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Voinv, JuiF2],1889, No. 30, 



Ebitqrml BrnziEGS, 



I>ove is where the sunshiue glows, 

 Love is where the lily blows ; 

 Is with jonder little bird, 

 Is with all the wildwood herd. 

 If no human love be near, 

 Love from God is always here. 



Entranoinjj.— That is the word used 

 by the editor of the Farm, Stock and Home 

 when noticiug the Doolittle book, entitled 

 " Scientific Queen-Kearing." After describ- 

 ing it, he says : 



The reputation of the author is ample 

 guarantee of the i)ractical value of the work. 

 To the apiarist it is almost invaluable, and 

 to the ordinary reader, or the student of 

 Nature's wonders, it is entrancing as a fairy 

 story. 



Every reader of the American Bee 

 JovRNAi, should send Si. 00 to this office for 

 a copy, and read it, too. If you send a 

 year's subscription at the same time, $1.75 

 pays for both the Bee Journal and Doo- 

 littte's book. 



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Father Liansi^trotli's address is 928 

 Steele Avenue, Dayton, Ohio. By an over- 

 sight this was omitted last week. Concern- 

 ing his annuity, we do not wish to say 

 much, because he is naturally sensitive, and 

 of course sees the Bee Journal whenever 

 he can see or read anything. " A word to 

 the wise is sufficient." 



Mr. J as. F. Wood, of Nortli Prescott, 

 Mass., when sending his mite to this office 

 for Father L., writes thus : 



Can any one who has realized the benefits 

 of the movable-comb hive, eoncientiously 

 let Father Langstroth want for the com- 

 forts of life ? But few of us ever bought 

 the right to his invention— let it not be 

 added, and but few of us ever helped him ! 



Send direct to his address, unless you 

 prefer to send to us and have it go in bulk 

 to him. Any way, so long as it is done. 



Inexoiisablf I'aIaehood>«.— O. S. 



Compton, of Glenwood, Mich., sends us the 

 following, which he says was clipped from 

 "The Family Herald and Weekly Star," 

 published at Montreal, Canada, on July 10, 

 among its " items of interest." Here is the 

 mischievous item : 



Artificial honey, which is more common 

 in the market than consumers know, is 

 made of potato-starch and oil of vitriol. 

 Some rash optimists think that they are 

 sure of getting the genuine product of bees 

 and flowers by purchasing honey in the 

 comb. Deluded mortals ! The exquisite 

 white comb that pleases them is often made 

 of paraffine wax. 



Mr. Compton remarks, " What a mess it 

 would make ? When will newspapers stop 

 this lying ?" 



Aye, that's the question— TFTicn ? At 

 present they seem to be vieing with each 

 other in telling the most inexcusable false- 

 hoods about our pursuit ! There is neither 

 sense nor reason, neither object nor excu.se 

 for such paragraphs as the above ! The 

 idea of potato-stareli and the oil of vitriol 

 making "honey!" It Is not only untrue, 

 but absurd nonsense ! 



The "deluded mortals" are those who 

 believe the story of the Star about paraffine 

 combs, potato-starch, and oil of vitriol ! 



Bro. D. A. Jones should see to that 

 " deluded mortal " who scribbles such fool- 

 ishness for the Montreal Star. 



Those who assert that " honey-combs are 

 made of paraffine," filled with glucose, 

 potato-starch, oil of vitriol, etc., and "sealed 

 up by machinery," should produce a crate 

 of such stuff, and obtain the S1,000 offered 

 by Bro. Root for a sample of it— or else 

 cease to repeat their villainous falsehoods, 

 which are a detriment to an honest industry. 



Iflany Persons are always seeking 

 for something new— and, while this stimu- 

 lates invention in legitimate lines, it also 

 makes some would-be inventors "crazy" 

 to dig out from the unfathomable depths, 

 that which rewards them only with disap- 

 pointment. Again, there are other " luna- 

 tics" who conceive the idea of having 

 evolved from their brains something that 

 will " revolutionize the world." The latter 

 are caricatured very spicely by the following 

 which has just come to hand from one of 

 our correspondents. He says : 



How can the bee-keeper manage in order 

 that his hives may be full of bees ready for 

 the honey-flow, lias long been a subject of 

 much discussion among the bee-keepers of 

 to-day. 



The machine I use in my apiary, the 

 "Patent-Applied-for-Kegulator," is an in- 

 vention of my own, and I find it of great 

 service in this respect, as it is so arranged 

 that I can turn the bees "on" and "off" 

 ud libitum. 



It is constructed something like the burner 

 of a gasoline stove, and it is operated in 

 somewhat the same way. When there is a 

 good honey-flow I turn the bees "on ;" and 

 just as soon as they have gathered it I turn 

 them " off," and they are transferred into a 

 chloroformed apartment, where they lie in- 

 sensible until needed. 



This machine, when fairly brought before 

 the eyes of a waiting and appreciative pub- 

 lic will, no doubt, be capable of meeting " a 

 long-felt want." 



I>r. l>xi<;rxon has again been " decor- 

 ated"— this time with a diploma, as will be 

 seen from the following from the ItcvKe In- 

 ternationale, published by our friend, Mr. 

 Ed Bertrand, at Nyon, Switzerland : 



.• Dzierzou, born in 1811, is still living a re- 

 tired life in Brieg, Silesia, where he has 

 been tor several years. The University of 

 Munich has awarded him the diploma of 

 Doctor of Philosophy, as a reward for his 

 numerous scientific works, and for his 

 theory in regard to parthenogenesis. 



Ten years ago we \yitnessed a pleasant 

 ceremony when he was "decorated" by 

 Dr. Butlerow, Councellorof the Government 

 of Russia, by Order of the Czar, with the 

 Order of Santa Anna. 



This new "honor" adds to the many 

 laurels of distinction worthily worn by a 

 grand and distinguished apiarist. We hope 

 he may long enjoy the proud distinctions so 

 honestly and honorably earned. 



A L,ady writes from Missouri for infor- 

 mation in this manner : 



Please answer through the Jouenal, 

 whether or not ladies are entitled to vote for 

 the National Flower. 



We reply, of course they are entitled to 

 vote. All they have to do is to send for the 

 pamphlet, and a Postal Card " Blank Vote " 

 will be found in the package addressed to 

 Mr. Prang. This they should fill up, and 

 drop in the mail— and there is no restriction 

 —every man, woman and child has a right 

 to vote for the National Flower ; for the 

 children soon take the places of father and 

 mother. Let every one vote. 



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Every Person who orders any article 

 should make that order complete in itself, 

 and not say, " send the same as you did last 

 year," or "last month ;"' or the same as you 

 sent John Jones. Not any one of all the 

 supply dealers can afford to waste the time 

 to look over thousands of orders to find out 

 what was sent before— and even if they did 

 do so, the time would be worth more than 

 the profit on the order would amount to. 



Last week a man sent an order for goods 

 to a supply dealer, and neglected to sign his 

 name, and the order had to be laid aside 

 until ho should be tired of waiting, and 

 write again. He waited several days, and 

 then sent a telegram, but then only signed 

 two initial letters— no name— and hence he 

 could not get a reply. He telegraphed from 

 another town than that at which his letter 

 was mailed. There is no reason for such 

 carelessness. At this writing, he is still 

 waiting for the goods, which the dealer has 

 all ready for him, but awaiting a name to 

 ship to. It is a good rule, never to send a 

 letter without re-reading it, and being sifre 

 that it contains your name, post-office, 

 county and State. 



After ."\early Xen Years of suffer- 

 ing, Mrs. J. Vandervort, of Laceyville, Pa.. 

 passed peacefully away on July 12. The 

 AMEKIC.4.N Bi:e Joi;rnal condoles with 

 Brother Vandervort in his bereavement. 



