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A Swarm of Bees Capture a Car. 



The Leavenworth, Kan., Times, gives 

 the following details of a swarm of bees 

 that lately came to that city on a quiet 

 Sunday afternoon. The Times says : 

 '-' When the Chicago, Bock-Island & 

 Pacific arrived it came in under a cloud. 

 A large swarm of bees settling on the 

 top of the car while near Beverly, in 

 Missouri, took deck passage for Kansas, 

 and the fears ot the conductor and 

 other men on the tram of a stinging 

 rebuke prevented any attempt to put 

 the dead-heads off. When the car ar- 

 rived here Police Officer McCart was 

 apprised of the fact that he could take 

 in a number of prisoners if he would 

 visit the car. He went to investigate, 

 and finding the bees snugly ensconced 

 on their novel abiding place, proceeded 

 to effect their capture by coaxing them 

 into an empty keg. He succeeded in 

 capturing the entire swarm, taking 

 more prisoners than he will have at 

 any one time while he is on the force. 

 He says they are doing well." 



"What we Eat." 



The American Poultry Journal speak- 

 ing of the new work on "Food Adul- 

 teration," says : 



A subject in which every one is inter- 

 ested, discussed in a manner which 

 every one can comprehend, should con- 

 stitute a popular book, and such a vol- 

 ume is just issued under the title of 

 "Pood Adulteration ; or What We Eat 

 and What we Should Eat." 



The writer, with the assisstance of 

 competent chemists and micrologists, 

 among whom mav be mentioned Dr. B. 

 U. Piper, Dr. T. D. Williams, and Prof 

 Geo. A. Mariner, has made over five 

 hundred analyses and microscopical 

 examinations of articles of food pro- 

 cured from the grocery shops and such 

 as are daily supplied the consumer 

 throughout the country. The results of 

 these examinations are simply appall- 

 ing. The sophistication of articles of 

 food is a subject which has attracted 

 more or less attention in England, 

 Prance, and other foreign countries, 

 and it is a severe commentary upon the 

 enlightenment, as well as the morality 

 of our own Government, that while the 

 consumer of the Old World is protected 



in person and in purse against the 

 health-destroying adulterations and 

 shameless frauds practiced by unscrupu- 

 lous purveyors of food, there has been 

 as yet no general legislation upon this 

 subject this side the waters. 



There is not a page in this little work 

 which cannot be read with interest and 

 profit, and it should find its way into 

 every family of the country, where it 

 should create a sentiment to demand 

 the correction of this great and grow- 

 ing evil. The chapters upon " Oleo- 

 margarine " and "Glucose," the modern 

 substitutes for butter and sugar, will be 

 found especially interesting. The valu- 

 able paper treating upon the first named 

 subject is from the able pen of Dr. 

 Piper, and is interspersed with original 

 microscopic drawings showing what the 

 doctor has, with the aid of his instru- 

 ments, actually discovered in this latest 

 abomination of the adulterations. 



It is beautifully printed and hand- 

 somely illustrated and is for sale at this 

 office. Price 50 cents. 



Suspended.— In the Bee Journal, 

 for May, page 217, we stated the fact 

 that another bee paper, entitled " Our 

 Apiary," had made its appearance. 

 Now we find, in the New York News- 

 paper Beports for August, page 733, 

 that it has been " suspended for want 

 of sufficient support." Any enthusiast, 

 with a few dollars, can get out a num- 

 ber or two of a paper with 8 or 16 pages, 

 but it takes money to successfully pub- 

 lish a bee paper that will be of value to 

 bee-keepers. The one just deceased 

 was published at 50 cents a year, and at 

 that price it could neither do justice to 

 itself nor its patrons, hence both are 

 probably disgusted with the enterprise. 

 When the American Bee Journal 

 was started, there was no paper pub- 

 lished in America, "devoted exclusively 

 to bee-culture." Since then, seven 

 have started and died, and six besides 

 the American Bee Journal are now 

 being published, making seven in all. 

 With a field already too much occupied, 

 who will be the next to venture ? We 

 shall see. 



igg° Take advantage of the first favor- 

 able weather to look over the bees, and 

 prepare them for winter. 



