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XIIOMAS G, ME1VI»IAW, 



BDITOB. 



VoinV. Nov, 2,1889, No. 44, 



rS A generous correspoudent otters to 

 loau *5C).00 to the Rev. E. T. Abbott, wbo 

 lately suffered loss by Are at St. Josei)b, 

 Mo., for a year or two without interest, 

 provided others will join him to aggregate 

 $150— and thus place Bro. Abbott on his 

 feet again. Those who are willing to assist 

 in this direction, will please address H. O. 

 Kruschke, Deuster, Juneau Co.. Wis. 



The Annual Catalogue of the officers 

 and students for 1888-89 of the Michigan 

 Agiicultural College is on our desk. This 

 J Catalogue is for the 32nd year, and gives 

 much general information concerning the 

 College. The Rev. Oscar Clute is now 

 its President. Among the Faculty are 

 three who are well-known to our readers : 

 Robert C. Kedzie, M.A., Professor of Chem- 

 istry; Albert J. Cook, M. S., Professor of 

 Entomology ; and AVilliam J. Beal, Profes- 

 sor of Botany. We note with pleasure the 

 general prosperity of the College under its 

 able managemeut. 



J^" Several improvements in the Bke 

 JorKX.41, for next j-ear are in contempla- 

 tion. We intend to use larger paper, and 

 give more margins to the pages. This week 

 we use new type for the editorial matter 

 and letters. Printing large editions wears 

 out the type very rapidly. We shall spare 

 no pains or expense in keeping the Bf:K 

 JorKNAi, first-class in every respect, and 

 well worthy the patronage of bee-keepers 

 everywhere. We respectfully ask our 

 friends to help extend our circulation— 

 until every bee-keeper in America, who 

 values the pursuit enough to ijay a dollar, 

 shall obtain its regular weeklj' visits. 



Father l.augMirulli. 



The Northwestern Bee-Keepei-s" Society 

 at its last se.ssicjn voted to empty its treas- 

 ury into the pocket of our venerable friend. 

 Father Laugstroth. .Accordingly, being the 

 Treasurer, we sent him a check for the 

 amount, S12.25, together with another 

 small amount sent to us by one of our sub- 

 scribers for that purijosei The following is 

 the response from Mrs. A. L. Cowan, his 

 daughter: 



DvVTo.N. O., Oct. 22, i8Si». 



Mu. TiioM.vs G. Newma.v:— My father is 

 deeply grateful to the bee-keepers, foi- their 

 remembrance of him. He is still sad and 

 feelile, and 1 ajipreciate highly everv kinil 

 act which lightens for a time the clouds 

 which surround him— by the knowledge 

 that his labors are not forgotten. 



5Iy father sends his kind gi-eetings to vou 

 and to your family. We are giieved to 

 learn of Mrs. Xewuiau"s illness. I have 

 suffered so often from the same terrible dis- 

 ease (erysipelas), that I know how to sym- 

 pathize with her. With best wishes for her 

 speedj- recovery. Respectfully, 



Anna L. Cow.w. 



•' Sad and feeble "—how these words send 

 gloom to our heaits 1 Has that kind face, 

 genial smile and sweet voice given place 

 to sadness, because of the feebleness and 

 natural decline of the physical system i Be 

 not »«(/, noble brother — though " weeping 

 may endure for a night, .ioy cometh in the 

 morning!" C/ieer >//<, and remember Him 

 who says, "When thou passest through the 

 waters, I will be with thee." With eyes 

 fixed on Him to guide through the deep 

 waters, and through the pearly-gates, we j 

 hope with you soon to be made -'living 

 stones in that Temple not made with hands, 

 eternal in the heavens" — where "no dis- 

 cordant voice shall e'er be heard, and all 

 that we experience will be perfect bliss, 

 and alj we express will be pei-fect praise," 

 and where " love divine will ennoble every 

 heart, and hallelujahs exalted employ every 

 tongue." 



S|>i-uyiug' ■''riiit Trees. 



The Green Nursery Company. Rochester, 

 N. Y., in their circular of the Wilder peai-. 

 give some very poor advice ab(,ut spraying 

 plum trees when in bloom. They say : 



Ten yeais ago but few plum trees were 

 grown. Fruit glowers supposed that tlie 

 curcuho was unconcpierable. But it ap- 

 pears that the curculio is as easily de- 

 stroyed as any other insect, and now plum 

 growmg IS a gi-eat success, and very profit- 

 able .-\ spray of very weak Paris green 

 water thrown upon the foliage at bhjssoni- 

 mg tune, also again a few weeks later de- 

 stroys the curculio. 



Mr. C. A. Huff, of Clayton. Mich., wrote 

 them that their advice would do great dam- 

 age by poisoning bees if the sprinkling be 

 done while the trees are in bloom. We 

 would call their attention to the matter, 

 and piesent to their notice this fact, that 

 should the bees gather the poisoned honey, 

 and it be eaten, much damage would re- 

 sult in a way that would be very un- 

 pleasant for them. 



Besides, the insect does not damage the 

 blossom. Thefi-uitis injured: and spray- 

 ing the blossoms is useless. The time to 

 spray the trees is just after the blossoms 

 fall— then it will kill the inscct-pest. and do 

 no damage to bees or honey. 



The (Jreen Nursery Company have no 

 doubt innocently fallen into error, and will 

 cheerfully make the correction in the next 

 edition of their Circular, now that their 

 attention is called to the mattei-. 



K!«!«ay»i on Rxtraeted Honey. 



We offer Cash PRIZES for the best essays 

 on "Extracted Honey," each essay not to 

 exceed 2,000 words in length, and must be 

 received at this office before Jan. 1, 1890. 

 The first prize is *5.00 ; the second, $.S.OO ; 

 and the third. «2.00. All e.ssays received 

 on this offer will become the property of 

 the Amehican Bee Joi:rnai., and is open 

 for competition to its subscribers only. 



Frank Lfstir'K IHmttraletl XeiK<iiii/rr, in 

 addition to numerous attractive literary 

 features, last week contained a large num- 

 ber of pictures illustrating the Knights 

 Templar's parade at Washington, the man- 

 ufacture of bank-notes at Washington, to- 

 gether with a graphic picture of the recent 

 electric- wire horror in New York, and a 

 dozen other pictures of current events. 



Jtgf" The sample of golden-rod honey, 

 mentioned on page 6fi8 by Jlr. C. E. Dow. is 

 received. It is thick, and excellent in flavor. 



Honey luiileail of i^ii^'ar. 



The lecipcs have bveu sent to us ijuitc 

 freely, as we requested, and have been in- 

 serted in the Honey Ahuanac. Mr. J. W. 

 Stitson, of Otsego, Wis., writes thus about 

 the uses of honey instead of ■>,rj::ir in 

 cooking : 



It would take considerable space to wni,- 

 out all the recipes where honey should bi- 

 used for cooking. White clover houey mav 

 be substituted f.n- sugar in the Kecfpes of 

 any Standanl Cook Book. ],ound for pound 

 and improve the flavor. Lemons add to its 

 delicate ta.ste. 



Honey ^liiiirepreHenlation. 



The editor of the Chicago Daily ///ruW, 

 in the issue of Monday, October 37tli. 

 1889, answers a correspondent thus: 



A. and B., Piano, 111.— There is such a 

 thing as manufactured honev. The comb is 

 made out of parafline. 



We wrote him a letter asking for the 

 proof of his assertion about manufactured 

 comb honey; telling him that there was no 

 such thing in existence; refeired to the 

 offer of Mr. Ro(,t of S1,000, and told him 

 that it woulil be very easy to get the money 

 if his " item ' was tnie, etc. 



He neither deigned to reply, nor to cor- 

 rect his bold assertion. Honesty woulil 

 dictate that correction should be made, 

 with an "apology" for hasty assertions 

 almut inattei-s concemiug which he was 

 entirely ignorant. 



