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CHICAGO, tL.L,. • 



XllO.tlAS «. WE^VillAN, 



EDITOR. 



Vol. mi. JiineU890. No. 23, 



Make home a hive where all beautiful 



feelings 

 Shall cluster like bees and their sweet honey 



bring, 

 Make it a temple of holy revealings 

 And love its bright angel with shadowy 



wiag. 



Xhe Honey Almanac is just the 

 thing to use to sell your new honey, as 

 •soon as it is takeu from the hives. Just 

 order some printed, stating your crop of 

 new honey is ready for delivery. It will 

 go like hot cakes ! 



Poisoning Itees. — R. J. Campbell, of 

 Danville, Ind., writes thus : 



Please answer this through the Bee 

 Jduunal. If one puts out poison c.rpn'siily 

 to kill bees, is he not laying himself liable ! 

 A man in this neighborhood says he has 

 killed two bushels of bees this spring, and 

 that he intended to kill aU that will come 

 to his bate. 



Certainly ; such a vile miscreant could 

 be sent to the penitentiary for such crimi- 

 nal acts. Suppose the bees, thus decoyed, 

 should reach their hives and deposit some 

 of the poison, thus "knowingly, wilfully 

 and maliciously " fed to them " with mur- 

 derous intent." It might very easily get 

 mixed up with the honey in the surplus 

 receptacles, and be carried off to market 

 or be eaten by the family of the owner of 

 the bees, and cause sickness or death, or 

 both, to the iuuoceut consumers of the 

 article. In such a case, how quickly would 

 the instigator of this plot be arrested and 

 held liable to the law for his smart lawless- 

 ness ! Should there be deaths in the com- 

 munity from eating this poisoned honey, 

 he may find his neck in the halter with no 

 means of escape ! 



Such vindictive schemers are unworthy 

 the name of men — for there are none of the 

 characteristics of majihood about them. 

 They are vile miscreants and detestible 

 villains ! Their nefarious schemes of 

 destruction show a state of degradation too 

 low for contemplation ! They should be 

 turned over to the custody of the law for 

 safe keeping, and to protect the innocent 

 from their criminality and venom. 



An Accident. — Minnie Wagner, of 

 Maiden Rock, Wis., wishes to give this 

 notice, on account of a serious accident to 

 her father : 



My father met with an accident,breaking 

 his leg in three places, and is not able to 

 "write to those with whom he made arrange- 

 Tnents for bees and queens. Please inform, 

 through the columns of the Bee Journal, 

 all those with whom such arrangements 

 were made, to countermand the orders. 



Wise Apiarists, like the wise virgins 

 of Holy Writ, did not wait until the last 

 minute for getting in their supplies. Those 

 who ordered hives, sections, etc., early, and 

 had them on hand ready for use a month 

 or more ago, are now happy— while those 

 who waited until the rush came before 

 ordering are now bemoaning their misfor- 

 tune. All the supply dealers are now 

 behind, and cannot fill orders promptly. 

 The Lewis "fire " has made matters worse, 

 and sections are very difficult to obtain 

 anywhere. All must exercise patience and 

 charity, and if possible, learn the lesson by 

 experience, to order such goods another 

 jear, long before they are needed. 



Uead. — The Australasian Bee Journal 

 is discontinued. Subscribers are to be 

 supplied with the New Zealand Farmer, 

 which will devote 3 pages to bees hereafter 

 to supply our New Zealand friends with 

 bee-news. Messrs. Isaac Hopkins & Co., 

 late publishers of the Australasian Bee 

 Journal, make the following announce- 

 ment in the Farmer for April, just come to 

 hand : 



We regret being compelled, through the 

 continued poor health of the editor, to 

 announce the discontinuance of the Aus- 

 tralasian Bee Journal in its original form. 

 The readers of that journal will remember 

 that Mr. Hopkins' health broke down some 

 15 months ago, the fact being mentioned 

 at the time, and although it has improved 

 considerably since, the head trouble still 

 remaining, makes it absolutely necessary 

 that he should give up all literary work 

 possible for some time to come ; in fact, 

 this should have been done long ago, but 

 being anxious that the journal should be 

 kept going, and hopeful of regaining his 

 health and strength, he held out as long as 

 possible. 



Hee-Keeping' for Profit, is the 



title of a new pamphlet of 50 pages by Dr. 

 Gr. L. Tinker. This hand-book details his 

 new system of management of bees in 

 I)roducing comb and extracted honey, and 

 the construction of the hive best adapted 

 to it, viz : his Nonpariel. In his preface. 

 Dr. Tinker says : 



We take no credit for much that we have 

 presented, for the modern system of bee- 

 keeping is largely the outgrowth of the 

 labor of many minds. Still we have pre- 

 sented a few things that are new, and it the 

 industry of bee-keeping shall be in any way 

 promoted by what we have written, we 

 shall feel amply repaid for our labor. 



The book is nicely printed, and will be 

 read with interest by apiarists generally. 



The subjects treated are as follows : 

 Spring Management ; Protection ; Utilizing 

 the Sunshine ; The Need of Plenty of 

 Stores ; Stimulative Feeding ; The Brood- 

 Chamber ; Transferring; Building up Weak 

 Colonies ; Preparing for the Harvest ; 

 Fastening Foundation in Sections ; When 

 to Put on Sections ; General Considerations 

 on Swarming ; Early Swarming ; Swarm- 

 ing at the Opening of the Harvest ; The 

 New System of Management ; Hiving ; 

 Prevention of Increase ; Waiting Seven 

 Days to Re-Unite ; Storifying the Supers ; 

 Late Swarming ; Care of Queen-Cells ; 

 Prevention of Swarming ; The Swarming 

 Impulse ; Dividing Bees ; How to Get 

 Increase and Get a Crop of Honey ; Pro- 

 ducing Extracted Honey ; Drones Above 

 Queen-Excluders ; Superseding Queens ; 

 Taking off the Surplus ; Care of Comb 

 Honey ; Doubling Up Colonies ; Introduc- 

 ing Queens ; The Extra Stories of Combs ; 

 Care of Empty Combs ; Preparations for 

 Winter, etc. 



It can be obtained at this office for 2 5 

 cents, postpaid. 



Postage on merchandise is too high. 

 The rate in the United States is much 

 higher than in any country in Europe, and 

 Congress should reduce the rate to conform 

 to the needs of those dependent on the 

 mails for carrying such articles. We will 

 formulate a plan and present it in our next 

 issue. 



Xhe Bee-Keepers' Union being 

 appealed to for counsel and defense in a 

 threatened lawsuit in Homowack, N. Y., 

 the General Manager gave the particu- 

 lars of the case due consideration, and 

 advised the apiarist how to proceed. The 

 result is an amicable settlement of the 

 matter, without process of law, and with- 

 out expense. It is the silent counsellor of 

 those in trouble— the pi'otector for the 

 injured — and the defender of the rights of 

 apiarists when violently assailed ! It fights 

 only when it is absolutely necessary. The 

 Union deserves, and should have, the most 

 substantial support of every apiarist. 



WaMgiity " Liizzie," down in Maine, 

 is still sending out her baits to catch 

 " suckers." Mr. Oliver R. Hawkins, of 

 Bellport, L. I., has sent us one which was 

 sent to him. He was of course too well 

 posted to bite at the hook. He has been 

 reading the Bee Journal too long to be 

 caught in that way. She must look in 

 pastures green for " dupes " — not among 

 those who are posted ! 



