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67 



EDITOR. 



Vol. mi. FeD. U8 



No. 5. 



■' Good-nature, like the little bee, 

 Honey gathers from hour to hour ; 



Hi-nature, like the spider, sucks 

 Poison from the sweetest flower." 



Xlie Editor is again at his desk, after 

 two weeks of La Grippe and its complica- 

 tions. He is still weak, but improving 

 slowly. If "misery loves company," it 

 ought to be well satisfied now,for La Orippe 

 has found more than an average among the 

 editors of our acquaintance. Many of the 

 editors of the bee-papers have also been 

 afflicted with it, with more or less severity ; 

 and, in consequence, one of the monthlies 

 for December reached our desk on Jan. 25. 

 Hundreds of letters from our subscribers 

 also report that they have encountered the 

 Russian scourge, and some are reported as 

 having died from its complications. 



ffi^" The best combined shipping and in- 

 troducing Queen-Cage we have seen, is one 

 sent us by S. W. Morrison, M. D., of Oxford, 

 Pa. WhOe the Queen is confined to the 

 cage the workers can go in and out freely — 

 a piece of queen-excluding zinc being 

 placed over a small auger-hole, which also 

 has a piece of tin to slide over it, which 

 shuts it entirely, when desired. It is also 

 supplied with candy for food. 



We have been specially invited to 

 attend the Wisconsin State Convention at 

 Madison next Wednesday, but we dare not 

 accept it — our strength is so slow in return- 

 ing. We hope that all will attend who can. 

 The meeting will be very interesting, for 

 our friends A. I. Root and Dr. C. C. Miller 

 wOl be there. 



Tli« Mew Vork State Bee-Keepers' 

 Association will hold its 21st annual Con- 

 vention in the County Court House, at 

 Rochester, N. Y., on Feb. 5, 6 and 7, 1890. 

 The first session will convene at 3 p.m., on 

 Feb. 5. 



Among the essays and subjects to be dis- 

 cussed,found in the interesting Programme, 

 are the following: 



"New methods of Queen-Rearing," by G. 

 M. Doolittle; "Best method of working to 

 secure reduced freight rates on honey;" 

 " Has it paid honey-producers to buy Ital- 

 ian and other imported queens?" by Ii-a 

 Barber; " The new races of bees," by G. H. 

 Knickerbocker; "How to run several out- 

 apiaries for comb honey, in connection with 

 the home apiary, for the most benefit," by 

 A. E. Manum; "Betsinger's long-tried sys- 

 tem of non-swarming," by N. N. Betsinger; 

 "The fraternity, the honey -producer,queen- 

 rearer, supply dealer and editors — their ob- 

 ligations, one to the other," by Ernest R. 

 Root; "Is it advisable to introduce laying 

 queens to a parent colony, after having 

 cast a swarm, or being divided artificially '," 

 "Marketing honey," by R. Bacon; "The 

 reported short crop of honey and accom- 

 panying prices for 1889 — their cause and 

 effect;" and " Shallow TO. large frames in 

 the production of comb honey," by J. H. 

 Martin. 



The head-quarters will be at Congress 

 Hall Hotel— a first-class, $3.00 per-day 

 house, that will take members at $1.50 per 

 day. The Lister Hotel is a $1.50 per-day 

 house, and will board members for $1.00 

 per day. The room for exhibits will be at 

 Congi-ess Hall Hotel. Samples of honey 

 and apiarian supplies are solicited. All 

 articles sent in care of the association will 

 be properly arranged on exhibition, and 

 disposed of, or returned to the exhibitor, 

 as requested. 



Remember that you must have a Trunk 

 Line Certificate when purchasing your 

 ticket for Rochester. If your station is a 

 small one, and they are not kept in stock, 

 get a ticket to the nearest coupon station, 

 and then procure a through ticket (and 

 certificate). Reduced rates will be given 

 on nearly all the railroads, at one and one- 

 third fare for the round trip. 



For further particulars, including a com- 

 plete Programme, send to the Secretary, 

 Geo. H. Knickerbocker (Box 41), Pine 

 Plains, Dutchess Co., N. Y. 



Xhe Oolden Bec-niTC— Mr. S. L. 



Klutts, of Clear Creek, N. C, has written 

 to Prof. A. J. Cook, stating that the Pro- 

 fessor's name is being used to recommend 

 the "Golden Bee-Hive," by unprincipled 

 parties. The Professor desires to make the 

 following announcement in regard to the 

 matter : 



At the request of bee-keepers of North 

 Carolina, I wish to state that I have never 

 used the "Golden Bee-Hive," nor have I 

 ever said or written anything in its favor. 

 Any statement to the contrary, is abso- 

 lutely false. A. J. Cook. 



I'uiiitinsr lli«-Ilive»».— Thereis much 

 economy in painting bee-hives, besides the 

 more beautiful appearance they present 

 when tastefully arranged upon a well-kept 

 lawn. The importance of having the hives 

 painted is explained in the following from 

 an exchange : 



In painting hives, dark colors should be 

 avoided as much a-s possible, for in ex- 

 treme hot weather the combs in such hives 

 will melt down, while in a hive painted 

 white, no damage will be done. Such melt- 

 ing down of combs often comes in times of 

 scarcity of honey in the fields, so that rob- 

 bing is started by the honey running from 

 the hive when the inmates are in no condi- 

 tion to defend themselves, and from this 

 cause and the spoiled combs, much damage 

 is done. 



«|ueen-t"!aB:e.— -Thos. S. Wallace, of 

 Clayton, Ills., writes thus: 



I send you a sample cage like the twelve 

 that I mailed last June to Major Shallard, 

 of Glen Brook, New South Wales, which, I 

 understand, went through safely. It might 

 be a benefit to some of the readers of the 

 Bee Jouhnai. to describe it. The food is 

 made of pulverized sugar and honey. 



It is a strong cage, and well fitted for the 

 long voyage ; but it would be too heavy for 

 shorter distances, and cost too much for 

 postage. 



Xo ^Visconsin Kee-Keepers. 



In the Programme sent out, a mistake has 

 been made in naming the day of holding 

 the Convention at Madison. It should read 

 "*VE»NES»AV — not Thursday. The 

 date is all right — February 5, 1890. Let 

 all take notice, and be at the Convention 

 on tVEUI«ESI>AV. 



]^e\v Catalogues and Price-Lists for 

 1890 are received from — 



John A. Salzer,La Crosse, Wis. — 96 pages 

 — Seeds of all kinds. 



E. Kretchmer. Red Oak, Iowa — 40 pages 

 — Bee-Keepers' Supplies. 



Geo. E. Hilton, Fremont, Mich. — 13 pages 

 — Apiarian Supplies. 



John Andrews, Patten's Mills, N. Y. — 4 

 pages — Carniolan Bees and Queens. 



P. L. Viallon, Bayou Goula, La. — S4 

 pages — Bee-Implements. 



A. F. Staufifer & Co., Sterling, His.— 30 

 pages — Hives and Bee-Supplies generally. 



A. I. Root, Medina, O. — 44 pages — Bee- 

 Keepers' Supplies and Household Con- 

 veniences. 



Many matters for the Editorial De- 

 partment, which have accumulated during 

 the past fortnight, are still unable to appear 

 in this issue. We hope soon to be able to 

 give them consideration. Our friends will 

 please exercise a little patience with us for 

 a few days. 



p^ We have received a registered letter 

 from Russia, and writen in Russian. We 

 cannot decipher even the name or address. 

 If any of our subscribers can read the Rus- 

 sian language, we shall be pleased to send 

 it to them for translation. 



