Human nature crops out in bee-men, 

 as well as in others ; they take just such 

 papers as they desire, and buy such bee 

 supplies as they want, and of those with 

 whom they can do the best. Little do 

 they care what other business they may 

 be engaged in , not even stopping to in- 

 quire whether they publish a bee book 

 or not ! We all buy our supplies of 

 those from whom we can buy the cheap- 

 est and most conveniently, and that is 

 right. 



Now, I ask, who wants a co-operative 

 bee paper '? Mr. Doolittle says he does 

 — $t> worth ; that is $6 more than I will 

 give for one. I do not feel like getting 

 some enthusiast to loose it all in any 

 such investment ; for whoever tries it 

 will most certainly come out minus his 

 investment in any such stock ! I do 

 not think any one will be willing to 

 start one by subscription, even for $6 

 each. 



I do not say that the advocates of 

 these resolutions were not honest in 

 offering them ; but I do say they mis- 

 judged concerning the necessity for 

 passing them in the manner they did ! 



But let us throw the mantle of char- 

 ity over each other's mistakes and 

 faults. Christ at one time said : 

 " Woman, where are thine accusers ? 

 Does no one condemn thee ? Neither 

 do I ; go and sin no more." Just before 

 this, Christ said to those that were so 

 anxious to have judgment upon the 

 erring woman. "Let him that is with- 

 out sin cast the first stone." I would 

 say likewise to those that seem so anx- 

 ious to condemn and say hard things. 

 Exercise charity toward all and hatred 

 toward none. 



I believe, Mr. Editor, with you, that 

 the Convention made a mistake in pass- 

 ing any such resolutions, and I think, 

 perhaps, they have learned wisdom, and 

 will never repeat such a mistake. 



Oriskany, N. Y., June 1, 1880. 



[Long and earnestly have we labored 

 for peace, unity and concord among the 

 fraternity; and no one can deprecate 

 more than we, anything calculated to 

 produce discord and strife. Some, more 

 impetuous than others, just before at- 

 tending conventions, have written to 

 us that they intended to offer resolu- 

 tions diametrically opposed to those 

 passed at Utica, and denouncing that 

 Convention for its hasty and unjust 

 censure. We have immediately written 

 to such persons not to do so— that such 

 would but add fuel to a tire already 

 "dying out"— "that grevious words 



stir up anger " — that many of the mem- 

 bers of the Northeastern Association 

 heartily disapproved of the hasty steps 

 taken, and that, if let alone, the matter 

 would soon right itself. Therefore, as 

 our worthy correspondent, Mr. Clark, 

 suggests : " Let us exercise charity for 

 all, and have malice for none." Being 

 conscious of having merited none of 

 the abuse contained in the " Besolves" 

 we are not troubled concerning it, and 

 to apiarists everywhere would say : 

 "Let brotherly love prevail, and every 

 moral and social virtue cement us " 

 into one common brotherhood. — Ed.] 



From the Bee-Keepers' Exchange. 



Feeding Back for Comb Honey. 



J. H. NELLIS. 



Various opinions exist as to the use- 

 fulness of the book entitled " Blessed 

 Bees." When the book appeared we 

 spoke highly of its value, recommend- 

 ing our readers to procure and study it. 

 Of course we knew that the book was 

 an instructive novel, and supposed 

 every reader would discover that fact. 

 Some of our contemporaries denounced 

 the book as dangerous and unsafe in 

 the hands of beginners, if not with 

 more experienced persons. We are now 

 of the opinion that no book devoted to 

 bee culture, in the English language, is 

 so valuable in developing modern bee 

 culture and settling some of the per- 

 plexing difficulties that have beset us 

 for a long time. A visit with friend E. 

 J. Oatman, previous to seeing " Blessed 

 Bees," developed the fact that he was 

 practicing a method similar to that ad- 

 vocated in that book, so that, whatever 

 originality is due to the author of it, 

 we must give Mr. Oatman great credit 

 for putting in practice a method that, 

 fully developed, will revolutionize mod- 

 ern bee culture. 



Between Mr. O.'s plan and "Blessed 

 Bees," we laid out a scheme that worked 

 admirably during the season of 1879. 

 Sometime ago we promised our readers 

 a full description of the method in 

 time for this season's operations, so 

 here it is: We will suppose that the 

 honey season is nearly upon us, and our 

 stock of bees consists of 75 good col- 

 onies. We desire large yield of honey 

 and small increase of bees. We tiil 

 tiamcs with comb foundation, which 

 we insert into our best hives, to have it 

 drawn out ; but as we do not want pol- 

 len or eggs deposited, we will have to 



