1907.] THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 183 



entomologist and chief of the Bureau, cheery to fully offset the pathos of 



The work contains about 80 pages, his yarn. (H.) 



and is one of the most interesting and — ■ 



instructive compilations along these WORCESTER COUNTY INSTI- 



lines that has come to the notice of TUTE. 



The Bee-Keeper. Dr. E. F. Phillips The attention of the bee-keepers 

 advises that the book may be had for of New York and New England is 

 15 cents, by addressing the Superin- called to the annual Institute of the 

 tendent of Documents, Government Worcester County Society, to be held 



Printing Office, Washington, D. C. in Worcester, Mass., about the middle 



Postage stamps are not accepted, of September. The exact dates will 



however. (H.) appear in our September issue. The 



Institute is run by and for the bee- 



BEE-KEEPER'S TERRIBLE keepers, and consists of a general ex- 



FATE. hibit of the products of the bee, sup- 



Co„^v,^oV, A,.^;i ^-r "o^ •' ci.^ii plies, etc. Lectures and demonstra- 



Savannah, April 21.- Pop Shell, a ^-^^^ ^^^ attractive features, 



famovis bee-keeper residmg near here, p^^^^^^^ ^^^.^. ^^ ^^^.^.^ ^j^^^j^ 



who has been stung more than any ^^-^^ ^^ ^j. ^ ^ Easterbrook, Sec- 

 other man ,n the Umted States, is dan- ^etary, Clark University, Worcester, 



gerously ill, suirering from a most ]\iass 



peculiar disease. , , ., , Plan to attend; it will pay you. (M). 



He was so inoculated with the 



poison that he believes himself a FOOD ADULTERATION IN 



honey bee, and from morning until TEXAS. 



night he keeps up a low, buzzing q g fraps 



so""d , Bulletin No. 91 of the Texas Ex- 



bhell hovers over the flowers in the periment Station is entitled "Food 

 garden, and armed with a small Adulteration in Texas." The Bulletin 

 syringe, tries to extract honey from discusses the subject of food adultera- 

 the buds. Always on the move, the tion, the Texas food laws, the Nation- 

 poor man is wearing himself down to al Pure Food and Drug Act, and the 

 a shadow, and the physicians fear that extent and character of adulteration 

 unless the poison can be overcome as found in a number of samples col- 

 he will die. lected in representative Texas cities 



He IS usually mild, but when arous- and subjected to analysis. The num- 



ed to anger he tries to stab his tor- ber of samples examined and the 



mentors with a large hat pin. number found illegal are as follows: 



Fortunately these spells are not fre- Total Number 



quent. Number. Illegal. 



The foregoing clipping from a New Sausage • 32 28 



York newspaper is terrible indeed, if Dried Fruit 6 5 



true. We, however, don't believe it; Olive Oil 8 i 



for, in the first place, if "Pop Shell" Jelly 19 12 



were a "famous bee-keeper" he would Catsup 10 6 



be a subscriber to this journal — which Grape Juice and Cider. 10 I 



he is not. And if he was, he would Soda Water 8 7 



have been a student of A. C. Miller Salad Dressing 6 2 



and would therefore not have worked Maple Syrup 2 2 



himself to death. He would have Honey 8 i 



known that such is not the habit of Molasses and Syrup... 8 7 



the bee. Again, imagine a reader of Canned Goods 34 4 



The American Bee-Keeper, with ac- Vinegar 16 13 



cess to our Queen-Breeders' Direc- Extract of Lemon 16 9 



tory, being stung more than any Lard 4 2 



other man in the United States. Our Baking Powder 12 i 



readers don't belong to that class of Olives . I 



'bee-keepers. Shredded Cocoanut.... i o 



The case, as cited, is a sad one in- This bulletin will be sent free of 



deed, but the future career of its charge to any one on application to 



author, as a newspaper reporter, the Director of the Experiment Sta- 



promises to be sufficiently bright and tion, College Station, Texas. 



