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'\riiile ill Itiiltalo recentl3', Mr. R. 

 P. Holtermauu visited about 15 stores aud 

 a*ed f jr honey. The clerlis, in each case, 

 called it " strained." He thus comments in 

 Gleanin:itt upon his visit to the largest 

 grocery house in the city : 



When the young man in attendance 

 found out I kept bees, and knew honey, he 

 asked me it the comb honey in their store 

 was really genuine. I then read him your 

 offer about the manufacture of comb honey, 

 aud the efforts of the American bee-periodi- 

 cals to stamp out the erroneous idea that 

 comb honey could be manufactured. 



Surely, a man cannot attain to the great- 

 est success iu the sale of goods if he has no 

 confidence in them ; and surely, in that 

 large establishment, on Main street, Buf- 

 falo, a man understanding his goods, aud 

 selecting them judiciously, could surprise 

 the proprietor by the amount of sales 

 which could be effected iu comb and ex- 

 tracted honey alone ; and, on the other 

 hand, what an outlet would be secured for 

 the bee-keeper's honey ! 



The extracted honey shown by this store 

 has been packed in a large packinghouse. 

 I will not say it was impure, but it was not 

 good ; and owing to the fact that it had 

 passed through several hands, the price 

 was higher than would be necessary if it 

 had passed from the bee-keeper direct into 

 the hands of the retailer. 



This matter is surely important. The 

 next question is, " How shall it lie reme- 

 died ?" The question is a difficult one. If 

 a store could be induced to subscribe for a 

 good, live bee-paper, much could be done 

 to educate the salesman. Bee-keepers, too, 

 should be wide awake, and instruct the 

 parties to whom they sell their honey, and 

 place them in a position to refute state- 

 ments in.iurious to the sale of honey. An 

 instance; A customer comes in and says, 

 "I would buy that honey, only there is so 

 much manufactured at the present day, I 

 fear yours may be." The clerk, who is 

 doubtful himself, will, it he is conscien- 

 tious, shut his mouth ; if not, he may say, 

 "This is not manufactured," etc. But if 

 he can say with confidence, " It cannot be 

 manufactured," and show there is a reward 

 of Sl.OOO ofl'ered for the manufactured 

 article, which has never been claimed, then 

 be is likely to convince his customers, and 

 effect a sale. 



These are questions which commend 

 themselves to bee-keepers to answer to their 

 satisfaction. There is a vast work to be 

 done to educate the people about honey- 

 its nature and uses. A few Honey Alma- 

 nacs would do a valuable work in Buffalo, 

 as well as every other city on the continent, 

 to inform the general public. Bee-men 

 should judiciously distribute them by 

 thousands, and thus aid the work— build up 

 their home markets, and create a demand 

 for pure honey. 



Hiinling Bee-Xrees.— How to suc- 

 cessstuUy discover bee-trees %vas once con- 

 sidered quite a rural accomplishment, and 

 many a modernized bee-keeper takes great 

 pleasure in recounting his exploits in secur- 

 ing his first colony of bees from the woods. 

 There are still localities— even in our own 

 thickly-populated country — where much 

 interest is manifested in hunting trees con- 

 taining bees, and the necessary preparation 

 for the bee-hunter, as well as the manner 

 of locating the tree, are described in the 

 following paragraph, which we take from 

 an exchange : 



The outfit of the hunter for wild bees 

 consists of a box of matches, some old 

 honey -comb, and a smaU box with a draw 

 cover, and a little comb honey in it. Pro- 

 ceeding on a warm, still, fair day to within 

 a quarter of a mile from the woods, he pro- 

 poses to test, and iu the open field he build.-j 

 a fire and heats two flat stones. Placing 

 one of the heated stones on a convenient 

 stump or rock, he puts on that a piece of 

 old comb and covers it with the other hot 

 stone, and then draws the lid of the box 

 part way out, first placing it near the 

 burning comb, the scent of which attracts 

 the bees, and they alight on the comb 

 honey. Gorging themselves, they disap- 

 pear. The first ones to leave rise high in 

 the air, but as they come thicker and faster, 

 they take a "bee-line" from the box to 

 their tree. The hunter notes this line by 

 some large tree in the woods. He then 

 closes the lid. shutting the bees, and pro- 

 ceeds to a spot to seek a line at a right 

 angle to the first line. Opening the box, 

 the imprisoned bees depart directly to their 

 trees. Having this " cross line," he follows 

 it u|> to the point where it Intersects the 

 fli-st line, and there he finds the " bee-tree." 



' Frank Leslie's Illustrated News- 

 paper" for the week ending June l-l, con- 

 tains the "Song of the Steeple," written 

 expressly for its pages by Monroe H. Rosen- 

 feld, author of " With all her Faults, I Love 

 her Still." This song is one of the most 

 spirited and delightful which this popular 

 composer has produced. 



Xlie Kis'litli Edition of our book, 

 entitled " Bees and Honey, or the Manage- 

 ment of the Ai)iary for Pleasure and 

 Profit," is now published, and ready for 

 delivery. This edition has been largely 

 re-written, thoroughly revised, and is 

 "fully up with the times" in all the 

 improvements and inventions in this 

 rapidly-developing pursuit, and presents 

 the apiarist with everything that can aid 

 in the successful management of an apiary 

 and at the same time produce the most 

 honey in an attractive condition. It con- 

 tains 250 pages, and 245 illustrations— is 

 beautifully printed in the highest style of 

 the art, and bound iu cloth, gold lettered. 

 Price, $1.00, postpaid. 



Here are some of the earliest comments 

 on this new edition : 



" Bees and Honey '' was received by us a 

 few da5-s ago : it isflrst-class, aud up to the 

 times, indeed.— Chas. P. Muth & Son, 

 Cincinnati, O. 



" Bees and Honey," by Mr. Thomas G. 

 Newman. New, revised edition, fully 

 illustrated. A most complete manual on 

 the honey-bee, care and management, 

 honey-plants, etc.— Prairie Fanner. 



The latest edition of " Bees and Honey " 

 is received. It is a gem in literature, and I 

 consider it the finest work on the subject 

 extant. The portraits are alone worth the 

 money. The magniticent engravings are 

 the wonder of the old-time bee-keeper.— S. 

 J. Youngmau, Lakeview, Mich. 



I am glad to see the improvement in 

 the new edition of " Bees and Honey." 

 New editions are needed to keep up with 

 the march of improvement, and I wish we 

 had twice as many good books as we now 

 have. You are wise enough to know that 

 whatever the contents of a book, there is 

 an added pleasure in having a good feel to 

 its pages.— C. C. Miller, Marengo, Ills. 



When turning the leaves of my copy of 



the new edition of your book, entitled 



" Bees and Honey," I was much pleased to 



find in it the portraits of so many of the 



leading apiculturists, and unexpectedly 



I found my own among them. I am sure I 



! can never pay you for the honor you have 



I done me.— Eugene Secor, ForestCity, Iowa. 



We are in receipt of a new and revised 

 edition of " Bees and Honey," by Thomas 

 G. Newman.of the Ajiekk ax Bee Joukn-il. 

 Mr. Newman is thoroughly familiar with 

 his subject, and with the aid of 250 illus- 

 trations gives this work a highly useful aud 

 practical treatise on bees and kindred 

 topics. We notice portraits of several of 

 the Storkman's valued contributors in the 

 gallery of noted bee-men.— A'af'l StocJiinan. 



The eighth edition of " Bees and Honey " 

 is received. I must sa}' it is the most ex- 

 tensively illustrated, neatly printed, and 

 beautifully executed of the works now pub- 

 lished on apiculture. It is a perfect store- 

 house of valuable information in our art 

 both ancient and modern, and is highly 

 creditable to the auth<ir. What a hercu- 

 lean task to get out such a book, aud all for 

 the sum of one dollar. I prize the book 

 very highly.— Dr. G. L. Tinker, New Phila- 

 delphia, Ohio. 



Anew (the eighth) edition of the well- 

 known work, " Bees and Honey, or the 

 Management of an Apiary for Pleasure and 

 Profit," thoroughly revised and largely re- 

 written, is sent to us by Mr. Thomas G. 

 Newman, author and publisher, 2-16 East 

 Madison Street, Chicago. It is a duodecimo 

 volume of 250 pages, adorned with a great 

 number of illustrations (including por- 

 traits of all the chief students of the bee, 

 living and dead), and neatly bound in cloth. 

 The price is 61.— CoKiifri/ Gentleinan. 



I have carefully examined the revised 

 edition of " Bees and Honey," and I find it, 

 like everything else which' comes from the 

 office of " the old reliable " Amekii ax Bee 

 JoiRXAL, "fully up with the times." The 

 painstaking care with which all your work 

 is done, is here manifest, reference being 

 made both to the subject matter and the 

 mechanical execution of the work. It is a 

 valuable addition to the literature of bee- 

 keeping, and I cheerfully commend it to 

 any one wishing a practical manual of the 

 art.— N. W. McLaiu, St. Anthony Park,Minn. 



The new edition of " Bees and Honey " is 

 received. It is an excellent work, with 

 nothing lacking in perfection and beauty, 

 and will speak for itself to the mmd of 

 every reader. It is well worthy of a large 

 circulation. I shall use it as my daily 

 hand-book, and recommend it to bee-keep- 

 ers with whom I come iu contact. It is 

 cheering to notice the countenances of the 

 many masters of the art, whose able arti- 

 cles aid apiculturists through the columns 

 of the Ameiucan Bee Jourxal.— Stephen 

 Roese, Maiden Rock, Wis. 



The 8th edition (revised) of " Bees and 

 Honey "is on my desk, and a gem it is: 

 printed on paper of the finest finish, and 

 with the clearest of type, fully up to the_ 

 times, profusely and beautifully illustratea 

 —making it, as an album alone, worth the 

 dollar charged for the liook. In answering 

 the many inquiries as to the best bee- 

 books, I "shall be proud to place it at the 

 head —Geo. E. Hilton, Fremont. Mich. 



