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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER 



April 



York bee-keepers at this time, but 

 to remove by poison the medium 

 necessary to the thorough fertiliza- 

 tion and consequent development 

 of perfect fruit crops. 



It is to be hoped that the measure 

 will be sprayed liberally, while in 

 the bud, with a mixture of just in- 

 dignation and sound, logical argu- 

 ment directed to the law-makers of 

 the state. 



MR. IIEISE EXPERIENCES A SERIOUS 

 INTERVAL. 



Mr. D. W. Heise, the Canadian 

 Bee JournaVs jocular correspondent, 

 appears to have been so much ex- 

 cited by our brief comments on his 

 ridiculous statements, in which he 

 said Apis dortiuta "cannot be do- 

 mesticated," etc., etc., that, in his 

 efforts to say something really sar- 

 castic of The American Bee-keeper 

 in quick response, he unwittingly 

 defeats his own position and lines 

 up with the true advocates of the 

 giant East Indian bee. Hear him : 



"Is it absohitely necessary for an indi- 

 vidual to make a personal investigation 

 pertaining to any matter or thing before 

 he dare liave faith in it ? Men of prac- 

 tical experience have made extensive 

 experiments, and tiiat at the expendi- 

 ture of considerable monin' for tiie pur- 

 pose of domesticating Apis dorsdta, and 

 liav(! failed. Must the testimony of 

 these men bo treated as rot '? That is all 

 I know^ about it; but you, j\Ir. li. K., 

 dont appeal to know even that much ; 

 when', have have you been all summer 

 with your winter clothc^s on ? "" 



We believe no man living has 

 made more thorough investigations 

 and conducted more expensive ex- 

 periments in this work than Prof. 

 Frank B-nton, of the United States 

 department of agriculture, who 

 says: 



•■Colonies placed in frame hives and 

 permitted to fly freely did not desert 

 thes(^ habitations, and far fi-om being 

 ferocious, these colonies were easily 



handled by proper precautions without 

 even the use of smoke. It was also 

 proved by the quantity of honey and 

 wax present that they are good gathei'- 

 ers. The execution at tliat time of 

 plans to bring these bees to the United 

 States was prevented only by severe 

 illness contracted in India."' 



We always hold the most pro- 

 found respect for the honest opin- 

 ion of any man, whether it is or is 

 not in accord with our own, and we 

 are glad that Mr. Heise, with us, 

 will no longer treat the experience.^ 

 of such an able entomologist as 

 Professor Benton, ^ '■as rot." When 

 a man, under date of December, 

 1899, gives public uttsrance to 

 such positive assertions — especi- 

 ally one who, in all probability, 

 never saw a living specimen of Ajns 

 dorsata — and attempts to hold up to 

 ridicule the sincere discussion of so 

 important a subject by a gentle- 

 man of Dr. Mason's years and 

 acknowledged ability, he should not 

 be so greatly surprised to find that 

 his derisive assumptions are some- 

 times received for exactly what they 

 are worth. 



Memories of Dwight L. Moody. 



It was the wish of the late Mr. Moody 

 that his biography should be written by 

 his son. 



Mr. W. R. Moody, who has in liis pos- 

 session all of his father's papers and is 

 preparing a very complete life of the 

 great preacher, has consented to write 

 •especially for The Saturday EvcniiKj Post 

 a series of aniH'dotal papers on liis 

 father's life and work, profusely illus- 

 trated witli hithi'rto unpul)lished photo- 

 graphs. 



Tlie lirst of thest; papers, entitled 

 ■■INIoody as a Hoy and Business Man,"' 

 will appear in the April 7 number of 'Die 

 Saturduy Evcnliuj Post. 



In making honey taffy so as not to 

 burn it, cook it very slowly. Don't put 

 it on too hot a place on the stove. Con- 

 stantly stir until it boils. Even on a very 

 slow fire there is danger of burning if 

 the latter precaution is not observed. 



