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horses, dogs and eats, and should have 

 eriiial rights with them. 



If because bees may sting they may 

 be prohibited, then because cows ma)- 

 gore, dogs annoy the sensitive, by 

 barking or biting, or running mad, we 

 ■will also proliibit tliem. 



Because veliicles may annoy by rais- 

 ing dust, or maliing a noise, or ani- 

 mals maj' run away in harness, we 

 prohibit- them. No such power is 

 necessary, or given to Legislators or 

 municipal bodies. Bees are property, 

 and entitled to protection. 



CONCLUSION. 



We believe, and have endeavored to 

 show, that bee-keeping is of sufficient 

 importance to deserve the encourage- 

 ment and protection of the State, 



That bees are of great service to 

 growers of various crops, as well as 

 profitable to their keepers for their 

 honey and wax. 



That honey-bees do not injure sound 

 fruit, and that the damage done to un- 

 sound fruit must be comparatively 

 light. 



That to prohibit bee-keeping is uu- 

 •constitutional. and that no one need 

 refrain from keeping them on account 

 of opposition due to ignorance, fear, 

 jealousy, or the ill-will of their neigh- 

 bors (though all reasonable precaution 

 should be taken to prevent annoj-ance 

 or accident). 



That this prejudice against bees is 

 sure to give way to public opinion in 

 their favor. 



That a widespread knowledge of 

 bee-keeping would increase the pro- 

 ducts of the State. 



Kingston, R, I. 



GERMANY. 



Its L.aiv8 on Apiculture — Pro- 

 gr<es§ in Bee-Culture. 



Written for the American Bee Journal 



BY REV, STEPHEN ROESE. 



Quite a number of German inde- 

 pendent States have enacted laws for 

 the protection of apiculture, thus aid- 

 ing bee-associations by a certain stip- 

 ulation, with the expectation that api- 

 culture may keep pace with science 

 and art, as a national industry. With 

 this object in view, the question was 

 presented to the ;-)4th Wanderversam- 

 lung of the German Austro-Hungarian 

 Bee-Association, at Regensburg, viz : 

 How can bee-keeping be advanced to 

 an important branch of industry ? 



Herr Roth, of Foerch (Baden), re- 

 lieved his mind on this subject with a 

 powerful appeal to the Assembly and 

 German people. He stated, among 

 other facts, that the various govern- 

 ments of Germany had taken decided 



steps for the advancement of horticul- 

 ture, establishing nurseries all over 

 the land, and the blessing of such in- 

 stitutions had brought industry among 

 the people, and hajipiness to manj' 

 hearts ; and that apiculture was crying 

 aloud for help and aid in this enlight- 

 ened age of the world, to be permitted 

 to keep pace with other branches of 

 industry, promising a bountiful har- 

 vest to both stores and medical depart- 

 ments. 



It is true, we have literature on api- 

 culture for the advancement of this 

 art, both theoretical and technical, 

 among the country people, but these 

 are insufficient to serve as a lever to 

 lift this art and industry above the 

 mire and sunken conditions, caused by 

 low prices of honey and wax, winter 

 losses, and spring dwindling. 



The present age of the world, with 

 its changeful atmosphere and climate, 

 reciuires both theory and practice. If 

 nurseries have the desired effect to 

 improve fruit products, no less would 

 nurseries in apiculture show to the 

 public its golden fruits in food and 

 medicine. Bee-keeping should be 

 made a branch of study in our com- 

 mon schools — both boys and girls 

 should understand the nature of the 

 honey-bee. and its object of being 

 called into existence by an All-Wise 

 Creator, and the theoretical knowledge 

 of the government in the hive would 

 make early impressions, and lay a 

 foundation in favor of law and order 

 in many a youthful mind, and the 

 proverb, "Go, thou sluggard, behold 

 the industry of the ant, and learn," 

 would leave lasting impressions in the 

 minds of the rising generations through 

 life. 



The eloquent speeches of presidents 

 of bee-associations are often vvoi'thy of 

 admiration, and the essays and pointed 

 instructions are highly appreciated by 

 intelligent men and women. A Lang- 

 stroth is reverenced for what he has 

 done for the cause, and should have a 

 place in the heart of every bee-keeper 

 of the day, and not be in want, so 

 .near to his departure from among us. 

 A Doolittle is admired for inventing 

 a new method of queen-rearing and 

 fertilizing ; and a Root is looked up to, 

 for making and giving to the bee- 

 world many simple things. The ad- 

 vancing cause of apiculture is giving 

 birth to numerous wide-awake periodi- 

 cals, equally zealous for the one great 

 truth, which so deeply impressed the 

 mind of Aristotle — that apiculture 

 must move onward ; and the American 

 Bee Journal is leaving no blank 

 space, in its onward course, aiding 

 in the elevation of our common cause, 

 encouraging that which is honorable 

 and true, and exposing deceptions, 

 frauds, and lies. 



But all this well-doing does not fill 

 the bill. Bee-keepers, both male and 

 female, you must raise your standard. 

 With whom you come in contact speak 

 a word to all for the cause, be it in sea- 

 son or out of season, and by all means 

 think it worth while to answer even a 

 foolish question of a child or youth. 

 Early impressions are lasting. Many 

 of the great men in the bee-ranks 

 deeply regret that they did not have a 

 glimpse into this honest industry in 

 the days of their youth. What a power 

 they would have been to the cause 

 now; but, as the saying is, "It is 

 better late then never," and " In union 

 there is strength," A united eifort of 

 our experienced bee-keepers will Uave 

 the tendency to make our periodicals 

 instructive, spicy and palatable ; a 

 seasonable hint from experts in the 

 cause, will aid digestion ; and the re- 

 sult will be prosperity and success, and 

 on lifting the curtain and looking 

 about us, no horrible monster, killing 

 the cow to get the milk, like the late 

 Huber says, will come to our view. 



Maiden Rock, Wis, 



WHITE HONEY. 



Wli}' Honey is Whiter than that 

 of a Few Years Ago. 



Written for the Cincinnati Grocer 



BY CHARLES F. MUTH, 



Honey is one of Nature's purest 

 sweets, valuable both as food and 

 medicine. However, it is appreciated 

 by few, comparative!)-, because not 

 yet understood. The source from 

 which it is derived, determines its 

 quality. It is not generally known 

 that certain flowers only furnish honey, 

 and that difiFerent ones furnish differ- 

 ent qualities, differing in color and 

 flavor, and tendency to granulate. 

 While the linden or basswood honey 

 of the Northwest commences to granu- 

 late in September, or at the approach 

 of cold weather, and has formed a 

 solid granulation, making it as solid 

 as leaf lard a few months afterwards, 

 it requires a month or two longer for 

 clover honey to assume the same 

 solidity. Some qualities of Southern 

 honey, and some of California, require 

 a year or two before granulation is 

 complete. 



The granulation of honey is natural 

 to the product, and no deterioration 

 whatever. Flavor and value in every 

 resjject remains the same. Experts and 

 judges of honey generally prefer it 

 granulated, while the uninitiated, or 

 parties unacquainted with its nature, 

 suspicion adulteration as soon as their 

 jar of honey begins to show a solid 

 OTanulation. 



