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THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



MORE OF JONES' INCONSISTENCY. 



We remember of reading in the Ca- 

 nadian Bee Journal, and but a few years 

 ago, tocJ, a notice of a wonderful imple- 

 ment for the apiary that was soon to be 

 launched upon the beekeeping public. 

 Why, this wonderful invention was in- 

 tended to startle the beekeeping world 

 from Australia to Canada ; not one word 

 as to what it was would the great in- 

 ventor lisp until he had worked the peo- 

 ple up to a high degree. " Just wait 

 and see what it is," said Jones. Well, 

 all waited ; they had to, you know. 

 What was this wonderful invention? 

 How many have forgotten it? Nothing 

 more than a bee-feeder. Well, no one 

 Avent mad over the announcement when 

 made unless it was D. A. J. on account 

 of its flat failure. Yet we vvill bet a few 

 cents that the inventor was more sur- 

 prised at the cool reception his invention 

 received than were the beekeepers of 

 America when informed of the wonderful 

 machine. We only speak of this fact to 

 show up "new-fangled notions and 

 the disposition on the part of someone 

 to make a boom for a season or two on 

 a special thing, and by the time the 

 public learns of the hollow mockery, 

 they can jump off that hobby on to a 

 different one." See? 



For Heaven's sake, when did D. A. 

 Jones reform? 



Please put the above question under 

 the head of " Queries " in C. B. J. and 

 let its readers guess at the conundrum. 



Jones' sugg:estion to let the north 

 American Beekeepers' Association ap- 

 point a committee to test the qualities 

 of new races of bees sounds well, now 

 that he (Jones) is not in the business 

 of importing new races of bees. It 

 rather gives you away, Bro. Jones. You 

 are too late with your kind suggestion 

 as well as in expressing your solicitude 

 for the poor American beekeepers—none 

 of them, Bro. Jones, will be swindled 

 any more by purchasing golden Carnio- 

 lans and Punic bees than were those who 

 purchased Cyprian and Holy Land 

 bees of you. If there is anything in 

 this world that makes us feel mean it is 



our connection with the business of 

 rearing and selling Cyprian and Holy 

 Land queens. Bro. Jones, your remarks 

 as quoted above were inspired by jeal- 

 ousy. You seem to be all cut up be- 

 cause some one in America has got in 

 ahead of you and introduced the Punic 

 bees. 



If you did not approve of the things 

 you so strongly condemn in the above 

 quotations, why did you admit to the 

 columns of the Canadian Bee Journal 

 that long description of this latest new 

 race of bees — the Funics ? If you really 

 had a desire to crush out new-fangled 

 notions of whimsical beekeepers, why * 

 didn't you throw that description of 

 these wonderful bees in the waste basket ? 



Your remarks, Bro. Jones, as given 

 above, is an insult to every beekeeper 

 in America. I believe the beekeepers of 

 tliis country can read and decide as in- 

 telligibly as to what they need and want 

 as D. A. Jones, hence the insult. Most 

 any beekeeper could decide as to 

 whether a race is good or bad as well 

 as Professor Cook. We have sold a large 

 number of Punic queens, and they are 

 giving good satisfaction. Will say for 

 the benefit of D. A. Jones, that these 

 bees are very promising, very much more 

 so than any new race introduced here, 

 Jones would think so could he see them 

 at work carrying pollen and honey from 

 golden rod. These bees dodge out and 

 in at the entrance of the hive so quickly 

 it is almost impossible to see them. 

 Every good feature mentioned of these 

 bees, as described in the August Api has 

 been sustained. 



Notwithstanding Bro. Jones' con- 

 demnation of " new-fangled things" we 

 shall continue to rear and ship our 

 golden Carniolan and Punic queens as 

 heretofore. Every new thing in beekeep- 

 ing that we can invent will be ''boomed" 

 for all it is worth. We find it pays to 

 advertise in tlie Apt and so do others 

 whose ads. appear in our columns. 



Now, Bro. Jones, when you have got- 

 ten the mote out of your own eye, then 

 make an effort to get it out of the eyes 

 of your neighbors. 



