April 5, I 1 " 6 



IHE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



301 



spent for help would have been economically invested 

 is probable that most of us have had a similar experii 



though perhaps not so disastrous a one. It takes n 



time to feed needy colonies in September than it does 

 November, though perhaps time to do it early might 

 be so available. In thai case a little help, !e1 it cosl w 

 it would, would be wise economy. 



In conclusion, let nic repeat what was said in the 

 ginning, that true economy is judicious saving — anot 

 name for good management, and another for wise spend 

 as well. MRS. Millie Honakei 



It 

 ice, 



re 

 : in 

 not 

 hat 



be- 

 her 

 ing 



BEE-KEEPING— ANCIENT AND MODERN 



It is a frequent expression of Scripture and secular 

 writing, that a land where milk and honey flows is highly 

 prosperous. Honey was used as a great luxury, as food and 

 as medicine. Jacob, when sorely afflicted, sent his sons to 

 Egypt to buy grain, and to appease the governor (Joseph) 

 said to his sons who were to start for the second trip: "If it 

 must be so now, do this: take of the best fruits in the land 

 in your vessels and carry down the man a present, a little 

 balm and a little honey, spices and myrrh, nuts and almonds." 



The Lord God said to Moses: "I have surely seen the 

 affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard 

 their cry by reason of their taskmasters: for I know their 

 sorrows. And I am come down to deliver them out of the 

 hands of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that 

 land into a good land and a large, into a land flowing with 

 milk and honey." 



The Lord God said unto Moses : "We came unto the 

 land, whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk 

 and honey." 



Deuteronomy 6, 3 : "Hear, therefore, O Israel, and ob- 

 serve to do it : it may be well with thee, and that you may 

 increase mightily, as the Lord God of thy fathers hath prom- 

 ised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey." 



Joshua 1, 6: "For the children of Israel walked forty 

 years in the wilderness, till all the people that were men of 

 war. which came out of Egypt, were consumed because they 

 obeyed not the voice of the Lord; unto whom the Lord sware 

 that he would not shew them the land, wdiich the Lord sware 

 unto their fathers, he would give us a land that floweth with 

 milk and honey." 



Jer. 11, 5: "That I may perform the oath which I have 

 sworn unto your fathers to give them a land flowing with 

 milk and honey as it is this day. Then answered I and said: 

 So be it. O Lord." 



Jer. 32. 22: "And hast given them this land, which thou 

 did jt swear to their fathers to give them a land, flowing with 

 milk and honey." 



Ezekiel 20, 6: "In the day that I lifted up mine hand 

 unto them to bring them forth of the land of Egypt into a 

 land that I have espied for them flowing with milk and honey 

 which is the glory of all lands." 



Exodus 16, 31 : "And the house of Israel called the name 

 thereof manna, and it was like coriander seed, wdiite, and the 

 taste of it was like wafers made with honey." 



Levit. 2, 11: "No meat offering which you shall bring 

 to the Lord shall be made with leaven, for ye shall burn no 

 leaven nor any honey in any offering of the Lord made by 

 fire." 



Dent. 8. 8: "A land of wheat and barley and vines and 

 fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olives and honey." 



Levit. 32, 13: "He made him ride on the high places of 

 the earth that he may eat the increase of the fields: and he 

 made them to suck honey out of the rock and oil out of 

 the flintv rock." 



Judges 14. 8: "And after a time he returned to take her, 

 and he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion, and behold 

 there was a swarm of bees and honey in the carcass of the 

 lion." 



Judges 14, 18: "And the men of the city said unto him 

 on the seventh day before the sun went down: What is 

 sweeter than honey, and what is stronger than a lion? And 

 he said unto them: If you had not plowed with my heifer, 

 you had not found out my riddle." 



1 Sam. 14, 25: "And' all they of the land came to a w 1. 



and there was honey upon the ground. The honey dropp.d " 



2 Sam. 17, 29: "And they brought honey and butter and 

 sheep and cheese for David and the people who were with 

 him." 



1 Kings 14, 3: "And take with the ten loaves, and 

 cracknels, and a cruse of honey, and go to him: he shall ti II 

 thee what shall become of the child." 



2 Kings 18, 22: "Until I come and take you away t.. a 



land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land "I 

 bread and vineyard, a land "i oil and of honey. 



2 Chron. 31, 55: "And as soon as the commandment 

 came abroad, the children of Israel brought in abundance the 

 first fruits of corn, wine and .at and honey." 



Job 20. 17: "He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the 

 brooks of honey and butter." 



Psalms 19. 10: "More to he desired arc they than gold, 

 yea than line gold; sweeter than honey and honcy-o unb." 



Prov. 24. 13: "My son. eat thou honey, because it is 

 good, and the honey-comb, which is sweet to thy taste." 



Prov. 25, 16: "Hast thou found honey? Eat so much 

 as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith and 

 vomit it." , , 



Isa. 7, 15: "Butter and honey shall he eat that he may 

 know to refuse evil and choose the good." 



jer. 41, 8: "But ten men were found among them that 

 said to Ishmael : Slav us not, for we have treasures in the 

 field of wheat, and barley, and of oil and of honey." 



Ezek 3. 3: "And he said unto me: Son of men. cause 

 thy belly to eat. and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give 

 thee. Then did I eat it, and it was in my mouth as honey 

 for sweetness." 



Ezek. 16, 13: "Thv raiment was of line linen and silk, 

 and broidered work; thou didst eat fine flour and honey and 



Math. 3. 4: "And the same John had his raiment of 

 camel's hair and a leathern girdle about his loins, and his 

 meat was locust and wild honey." 



Psa. 19, 10: "More to be desired arc they than gold, 

 yea than much line gold; sweeter than honey and honey- 

 comb." , 



Prov. 5. 3: "For the lips of a strange woman drop as a 

 honey-comb and her mouth is smoother than oil." 



Prov. 16, 24: "Pleasant words are as honey-comb, sweet 

 to the soul and health to the bones." 



Prov. 27. 7: "The full soul loatheth a honey-comb, but 

 to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet." 



The ancients had plenty of honey from the beginning of 

 time. Honey and wax were ised in great quantities. But the 

 means of obtaining honev and wax were cruel, rude and 

 primitive. Very little literature, if any. exists to tell the story. 

 The importance of the honey industry would justify research 

 in the old history, and some wise men might dig in the old, 

 dusty libraries to" find the sweet truth about the home industry 

 of our ancestors. 



Bee-keeping is an important industry, especially with the 

 help of modern inventions— the modern hive in place of 

 hollow trees, or cracks in the rocks; the movable frame, 

 comb foundation, the honey-extractor. To get honey and 

 wax from bees now, we need no fire and brimstone; we 

 simplv shake the bees off and let them live. We need not fear 

 cross bees any longer, but make them well-behaved by intro- 

 ducing gentle" queens or queen-cells. We need not fear any 

 longer that fell destroyer, "foul brood," but follow the counsel 

 of the foul-brood inspector. , 



Bee-keeping is nothing mean, hut elevates the mind. The 

 bee gathers honey only and no poison — never; and is clean 

 alwavs. 



Bee-keeping will last as long as Time will last. It is an 

 industry now more than ever. The ancients had their annual 

 sheep-shearing and made holidays, calling on the sheep- 

 breeding fraternity for mutual help and feasting. So we 

 have our love-feast in mid-winter, meditating about the sweet 

 harvest in summer. There are untold millions of acres of 

 nectar for bees to collect. The number of consumers is in- 

 creasing. Freight trains loaded with honey tell of enormous 

 harvests and profits. The outlook, all in all, encourages bee- 

 keeping. Horace Greeley recommended, "Go West, young 

 man. go West." We as well say: Keep bees, young man 

 (and woman, too), keep bees! 



Rev. II. A. Winter, Octogenarian. 



Quite a little was said in favor of placing bees on the 

 summer stands so early in the spring that they would not fly 

 out for a week or more after being taken out. This is new 

 to a good many, but I think more will try it. 



The election of officers for the ensuing year resulted as 

 follows: President. N. E. France, of Plaittevjlle ; Vice- 

 President, Jacob Huffman; Secretary. Gus Dittmer, of Au- 

 gusta ; and Treasurer, A. C. Allen. 



I will close by saying that we had as good a convention 

 as would be possible without the ladies and the editors; but, 

 dear ladies, and twice dear editors, don't let it occur again. 

 You must come with us next time. Bridgeport. Wis. 



