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THOS. G . NEWMAN R» SON, 



EDITOR. 



Vol, mi April 12,1890. No. 15, 



It^" Honey in Japan is gathered mostly 

 from buckwheat. It is of dark color, and 

 its use is generally for medicine. 



Bees object to the smell of whey, says 

 Allen Pringle in the Canadian Bee Jour- 

 nal, on the clothing of those who handle 

 cheese. Quite often, when the bees are 

 said to be " cross," the cause may be some 

 objectionable odor. 



Xlie <tiieen-Re>i>triotor is the name 

 of a new oO-page pamphlet by C. W. Day- 

 ton. It details a method of brood-nest 

 inversion, contraction, and exclusion, by 

 the use of brood-frames in combination 

 with queen-excluding metal. 



Hoiiej'-iVIooii. it is said, is a term of 

 Teutonic origin, and derived from a luxuri- 

 ous drink prepared with honey by the 

 ancients. It was the custom to drink of 

 diluted honey for thirty days, or a moon's 

 age, after a wedding feast. It is good to 

 " keep sweet " for a month after marriage, 

 but it is better when that "sweetness" 

 extends throughout not only the months, 

 but the long years of wedded life. 



|^~ An interesting article from the Rev. 

 W. F. Clarke, concerning his late tour, will 

 appear in next week's Bee JouuX-\l. In 

 our item, on page 211, the printer omitted 

 two letters, w-hich make considerable differ- 

 ence. He is the c.T-Presidentof the Ontario 

 Bee-Keepers' Association — not the present 

 incumbent of that honorable office. Mr. 

 Allen Pringle is the presiding officer for the 

 present year— and it wa^ a very wise 

 selection, too. 



rHi*. Jacob 4>NwaIt, of Maximo, O., 

 has sent us a cojiy of the Alliance (Ohio) 

 Lender, containing a full accimnt of the 

 re-uniou of the ex-pupils of Mr. Oswalt, 

 who, with their friends, gathered to the 

 number of 500, to show their respect for 

 one who had been a teacher in that com- 

 munity for twenty years. Judge Thoman, 

 of Chicago, being unable to attend the 

 assembling of old time friends, sent a splen- 

 did address, on "The Thumb Mark of Life," 

 which was read, to the delight of all, on 

 account of its beautiful diction and lofty 

 sentiment. Mr. Oswalt responded in a 

 very happy manner, by giving a brief 

 sketch of his own life. 



Both Mr. and Mrs. Oswalt, on behalf of 

 neighbors, friends, and their own children, 

 were presented with beautiful upholstered 

 rocking-chairs, two pairs of gold spectacles, 

 and a silver butter-knife and sugar-spoon ; 

 on behalf of his ex-pupils, an elegant gold 

 watch was given to Mr. O., who feelingly 

 responded for the many expressions of 

 esteem. Evidently one of the correspond- 

 ents of the Bee Jovkxal was well "rocked" 

 and "watched" for once in his life, if never 

 before or again. We are glad to hear of 

 one more "jolly old pedagogue." 



Honey-Viii egar— Mr. S. L. Watkins, 

 of Grizzly Flats, Calif., gives this recipe for 

 making honey-vinegar, in the Paciflc Rural 



Press : 



In extracting, save all the scraps of comb 

 and cappings containing honey. You can 

 make the best kind of vinegar from these 

 honey drippings. Take 30 gallons of rain- 

 water, add 5 pounds of honey and 3 gallons 

 of cider vinegar. Use common alcohol 

 barrels, with an inch hole bored in the 

 upper end of each head near the staves, to 

 allow a free circulation of air. Nail some 

 wire gauze over the hole to keep out 

 insects. Keep in the sun, or in a very 

 warm room, and in a few months you will 

 have the best kind of vinegar. 



Dr. D. C. Spencer, of Augusta, Wis., 

 is again bereaved. His wife died on the 

 3rdult. This is a sad affliction. The Bee 

 Journal extends its condolence — together 

 with its numerous family of readers. The 

 Doctor's apicultural articles have been 

 many, and were very acceptable to us all. 



Honey - Pi-o«li9Ction in Germany 

 yields a net income of 17,000,000 marks 

 (about §4,250,000), and it is so important 

 an industry in that country that the Ger- 

 man Government affords it the protection of 

 special laws in the interest of bee-keeping, 

 thus giving encouragement to those en- 

 gaged in the pursuit. 



llaiKllin;; Uees. — This is the title of 

 a nice pamphlet containing 28 pages and a 

 cover, just issued by Chas. Dadant & Son. 

 It is a chapter from their book, Langstroth 

 Revised, and is an excellent thing for be- 

 ginners. Price, 8 cts. For sale at this office. 



llee-Uec|>iiiQf as a ItiiHiiieHM. — 



Concerning having some other occupation 

 to go with bee-keeping, Pres. R. L. Taylor 

 has given his opinion as follows: 



We find life none too long to perfect one 

 occupation. It there is added to this regu- 

 lar money making occupation .some other 

 money-making business, there can never 

 be so great a success. I think I can make 

 more money by choosing some one business 

 and putting my whole soul and life into 

 it, but my nature rebels at such a coui-se. 

 There are some other things that I like to 

 do as well as bee-keeping, so I sacrificed my 

 love of money for the pleasure of having 

 more than one pursuit. 



In the summer the bees require close 

 attention, and any pursuit to combine with 

 bee-keeping, must be one that will require 

 but little attention at that time. Hence, 

 this question comes back to me ; If bee- 

 keeping is so proHtabJe, why not keep more 

 bees? Or, if it is not profitable, why follow 

 it at all? If a man does his work in the 

 wintpr as he ought to, he can care for 300 

 colonies of bees. 



Clial'f HiTe!«. — G.M.Doolittle remarks 

 as follows in the American Rural Home, 

 about the use of Chaff Hives : 



Colonies in hives not protected by chaff 

 have scarcely gained at all in numbers; 

 in fact, some of them have dwindled some- 

 what. Other colonies in large hives 

 packed on all sides with chaff, have gained 

 rapidly; even the weak ones are gaining in 

 numbers with astonishing rapidity. The 

 cause of this difference seems to be that 

 during the day the heat from the sun pene- 

 trates the chaff hive, and is confined during 

 the cold night that follows. Add to this, 

 that the bees generate some warmth, and 

 at times to thrust the hand under the 

 quilt, seems like putting it into an oven. 

 This seems to be an item greatly in favor 

 of chaff hives. There is no denying the 

 fact that bees enjoy hea». Just observe 

 how they multiply during the warm 

 weather of June, July and August. 



Anotlier Ilee-Escape.— Mr. W. W, 

 Moore, of Gillett, Iowa, has sent us a model 

 of a new bee-escape, which he has invented. 

 It consists of a tube with a treadle running 

 down to an open hole in the end. The 

 treadle being balanced to the weight of a 

 single bee, when the last bee escapes, the 

 fore end goes up and the hole is closed, so 

 that none can return. Mr. Moore describes 

 its formation thus : 



It is entirely made of tin, and with as 

 little complication as possible. At the 

 pivotal point of the treadle, each side is cut 

 a fine coil to keep the treadle from the 

 sides. Also two cuts down each side — one 

 piece to turn down for the pivot, which are 

 to be twisted for the edge to turn up — the 

 other cut to turn down over the treadle to 

 keep it in place. Any one is at liberty to 

 make and use them. 



This is what the North Dakota 

 Argus says of the Illustkated Home 

 Journal: 



It seems hardly possible that a Magazine 

 of so much exceUence can be furnished for 

 SI. 00 a year. The literary and artistic 

 features of the current number are simply 

 superb, and wUl be sure to please all fortu- 

 nate enough to possess it. 



