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Obtaining Cheap Notoriety. 



Some persons, to attain notoriety, will 

 descend to the use of the most diabolical 

 means. They have a contemptible way 

 of selecting a prominent individual to 

 abuse and defame, without a shadow of 

 excuse, save the attainment of that no- 

 tice which they covet, and which they 

 could obtain in no honorable way. This 

 is forcibly illustrated by the following 

 scurrilous language applied to Ameri- 

 ca's greatest living bee master, the Rev. 

 L. L. Langstroth, by the little monthly 

 which has been selected by the " co- 

 operative" clique to be their organ : 



"Rev. Langstroth was not the originator of the 

 first movable frame hive, and we know it." " He 

 stole that movable frame idea from another party 

 and then patented it, thereby practicing a fraud on 

 the people and taking the reputation that rightly be- 

 longed to others, for which he is getting his just retri- 

 bution. , ' " What egotism, or what ignorance. Just 

 think of a man who pretends to have sense and 

 brains to write a treatise on bee-culture (Prof. 

 Cook), who says that Langstroth is the inventor of a 

 bee hive." 



Such insinuations are both infamous 

 and unpardonable I . Is it not a crime to 

 thus maliciously charge with fraud, ly- 

 ing and stealing, a man who has done so 

 much for the advancement of scientific 

 apiculture, and spent his life in its study 

 and development ? 



Is it not infamous to thus attempt to 

 rob an old gentleman of his well-earned 

 reputation, when he is utterly unable to 

 help or defend himself, by reason of 

 physical suffering and wasting disease V 



Is it not blasjrfiemous to thus intimate 

 that his afflictions are a retribution vis- 

 ited upon him by the Creator, in whose 

 service his life has been spent, and to 

 whose glory every act has redounded ? 



Think of the cowardliness of the as- 

 sault on one who has suffered so much 

 to advance the interests of the bee-keep- 

 ers of America — who, by reason of 

 affliction, has now passed from the stage 

 of active participation in the cause he 

 loved so well ! 



His work is mm done, and he only 

 awaits the angel'scall to that " rest for 

 the weary, where the wicked cease from 

 troubling." Standing on the brink of 

 the vast ocean, we watch with intense 



anxiety until the last struggle is over r 

 when he will sink beneath death's, 

 yielding wave. 



Apiarists the world over unite to* 

 honor his memory, and his name will 

 adorn the pages of history as one of the 

 greatest apiarists the world ever pro- 

 duced ; while the sycophant who at- 

 tempted to ruin the fair reputation of 

 that great and good man will be execra- 

 ted, and his name will be buried in 

 oblivion ! 



i^° The Convention at Chicago was. 

 very interesting and instructive, and 

 we have no doubt that the ''Northwest- 

 ern Bee-keepers' Society " there organ- 

 ized will become one of the most valu- 

 able societies of America. The selec- 

 tion of Dr. Miller, for President, was & 

 wise choice, as he is one of the best and 

 most successful apiarists of the west. 

 Mr. G. M. Doolittle, of New York, was 

 enthusiastically welcomed, and made 

 many warm friends. Signor Mihl, a 

 bee-keeper from Spain, who is spending 

 a short time in America, to obtain in- 

 formation respecting our methods and 

 management, gave an interesting ac- 

 count of bee-keeping in Spain. Great 

 unanimity prevailed, and a sincere de- 

 sire was manifested to act harmonious- 

 ly on all important measures. Conven- 

 tions, carried on in this manner, are 

 always beneficial ; but those where per- 

 sonal animosity and strife are allowed 

 to enter are but a detriment, and should 

 be discarded by all right-minded per- 

 sons. !!rr^ 



i^ The preparation of bees for win- 

 ter should now be the study of all 

 judicious bee-keepers. If not yet de- 

 cided as to how to prepare them, read 

 up at once, apply the knowledge obtain- 

 ed to practice, and be prompt in mak- 

 ing all the necessary arrangements. — 

 The different plans of wintering have 

 been so often described in the Bee. 

 Journal, that it will be only necessary 

 to " read up " on that subject to gain 

 all the information necessary to winter 

 successfully by any ordinary method. 



