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Vol. mi. Marci 22, 1890, No. 12, 



Let Every honey-producer prepare for 

 a large crop of houey during the coming 

 season — worlc diligently to secure it, and at 

 the same time create a market at liome for 

 his product. This will not only be money 

 iu his pocket, but it will also relieve the 

 markets of the large cities, and conse- 

 quently enhance the price of honey every- 

 where. A little foresight in this respect 

 will prevent low prices, and facilitate the 

 honey-trade. 



iW The following, received on March 10, 

 1890, speaks for itself : 



The goods I ordered came by express the 

 same day that your receipt for the money 

 arrived. I am very well pleased with the 

 articles you sent me, and also with your 

 promptness in sending them.— John H. 

 Rohrer, Tippecanoe City, 0. 



" Five to Xeii Xons of comb honey 

 each season," should have been the reading 

 in the last paragraph of Mr. J. V. Caldwell's 

 article on page 184, when stating the 

 amount of honey produced annually by 

 that veteran bee-keeper and interesting 

 writer— Mr. C. H. Dibbern. 



Tlie Only Weekly bee-periodical iu 

 America is the American Bee Jouhxal — 

 the "Canadian" is now published only on 

 the " 1st and 15th of the month," at SI. 00, 

 with premium, commencing with March. 



For several years the Amekican Bee 

 JiiURNAL was the only bee-periodical on 

 this Continent — many others grew out of 

 it, but only a very few came to stay. The 

 Weekly in Canada, by dropping down to 

 a semi-monthly publication relinquishes the 

 Weekly field to us, which we shall occupy 

 and strive to fill so full that no one else will 

 think of such a thing as to presume to 

 divide the field with us — our motto is 

 Excelsior ! 



IIe«-*» Honey. — jMr. John Craycraft, 

 of St. Francis, Fla., writes thus about an 

 appropriate name for liuuey : 



I do not like "digesto<l nectar," " modi- 

 fied," and the various names that are sug- 

 gested for houey. Let us call it by its 

 proper name — " bee's lioney," as we call 

 railk, "cow's milk," "goat's milk," and 

 eggs, "hen's eggs," "duck's eggs," etc., 

 and let us call extracted honey, "l)ee's 

 honey from the comb," and that not ex- 

 tracted, "bee's houey in the comb." 



Would not this sound more pleasant — 

 more like purity — benmrp in accord with 

 the good provisions of Nature? — and would 

 it nut add faith as to the purity of the 

 honey— as to its being the product of the 

 bees; Let us call the work of the bees — 

 "bee's honey." 



You forget, friend Craycraft, that there 

 is no similarity of production. "Milk "is 

 generated and made by the cows and 

 goats, as food for their young. " Eggs" are 

 made by natural processes in the body of 

 the hens and ducks, in order to reproduce 

 themselves ; but neither is true of bees. The 

 honey is iirjt produced, generated, or made 

 in the body of the bcc— that is done by 

 Nature in the flowers, and the bees are 

 simply the gatherers ami depositors of it in 

 the hive, to serve as food for themselves 

 and their offspring. There is no harmony 

 in the thought, nor adaptability in the ex- 

 pression of Bee's Honey. You might as 

 well use the expression, " man's apples," 

 "squirrel's nuts," or "man's potatoes," 

 because they are gathered and stored by 

 men and squirrels for future use, as to use 

 the expression, Bee's Honey, because the 

 bees gather it and store it in their hives for 

 the use of themselves and their offspring. 

 The simple word " Honey " is much more 

 expressive and appropriate. 



Mr. Heddon's son " Will" is to take 

 charge of the electric-light plant in Dowa- 

 giac, Mich., as soon as it is completed. 

 While the pursuit of bee-keeping thereby 

 loses its " greatest light "—the electric light 

 will get him. The Bee Journal congratu- 

 lates the young man, and wishes him much 

 success. Now "let there be light"— re- 

 fulgent, bright and sparkling. 



The Lewiston, Maine, Journal has 

 the following complimentary remarks, 

 for which we make our bow: 



The AiiERrOAN Bee Journal, published 

 by Thomas G. Newman & Son, Chicago, in 

 its 26th volume, has age to recommend it, 

 ability to back it and make it progressive ; 

 while one dollar a year is dirt cheap for its 

 800 quarto pages, and no bee-keeper can 

 afi:ord to do without it. 



Xlie iWost Remarkable religious 

 services ever held in New York were prob- 

 ably those conducted at mid-day during 

 Lent by the Rev. PhUlips Brooks, of Bos- 

 ton, in old Trinity Church, New York. The 

 attendants were mostly bankers, brokers, 

 and rich men fi-om Wall Street and down- 

 town. "Frank Leslie's Weekly" illus- 

 trated the stirring scenes last week. 



'I'lie Wealiiei- I*r<>|>li<-IM were "all 

 at sea " about the past winter. Prof. Blake, 

 in his Pamphlet of Weather Predictions for 

 18'.)0, gives the t(,llowiag on page 28 : 



In the States of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, 

 Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, Wisconsin and 

 Minnesota ther<^ wUl be very great ex- 

 tremes, both us to temperature and pre- 

 cipitation, and on account of these ex- 

 tremes, I have made the most elaborate 

 and careful calculations possible. The 

 "Tables for 1881) " show that next winter 

 will start early auil be very cold till the 

 end of the year. This very cold weather 

 will continue thmnghout the winter and 

 uutil pretty well int(, .March. I do not look 

 for any regular " thaw " during the winter 

 in the more northern States, though there 

 will be thawing days at times and some 

 mild spells, especially in the earlv part of 

 February. In the pineries of Michigan, 

 Wisconsin and Minnesota, I do not look for 

 a large amount of snow during the winter 

 months; still, I think there will generally 

 be enough for lumbering purposes, as con- 

 siderable snow will fall there in November, 

 and it will probably remain unmelted 

 throughout the winter. 



I think these autumn snows, together 

 with the moderate amount of winter snows, 

 will be ample for lumbering. In all of the 

 above-named States, there will be good 

 snows in the late fall of 1889, and in part 

 of them pretty good winter snows. 



The reader will laugh at the utter ab- 

 surdity of the predictions, viewed in the 

 light of the facts in the case ! 



Xlie OI«l Proverl*. " That there is no 

 one so far from the market as he that has 

 nothing to sell," is certainly true ; yet it is 

 equally true that there is great loss, some- 

 times, by not haviug created a market in 

 which to sell. Bee-keepers need to have 

 no fears about the over-production of 

 honey, if they will only develop their home 

 markets. Now that the Honey Almanac 

 has been published and tried — the home 

 markets are read}' fields in which to oper- 

 ate. In every case where they have been 

 judiciously distributed, a ready demand 

 has been found for all the honey on sale in 

 that locality. Many open their eyes when 

 they learn the many uses for honey. The 

 education of the masses has been sadly 

 neglected on this matter, and when the 

 claims of honey, both as food and medi- 

 cine, are set forth, the people are glad to 

 hear and believe them. They test them 

 and are satisfied. Cover your home mar- 

 kets with Honey Almanacs, and in return 

 reap golden shekels. 



Meat Xliree X lines a l>ay is more 

 than average human nature can endure. 

 Functional distnrbances of the liver, gall- 

 stones, renal calculi, diseases of the kid- 

 neys, dyspepsia, headache, fits of ill-temper 

 or of the blues, irritability and general ab- 

 sence of the joy of life are largely due to 

 an excess of meat and other highly concen- 

 ti-ated food. What shall we eat? We re- 

 ply, eat more fruit.— H/cdicdJ Classics. 



The Bee Journal advises all to eat more 

 houey, as well as fruit. Peaches and other 

 fruit cut up and lightly covered with honey 

 and cream, will, when eaten, give to the 

 stomach a healthy tone — and who can say 

 that it is not delicious ] 



