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THOS. G.NEWMAN ^ SON, ; 



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Vol. mi. MarcH 15, 1890, No. 11. 



. Xlious'k strange it may sound, 



Yet we firmly insist, 

 Fault often is found 

 Where it doesn't exist. 



1^^ The Rev. E. T. Abbott has been laid 

 up -with the epidemic-influenza — but we 

 are glad to learn that he is now improving. 



Mai-cli has been cold and stormy all 

 over the area of North America. The early 

 bloom has had a "set-back," and winter 

 clothing has been in demand. This is the 

 first real winter weather we have had so 

 far. Of course it cannot be of long dura- 

 tion, and will not materially affect the 

 bees on that account. 



'•' Xlie Flo'wers that bloom in the 

 spring," appeared down in Carmi, Ills., 

 quite early this year. Two weeks ago we 

 received a box of willow and other blos- 

 soms from our friend Ira Reeves, who lives 

 there. The cold weather since March 

 came in, however, has made a vast change 

 in the early flowers. 



In Eiic^Iand, the bees were reported 

 to be swarming in February. The London 

 Times of Feb. ^0 contained this item: 



While a young man named Flint, son of 

 the baliff to Mr. E. Poster, of Woodbury, 

 Tempsford, Bedfordshire, was engaged in 

 the fields one day last week, he suddenly 

 heard the humming of bees, and on looking 

 around he was astonished to see a splendid 

 swarm of bees which had alighted on a 

 shrub. The youth's father is an amateur 

 bee-farmer, and being himself quite an ex 

 pert, he soon obtained a hive and secured 

 the whole swarm, which is said to be a fine 

 one. It was subsequently presented to a 

 laboring man residing in the neighborhood. 



Spruyin;;- I'l-iiU Xrecs.— Mr. R. G. 



Robertson, Marshall, Mo., writes as follows: 



In the spring of ltSS9 I had 6 colonies of 

 bees; in the fall they bad increased to 22, 

 and had produced 000 'pounds of comb 

 honey. Every bee-keeper should take 

 some bee-periodical. I am taking two, and 

 I am contemplating taking another. Will 

 the editor please give some information 

 about spraying fruit trees with poison, 

 giving time, etc., for spraying plum and 

 apple trees; 



The spraying should be done with weak 

 Paris-green, and the time to do it is just 

 after the blossoms fall, then it will kill the 

 insect pest, and do no damage to either the 

 bees or honey. Great care must be taken 

 not to spray the flowers when in bloom — 

 that is not only dangerous in poisoning the 

 bees, but useless, for the curculio does not 

 injure the blossoms, but the fruit. 



But ivhy use the poison at all* Mr. Peter 

 Brickey gave some valuable information 

 for all fruit-growers on this subject, on page 

 779 of the Bee Journal for last year. He 

 there gives a "simple, sure and easy 

 remedy " to prevent the curlulio from dam- 

 aging fruit trees, without the trouble of 

 spraying, or the use of poison, as follows : 



Take a yarn string and saturate it well 

 with spirits of turpentine, and tie it around 

 the plum tree, about 2 or 3 feet high, or 

 below the limbs, and as the curculio crawl 

 up the tree, they are stopped by the yarn 

 string, and turn back — they will not cross 

 it. This has been tested to perfection, and 

 never fails. 



We advise the use of the above, instead 

 of the poisoned spray. 



»lr. It. W. Pet-It, of Richmond Cen- 

 tre, Ohio, on March 6, 1890, informed us 

 of the sad death of his wife, in the follow- 

 ing touching letter: 



Deak Editor : — I have sad news to re- 

 port. On Oct. 4, 1888, 1 was happily mar- 

 ried to Miss Edna Britton, of this place. I 

 bought a piece of land about one mile from 

 my father's place (my bees being at my 

 father's), and built a nice home for us, 

 during the summer of 1889. We moved 

 into it on Nov. 11, 1889, and brought my 

 bees here on Feb. 20, 1890. But on March 

 1, my new, bright and happy home was 

 changed to a cold and dreary one, by the 

 death of my dear wife, in her nineteenth 

 year. No one knows my grief. I have 

 been a bee-keeper ever since I was 15 years 

 old — I am now 25; and have taken the 

 Amekican Bee Journax for seven or eight 

 years. B. W. Peck. 



We extend to our bereaved brother our 

 heartfelt sympathy in his great afiliction, 

 and bespeak for him general condolence 

 among our readers. We know 



'Tis sad to part with loved ones 



For ever, here below ; 

 But tearful grief oft blesses, 

 When we God's purpose know. 



Mr. R. O. Hogfiie, of Loydsville, O., 

 gave an address on "bee-ology" at the 

 Farmers' Club held 'at Morristown, O., on 

 Feb. 20, 1890. A nice programme was 

 printed for the entertainment, and a copy 

 of it is on our desk. 



Mr. C Xhcilinann, of Theilmantou, 

 Minn., we regret very much to learn, had a 

 narrow escape from death by accident on 

 Fel). 18. We are glad to hear that he is im- 

 proving, and hope that he may soon be all 

 right again. He gives the following account 

 of his "close call:" 



I have met with another and more severe 

 accident than the one I bad last fall, when 

 my right collar-bone and two ribs were 

 broken, caused by my horses running away 

 and upsetting the buggy. This time, I 

 was passing a railroad train on a narrow, 

 downhill passage, and when the engineer 

 saw that my horses were frightened, he 

 opened the cylinder valves jiist for fun, 

 when he came opposite my team. This 

 scared the horses so badly, that they be- 

 came unmanageable, broke the tongue, and 

 upset the buggy, throwing me with great 

 force on the rough, frozen ground, where I 

 lay unconscious for about half an hour. 



I received a number of big gashes on my 

 head, and was badly injured in my lungs, 

 diaphragm and liver; but the severest 

 pains were in my right thigh, which was 

 totally useless up to March 5th, when I 

 moved a little on crutches. No bones seem 

 to be broken, but the doctors say that it is 

 badl}^ bruised, and that I will come out all 

 right. The wounds on my head are nearly 

 healed up, and I am getting some better in- 

 side, so that I can sit in a chair, and pass 

 the time in reading and writing. This was 

 a very narrow escape. I was just fairly 

 over the first accident and the La Q-rippe, 

 when the last happened; but after such a 

 blessed and successful summer as I had last 

 year, I hardly have reason to complain of a 

 bad winter. C. Theilmann. 



Supply Oealers and Queen-Breeders 

 should now be making their business an- 

 nouncements to the public for the coming 

 season, if they desire to get a share of the 

 trade of 1890. All such will be welcome 

 to the advertising columns of the A>rEKicAN 

 Bee Journal, providing they are doing a 

 legitimate and honorable business. Adver- 

 tisements from dishonorable persons will 

 not be admitted, knowingly. 



We have received hundreds of unsolicited 

 commendations of the Bee Journal as an 

 advertising medium, but have no room to 

 give them here. We will just insert two, 

 which are fair samples of all : 



Having advertised in the American Bee 

 Journal quite extensively for years,I would 

 say (without solicitation) that it has sold 

 more queens for me than any other thi-ee 

 periodicals I have ever tried. — L. J. Diehl, 

 Butler, Ind. 



The Bee Journal does its advertising 

 wonderfully well. It brought to me re- 

 sponses from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico, 

 and from the AUeghanies to the Rocky 

 Mountains. — W. M. Rogers, ShelbyvOle, Ky. 



Oiii- l^e«- Liocation, in the heart of 

 the business district of the city, at No. 246 

 East Madison Street, brings us in close 

 communication with the several express 

 companies, and we are conveniently near 

 all the freight depots. 



This location has made it possible for us 

 to be more prompt than ever in filling 

 orders, saving the long distance for haul- 

 ing. Our friends will find it very con- 

 venient to call on us when in the city. 



