 

 use of honey — saying, that if honey would 

 not save her life, nothing with which they 

 were acquainted could be relied upon to 

 meet the case. The neighbor called at the 

 editor's residence for some honey, and was 

 fully supplied. It is prepared and used thus : 



In one-half tea-cupful of Iwt honey, put 

 the juice of one lemon, and take, as a dose, 

 two tea-spoonfuls occasionally, or as often 

 as seems necessary, and as hot as can be 

 endured comfortably. In case the stomach 

 is too weak to retain the honey, two or 

 three tea-spoonfuls of milk will remove 

 such difficulty. The editor of the Bee Jour- 

 nal is fallowing this prescription, and finds 

 great relief from its use. 



As now seems to be indicated, if honey 

 proves to be the eflrective remedy for this 

 general affliction, bee-keepers should be 

 well prepared to treat it in their own fami- 

 lies, and find a ready demand for at least 

 some of their honey crop in every affected 

 home in the land. Let apiarists spread t'ne 

 news — that " honey " takes all the " gi'ip " 

 part out of "la grippe." 



I>aiidelioii*« in IVIid-^Vintei-. — The 



unusually mild winter seems to be quite 

 general all over the United States, and even 

 where one would expect to find snow-drifts, 

 and snow-bound people, dandelions and 

 other flowers are nodding their pretty 

 heads in the spring-like breezes. It has 

 been so here in the region of Chicago until 

 to-day (Jan. 13), but it is now growing 

 colder, and may conclude to give us some 

 winter weather yet. The foUowing item 

 was written for the New York Sun, by a 

 correspondent from Reading, Pa., on Jan. 

 6 — showing that even the bees are improv- 

 ing the winter hours: 



Farmers are plowing as though it were 

 spring, and sheep and cattle are running 

 loose in the pasture. The buds are bursting 

 on the trees, and early wUd-flowers and 

 cultivated plants are beginning to bloom. 

 In many places the meadows are fairly yel- 

 low with dandelions. 



The phenomenally mild weather has also 

 had its effect on animated nature, and in- 

 sects and reptiles are showing their sus- 

 ceptibility to the unusual mildness of the 

 air. The warmth has brought out swarms 

 of bees from the hives of James H. Penny- 

 backer, of Cumru, of E. H. Moyer, at Ber- 

 lin, and of other farmers in the neighbor- 

 hood. The busy bees were out working on 

 Christmas and New Year's day, the same 

 as in July — a thing that has not happened 

 here before, within the memory of man. 



J. C. Stewart, of Hopkins, Mo., is 

 going to Colorado, and presents an oppor- 

 tunity for some one to buy his residence, 

 bees, etc. See advertisement on page 46. 



KNHiij'M Oil l':xtr:>cl<-<l Ilont^y. 



In accordance with the plan outlined on 

 page 1 i), the Committee selected to award 

 the prizes on the " Extracted Honey " e.s- 

 says, have faitlifully done their imposed 

 duty in tho matter, and, as the result of 

 their deliberations, they have awarded the 

 three cash prizes to the following competi- 

 tors, as the ones entitled to receive the 

 amounts offered for the three best essays ; 



First prize (.*r).00), to Mr. W. T. F. Petty, 

 of Pittsfleld, Ills. 



Second prize ($3.00), to Dr. G. P. Hach- 

 enberg, of Austin, Texas. 



Third prize ($3.00), to Mr. W. L. Porter, 

 of Greeley, Colo. 



The " F'irst prize " essay wiU be found on 

 page 37, of this issue, and no doubt will be 

 read with much interest, as wUl also the 

 others which are to follow. The "Second 

 prize " essay will be published next week, 

 and the "Third prize" essay the week fol- 

 lowing. The other essays competing for 

 the prizes, will appear in the Bee Journal 

 as we may be able to find room for them, 

 from week to week, in good time so that 

 the valuable experiences and suggestions 

 which they contain may be profitably used 

 the coming season. 



Honey as Food. — Mrs. L. Harrison, 



of Peoria, Ills., for a recent number of the 

 Prairie Farmer, wrote these words about 

 the use of honey as " a staple article of 

 food; 



The time has been when honey was 

 looked upon as an article of luxury, or as a 

 sort of drug-store commodity ; but it is now 

 advancing with sure and steady step to- 

 wards becoming a staple article of food, 

 and with an increasing demand. 



To emphasize these true words of our 

 good friend, it may be said that honey will 

 become a "a staple article" of ordinary 

 food just as rapidly as those who produce 

 it will make it a part of their business to 

 see that all their neighbors and their friends 

 everywhere have an opportunity to help to 

 dispose of the crop of honey. Judging 

 from the testimony of those who have only 

 partially tried them, the Honey Almanacs 

 will prove a great aid everywhere in get- 

 ting the public to use honey as an every- 

 day food, and not treat it as something that 

 can be afforded only on Sundays, or " when 

 company comes." Try a hundi-ed Alma- 

 nacs, and see if they do not do the work. 

 For prices, see page 46. 



Xlie Report of the proceedings of the 

 20th annual session of the International 

 American Bee-Association is published, and 

 will be sentto all members. Others can have 

 a copy for 25 cents, postpaid. It contains, 

 besides the report, the new songs and 

 music then used, and engravings of the 

 present officers as well as the retiring ones. 

 In all, it contains 36 pages. It is for sale 

 at this office. 



