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THOS. G.NEWMAN «» SON, 



CHIC-/VGO< fL.L.. 



THOMAS G. NE^VMAN, 



EDITOR, 



Voin?, Fen. 16, 1889. No.]. 



Xo <"iire a Cough, roast a leraon very 

 carefully without kurning it ; when it is 

 tliorougtily tiot, cut and squeeze into a cup 

 upon one-quarter of a pound of extracted 

 lioney. Talce a tea-spoonful wlienever tlie 

 cougli is troublesome. 



A Fine Pliotograpli of the exhibit 

 of J. P. Caldwell, of San Marcos, Texas, is 

 on our desk. It shows his bee and honey 

 exhibit at the International Fair and Exhi- 

 bition at San Antonio, Texas, from Nov. 13 

 to 22, 1S88. It must {have been a great at- 

 traction. 



A Frame I^ifter is received from B. 

 E. Foster, of Utica, N. T. It is made of the 

 best spring-steel wire forming a semi-circle; 

 the ends of the wires form a kind of 

 tweezers which hold the frame securely 

 near each end, and it is lifted with the wire 

 bow-handle. 



Fanners' Inslitiite.— The Newaygo 

 County, Mich., Farmers' and Bee-Keepers' 

 Association will hold their annual institute 

 at Fremont, Michigan, on next Tuesday and 

 Wednesday, Feb. 19 and 20, 1889. In the 

 programme we notice the following : " The 

 adaptjibility of bee-keeping lor the farmer," 

 an essay by A. M. Alton. Mr. Geo. E. Hil- 

 ton is the Secretary. 



Xlie Xentli annual meeting of the 

 Ontario Agricultural and Experimental 

 Union, at the Ontario Agricultural College, 

 was held at Guelph, on the 7th and 8th inst. 

 By the programme we notice that Mr. R. F. 

 Holtermann, an ex-President of the Union, 

 is to deliver an address on " Bee-Keeping as 

 a Branch of Agriculture," in the afternoon 

 session of Thursday. 



Another Lie IfliintedWotvn.— Mr. 



L. W. Baldwin, of Independence, Mo., on 

 Feb. 4, 1889, writes as follows : 



A few days ago, while taking orders for 

 comb honey in Kansas City, the proprietor 

 of a store wanted to know it it was pure or 

 manufactured. I tnld him that all comb 

 honey was pure, as it was impossible to 

 make the comb and fill it and seal it over. 

 He said he k)iew they did it, for he had seen 

 tlicm doing it. 



1 told him that I did not like to dispute 

 a man's word, but I was very sure ht< was 

 mistaken, and if he would give me the ad- 

 dress of the firm, I would prove to him that 

 there was nothing in it. The man that is 

 said to make the comb honey is U. B. Scully, 

 Lake St., Chieaao, one of the largest syrup 

 dealers in the city. Now, Mr. Editor, if 

 you will call there and see what there is in 

 it, you will confer a favor on a honey-pro- 

 ducer, and a store-keeper who is deceived 

 by the lie of Prof. Wiley. 



Of course the hunt turns out as usual. We 

 went to the place indicated, and found a 

 large wholesale and retail syrup and jelly 

 house. Mr. D. B. Scully was not in, but his 

 brother was found. After asking many 

 questions about honey, syrup, jelly, etc., we 

 inquired what honey they dealt in, and as- 

 certained that they obtained their honey 

 from California by the car load— that it was 

 extracted honey, and that they did not 

 DEAL IX COMB HONEY AT ALL ! They had 

 not a pound of comb honey in stock, and 

 never thought of such a thing as making it 

 themselves ! ! 



Mr. Baldwin can, therefore, inform the 

 Kansas City merchant that he was totally 

 mistaken In this matter— notwithstanding 

 his boast that he knew that honey-comb was 

 manufactured, and that he had seen it 

 done ! ! 



Press him to name the place or back 

 down ; show him Prof. Wiley's retraction 

 as published in the Bee Jouknal for June 

 13, 1888, on page 3S8, where the Professor 

 acknowledged that he "did not believe that 

 it was possible commercially to imitate the 

 comb ! !" Tell him that a thousand dollars 

 await the proof of the manufacture of comb 

 honey, offered by Bro. A. I. Root ! 



Every bee-keeper should appoint himself 

 a committee of one to hunt down these lies 

 about manufactured honey ; and in doing 

 so, will find tlie hearty approval of all 

 honest men. Apologists for such infamies 

 should hide their heads in shame, for they 

 will certainly be crushed by the triumphant 

 car of truth and justice, as it moves on to 

 victory ! 



Xhe iTIatins: of Queens.— J. B., of 



Missouri, asks the following questions : 



The queen-bee flies out to mate ; is it im- 

 possible for her to mate in the hive ? Does 

 she not leave the hive by a law of nature, 

 that she may not mate with her own family? 

 If so, if that necessity is obviated, can she 

 not be bred to mate in the hive ? I read 

 several bee-papers and books, but I have 

 never seen anything touching on this. 



No. It is natural for a queen to mate on 

 on the wing, and not in the hive. It is quite 

 unlikely that fertilization in confinement 

 will ever be successful, even though it may 

 be very desirable on some grounds. 



Honey :t>i a <"ure lor <'oI«Im.— In 



the December number of the licvue Inter- 

 nationale, of Nyon, Switzerland, is a recipe 

 for the use of honey as a medicine, which 

 Mr. Charles Dadant has translated for the 

 Ameuican Bee Jouknal. At his request 

 it will be added to the next edition of the 

 pamphlet, " Honey as Food and Medicine." 

 Mr. Dadant adds : " I have used this recipe 

 in similar circumstances." Here is the 

 recipe : 



A few years ago I got a serious cold ; 

 difiiculty in breathing, pain about the sides, 

 frequent shivers, etc. Dr. Stroehhn, one of 

 our medical celebrities, prescribed tea of 

 ground ivy as medicine, and milk as bever- 

 age, both sweetened with honey instead of 

 sugar. After two days, I was completely 

 cui ed. 



This method, which is very simple, would 

 not please those who spend hundreds of 

 thousands of dollars to advertise their medi- 

 cines. But, when sick, we take what we 

 know, especially when it is cheap and 

 salutary, with less reluctance than these 

 pharmaceutic preparations, whose unknown 

 manipulations are probably very little ap- 

 petizing, and which too often act only on 

 our pocket-books.— M. Descjuaktiers. 



Mr. Charles Dadant adds this paragraph 

 to the foregoing : 



Friend Newman :— You may add that 

 ground ivy, which is a labiate, or of the 

 same family as the sage, is a very small 

 plant, will grow everywhere, and is very 

 trood for bees. There is an illustration of 

 it in our book (Langstroth Kevised) on page 

 389. Fig. 138. 



Sub-Earlh Ventilators.— In regard 

 to these ventilators in bee-cellars, P. H. 

 Elwood says in Oleanincjs : 



If properly put down they are beneficial. 

 They keep a more uniform temperature. 

 At one time, when the temp^ratuiv outside 

 was 17° below zero, the air as it entered the 

 cellar was 37° above. Our sub-earth venti- 

 lator is made of glazed sewer-pipe, one foot 

 in diameter for the first hundred feet ; for 

 the second hundred feet. 8 inches in diam- 

 eter. At the end of the 12-inch pipe is an 

 opening, to be used in nn derate weather; 

 but in cold weatlierthe whcili length of the 

 pipe is used. The joints of the pipe should 

 be securely cemented to keep out the ground 

 air, which is usually loaded with moisture, 

 and heavily charged with carbonic-acid gas. 

 The last is very variable, however. Were 

 I to put down another ventilator I should 

 use 6 inch pipe, as being easier to make 

 tight, and multiply them for capacity ; also, 

 if possible, 1 would have them extend in 

 different directions, as the direction of the 

 wind makes a ditf.-rence in the draft of the 

 pipe. I would also have one or more of 

 them so laid as to act as drains in case of a 

 freshet. Ours is so put down, and last 

 spring it was used to nearly its full capacity. 



A Club Agent down East has taken 

 club subscriptions for papers, gathered in 

 several hundreds of dollars, and then " lit 

 out" with the money. Several subscribers 

 for the AMKunAN Bee Journal sent him 

 their renewals, and lost all the money sent 

 him. This should be a warning to all to 

 send their money direct to this office, unless 

 they personally know the club agent to be 

 responsible. Do not give it to the Post- 

 master and ask him to send it, but send it 

 yourselves, and save perplexity, annoyance 

 and loss. 



