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try " of honest honey-production. Nothing 

 could please the adulterators any better 

 than to have everybody keep still, and just 

 let them go on with their criminal work. 



That's what burglars, murderers, and all 

 sorts of thieves and sinners want also—they 

 want to be let alone ! But no honest, conscien- 

 tious and liberty -loving people will consent 

 to any such one-sided arrangement. No, 

 sir! we'll try to " show up " their diaboli- 

 cal work, and if possible have it stopped, 

 and themselves feel the strong arm of a 

 just law ! 



We claim that as the bee-papers are read 

 by the producers of pure honey, it is our 

 duty to inform them of the iniquitous work 

 carried on by those who would destroy our 

 pursuit ; and we do not propose to remain 

 silent when we know that the adulteration 

 of honey is constantly going on. We in- 

 tend to denounce the villains until a stop 

 is put to marketing for pure honey that 

 which the sellers know is adulterated. 



We believe that in the above determina- 

 tion every honest honey-producer will 

 heartily agree, and urge us to "spare not, 

 but cut to the core !" 



Mrs. J. ]^. Heater, of Columbus, 

 Nebr^, has been spending two months on 

 the Pacific Coast, we learn in a letter from 

 her, dated on March 22nd. Here is what 

 she says about that trip and her bees: 



Mr. Heater and I have been on the Pacific 

 Coast for the past two months, having re- 

 turned on March 19th. We explored the 

 Coast pretty thoroughly, from northern 

 Washington to Mexico, both by land and 

 sea, and had a most delightful time. I find 

 my bees have wintered finely, and the pros- 

 pects are all bright and encouraging for 

 the coming season. 



Yours truly, 



Mrs. J. N. Heater. 



How fortunate some folks are ; and how 

 much they must appreciate their ability 

 and opportunity to see some of the delights 

 of our own vast country. We are always 

 glad when our friends have been thus 

 blessed, even though we cannot enjoy simi- 

 lar pleasures. 



Perhaps Mrs. Heater will favor the Bee 

 Journal readers with a description of her 

 "Western wanderings," as doubtless she 

 kept one eye open in the interest of bee- 

 culture, and will be able to tell us all some- 

 thing about the things that impressed her 

 most while " Coast-ing" along the Pacific. 



XI»e Oittloolc in IBee-i'itlture.— 



In the American Bee-Keeper for March. Bro. 

 G. W. Demaree writes thus hopefully on 

 the future of bee-keeping : 



But what is the outlook for bee-culture in 

 the future '. There have been decades of 

 good and poor honey years, ever since 

 I began to observe these things, and I now 

 expect them to turn up in their regular 

 course. When the prosperous years are on, 

 many persons enter the apicultural field, 

 and when the poor years begin to be felt, 

 they drop out and leave only those that are 

 fitted for the business. Thus adversity is 

 not without its beneficial use. The apicul- 

 tural field, for this reason, is not likely to 

 become too much crowded. To me the out- 

 look is as bright as it ever was, and 

 brighter. 



The business is settling down in more 

 permanent form, apicultural goods and 

 supplies are becoming more uniform and 

 staple in character, and less excited by 

 doubtful and worthless invention. And 

 " fitness of person " is taking the highest 

 rank in the bee-business, iu the place of 

 honey-producing hives and fixtures. This is 

 the most hopeful feature of our times per- 

 taining to the f utui'e bee-business. 



As to the seasons, we cannot govern 

 them : as in the past, so they ai-e likely to 

 be in the future — they will be good and bad 

 — but the efl'ects will be no harder to bear 

 by bee-keepers than by those engaged in 

 other branches of agriculture. 



ISee-ICooks by llie Carloiitl. — ■ A 



B C of Bee-Culture'" is a grand good book. 

 In Oleanings we just notice that Bro. Root 

 is getting out the 62nd thousand of this 

 well known work. That means a big pile 

 of books. Let's see ; we believe each copy 

 weighs two pounds, so that would make 

 just 62 tons in all — several carloads of just 

 one bee-book I But that's just like Bro. 

 Root — always doing big things. 



Caiia^«li:tii Honey, Etc — We have 

 received the following letter from Bro. 

 Holtermann, referring to our comments on 

 page 361 : 



Brantford, Ont., March 24, 1S94. 



Friend York: — I have just returned 

 from Ottawa, and find the American Bee 

 Journal before me, with a clipping from 

 the Empire. Let me say I did not sympa- 

 thize with the manner in which some one 

 drew attention to the merits of Canadian 

 honey. But I do claim that the average 

 honey in Canada is superior to that of the 

 United States. What I mean is this : 



Owing to flora, climate, etc., the farther 

 north we go, as a rule, the better is the 

 honey (of course, do not go to the North 

 Pole). Just this week I said at Ottawa, 

 when seeking legislation on the adultera- 



