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Hee-Atific I.nw.— Talk about Bee- 

 Legislatiou I ! Here is somethitic that caps 

 the climax I Mr. John Aspiuwall, late edi- 

 tor of the Bce-Kccpers' Magazine, wrote us 

 as follows on June S, 1889 : 



FniF.xn Newman :— I enclose a copy of a 

 Bee-atific law soon tobe enacted by our Bee- 

 adled Legislature. It is quite as intelligent 

 as most of the laws they have made this 

 year, and this has been gotten up by some 

 ■wag, as a "grind '" on oar august Assembly. 



Our friend Bercaw, of rubber stamp fame, 

 had better come and settle in tliis State, as 

 soon as this is passed, if he can live long 

 enougli to see it in operation. 



Here is the Assembly Bill No. 48'3, re- 

 ferred to in the above letter : 



STATE OF NEW TORE. 



G. 0. 87. No. 483. Int. 4. 



IN ASSEMBLY. 



January 10, 1SS9. 



Introdnced by Mr. COTTEELL—read twiceand re- 

 ferred to Ihe committee on general laws— reported 

 favorably from said committee, with amendments, 

 and committed to the committee vt ibe whole. 



An act to establish and define the rights of 

 persons, male or female, discovering bee- 

 trees or other natural receptacles contain- 

 ing bees or honey. 



The People of the State of New York, 

 represented in Senate and Assen^bly, do 

 enact as follows : 



Section 1. It shall be lawful for any 

 citizen, Indian or Chinaman, first discover- 

 ing or tinding a bee-tree, or tree or other 

 natural receptacle containing bees or honey, 

 to mark the bee upon his business end with 

 a rubber stamp, or indicate the locality and 

 discovery thereof with the initials of his or 

 her name distinctly and openly marked and 

 so placed upon such bee, as above indicated, 

 so that it may be readily seen. Such mark- 

 ing shall be due notice of the discoverer's 

 rights, and shall be respected as such, and 

 shall establish the ownership in said dis- 

 coverer of the bees, honey, comb and con- 

 tents. 



Sec. 2. If such tree be cut, or such bees 

 be caught, or honey be taken or unneces- 

 sarily damaged, or the sting of such bee be 

 removed or disturbed to the detriment of 

 the discoverer, unless sting be lodged in dis- 

 coverer, the depredator shall, on conviction, 

 be held guilty of a •■ beeacide, " and shall be 

 punished by any court having jurisdiction 

 of horse-stealing, by a fine of five hundred 

 dollars, and the discoverer may authorize 

 his bees to sting the depredator. 



Sec. 3. This act shall not be construed as 

 giving permission to commit a trespass, or 

 as relieving trespasser from obligation for 

 damages or prosecution therefor, but the 

 discoverer of such a tree, bees or bee-stings, 

 or honey, may, after having given to the 

 owner or occupant of the premises upon 

 which they were found, reasonable written 

 notice of such discovery, and its locality, 

 with a sample bee, duly marked and 

 stamped, and honey, accompanied by an 

 otfer to pay the ilamages done to the premi- 

 ses consequent thereon (and in case of con- 

 sent, he shall pay the same at the time of 

 removal), may, in a civil action, recover of 

 such owner or occupant, seven dollars for 

 damages therefor. 



Sec.4. The owner or occupant of the prem- 

 ises may, if he finds it necessary for his own 

 advantage, or the advantage of the property 

 which he has in charge or occupies, after 

 giving reasonable notice in writing to the 

 said discoverer, with a description of the 

 tree and locality, appointing a suitable defi- 

 nite time for such cutting, destruction or 

 removal, proceed to destroy, cut or remove 

 said tree or other receptacle, having due re- 



gard for the rights and property of said dis- 

 coverer, and the right of the bee and his 

 sting. 



Sec. 5. This act shall take effect January 

 one, two thousand one hundred and si.xty- 

 three. 



Such a law would be quite as reasonable 

 as many that are enacted, and is a laughable 

 illustration of the utter ignorance of our 

 law-makers on many subjects that they 

 legislate for. 



Uelroit Expossition Biiildiiis;. 



The main building for the Detroit Expo- 

 sition, next September, is claimed to out- 

 rival any other Fair building in the United 

 States. The length is 500 feet ; height, TO 

 feet ; depth, au feet ; height of comer 

 towers, 110 feet : main tower over the grand 

 entrance. -00 feet ; area of total exhibit sur- 

 face, 200,000 square feet. The structure 

 covers S'., acres, is lighted and ventilated by 

 windows requiring 20,000 square feet of 

 glass, and contains liooths that, were they 



or ornameptal, as the contents may be de- 

 signed for home consumption, or exhibition 

 at the sale room, or to compete for premiums 

 at fairs." 1 uuess we will have to smile 

 after all, at the thought of honey put up in 

 that style competing for premiums. 



As it to excuse itself for going back 75 

 years and teaching old-fogyism, the Ameri- 

 can Farmer put^ forth the protest that the 

 more-improved hives are patented ; on the 

 contrary, the fact is, that the majority of 

 apiarists in the country do not use patented 

 hives; and they do not keep their liees in 

 square boxes, and get their honey out in 13 

 pound chunks, either. The writer of that 

 article undoubtedly knew more about wast- 

 ing good lumber, than he did about bee- 

 keeping. 



The men in tliis country who are keeping 

 bees successfully would no more think of 

 going back to the old box or gum, than 

 would the wheat raisers go back to the sickle 

 or cradle to harvest their grain. 



When building a bee-hive a person might 

 better add a little to the expense and put in 

 movable conib-franies, and have the surplus 

 apartment arranged for one-pound sections, 

 than to try and net it on the cheap order, 

 and for years be compelled to use a fourth- 

 class article 



If you wish to sell honey, you could make 

 no better investment for your bees, as honey 



Main Budding of the Detroit Exposition. 



placed side by side, would extend over six 

 miles. The total cost, together with com- 

 panion stnietures, will be over S250.000. 



It is located on the edge of the Detroit 

 river, overlooking the Canadian shore and 

 the passing commerce between the Great 

 Lakes. Heduced rates on railroads will 

 gather an immense concourse of people. 

 Cash prizes, amounting to 8100,000, are 

 offered. For further particulars address the 

 General Manager, C. W. Robinson, Detroit, 

 Mich. The Fair will open on Sept. 17, 1889, 

 and last ten days. 



OI<1-Fos'y Exiravagance.— Mr. G. 



K. Hubbard, in the Indiana Fa cmfc, scorns 

 the ignorant writers on apiculture and in- 

 ventions of bee-hives. He says : 



The American Farmer gives an extended 

 description of how to make a bee-hive, 

 which, it says, is " beyond question, the 

 simplest, cheapest, and best arranged hive 

 e.xtant.'" These are broad claims, and 

 should interest us all, until we have estab- 

 lished tiieir value. 



What is this wonderful hive ? Fellow 

 bee-keepers, do not smile when I tell you it 

 is actually an old-tashioned box-hive, with 

 cross sticks to support the combs, and two 

 boxes that will hold from 12 to 1.5 pounds 

 each, placed on top. These boxes are to be 

 made " with glass ends or sides, either plain 



put up in this way commands a higher price 

 than It will in large boxes. 



In fact, in large packages it is often a drug 

 on the market, and sometimes has to be sold 

 at a gi'eat sacrifice, while in sections it can 

 be .'-hipped fniiii one end of the country to 

 the other, and thus the honey crop has an 

 outlet. 



Furthermore, when the honey is sold in 

 sections, the honey, frames, and all. are 

 weighed, and the price computed for the 

 gross weight— nothing being deducted for 

 the sections. Seventeen ot the new, clean 

 sections as you buy them, weigh a pound ; 

 thus, if you sold your honey at 17 cents per 

 pound, you would be getting SI per thou- 

 sand for sections that cost you $3.50. 



We ask, with renewed emphasis, where is 

 there any saving in trying to do without the 

 improved methods of apiculture that are 

 within reach of all ? 



Street Clover.— R. A. Elliston, of 

 Henry, Ills., writes thus on June 4, 1SS9 : 



I enclose a sample of what I think is some 

 kind of clover, what ts the name of it ? 

 There is a small patch of it growing near 

 my place, and I have never seen bees work 

 on anything so strong as they do on this 

 plant. No one that I have met can tell me 

 the name of it. 



It is sweet clover ; the seed can be ob- 

 tained at this office at 30 cents per poiud. It 

 is excellent bee-pasturage. 



