fixed in the affections of the fraternity to be 

 shaken by such vague,unfounded assertions, 

 and any attempt to found a new publication 

 on such flimsy pretexts, when so many are 

 already in the'field, will most assuredly fail. 

 No, no, gentlemen; what we want is uetter 

 magazines, not more of them ! It was, 

 doubtless, exceedingly kind of the gentle- 

 men to inform us of the dauger ; but, some- 

 how, we fail to appreciate the favor, and 

 think we" will "jog along" with the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal for the rest of the year, 

 at all events !— C. S. Burt, Ohio. 



The following from our contemporaries 

 will show how they view the matter : 



Mr. A. J. King, in Bee-Keepers' 1 Maga- 

 zine, Neiv York, says : 



The cause of truth, and a desire to do as 

 we would be done by under similar circum- 

 stances, compel us to observe : 



1st. We have already expressed ourself 

 regarding the National Convention at Chi- 

 cago, and see no reasons for modifying 

 those expressions. 



2d. Begarding that Convention being run 

 by a ring, we will say that we have heard 

 from most, if not all of the men whose 

 names occur in the report of the National 

 Convention, as composing this "ring," and 

 all deny sustaining any such relation to the 

 National Association ; and as they are men 

 of acknowledged honesty, we feel bound to 

 accept their statements. 



This Convention was one of the largest 

 ever held on this continent, yet Eastern 

 bee-keepers were scarcely represented at 

 all, but when the same Association convened 

 in this city, the West was well represented. 

 So, if the Chicago Convention "smacked" 

 somewhat largely of Western ideas and in- 

 terests, we have little room for fault-finding. 



Inregardto Mr. N. representing American 

 bee-keepers abroad — As he paid his own 

 way and consumed his time without recom- 

 pense from the American Association, it is 

 but natural to suppose that he would exhibit 

 and press the sale of such books and imple- 

 ments as he was most interested in, and in 

 this we cannot blame him. 



Mr. A. G. Hill, in Bee-Keepers' Guide, 

 Kendallville, Indiana, says : 



Nearly one-half of the proceedings of the 

 -Northeastern Convention were devoted to 

 condemning the present bee publications, 

 and especially the editor of the American 

 Bee Journal. He, like all the other edi- 

 tors, deals in apiarian supplies, and the Con- 

 vention concluded that no one can be honest 

 and sell bee-supplies. There is one difficul- 

 ty in the way of immediately starting their 

 new paper. An editor cannot live on the 

 support of a convention, or resolutions, and 

 it would be impossible for such a paper to 

 pay expenses unless the editor had some 

 other business in connection with it. 



Mr. J. H. Nellis, Editor Bee-Keepers' 

 Exchange, Canajoharie, New York, says : 



Your reply to House, Detwiler, Betsinger 

 and others, whose accusations appear in the 

 report of the Northeastern Bee-Keepers' As- 

 sociation, meets my hearty endorsement. I 



did not support the position taken by those 

 gentlemen, nor did 1 vote for the resolutions. 

 I would much rather not have published 

 them, but as my report was to be an " offi- 

 cial" one, I dared not "mutilate," lest I get 

 my "neck in the sling." 



I was very loth to publish it, for the reason 

 that I prefer to keep altogether clear of 

 quarrels, which always result in loss to all 

 the parties participating. If you desire it, 

 I will publish your repfy, and will effectu- 

 ally close my columns to all further matter 

 bearing on this subject. 



You are free to publish this in the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal, if you desire. 1 am, as 

 heretofore, your friend, J. II. Nellis. 



Duty on Bees.— Please answer the fol- 

 lowing through the Bee Journal : Is 

 any duty demanded on queens imported 

 from Italy? If any, how much? If no 

 duty is required, why cannot they be 

 sent by mail? I wintered 12 colonies 

 without loss. All are doing well. 



G. A. McCarttiey. 



There is no duty on bees sent to this 

 country for breeding purposes. They 

 can be sent by mail, but the long and 

 close confinement in a huge pile of mail 

 bags may cause much loss— perhaps too 

 much to make it profitable to send in 

 that way. 



Hg°The proposition to put an import 

 duty on honey in France has failed. 

 That leaves that market open to us, as 

 heretofore. 



Hgg A Canajoharie, N. Y., paper gives 

 nearly a column to a description of Mr. 

 Nellis' new fatory, and the details of 

 his business. We wish the enterprise 

 success. 



1^° Poor health has induced Mr. Jas. 

 Ileddon to transfer his " supply *' trade 

 to H. A. Burch & Co. for this season. 

 He will supply his local trade, and (ill 

 all orders sent him for full colonies of 

 bees, but nothing more. 



i^We have received from the pub- 

 lishing house of Jules Caye, of Paris, 

 a new book on the " Theory and Prac- 

 tice of Movable Frames in Apiculture," 

 by T. Sourbe, edited by A. Quant in. 

 It is an octavo volume, illustrated. 

 Price 3 francs. To us the subject is 

 well understood, but in France movable 

 frame hives are but little known or used. 



