THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



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When J. B. Mason left Mechanic 

 Falls, Me., on Dec. 22, he allured away 

 a neighbor's wife, Mrs. Cotton. 'I'hey 

 went to Los Angeles, Cal , and a letter 

 from her appears in last week's Boston 

 HeraU, appealing to her husband for 

 forgiveness, saying that she neither ex- 

 pected nor deserved his love. Mrs. 

 Mason and the forsaken family have 

 appealed to the courts to dispose of the 

 property left by the dishonorable hus- 

 band and father. He was editor of the 

 Bee Kt'cpcr's Advance, but it did not 

 "advance" in his hands. He dragged 

 it down to death — A. B.J. May 7. 



We have been posted in J. B. Ma- 

 son's career, but did not care to men- 

 tion the scandal in the Api. Mason 

 was a man we never could like. He 

 was too pious for us. While we have 

 the greatest respect for a person who 

 conducts himself in a Christian-like 

 manner, we have only disgust for such 

 fellows as J. B. M. represents. 



SIIII'riNG HONEY. 



Henry Segelken, in a paper before 

 the N.Y. Stale Beekeepers' Association, 

 said : The shipping of comb honey 

 should be by freight altogether. Some 

 beekeepers still seem to think tliat it 

 must be sent by express only, believing 

 it to carry safer. I'his is entirely wrong. 

 Honey is carried just as safe, if not safer, 

 by freight ; at least this has been our 

 experience. Owing to the short crop 

 last season we received a large number 

 of small shipments, ranging from ten to 

 fifty crates each, by freight, and we had 

 but two or three lots which arrived some- 

 what broken down, and in one case the 

 ship|)er wrote us afterwards that the 

 honey had already leaked out when he 

 took it to the depot. We re-ship in all- 

 sized lots often in single crates, and very 

 seldom have a complaint. So far as 

 the responsibility is concerned, all car- 

 riers — railroads, steamboats and express 

 companies — will take comb- honey only 

 at owner's risk, and will not listen to any 

 claim if the honey has been broken 

 down while in transit. Why then pay 



tlie express companies three times the 

 rate of freight lin'S? We would advise 

 shii)pers to load the honey in the cars 

 themselves, properly protected. If this 

 is done they may feel sure that the honey 

 will arrive at its destination in good or- 

 der under ordinary circumstances. 



Another point is that honey should be 

 shipped only in the original crates. We 

 received one lot of honey from Central 

 New York this season, where the ship- 

 per hid gone to work and crated six to 

 eight original crates into one large crate. 

 This, of course, was too heavy a pack- 

 age to be handled carefully, ami no 

 doubt received rather rough handling. 

 The result was that we received the 

 hoiiey all broken down, and the shipper 

 was out from four to six cents per pound 

 on it. A sad lesson, indeed ! 



Last, but not least, '"What is the right 

 time to ship comb-honey to market?" 

 We have alwa)s advised early shijjping, 

 say during Sei)tember and the first part 

 of October. Our experience leaclies us 

 that the early shippeisobtain best prices 

 and get quickest returns, be the crop 

 large or short. In all our experience we 

 have never known the market to ad- 

 vance during November and December, 

 but it usually decl nes as the season 

 passes along. — Exchange. 



If any person expects to realize a 

 large income from his bees and never 

 look after their condition (simply hive 

 them and put on the sections), he will 

 find himself greatly mistaken. How 

 many that read this know the exact 

 condition of their bees at all times ? If 

 you do not, my friend, you are not caring 

 for them as well as you would for your 

 horse or cow, neither can you expect 

 any more profit from them than you 

 would from a cow or horse if you never 

 looked after them. Beekeeping only 

 pays when our pets are properly looked 

 after, and if any one cannot spend the 

 amount of time on them which they 

 rec^uire, he had better keep out of the 

 business, for sooner or later he will 

 turn away from it in disgust. — Ex- 

 chans.e. 



