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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



[Sept. 



hive, for the combs indeed must have been at- 

 tached to the ribs of the carcass. Mr. Editor, 

 these bee journals are doing a great work, and 

 will eventually enlighten the whole world ; we 

 see from the last North American Bee Journal, 

 that A. F. Moon has quit his journal and gone 

 down into Georgia to peddling the Thomas bee 

 hive, and has left a painter by the name of Mc- 

 Fearson the bag to hold. "We were at Indian- 

 apolis a few days ago and undertook to find 

 him (Moon), but no Moon was to be seen or 

 heard of; all was " total darkness." The office 

 was closed up and the newspaper curtains were 

 down. There was no crape on the door, but 

 from what we learned we would not wonder 

 that there would be very soon. A strange phe- 

 nemena, "the Moon" arises away up in the 

 northwest and sets away down south. But then 

 we are prepared to hear almost anything and 

 not be astonished in these times of dollar hives, 

 and no mistake. 



We have not been able to give any attention 

 to bees thisseason, but those that passed through 

 last winter have been doing well this season, 

 and we believe all will go into winter with as 

 many or more than they did last winter. I have 

 reference to Ky. ; I am now at Champaign, 111., 

 on a visit to friends, recruiting my health. I 

 find that bees are doing well in this section as 

 it has been very seasonable here. 



[For the Ainerican#Bee lournal.l 



How we Appreciate Novice and Eowell. 



The only reply I have to make to Novice 

 and Rowell's articles in the last (August num- 

 ber) A. B. J. is this : I will furnish any one 

 with bee-hives of any style, that he does, or 

 anything else in the bee line (provided it will not 

 infringe upon any patent or upon the rights of 

 anyone, as I won't advertise to break the United 

 States patent laws, or the laws of decency,) ten 

 per cent, less than what Novice says he will do 

 it for. I will guarantee that the stock and 

 workmanship shall excel his in all respects. 



I will not furnish bed-quilts nor pillow-cases, 

 as such things are not needed about our hive. 

 We have made arrangements to have hives and 

 material shipped from a factory in Ohio, and 

 we will soon have an advertisement in the A. 

 B. J., giving full particulars. 



I make this statement, as the western readers 

 may say that the difi'erence in transportation 

 charges may amount to more than the ten per 

 cent. We are not to be outdone by any man in 

 the bee kingdom. We were the first to reduce 

 •the price of Italian queens so that they could 

 be purchased at a low figure. We made arrange- 

 ments, years ago, with Mr. Langstroth for selling 

 his hive in the territory owned by him ; and we 

 can furnish those $1.00 hives that cost $3.45 

 (see article on pp. 36 and 37, August number 

 A. B. J., under the head of " Dollar Hive," by 

 "T. S."), at figures much less than Novice can 



begin to. We wondered how it was that he 

 could sell the two-story hive so low, but we 

 had no idea that there was any deception about it. 



Mr. Rowell has an idea that we feel consid- 

 erably hurt by Novice's articles in the A. B. J. 

 Let me assure you, Mr. R., that we do not feel 

 in the slightest degree that way. And we are 

 not afraid to read N.'s articles. If you want to 

 read the advertisement on first page under 

 Novice, I won't object to it; but we have read 

 that same old advertisement so many times that 

 we know what he has for sale. If you can't 

 remember you had better read them, as they 

 appear in each number of the paper. 



I am glad that you appreciate them, even 

 when they are in the wrong columns. This is 

 not intended as an advertisement, but only as a 

 fitting rejoinder to Novice and Rowell's articles 

 in the August number. H. Alley. 



WenJiam, Mass. 



[For the American Bee Journal.] 



To Novice. 



Mr. Novice, you must remember, when you 

 tell us of taking your swarms into a spare room, 

 warming and feeding them up to get rid of 

 disease, that we " little toads" don't always 

 have the wherewith to furnish the empty rooms 

 and stoves. What are we to do then? Will 

 old last years' pollen in the combs do to feed 

 young bees, in the Spring before new pollen 

 comes on ? You asked me some time ago, if my 

 swarms were strong in the Spring. Yes, some 

 were very strong, but there was no honey for 

 them to get. Some people complain that honey 

 makes them sick. Just take a bowl of sweet 

 milk and drink it as you eat the honey, and my 

 word for it, you will not be troubled by any 

 bad effects. W. M. Kellogg. 

 Janesville, Wis., Aug. 5th, 1873. 

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Fourth Animal Meeting. 



Chautauqua Co. Bee-keepers' Association will 

 hold its fourth annual meeting, September 17th, 

 on the fair ground at Jamestown, N. Y., the 

 second day of the county lair, at the Speakers' 

 stand. A general invitation is given. The 

 Agricultural Society have offered more and 

 larger premiums than ever offered by them be- 

 fore, especially in the bee department. We an- 

 ticipate a large show of bees, bee-hives, extrac- 

 tors, feeders and honey in various forms. 



J. M. Bbebb, President. 

 C. E. Benton, Secretary. 



[For the American Bee Journal.] 



Iowa Beekeepers' Assooiation, 



The next meeting of the Central Iowa Bee- 

 keepers' Association will be held on the grounds 

 of the State Agricultural Society, at Cedar 

 Rapids, commencing on the second day of the 



