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EDITOR. 



Vol. mi, octiim No. 41, 



Mr. <'lias. ]>adaiit and wife passed 

 through Chicago last week ou their way 

 home from Northern Wisconsin, where 

 they have been spending a few weeks for 

 rest and health. He says he never felt 

 better than now. 



Free Xrial Xrip subscriptions are 

 coming in quite rapidly. We thank our 

 friends for this new illustration of their 

 personal interest in the Bee Journax. We 

 want thousands to read it for a few weeks 

 who did not know of its existence. Do not 

 be afraid of sending too many names. Let 

 us have the name and address of every 

 person who keeps bees in America. 



Xiie Indiana State Fair was a suc- 

 cess. The Bee and Honey Show wrs quite 

 attractive, and the Indianapolis Sentinel 

 remarks as follows about a part of the 

 exhibit : 



One of the most instructive displays at 

 the Fair is that shown by Mr. Walter S. 

 Ponder, of this city. He keeps aO colonies 

 of bees, amounting in all to about 1,000,- 

 000 bees. He makes a specialty of honey 

 and beeswax, and keeps a number of fine 

 Italian colonies of bees. It vou want to 

 know anything about bees, just call on Mr. 

 Pouder. 



An 01«1 Fi!«l>ernian predicts that we 

 may expect an old-fashioned winter, says 

 the New York Sun in a jocular way. This 

 is what it says : 



"It's going to be an old-fashioned winter 

 next winter," said an old fisherman in the 

 market. "It's the first sign of the season, 

 and I look out for it every year. I never 

 knew it to fail. What is it ; Crabs. Plenty 

 of crabs. Billon's of 'em. The Harlem 

 river is full of crabs, and there's no end of 

 'em in the Hudson river and the East river, 

 and all the little rivers and creeks where 

 the salt and fresh water mix. What's the 

 reason crabs bring on cold weather '. I 

 never reason, when I know a thing is so." 



Ill Pliiiio. Ills., there lives a bee- 

 keeper who has a block of laud 240 feet 

 square, and on it he keeps 70 colonics of 

 bees — the rest of them are in an out-apiary. 

 His name is J. C. Wheeler, and he is a 

 member of the National Bee-Keepers' 

 Union. 



Some designing person is circulating a 

 petition to the City Council to have the 

 bees removed, declaring them to be " a 

 nuisance." They are back 75 feet from 

 the street, and are hidden by the residence 

 and an evergreen fence, and cannot be 

 annoying to anj' one I It is the work of a 

 mischief-maker ! Nearly all of his nearest 

 neighbors refused to sign the petition, 

 because they knew that the bees did not 

 annoy any one, in the highway. 



The Manager of the Bee-Keepers' Union 

 being appealed to, sent copies of the decis- 

 ion of the Supreme Court of Arkansas to 

 the Mayor and Aldermen, and directed Mr. 

 Wheeler how to jiroceed in case of any 

 further developments. 



This will no doubt prevent further 

 trouble, and save annoyance and expense. 

 That Supreme Court decision is a grand 

 document, and knocks out jealous foolish- 

 ness every time. 



Ciladly I>oiie. — Mr. Byron liams, of 

 Worcester, Mo., sent in one of the first lists 

 of names for Trial Trip subscribers to the 

 Bee Journal. He wrote as follows about 

 them, and we hope that every subscriber 

 who has an interest in the pursuit will 

 emulate his example, and send us a list of 

 bee-keepers, in that locality, who ought to 

 read the Bee Journal. He says : 



Anything that I can do to increase the 

 circulation of, or in any way help to pro- 

 mote the welfare of such a valuable and 

 useful visitor as the Ahekioan Bee Jour- 

 nal, will be done gladlj' and cheerfully ; 

 and I think that every reader of the Bee 

 Journal in the United States should send 

 in a list of names. Best wishes for the suc- 

 cess of the Journal. 



Xiie Cliildren of the land will want 

 to flock to New York next December. A 

 doll-show embracing five thousand beauti- 

 ful dolls, dressed by the wife of the Presi- 

 dent, and by other charitable ladies, will 

 be given in that city for the benefit of vari- 

 ous charities, by Messrs. Arkell & Harrison, 

 proprietors of " Fraitk Leslie's Illustrated 

 Newspaper." Prizes of several hundred 

 dollars will be given to the ladies who dress 

 the dolls most st3'lishly. The dolls are pro- 

 vided free of expense. The details of the 

 scheme are printed in last week's number 

 of "Leslie's." 



New Subscribers can have the Bee 

 Jox'RNAL and the Illustrated Home Jour- 

 nal from now until the end of 1891 for 

 $1.35. This is a rare opportunity of club- 

 bing two valuaV>le periodicals for a slight 

 advance upon the price of one, and getting 

 the rest of this year fre^. 



'''■••- <"• W. Ikeiiiaree, of (.'hristians- 

 burg, Ky., has just recovered from a second 

 attack of sciatica, which has been a very 

 severe one. He writes as follows concern- 

 ing it and his bees : 



For four weeks past my sufferings cannot 

 be described. I had two doctors with me, 

 and at one time it looked as though your 

 sincere friend was done with bees and all 

 earthly things ; but a kind Providence has 

 ordered otherwise. I see that my answers 

 in the Query Department are missing, in 

 the last two or three issues. My sickness 

 has hindered me from returning answers. 

 Our bees are getting some fall honey, when 

 the weather is fair. The fall bloom is good, 

 but the weather is cloudy and dark too 

 much of the time. Fall flowers seem to 

 need sunshine to make them yield nectar. 

 For once in ten years golden-rod is yield- 

 ing some nectar here. 



We are glad that friend Demaree is rally- 

 ing from his severe illness ; and we feel 

 sure that our readers will welcome his 

 articles and replies in the Bee Journal. 

 His work is not yet done, and we hope he 

 may long remain among us. 



A Oratef'iil Spirit and Other Ser- 

 mons, is the title of a volume of 300 pages, 

 in which are found twenty of the choicest 

 and most eloquent pulpit utterances of the 

 Rev. James Vila Blake, of Chicago. In his 

 "Preface "to the book, the author says: 

 "These Sermons are published because 

 they are asked for. Neither have I chosen 

 the discourses. I have printed those desired 

 by the people. If the request for them 

 means that the Sermons may give help, 

 strength, cheer, comfort, anywhere, I am 

 glad and thankful." 



These gems of the pulpit will afford 

 pleasant and profitable reading to all who 

 may be so fortunate as to procure a copy. 

 The book is issued by the " Unity Publish- 

 ing Company," of Chicago, Ills., at the 

 very low price of $1.00, postpaid. 



If a Fee«ler is not at Ijand, some seem 

 at a loss to know how to feed the bees. 

 Walter S. Pouder, in the Indiana Faimer, 

 gives his method of doing it thus : 



I know of no plan of feeding that is more 

 satisfactory than the following : Tilt the 

 hive back and prop it by placing a board 

 of the proper width under the front of the 

 hive. Now pour the syrup in at the en- 

 trance on the bottom-board ; ten pounds 

 may be given at a time, and it should be 

 done in the evening. The following morn-, 

 ing the hive may be let down straight, and" 

 the bee-keeper can have the combs. After 

 a strong colony has occupied a hive for a 

 time, they will have glued every crevice 

 and joint, so that the hive will not leak. 

 The many advantages of this method will 

 be obvious to the bee-keeper, and I am sure 

 will be greatly appreciated after a trial. 



Handling Bees — This is the title of 

 a nice pamphlet containing 28 pagesand a 

 cover, published by Chas. Dadant & Son. 

 It is a chapter from their book, Langstroth 

 Revised, and is an excellent thing for be- 

 ginners. Price, 8 cts. For sale at this office. 



