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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Therefore I say, go on, and give the adul- 

 terating scoundrels no rest. 

 Rockford, Ills. S. H. Herkick. 



Bro. Pond gives his opinion upon this 

 subject in words that have no uncertain 

 sound. Read what he says below : 



Friend York: — I have just received the 

 American Bee Journal for Feb. 15th, and 

 note what is said in regard to " adultera- 

 tion of honey." My own idea is this: 

 •• Give it to them, tooth and nail;" give 

 them "war to the knife, and the knife to 

 the hilt!" 



Does '-Bro. Root" fight the Devil by 

 keeping still and letting him gather up his 

 victims where he can ? •' 1 trow not ;" why 

 then let up in any fight against wrong and 

 evil? 



Again I say, don't let up ! If we can't 

 win the battle at once, we can keep up the 

 fight, and by-and-by we shall see good re- 

 sults follow. It is the part of a coward to 

 •give up beat" in any advance against 

 error and crime ; don't do it ! 



North Attleboro, Mass. J. E. Pond. 



The Bee Journal is ready to go on with 

 the fight, and promises not to grow weary 

 in service. Let every true brother and 

 sister stand for Right till victory shall 

 crown her on the throne, and Wrong shall 

 be put down forever ! 



Oreat Music Oiler.— Send to Popu- 

 lar Music Monthly, Indianapolis, Ind., the 

 names and addresses of three or more per- 

 formers on the piano or organ, together with 

 eight cents in postage, and they will mail 

 you one copy of the "Popular Music 

 Monthly," containing ten pieces, full sheet 

 music, consisting of popular songs, waltzes, 

 marches, etc., arranged for the piano and 

 organ. 



Catalogues ibr 1S94. are on our 



desk from the following: 



Goold, Shapley & Muir Co., Ltd., Brant- 

 ford, Ont. 

 John Nebel & Son, High Hill, Mo. 

 W. S. Bellows, Ladora, Iowa. 

 Geo. E. Hilton, Fremont, Mich. 

 M. H. Hunt. Bell Branch, Mich. 

 St. Joseph Apiary Co., St. Joseph, Mo. 

 Oliver Foster, Mt. Vernon, Iowa. 

 Phoenix Nursery Co., Bloomington, Ills. 

 J. W. Bittenbender, Knoxville, Iowa. 

 W. R. Graham Mfg. Co., Greenville, Tex. 

 Edw. Smith, Carpenter, Ills. 

 Chas. H. Thies, Steeleville, Ills. 



A Binder for holding a year's num- 

 bers of the Bee Journal we mail for 

 only 50 cents ; or clubbed with the 

 Journal for $1.40. 



answered by 



Marengo, III. 



In this department will be answered those 

 questions needing- immediate attention, and 

 such as are not of sufficient special interest to 

 require replies from the 'JO or more apiarists 

 who help to make "Queries and Replies" so 

 interesting on another page. In the main, it 

 will contain questions and answers upon mat- 

 ters that particularly interest beginners.— Ed. 



Fears the Bees May Starve. 



I purchased two colonies of Italian bees 

 from a Mr. Fritt a short time ago, and I am 

 afraid I have "got my foot into it. " I 

 should have waited until spring. He moved 

 them to my place yesterday (Feb. 2nd). He 

 was lafraid they might die, or something 

 happen to them, as two other colonies he 

 had starved to death (so he said). I put 

 the two colonies into my cellar. They are 

 in Simplicity hives, and all right at present. 

 I put two plates of sugar syrup, one in each 

 hive, so if they do run short of honey, they 

 can commence on the syrup, which is made 

 of three pounds of granulated sugar to one 

 quart of water, and I put in a pinch of tar- 

 taric acid. Have I done right ? Please in- 

 form me how to handle them until spring. 



Kendrick, Idaho. S. W. B. 



Answer. — There probably isn't much to 

 be done but to try to keep them from starv- 

 ing, and hope for the best. They may take 

 the syrup all right, but candy as described 

 in the text-books would be better, provid- 

 ing you haven't honey to give them. There 

 is danger that they will drown in the syrup, 

 and you can help that by putting in shav- 

 ings, bits of wood, or something of the 

 kind. Another danger it that they may 

 not come down to the feed at all. Candy 

 on top of the frames would be safer and 

 surer. 



Queen that Stopped Iiaying. 



Is a queen that stops laying in August 

 any good ? In looking over a colony of 

 bees last August, I found one with neither 

 brood nor eggs, and I could not find tlie 

 queen. I looked again in a few days, with 

 the same result, so I concluded the queen 

 was dead, and I sent for one, introduced 

 her in the usual way, and after a day or 

 two I found all the bees in the cage with 



