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EDITOR. 



VoLIIV. Aug, 17,1889. No. 33. 



Xlie Uiilialo International Fair opens 

 on Sept. 3, and closes on Sept. 13. Mr. O. L. 

 Hershiser is ttie superintendent of tlie Api- 

 arian Department, wliicli is just added to 

 tlie fair. Mr. Hersliiser remarlts tlms, con- 

 cerning tlie exliibits of Bees, Honey, etc.: 



Not least among the new features added 

 is tlie Honey and Apiary Department. Tlie 

 managers have made this a special feature 

 and offered a larger amount of money in 

 premiums than has ever been offered by any 

 other American Fair. The rules governing 

 this Department have been arranged with 

 great care, in order that all honey producers 

 may have an equal chance to dispose of 

 their crops either at wholesale or retail. 

 The benefits arising from a large exhibition 

 of bees, honey, etc., will be permanent, and 

 the opportunity of creating a good market 

 and a steady demand for honey will be all 

 that can be desired. 



We hope that the exhibition will be large 

 enough to do credit to the Fair, as well as to 

 the apiarists of New York. 



A TScw Uook is on our desk. It is en- 

 titled "The National Bee-Keepers' Direc- 

 tory," and contains a classified list of 3,000 

 bee-keepers of the United States and Can- 

 ada, (including adout 300 supply dealers), 

 with essays and hints regarding the success- 

 ful management of the apiary. It is "com- 

 piled by Henry Alley, Wenham, Mass." It 

 contains 140 pages, one-half of which axe 

 devoted to names and addresses of bee-keep- 

 ers, and the other half to the practical hints 

 mentioned above, including Mr. Alley's 

 " method for rearing queens in full colonies, 

 while a fertile queen has possession of the 

 comhs." Price Sl.OO in paper covers, and 

 $1.35 bound in cloth. 



Xlic .^nniinl Baslcet Pieuic of 



the Cortland Union Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion will be held at the Floral Trout Park, 

 in Cortland, N. Y., on Aur, 20, 1S89. 



Xlie S. W. Ri<li I^aM'siiit. we 



notice by a news-item in the New York Sun 

 of July 30, has again been decided, this time 

 in the Circuit Court, which, it is said, has 

 affirmed the decision of the County Court, 

 which gave banker Olmstead damages of G 

 cents, with costs. 



He sued for $1,300.00 damages for injuries 

 inflicted by the bees upon his person and 

 property, but the jury (from which every 

 person having bees was excluded) gave him 

 but SIX cents to cover wounded feelings and 

 damaged property ! ! 



If the Circuit Court has confirmed the de- 

 cision of the lower Court, as is alleged in the 

 ^un, that just gives us the opportunity, so 

 much desired, to appeal to the Supreme 

 Court of New York, and there have a deci- 

 sion to place by the side of the one from the 

 Supreme Court of Arkansas. This will give 

 us some grand precedents, for we are mak- 

 ing history now, and creating "decisions" 

 for posterity. 



At the former trial Judge Boardman ruled 

 against the bees every time ; and, in charg- 

 ing the jury, compared the bees to a "pig- 

 sty" and a "slaughter-house." This was 

 the first case, with one exception, ever tried 

 in the State, and the Judge having no law or 

 precedent to go by, ruled just as he thought 

 proper. 



Now if the case goes to the Supreme 

 Court, (and we are strongly in favor of its 

 going there), no Judge will have the least 

 excuse for such outrageous comparisons— 

 for the law will have provided "precedents." 



It remains for bee-keepers to say just 

 what shall become of the case. It takes 

 money to get " decisions of law." At least 

 500 members of the Union must be had, if 

 we carry this case any further. Reader, 

 what is your decision ? 



The Union ought to have ten. thousand 

 members. There are many things it could 

 do, if it had that many. It could compel 

 Metropolitan Newspapers to tell the truth 

 about honey, and command respect every- 

 where ! Itneiv officers would "enthuse" 

 apiarists— just a hint will cause a vacancy 

 in the office of General Manager, for we 

 know that he would gladly welcome a more 

 energetic successor. 



Honey fi-oiii Alsike. — Mr. J. W. 



Wilcox, Scales Mound, Ills., states his ex- 

 perience in scattering the Alsike leaflets, 

 and it is worth the consideration of others. 

 He said : 



Leaflet No. 3, purchased of you in the 

 spring of 1888, was the means of sowing 10 

 bushels of Alsike clover seed, and the sow- 

 ing of more last sprhig, in this vicinity. I 

 am well paid for my investment of 50 cents, 

 in the way of the very best white comb- 

 honey. 



Please mention the fact, that my brother 

 bee-keepers may " go and do likewise ;" for 

 it has paid me very well. Result : 31 colo- 

 nies spring count, and 43 colonies now, with 

 3,500 pounds of comb-honey, and 200 pounds 

 of extracted honey. 



Without the Alsike, I could not have done 

 so well, for the white clover was badly dam- 

 aged during the past dry seasons. 



The Xri-State Fair (Ohio, Mich- 

 igan and Indiana) will be held atToled) 

 Ohio, September 9 to 13, 1889. Competition is 

 open to the World. As usual. Dr. A. B. 

 Mason is superintendent of the Department 

 of Bees and Honey, and Preserves, Pickles, 

 etc. In class 50, "Bees and Honey," en- 

 tries close Sept. 9, and colonies must be 

 exhibited in such shape as to be seen on at 

 least two sides. Here is a list of the pre- 

 miums : 



Most attractive display of Comb Honey. .»8 00 ».-, on 



Most attractive display of Kxt'd Honev.. 8 00 5 00 

 Display of Comb Uonev, not less than 1(1 



pounds, in best shape for shipping and 



retailinc 30Q 200 



Display of B.vtracted Honey, not less than 



l"ll>8.,in bestshapeforretalling 300 200 



Colony Italian Bees 40(1 -JOO 



Displayof Bees. 4 aj 200 



Moat attractive display of Beeswax 200 100 



Display of queens, put up in such shape 



aa to be readily seen by visitors 5 00 3 00 



In Class 57, " Apiarian Supplies," the pre- 

 miums are as follows : 



Comb foundation machine $400 S200 



Comb foundation for brood chamber 



made on urounds 400 2 00 



Honev extractor 200 i 00 



Machine for making holes for wiring!'.".'.!.' 2 00 1 00 

 Largest Display of honey-bearing plants 



properly named and labeled 400 2 00 



Best display of Apiarian Supplies Diploma. 



Honey-vinegar, not less than one gallon, 



to be exhibited in glass 2 00 1 00 



Xlie Uoolittle Book on Scientific 

 Queen-Rearing, is thus mentioned by Mr. 

 G. D. Howe, North Hadley, Mass. : 



I thought as I was an amateur that it 

 would have no particular charm for me, but 

 .suffice it to say that after picking it up I 

 didn't drop it till nearly through it, and then 

 only to eat supper. The natural, story-tell- 

 ing style, in narrating the discoveries the 

 author made, particularly with reference to 

 the building of artificial queen-cups and the 

 fertilizing of queens from the upper story of 

 the hive, is what took myattention. It must 

 prove a great addition to bee-lore, and any- 

 one at all interested in the subject will 

 spend his time very profitably in reading it. 



Prepare the Bees for "tVinter.- 



Under this heading, the Apiculturist for 

 August gives this advice : 



This is the month to get your bees in con- 

 dition for winter. All colonies that do not 

 have good queens, and all those having old 

 queens, should be requeened. A good pro- 

 lific queen introduced at most any time dur- 

 ing this month will fill the hive with bees 

 in four weeks. As a rule, the queens cease 

 laying Sept. 20, and all the young bees are 

 hatched out by Oct. 10. 



I\e\v irorker'!« L.atest Fad.— The 

 latest fad in New York is to take a ride in a 

 double-decked Fifth Avenue Stage Coach— 

 an amusement open to all classes of people. 

 FuANK Leslie's Illu-strated News- 

 paper last week contained a very spirited 

 picture of one of these stage.s. That excel- 

 lent nnmbei- also contained negro sketches 

 by Kemble, a supplement entirely devoted 

 to Detroit, 'P'anderbilt's famous trotting 

 team, and many other good things. 



We Iiave received an excellent Ger- 

 man pamphlet on bee-culture, written by 

 the Rev. 0. Weygand, pastor in Flach, Ger- 

 many. It is well-written, brief and to the 

 point. 



