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THOS. G . NEWMAN ^ SON, ; 



TH091AS G. I^E^VilIAIV, 



IDITOR. 



Vol. nvi, Jnne 21, 1890, No. 25, 



Fiillier Liangstrotli, when we last 

 heard from his daughter, was very feeble 

 and depressed in spirits. He cannot be 

 with us very much longer, and it should be 

 regarded as an esteemed privilege, as well 

 as a fraternal duty, to contribute to his 

 comfort during the short time he will 

 linger among us. 



Some years ago quite a number of 

 apiarists subscribed to a fund creating a 

 life annuity for our aged friend and bene- 

 factor. The time has come now for these 

 subscriptions to be paid for another year, 

 and we hope that every one will forward 

 to him the amount subscribed. We sub- 

 scribed s=25 to that fund, and have this 

 week sent him the amount for the coming 

 year. We mention this to induce others to 

 follow at once. Address, Rev. L. L. Lang- 

 stroth, 928 Steele avenue, Dayton, O. 



Some few have not yet sent him the 

 amount for the past year ; let such act at 

 once and relieve their consciences, as well 

 as make others glad. New subscribers to 

 the annuity are solicited. 



MeTastatin;; Floods, waterspouts, 

 cloud bursts, and thunder storms have 

 lately prevailed all over the Northwest, 

 destroying crops, ruining houses, killing 

 live-stock, and spreading desolation every- 

 where. Man}' apiaries have been destroyed 

 in the general ruin, but the full extent of 

 the loss cannot yet be determined— those 

 in Iowa, Illinois, Ohio and Kentucky have 

 been the greatest sufferers. 



^Vhiltier. Holmes and Tennyson, the 

 three illustrious "Octogenarian Poets," are 

 discussed by George Makepeace Towle in a 

 charming literary paper, which leads off 

 '■ Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly " for 

 July. Some admirable portraits and views 

 illustrate it. 



Rev. Steplien Roese. of Maiden 

 Rock, Wis., who was recently injui'ed by 

 an accident, is recovering slowly, which his 

 many friends will lie pleased to learn. In 

 a letter written on June 1-4, he says : 



My condition is still a critical one. The 

 bone-breaks are knitted together, and do 

 not pain me any more, but the foot or 

 ankle-joint still looks and feels badly, for 

 the joint is stove iu on one side of the foot, 

 and out on the other, with the cap broken 

 in two pieces. It is hard to lie here and 

 see my bees swarm off for the woods, and 

 no one to attend to them; but I must be 

 patient and submit, as there is no one here 

 that can handle bees, and my family fear 

 the stings, as it poisons them badly, so 

 they cannot go near them. 



I have just received Der Dienenvata- aus 

 Dochmen, and from it I translate the fol- 

 lowing items for the Amekican Bee Jouk- 

 NAi^ : 



By order of the government of Hungaro- 

 Austria, a " model apiary " is to be estab- 

 lished at each teachers' seminary in the 

 country, with Wdnderlehrers (traveling 

 teachers) of bee keepers' associations as 

 instructors, for the purpose of making 

 teachers leaders tor the people in apicul- 

 ture ; and in so doing, add pleasure and 

 profit to their occujjation. This is an ex- 

 ample worthy of imitation. 



For the promotion of home bee-culture, 

 the government of Baden, Germany, appro- 

 priated, in 18S9. 3,000 marks; in 1890, 

 3,300 marks; andfor 1891, 5,700 marks. 



These are positive proofs that European 

 governments do not look upon bee-keeping 

 as a "nuisance." Stephen Roese. 



Farmer's Bulletin No. 2, issued by 

 the Department of Agriculture, through 

 the Office of Experiment Stations, is now 

 ready for distribution. This Bulletin pre- 

 sents in a brief and practical form some of 

 the more important results of the work 

 done at sundry Experiment Stations. The 

 subjects presented in this Bulletin are better 

 cows, the effect of heat and cold on milk, 

 silos and silage, alfalfa, and field experi- 

 ments with fertilizers. The Bulletin is a 

 handy 16-page pamphlet, prepared es- 

 pecially, as the title indicates, for the 

 information of the practical farmer, con- 

 densing for its use the results given on the 

 subjects indicated in Bulletins issued from 

 time to time during the past year by the 

 various Stations where these subjects have 

 been the object of special experiment work. 

 Application should be made to the Secre- 

 tary of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. A 

 considerable portion of the edition will also 

 be distributed through members of Con- 

 gress. 



Like all other supply-dealers, we 

 have experienced an unprecedented "rush" 

 during this season, and as a result we have 

 not been able to get some lines of goods 

 fast enough to All orders as promptly as is 

 our custom. We are doing the best we can 

 to satisfy all, and are shipping all the goods 

 we can obtain the moment they come to 

 hand. We hope to be able to clean up all 

 orders now on hand in a few days, and then 

 to resume our usual promptness for which 

 we have a wide-spread reputation. 



I'oor l*i-<iN|ie<rt tor lloiify in 



I^ew V4»rk Our reports so far received 



show that tlie bees in central and western 

 of New York are in veiy poor condition. 

 The latest just received as these forms are 

 closing is from Mr. W. M. Barnum, of 

 Angelica, N. Y., and reads thus : 



Bees are in a precarious condition in this 

 vicinity, being almost upon the verge of 

 starvation. For some weeks past they 

 have been living from "hand to mouth," 

 just procuring enough for their daily needs, 

 and nothing more ; consequently brood- 

 rearing has been greatly held back. 

 Italians are doing the best, while Carnio- 

 lans are so cross that an iron-clad man-of- 

 war could not stand before them I But 

 " every cloud has a silver linging," and I 

 would keep bees if they never produced 

 another pound of honey. — W. M. Bauxum. 



Xhe LianKStrolh, and not the 



" Quinby " style of hives, was intended in 

 describing the large hives used by Mr. S. J. 

 Youngman, on page 388 ; and that all of his 

 hives " have either 8 or else 16 frames 

 each." The " L " used to indicate the word 

 "Langstroth," looking so much ]ike a " Q " 

 in the manuscript, and the figures being 

 indistinct also, it is no wonder the mistakes 

 were made by the printer. If all corres- 

 pondents would only im'lte plainly, and 

 spell out the words, instead of using the 

 misleading abbreviations, such errors as 

 the above would seldom, if ever, occur. 



Odd Sizes of sections, brood-frames, 



crates, etc., are simply impossible to get 

 made now during "the rush." If people 

 will use anything besides the regular stock, 

 they should have them made in the winter, 

 and keep them on hand ready for use when 

 needed. All dealers and manufacturers 

 are now behind with their regular orders, 

 and none will now take an order for a 

 special size — so those who use such, and 

 have not laid in a stock in advance, will 

 have to do without them, and learn a les- 

 son which will cost them more or less of 

 their crop of honey. 



Bee-Keeping for Profit, by Dr. 



G. L. Tinker, is a new 50-page pamphlet, 

 which details fully the author's new system 

 of bee-management in producing comb and 

 extracted honey, and the construction of 

 the hive best adapted to it — his "Nonpareil. ' ' 

 The book can be had at this office for 35c. 



For Wlioiii a Paper is Printed. 



—It is worth remembering that no news- 

 paper is printed especially for one person. 

 People who become greatly displeased with 

 something they find in a newspaper should 

 remember that the very thing that dis- 

 pleases them is exactly that thing that 

 will most please somebody that has just as 

 much interest in the paper as they have. 

 It takes all kinds of people to make the 

 world, we are told, and the patrons of a 

 newspaper are made up of the elements of 

 the world.— Paci^^c Clipper. 



