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EDITOR. 



yolIIV, Marcy 0,1889. No, 13. 



Xbis Week we present our readers 

 with a choice Song, set to music by Mr. A. 

 W. Wilson, entitled, "Maggie, the Cows are 

 in the Clover." Music will enliven any 

 household, and this song is easy for the per- 

 former on the organ or piano, and has a 

 sweet air. Bee-keepers can change the 

 chorus to read thug, if desired : 



The bees are swarming over. 

 They've tried it now since morn ; 

 Go and hive them. Maggie, out behind the bam. 



Hon. Edwin ^Villits, President of 

 the Michigan Agricultural College, and the 

 honored friend of apiculture, has recently 

 been appointed First Assistant Secretary of 

 Agriculture, by President Harrison. 



Mr. H'm. II. ^hane, one of the most 

 successful honey producers of Medina 

 County, O., died on the 7th inst. He was 

 not only a good bee-keeper, but also a good 

 Christian. 



Ivai- S. Vonng:, of Christiania, Nor- 

 way, writes us that he intended no wrong 

 in the articles he wrote for his paper about 

 his visit to America a year ago, but he fails 

 to explain many things he said derogatory to 

 Americans. We must accept his assertions, 

 however, even though we can see no con- 

 sistency in them. 



In Minnesota this is the latest report 

 of the weather. It is from C. G. Ridout, of 

 Hutchinson, Minn., and dated March 21, 

 1889. He says: 



The weather is line, 00° above zero, and 

 the sun shining, but no snow, and very little 

 ice. It is the earliest spring known for 

 many years. 



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Xlial l>iclur<- — Dr. A. B. Mason, of 

 Aubiirndale, 0., writes thus concerning the 

 engraving on page ISO, showing the face of 

 our esteemed friend, Jlr. Eugene Sejor : 



It looks just exactiv like him (only a liltle 

 better), aud it any nni' should tell lue that it 

 was not a good likeness, I should take a sec- 

 ond look at him to see if he was not de- 

 mented. 



He then remarks thus about the present 

 condition of his bees which were wintered 

 in the cellar : 



We had some warm days last week, so 

 bees could fly, but ours are still in the cellar 

 and in good condition. On Thursday I put out 

 the colony that was the lightest in stores 

 when put in winter quarters last fall, and it 

 had brood in all stages, and stores enough 

 to last till May. I also put out one to which 

 I introduced an imported (jueen on Nov. 17, 

 and found it in good condition, with plenty 

 of honey, a goodly number of young bees, 

 and brood in all stages. 



TUe .Tlinnesola State Bee-Associa- 

 tion was organized at Minneapolis last Jan- 

 uary, and the officers elected for the (irst 

 year were : President, L. H. Wilcox, of 

 Hastings ; Vice-President, Wm. Danforth, 

 Ked Wing ; Secretary, Wm. Urie, Minne- 

 apolis ; Treasurer, J. Bass, St. Paul. Ex- 

 ecutive Committee, B. Taylor, Wm. Dwire, 

 and J. Bass. The Secretary writes : 



This association is organized for the pur- 

 pose of bringing all the bee-keepers and 

 others who are interested in apiculture to- 

 gether, for their mutual instruction and im- 

 provement regarding methods of managing 

 bees, and other things that may be to their 

 advantage, and to those about to engage in 

 the business. The tirst meeting will be held 

 at the Experimental Farm the same day the 

 Horticulture Society meets, of which due 

 notice will be given. 



Fight Bet-»vecn Insects.— An ex- 

 change gives this interesting bit of insect 

 news : 



A traveler in South Africa reports seeing 

 a caterpillar crawling at a rapid pace, fol- 

 lowed by hundreds of ants. Being quicker 

 in their movements the ants would catch up 

 with the caterpillar, and one would mount 

 his back and bite him. The caterpillar 

 would turn his head and bite the ant and 

 kill his tormenter. After slaughtering a 

 dozen or more of his persecutors the cater- 

 pillar showed signs of fatigue. Betaking 

 himself to a stalk of grass the caterpillar 

 climed up tail first, followed by the ants. 

 As one approached he seized it in his jaws 

 and threw it olf the stalk. The ants, seeing 

 that the caterpillar had too strong a position 

 for them, resorted to strategy. They began 

 sawing through the grass stalk. In a few 

 moments the stalk fell, and hundreds of 

 ants pounced upon the caterpillar. He was 

 killed at once. 



Prot. Cook, in a private letter, jnst re- 

 ceived, says : 



Bees here seem to lijB^^ intered very 

 nicely, though I had t'^Tarm the cellar re- 

 peatedly by the use of a kerosene stove. 



The general opinion Is that bees have 

 wintered well, though some of those in 

 cellars are reported as having the diarrhea 

 slightly. They will soon get over that after 

 haying a good chance to fly. 



Itetectine: Adulterated Honey. 



—Mr. E. G. Haven, Belleville, Kans., on 

 March IG, 18&9, asks this question : 



Can you inform us through the American 

 Bee Jouknai, how to detect adulterated 

 from pure extracted honey ? 



That is sometimes rather difficult, but 

 here is a method which will generally prove 

 successful. It is from a Canadian writer In 

 the Dominion Grocer. He says : 



Genuine honey can be readily distin- 

 guished from " manufactured hoiiev"by a 

 microscope. The former has few or no 

 sugar crystals, and abounds with pollen 

 grains, while the imitations liave little else 

 than these crystals, with rarely a trace of 

 pollen grains. The honeyed taste of the 

 manufactured article may come from honey 

 comb or beeswax being mashed up with the 

 article used in the manufacture. Each class 

 of plants has its own specittc form of pollen 

 grain, and any one conversant with this 

 branch of botany could tell from what part 

 of the world the honey came, by studying 

 the pollen grains that it might contain. 



Hiving Bees on Sunday is commented 

 upon by one of our correspondents in a 

 private letter, and as the subject was 

 brought up on page 182 of our last issue, it 

 may be interesting to read the following 

 opinion from a legal as well as apiarian 

 stand-point : 



The Sunday law in all States where civili- 

 zation pure and unadulterated rules, allows 

 of work of necessity and charity being done 

 on the Sabbath. Hiving bees must be con- 

 sidered a work of necessity, consequently 

 legal. 



Unless a party obtains consent he has no 

 right to go on to another's land to take bees 

 away. It would be a trespass so to do, but 

 if no injury was done, the damage recovered 

 in a suit at law would be nominal only, say 

 one cent or one dollar. 



Catalogues for 1889 are on our desfc 

 from— 



Dr. 6. L. Tinker, New Philadelphia, O.— 

 20 pages— Bees, Queens, and Apiarian Sup- 

 plies. 



G. D. Howe, North Hadley, Mass.— 78 

 pages— Potato Manual. 



James A. Nelson, Muncie, Kansas— 12 

 pages— Queens, Comb Foundation, etc. 



Dr. A. B. Mason, Auburndale, O.— 4 pages 

 —Egg Preservative. 



S. L. Watkins, Placerville, Calif.— 1 page 

 —Bees and Honey. 



Oliver Foster, Mt. Vernon, Iowa— IC pages 

 —Bees, Queens, Honey and Supplies. 



Thomas S. Wallace, Clayton, Ills. — 4 

 pages— Bees and Queens. 



An Admirable historical and anecdo- 

 tal article, with illu.strations, on Washing- 

 ton's Inauguration, leads off the .Vpril num- 

 ber of Frank Leslie's Populttr Munthly. It 

 cannot fail to be ill general demand at this 

 centennial period, when President Harrison 

 is preparing to join the comnieuiorative 

 celebration by traveling to New York over 

 the same route taken by our first President 

 one hundred years ago. Another seasonable 

 article is Ensign Wilkinson's account of 

 "Samoa, and the Troubles There." The 

 serial and short stories, literary essays, 

 poems, biographical and natural history 

 sketches, humorous verse and, above all, the 

 art illustrations are profuse and varied, 

 more than sustaining the great reputation 

 of the Pt/pular MiintMy. 



