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VoliXVI Julf 12, 1890, No, 28. 



■•leiil y of roses in summei', 



Plenty of flowers in June, 

 Plenty of sweet-bird music 



That never is out of tune, <■ 



After so deep a gladness. 



When our hearts are tenderly stirred, 

 No wonder we dread the winter, 



With never a flower or bird. 



HtS" In our next issue we shall publish 

 the list of pi-emiums offered at the Detroit 

 Fair and Exposition, and the rules goven- 

 ing the same. It is crowded out of this 

 issue. 



The great Inter-State Fair will be 

 held at Trenton, N. J., on Sept. 29 and 30, 

 Oct. 1, 2 and 3. For premium lists address 

 Jno. Guild Muirheid, Sec, Trenton, N. J. 



I>»i!«onins' Kees.— In the Montreal 

 Witnens of June 26, 1890, a correspondent 



Can the law keep anybody from shower- 

 ing fruit trees with Paris green on account 

 of honey bees, and is there any law for 

 honey-bees < 



The editor of the Agricultural Depart- 

 ment, the Rev. W. P. Clarke, very properly 

 answers him thus : 



Surely no one would he so inconsiderate 

 and foolish as to spray fruit blossoms with 

 Paris green for the purpose of killing bees. 

 These useful insects do no harm to fruit 

 trees, but rather good, mixiug the pollen, 

 and so helping to fertilize the blooms. 

 There is no law to prevent such an act, but 

 people <mght to have enough knowledge 

 and common sense to abstain from doing 

 anything of the kind. There is a law regu- 

 lating the ownership of stray swarms, and 

 an act has recently been passed in Ontario 

 to prevent the spread of foul brood, but I 

 thmk that is all the legislation we have 

 respecting honey-bees. 



XIi4^ l><-li-<>ii l.'siir and Exposition 

 promises to be viry successful this year. It 

 will be held from Aug. 26 to Sept. 5. The 

 management has just issued a circular 

 from which we extract the following of 

 interest to bee-keepers : 



The Apiary Department expects to make 

 the finest display ever seen in America. 

 The most noted bee keepers of Canada and 

 the United States are invited to compete, 

 not only with tlicir choicest colonies, but 

 also with the flnest honey and wax in all 

 shapes, — hives, combs, implements, and 

 everything iJertaiuing to the business, for 

 which the largest cash premiums are 

 ofl'ered, and the best facilities for display 

 are prepared. 



Premium Lists may be obtained by ad- 

 dressing the Secretary, Geo. M. Savage, 

 Detroit, Mich. 



A letter just received from our friend, H. 

 D. Cutting, who has kindly consented to 

 make provision for the accommodation of 

 the bee keepers at hotels, etc., reads thus: 



I was in Detroit two days last week, and 

 have all arrangements made for bee keep- 

 ers who may attend the Exposition. I have 

 secured a good location. Applications for 

 space begin to come in, and everything 

 bids fair for a good exhibit. 



We Ai>pi*<^oi:ile the following from 

 Olcnninris o{ June 15. It is an editorial 

 on the matter of good feeling now existing 

 between the apicultural editors of America. 

 Bro. Root says : 



As Di'. C. C. Miller said recently, it seems 

 as if the millennium of brotherly feeling and 

 good-will were now among apicultui-ists. 

 The Amkkicw Bee J()i;K.\,iL is always on 

 time. We never saw one copj' in all the 

 hundreds that have come to us that was 

 poorly printed — over-inked or under-inked. 

 They are always a model in typographical 

 appearance. We are in a position to know 

 that it is not an easy thing to be out on 

 time, nor to make every number of a 

 periodical an exact duplicate of the others, 

 typographicallv. 



But few pursuits can show a better class 

 of periodical literature than apiarists can 

 boast of. Not only is GJea/l i)if/.s a marvel 

 of neatness, but the Revleiv. the Apicul- 

 turist, the Ouidc, and the Advnncc vie 

 with each other in the excellence of the 

 matter presented to their readers, and also 

 in clothing themselves in as attractive a 

 garb of neatness as the printer's art can 

 make them. The Americ.vx Bee Journal 

 wishes them all the prosperity which they 

 deserve, and hopes that concord and good 

 fellowship may mark every step in their 

 onward course. 



How different all this is to what existed 

 17 years ago, when the American Bee 

 JouRNAi, came into the hands of the present 

 editor. The few papers then in existence 

 were very poorly printed, and the price- 

 lists of supply dealers were a disgrace to 

 the art of printing (as we stated editorially 

 more than 15 years ago) ; then the reading 

 columns of all the periodicals were filled 

 with bitter criticisms and personal bicker- 

 ings, making it very undesirable to readers 

 generally. Now, all is peace and concord. 



Topics upon which we differ are discussed 

 in a pleasant way, and progress and im- 

 provement keep abreast of the times, while 

 strife and vain glory are relegated to the 

 rear. May such good feeling long continue. 



'l"o l*<-<-p II l>roniiM<- should be a 

 sacred dutj' — but there are times when such 

 cannot be done, no matter what effort is put 

 forth to accomplish it. Our Supply Depart- 

 ment has been a notable examjile of this, in 

 the past 2 or 8 weeks. The Business Mana- 

 ger (A.H.N. ), relying upon a continuance of 

 shipments from manufacturers of sections, 

 frames, smokers, etc., in about the usual 

 quantities, every day two — promised such 

 things to oar customers at such times as he 

 felt sure of being able to send them. But, un- 

 expectedly, some of them ceased to send us 

 anything for 10 days (though implored to 

 do so every day) claiming that they were 

 obliged to fill other orders, to try to redeem 

 their promises made to others, broken by 

 the '' unprecedented rush," though they ran 

 day and night. This left us pow-erless to 

 ship goods we had promised in good faith — 

 and the jitst relmkes oi our patrons almost 

 drove us to desperation ! Several small 

 shipments were received, but orders came 

 faster than the goods. This week, we are 

 relieved by several unexpected offers of 

 goods (to help us out) and by^the time this 

 JoiRNAL is in the hands of its readers, we 

 hope to have caught up to within a day or 

 two — and in the future be able to fill all 

 ordei's jiromptly. 



We hope that this explanation will pre- 

 vent our suffering patrons from judging us 

 too severely on our '■ broken promises." 



The wornj has caused both members of 

 the Arm great annoyance, and bad as some 

 of our jiatrous must feel, we have suft'ered 

 in mind and body as much as any one. 



^W We are informed by one who knows, 

 that the honey-house of N. N. Betsinger 

 was not destroyed, as stated last week on 

 page -1-13. It was, we presume, an exag- 

 geration of reporters. We saw it in the 

 Chicago Herald, the New York Sun, and 

 in another paper, the name of which we do 

 not remember. We now have full reports 

 of the ti'ial of Mr. Betsinger in the Syracuse 

 Courier and Marcellus Observer. 



We have no desire to misstate this un- 

 fortunate matter in any respect. The jury 

 only took 20 minutes to decide upon a ver- 

 dict of •' guilty.'' Though that does not 

 prove it beyond controversy, still it shows 

 that very strong proofs must have been 

 offered to them. It is but just to say, how- 

 ever, that Mr. Betsinger protests that he is 

 innocent and that a conspiracy was formed 

 against him. 



He was defended by Lawrence T. Jone.s, 

 one of the cleverest lawyers in the State. 

 An appeal is made to the general term of 

 the court for a new trial. If he i^s innocent, 

 we hope it will be so proven — that the right 

 may prevail. 



