THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



207 



Foolish wurfiiro against bees 

 seems lo be the rage ! The idea 

 that fniit suft'eis because of the 

 preseiiee of bees is simply ridicu- 

 lous ! The good they do in fertiliz- 

 ing tiie fruit trees far outweighs 

 any possible evil that may follow 

 from their presence. 



THAT SCIKNTIFIC PLEASANTRY. 



Dr. J. II. Kellogg, of Battle 

 Creek, Mich., in his book entitled 

 "•Good Health," had reiterateil the 

 Wiley lie about the manufacture of 

 combs from paralline, and Idling 

 them with glucose, ca2)ping 

 them l)y machinery, etc. The 

 manager oU the Union wrote to 

 him concerning the matter, and 

 asked for a retraction. Dr. K. re- 

 plied, thanking the manager for 

 calling attention to the error, 

 promising to correct the plates of 

 his book, and by every means in 

 his i)ower to counteract the in- 

 fluence of the false stateiVient, 

 which lie had copied from Prof. 

 Wile}'. He retracted tlie matter in 

 his paper entitled Good Healthy 

 for August, 1886. 



The wibj part played by the 

 originator of that so called ''■scien- 

 tific pleasantr}'," will cause his 

 name to be execrated by honest 

 persons all tin; world over. And 

 if he should live a thousand years, 

 and devote all his remaining life to 

 atone for the damages he has al- 

 ready done to an honest pursuit, 

 he would die an inlinite debtor to 

 it ; I'or the multiplying tongue of 

 slander and falsehood never can be 

 controlled or made to cease its vil- 

 lanous calumnies ! His name will 



'go ilovvii 



To the. vile tlust IVoin whence he spruug. 

 Unwept, unhonorerl, and unsung." 



REMOVAL OF CEES FROM CITIES 

 AND VILLAGES. 



M. Darling, of Waterbury, 

 Conn., was sued for $5UU damages 

 by a neighbor, and to compel the 

 removal of his bees. The case was 

 instigated by malice and jealousy. 



and was dismissed as soon as it 

 was discovered that he was '"backed 

 up" by the National Beekeeijeis' 

 Union ! The expenses were $50. 

 of which the Union paid one-half. 



S. W. Rich, of Hobart, N. Y.. 

 was sued by a jealous and disa- 

 greeable neighbor lor Si, 500 dam- 

 ages, and also to compel him to 

 move his apiary outside the city 

 limits. This suit is delended by 

 the Union, and is as yet undecid- 

 ed ! 



C. C. Richardson, a gardener, 

 was sued for keeping honey bees 

 on his land in Tipton, Ind.. alleg- 

 ing that they were a nuisance. This 

 was also defended by the Union, 

 and as a result, it was dismissed 

 by the court. The costs were $20 ; 

 and one-half of it was paid by the 

 Union. This is the "case" which 

 was so badly Viisrejircsented at the 

 Indianai)olis convention, by an 

 ollicious neighl)or, and it is with 

 m<tc/i satisfacliu'ji that 1 am now 

 able lo stiy that the "Union" was 

 "too much" for the enemies of the 

 pursuit of beekeeping ! 



The city council of F(nt Wavne, 

 Ind., passed an ordinance against 

 keeping bees within the city limits. 

 If enforced, it would jjractically 

 wipe out the pursuit of beekeep- 

 ing there, Such a pressure was 

 brought to bear by the beekeepers, 

 backed up by the Union, that the 

 ordinance is a dead letter, and it 

 is expected that it will soon lie re- 

 pealed, if it has not already been 

 done. 



In Arkadel})hia, Ark., the city 

 council ordered Z. A. Clai'k to re- 

 move his bees from within the city 

 limits within thirty tlays. Major j. 

 L. Withersi)oon, ex-attorney gen- 

 enertdof Arkansas (who stands at 

 the head of the bar of the state), 

 was employed to attend to the mat- 

 ter on behalf of the bees. Tiie 

 National Beekeeijers' Union backs 

 ui) Mr. Z. A. Clark to light the 

 case on its merits. 



