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EDITOR. 



Vol, mi, Sept, 27, 1890. No, 39. 



Fall Flowers have been blooming 

 nicely, but the weather has been too cool 

 for the bees to gather much honey from 

 them. The crop is short — very short — not 

 only of white honey, but of the darker, 

 from fall flowers. Prices should be good. 



Mr. L. fi. Reed, at Kent, O., while 

 we were there last month, called our atten- 

 tion to the best honey-producer that was 

 then blooming in his vicinity. He procured 

 a large branch for as, and desired to have 

 its name mentioned in the American Bee 

 Journal. It is one of the balsam family — 

 theimpnticns Noli-me-tangere. It is also 

 called "touch-me not," because to squeeze 

 it, even gently, causes the "pod" to col- 

 lapse. It produces both pollen and honey. 



Xlie Rev. K... I^. l.,aus;!«troth is 



improving in health, as will be seen by the 

 following quoted from a letter just re- 

 ceived from his daughter, Mrs. Anna L. 

 Cowau, dated at 9^8 Steele avenue, Day- 

 ton, Ohio : 



Mr. Thomas G. Newman— Dear Friend;— 

 You will, I am sure, be glad to hear of the 

 improvement in my father's health. He is 

 yet very far from being well, but "the 

 dark cloud " of sorrow and disease is much 

 lightened ; and I am not without hope that 

 it may soon pass away, leaving him once 

 more bright and happy, and able to enjoy 

 life. 



We know that our readers will be very 

 glad to learn that our esteemed friend 

 Langstroth has even partially recovered 

 from his malady, which has for such a long 

 time had almost complete mastery over 

 him. Of course there have been a few 

 seasons when he has, for a short time, at 

 least, had some little relief from the dis- 

 ease. We hope how that the "head 

 trouble " will return again no more. 



This news about Father Langstroth will 

 be moat welcome to all our readers. 



Ilotv Hlriin;;;e it is that tliose who 

 copy articles from other papers cannot do 

 so without perverting them. On page 

 471 we published an essay by Mr. H. F. 

 Moore, which was read before the Ohio 

 State Convention. Mr. Moore took strong 

 grounds against the repetition of the 

 Wiley lie, about the manufacture of comb 

 honey, and said : "No greater curse to 

 the bee-keepers of our land can be im- 

 agined than the much-written-about Wilej' 

 lie." He clearly showed that it was a 

 myth, and that it was a great curse for 

 local papers to copy items about it, and 

 thus give some color to the Wiley lie. 



Now comes the Orange Judd Fanner of 

 last week, and on page 162 it copied Mr. 

 Moore's essay, and inserted sub headings 

 in full-face type, one of which reads : 

 " Manufactured Honey is on the Market." 

 This is in direct opposition to the tenor of 

 the article, and the views of the writer ! 

 To make it still more offensive, the Farmer 

 changes one of Mr. Moore's sentences to 

 this: "To be plain, the general public is 

 perfectly aware that lots of manufactured 

 honey is on the market." 



The sentence is garbled ! Mr. Moore did 

 not use the words "perfectly aware" at 

 all ! The rest of the sentence was used 

 simply to state the fallacy of the blind 

 belief of the general public, and to show 

 how they " hedged " when asked for proof, 

 and admit that it was their fjuess, or a cur- 

 rent report. Instead of being based upon 

 their knowledge. 



The Orange Judd Farmer will, no doubt, 

 be glad to make the correction as soon as 

 Mr. Judd sees this item. 



Mr. A. C. Xyrrel, of Madison, Nebr., 

 asks us to say in the Bee Journal "what 

 amount is to be paid, and what steps are 

 necessary to be taken to procure medals 

 awarded at the Paris Exposition." We are 

 sorry to say that we know nothing more on 

 the subject than is found on page 312 of 

 the Bee Journal. This we do know, that 

 medals awarded in Europe are very seldom 

 obtained by those to whom they are 

 awarded. We were awarded one eleven 

 years ago in Austria, but haye not yet re- 

 ceived it. The Department of Agriculture 

 may be able to give some information on 

 the Paris awards. 



I»r. A. If. Mason judged the "farm- 

 ers' products " at the Ohio State Fair last 

 week, including the honey exhibit. As the 

 Toledo Exposition was held at the same 

 time as the Michigan State Fair, he was 

 obliged to decline to serve at the latter, 

 though he had served as judge for it for 

 five years. 



Xhose Wlio Have any honey to 

 dispose of should use the Honey Almanac 

 as a salesman. We have a few left for this 

 year, and offer them at half price. See 

 page 655 of this paper. 



Witle FranteK. — Mr. F. I). Lacy de- 

 sires to call attention to the following 

 correction of an error in bis article, which 

 appeared on page 634 of last week : 



In my communication in the AiiEiircAN 

 Bee Journal, on page 634, by mistake it 

 reads that "I placed in the upper (of a 

 certain hive referred to; seven brood- 

 frames." It should read seven broad 

 frames, and I should have added, "each 

 containing eight section-boxes." 



The public would think that I very much 

 exaggerate, to say that I took 70 pounds 

 of comb honey from seven /^rood-frames, 

 and regard me as not a very excellent bee- 

 keeper to do it in that way. Why I more 

 particularly refer to it is, to gently cite all 

 bee-keepers who are accustomed to the use 

 of section-boxes without division-boards to 

 the inconvenience of having the comb 

 built out even with the edge of the section- 

 box, and beyond, and the annoyance of 

 handling honey in that way. 



The slight difference between o and a in 

 writing is responsible for the printer's 

 error. Had they been called wide frames, 

 as usual, the error would not have occurred. 



Xlie Fair at Racine, Wis., was a suc- 

 cess. Mr. F. A. Gibson had an excellent 

 exhibit, and was awarded 16 first pre- 

 miums on honey, fruit, vegetables, etc. 

 The Racine Times remarks as follows 

 about his exhibit : 



F. A. Gibson has the finest exhibit in the 

 fruit and vegetable department ever seen 

 in the main building. He has a fine display 

 of extracted and comb honey, also a hive 

 of bees on exhibition. He has been granted 

 the right to sell his stock during the Fair. 



tto !^ot Sell Honey at too low a 



figure, for it is a scarce article, and should 

 bring a good price. But we must add ; Do 

 not hold the comb honey too long, but sell 

 at the right time, when the prices are at 

 the top. Comb honey should not be sold at 

 retail for less than 25 cents per pound, and 

 extracted honey should retail at not less 

 than 15 cents per pound. Honey is well 

 worth these prices. 



Xlie Fair at I>an»tin;;, Mich., was a 

 very successful one. So writes Mr. H. D. 

 Cutting, who knows what he is talking 

 about. He adds : " I go to our CountJ^ 

 Fair, then I have done for this year." The 

 hard work done at several Fairs for this 

 season will make the coming rest welcome, 

 for friend Cutting is a luorker. 



New Siih'^C'ribers can have the Bee 

 Journal and the Illustrated Home Jour- 

 nal from now until the end of 1S91 for 

 SI. So. This is a rare opportunity of club- 

 bing two valuable periodicals for a slight 

 advance upon the price of one, and getting 

 the rest of this year free. 



Feedins: •!•« Kees, if it is necessary, 

 should be done during the coming three or 

 four weeks. Give it to them as fast as they 

 will take care of it. 



