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THOS. G.NEWMAN fcSON, 



OHICACO, IIjL. 



THOMAS «. IVEWnVIAIW, 



EDITOR. 



VoinV. Sept. 7, 1889. No, 36, 



Editqeiel Bueeiegs. 



l>on*t Be L.ike Slusen. 



But one step more, disasters teach, 

 And gloom had all turned sunny. 



Like Moses we just fail to reach 

 The land of niilu and honey. 



But a lireat many make a fatal pause from 

 lacn ot encouragement.— Sei. 



* * 9 *• 



Xlic K«Utor of the Ajierican Bee 

 JouitsAL has been appointed to judge the 

 exhibits of Bees, Honey and Apiarian Sup- 

 plies at the International Fair and Exposi- 

 tion, at Detroit, Mich., which will be held 

 from September 1" to 27, 1889. He hopes to 

 meet many friends at that time. 



The 4^tica8fo Convention will be 

 held on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 



11 and 1'^, 1889. This change of date 

 has been made, because the Railroad Traffic 

 Association has made a rate of one fare for 

 the round trip from any point within 200 

 miles of Chicago, good on Oct.lO,and can be 

 used on any train returning after that until 

 Monday, Oct. 14. The first session will be 

 held at 9 o'clock in the morning of Friday, 

 and an adjournment can be had on Saturday 

 afternoon In time for those who may wish to 

 return on that day. Those who can remain 

 over Sunday will have an opportunity of 

 visiting our magnificent churches and cathe- 

 drals in the morning and evening, and of tak- 

 ing a pleasant walk in the parks or riding 

 on the boulevards in the afternoon, as their 

 inclination and tastes may lead them. 



October is usually a very pleasant mouth, 

 and this will give an opportunity to many 

 who need a recreation, to take it at a small 

 outlay, and at the same time to "take in" 

 the Bee-Convention. The invitation is full 

 and wide— Come all who can. 



Sweet Clover on tlie Road!«ide. 



-On page 4IS, Mr. C. A. Hutf, Clayton, 

 Mich., complained of his neighbors who ob- 

 jected to his sowing sweet clover on the 

 roadside of his own farm, saying that it was 

 a noxious weed, like Canada thistles, and 

 asked if it was lawful, etc. We replied that 

 as the land to the middle of the street be- 

 longs to the owner of the fields, he can sow 

 what he pleases on the roadside, unless it 

 be a noxious weed, which is prohibited by 

 law. Sweet clover is neither prohibited nor 

 is it a noxious weed. It will not spread into 

 the fields, and dies root and branch after the 

 second season. To cut it two seasons, be- 

 fore the seed matures, will free the land 

 from it entirely. It is in no manner like 

 Canada thistles, excejit in that it is an excel- 

 lent honey-producer. Of this we sent a 

 printed slip to Mr. Huff, and he writes us as 

 follows, dated Aug. 19, 1889, concerning it: 



My neighbor, after going to thepathmaster 

 of our dsstrict, and then to the highway 

 commissioner, has let the sweet-clover sub- 

 ject drop. I sent the printed slip you sent 

 me, to Prof. A. J. Cook, and he .said that it 

 was correct; then I sent it to D. B. Morgan, 

 P'osecuting attorney, and he replied as fol- 

 io ws : 



"After looking at the printed slip en- 

 closed, and examining the Statute of this 

 State, I am inclined to believe that you have 

 a right to sow it on your land in the high- 

 way. This belief is with the understanding 

 that it does not spread in a way to work an 

 injury to adjoining land owners. It it does 

 do so, they might possibly have an action 

 against you for damage, but I do not think 

 that there is any penalty for sowing it." 



When I showed this to the pathmaster and 

 highway commissioner, they said that they 

 had nothing more to say. Thanks to yoii 

 and Prof. Cook for your help in this matter 



The honey crop is very light in this part of 

 the State. 



The National Bee-Keepers' Union, through 

 its Vice-President and Manager, has helped 

 another man out of trouble, threatened by 

 jealous and disagreeable neighbors. Surely 

 it has a good claim to existence. 



ignorance about Comb Honey. 



—On page 499 we gave an account of an 

 inter\'iew with a grocer who believed that 

 comb honey was manufactured, thus proving 

 himself to nave been easily duped by the 

 Wiley unpleasant " pleasantry." There 

 may be some excuse for those who know 

 nothing about the vwdus operandi in the 

 production of comb honey, when they have 

 been deceived by false statements; but how 

 a beekei>per in apparently "good and regu- 

 lar standing " in the fraternity, can be led to 

 believe that comb honey is made otherwise 

 than by bees, is utterly incomprehensible, 

 and a clear case of total ly inexcusable ignor- 

 ance. But such a sad case of stupidity 

 really exists— at least we have discovered 

 him. 



One day last week, there called at this 

 office, one who desired to purchase some 

 supplies, stating that he kept bees. He re- 

 marked that honey would be very cheap 

 this year, as it could now be had on South 

 Water Street (Chicago), for 10 cents per 

 pound ; but that the cheap kind was the 



manufactured article. We then asked him 

 it he really believed that comb honey is 

 manufactured. " Why, yes!" he replied. 

 We were simply astonished, to learn that a 

 bee-keeper would imbibe such falsehoods 

 about that which he should know the truth. 

 We of course assured him that what he 

 thought was " manufactured comb honey," 

 did not exist, and that what he saw in mar- 

 ket was very likely bought from some coun- 

 try bee-keeper, who knew as little about the 

 price and value of honey, as our customer 

 knew about the making of honey. We also 

 gave him a copy of the Bee Journal, for 

 July 13, containing the editorial " showing 

 up" the Philadelphia Kecord'smisrepre.sen- 

 tation of our pursuit. 



Intelligent bee-keepers have an important 

 work to perform, in the the line of educating 

 people about honey and its production. Let 

 all who desire to see the pursuit of bee- 

 keeping occupy its proper position among 

 the honorable industries of the world, do 

 everything they can to educate the masses— 

 not only to the use of their wholesome pro- 

 duct, but to a clear understanding of the 

 manner of its production. 



^Ir. Cbarles l>adant gave us a call 

 a few days ago. He was on his way to 

 Northern Wisconsin, with his wife, where 

 he expects to stay a few weeks, in order to 

 escape the usual "hay-fever," which affects 

 him at home during the late summer. 



His articulation, together with his foreign 

 accent, make it very difficult to be under- 

 stood by ordinary persons, though we had 

 no difficulty in that direction. He illustrated 

 this by telling us a good joke on himself, 

 which however makes it necessary to hear 

 him speak to get the full force of the "pleas- 

 antry." 



Soon after he came to this country he went 

 some distance away from his home at Hamil- 

 ton, Ills., and, upon returning, became con- 

 fused and lost his way. He met several 

 persons and enquired the way to Hamilton 

 (which he pronounced Ah-mill-tone, empha- 

 sizing the " mill ") They all, with one ac- 

 cord, declared that they did not know where 

 it was— though they were within a few 

 miles of the place. He surmised that they 

 did not understand him; and when very 

 near to the place he sought, he met another 

 man and made the same inquiry and received 

 the same reply. He then thought of 'an ex- 

 pedient—he wrote the name of the town he 

 sought, and handed it to the man, who ex- 

 claimed, "Ohl yes, Hamilton; that is just a 

 mile over there," pointing to a road leading 

 to the village. 



He seemed to relish the repetition ot the 

 story, for he is full of humor and pleasan- 

 tries. 



His great learning and scientific knowl- 

 edge show him to be far above "the million" 

 in this particular, but his natural good nature 

 and simi>licity make him friendly and 

 thoroughly companionable. 



We hope he may spend a very pleasant 

 month in the North, and return with im- 

 proved health and vigor. 



