food, drink or medicine, ought to be 

 required to label their goods, giving in- 

 gredients in compounds also proportions. 



A concurrent resolution looking to the 



protection of Bee Culture in the United 



States. 



Whereas, The production and exportation 

 of honey is an honest and honorable indus- 

 try, of respectable and fast growing impor- 

 tance iu the United States, the entire 

 proceeds of which is clear gain to the 

 country ; and 



Whereas, The business of the producer, 

 and the health of the consumer are being 

 jeopardized and damaged by the wholesale 

 and retail adulteration of honey and the 

 manufacture of deleterious compounds sold 

 at home and exported abroad as " Pure 

 American Honey "; now therefore, be it 



Resolved, By the 30th General Assembly 

 of the State of Missouri that our Honorable 

 Senators be instructed, and our Members 

 of Congress requested to introduce and have 

 enacted into laws, measures for the protec- 

 tion of said interests, by the suppression of 

 the evils herein complained of. 



Large Yield. — The following was 

 read before the Carson City Convention, 

 and is sent to us by the Secretary as a 

 specimen of one of the largest yields on 

 record. It was given by D. Gardner as 

 the result of his apiary for 1878, which 

 consisted of 46 colonies of black bees. 

 In it he has not included the honey used 

 by his family or given to friends. The 

 work of the apiary was all done by him- 

 self. The total yield of honey is about 

 5450 lbs.. 



RECEIPTS. 



16T1 lbs. comb honey $255 54 



1495 lbs. extracted honey 142 05 



32^ lbs. beeswax 8 04 



25 colonies sold at $5.00 each 125 00 



Total cash received $530 63 



5Mbbls honey on hand $170 00 



150 lbs comb honey on hand 23 00 



21 colonies increase, (?<$5.00 105 00 



200 extra combs built this season 20 00 



Total income $848 63 



This is an exceptional case, and 

 should not lead any one to expect like 

 results. 



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JSP" We received from Mr. J. W. Winder, 

 on New Year's day, some bloom of the Japan 

 plum and roses, which he had just taken 

 from the trees in his yard. They were fresh 

 and fragrant. There he says the thermom- 

 eter indicated 60°. In Chicago it was about 

 20° below zero. Truly, we have a vast coun- 

 try, with all kinds of climates. Mr. A. S. 

 Collins, of New Orleans, has sent us some 

 bloom from this Plum. 



How to Exhibit Bees.— Thomas 

 Brasel, of Portland, Oregon, asks how 

 to prepare bees for exhibition at fairs, 

 whether they should be confined to the 

 hive — and whether they should be placed 

 in a light or dark place in the pavilion ? 

 Of course they must be confined, for 

 the time being, but there is no necessity 

 for them to be placed in the dark, else 

 how can they be exhibited ? Such are 

 usually objects of much interest at a 

 fair, and all want to watch their move- 

 ments. 



(dF'The first number of the Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Instructor, is on our table. It contains 

 12 pages, but no cover, and is published by 

 S. D. Reigel, at Adelphi, O. The printing 

 is fairly done, but the edges are untrimmed, 

 and the stitching is suggestive of the want 

 of modern ideas in publishing, as it is done 

 on a sewing machine. Mr. ft., has a hive 

 much like Hill's American Hive, and sells 

 apiarian supplies, and that may be the 

 object of the existence of the Instructor. 

 The following glowing account of profits, 

 by the editor, looks that way : 



" The profits realized from intelligent bee- 

 keeping average from 100 to 200 per cent, on 

 the capital invested. Taking into con- 

 sideration, then, the great progress made 

 within a few years in this industry, may we 

 not reasonably expect it will, ere long, be 

 classed among the leading industries of our 

 country, and show a revenue of untold 

 millions ? " 



Good and Be autifue.— Our readers who 

 are not acquainted with the fact may be ben- 

 efitted by being informed that one of the 

 handsomestsMagazines in existence is Vick's 

 Illustrated Monthly Magazine, published 

 by Mr. James Vick, Rochester, N. Y. Each 

 number contains one or more beautiful 

 Colored Plates, representing some flower or 

 family of flowers, worth more than the price 

 of the Magazine. 



BUT The Rev. L. Johnson, Walton, Ky., 

 writes : "Success to the American Bee 

 Journal ; the January number is worth 

 more than the whole volume costs." 



HEP" John Scheerer, Ridgeley, Mo., thus 

 describes his one-cent honey board : 



" Tack a piece of muslin about the size of 

 the honey board to the lower side of it ; 

 make an opening through the board to pour 

 in the feed, and a thin strip to cover the 

 opening. With this, bees can be fed any 

 time, being immediately over the cluster." 



