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is taken from the hive. Her wings seem 

 to be a support to her, especially when 

 she is large, and in full laying condition. 

 — Mrs. Jennie Atchley. 



They are probably not more likely to 

 be superseded than those not having the 

 wings clipped — but if they were more 

 liable to do so, the advantages would 

 probably more than counterbalance such 

 a disadvantage. — The Editor. 



Topics of Interest. 



No Boiiiity Waiileil on Extractel Honey, 



M. M. BALDRIDGE. 



There are some bee-keepers who think 

 they ought to have a Government bounty 

 of 2 cents per pound on extracted-honey. 

 Now what honey producers need most is 

 not a Government bounty, but a stiffen- 

 ing of the hack bone. Something that 

 will encourage them to sell their ex- 

 tracted-honey to consumers at a decent 

 price. When they wake up to this 

 decision they can get along very nicely 

 without any help from Uncle Sara. 



I, for one, do not ask any aid from the 

 United States to enable me to get a 

 satisfactory price for extracted-honey, 

 nor for honey in the comb. 



My price on honey has not been 

 changed one iota by any act of Congress 

 in regard to sugar, whether made from 

 cane, beets or maple, and I do not in- 

 tend that it shall be ! Many wonder 

 why it is that I can get a good paying 

 price for my honey, especially the ex- 

 tracted. They do not seem to under- 

 stand why it is that I can get 20 to 25 

 cents per pound for such honey when 

 they cannot get one-half that price, and 

 then not very readily. 



To me the reason is very simple, 

 namely : Because I ask it, and will not 

 take a cent less ! And, besides, I make 

 my customers believe that the honey I 

 sell is worth what I ask for it. Now this 

 is not a difficult thing to do, when one 

 has learned the lesson well, and has 

 become somewhat of an "expert" in the 

 art of selling honey to consumers. 



And this art need not be confined to 

 the writer alone, as others can do as 

 well, and perhaps better. This I know 

 from experience, as I have students in 

 my employ who are entirely satisfied 

 with what they have done, and are still 

 doing. 



One great objection to a Government 

 bounty for extracted-honey alone is this: 

 It would stimulate bee-keepers to pro- 

 duce more liquid-honey and less comb- 

 honey. Now the reverse is what is 

 needed, and more desirable. There is 

 now too much liquid-honey produced, 

 and not enough in the comb. That is, 

 the proportion is wrong already. It will 

 be soon enough to stimulate the produc- 

 tion of liquid-honey when producers and 

 all others, who make it their business to 

 give away extracted-honey for a mere 

 trifle, as they do to-day. Once make up 

 their minds to fix the price at a common- 

 sense figure, and then adhere to it. 



St. Charles, Ills. 



Reason ys. Instinct 



J. 8. BRENDLE. 



As this interesting subject has, appar- 

 ently, not yet been exhausted, I will 

 endeavor to present a few additional 

 thoughts, even at the , risk of some 

 repetition. 



Reason is the distinctive attribute of 

 man ; as instinct is that of the animal, 

 and plastic power that of the plant. 

 Instinct is plastic power modified by 

 feeling, and reason is plastic power and 

 feeling modified by self-consciousness. 

 In other words, the animal has plastic 

 power as well as instinct, and man has 

 plastic power and instinct as well as 

 reason. The lines of demarkation be- 

 tween the 8 kingdoms are distinct and 

 unmistakable. The difference between 

 man and the animal is not one of quant- 

 ity or degree, but one of kind, and is 

 just as clear and pronounced as that ex- 

 isting between the animal and the veget- 

 able. Reason and will, united in man, 

 constitute his personality, and distin- 

 guish him absolutely from the lower 

 orders of creation. 



Again, the animal is a sentient crea- 

 ture ; while man is a sentient, rational 

 creature. Thus writers of natural his- 

 tory and mental philosophy have ever 

 defined the two genera. The animal has 

 sensation and perception in common 

 with man, but lacks self-consciousness, 

 which is the leading characteristic of 

 the latter. Thought cannot be predi- 

 cated of the animal. 



Man is more than a mere rational 

 animal ; otherwise the loss of reason 

 would immediately relegate him to the 

 category of animality, which is not the 

 case. Of course, absolute mental vacuity, 

 or total loss of reason in a human being 



