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VOL. XXXI. CHICAGO, ILL, FEBRUARY 16, 1893. 



NO. 7. 



*' stars will blossom in the darkness, 

 "Violets bloom beneath the snow." 



Xhe North American conven- 

 tion report is completed in this issue of 

 the Bee Jouknal. We wish to call 

 particular attention to Prof. C. V. 

 Riley's address, which is very interest- 

 ing, as it comes from one so near to the 

 head of the Department of Agriculture. 



We will put the whole report in 

 pamphlet form in about two weeks, and 

 any one disiring a copy of it can get it 

 by sending us 25 cents. Of course the 

 members of the Associatian will get it 

 free. 



Very much matter for publication has 

 accumulated during the past few weeks, 

 but we felt that the North American 

 Report should come first ; now as that 

 is finished, we will be able to publish 

 other very interesting matter that we 

 have been compelled to hold back. We 

 trust that those who have sent in any- 

 thing for publication in the Bee Jour- 

 nal will not get uneasy, as we are doing 

 the very best we can, and will soon 

 reach their particular contribution. 



Su^ar-Honey Folks As:aiti. 



— In reply to our editorial remarks on 

 page 136, Dr. Miller has this to say 

 further regarding those who think it 

 would be a good thing for bee-keepers 

 to feed sugar to produce comb honey : 



Now, look here, Mr. Editor, don't you 

 imagine that you're going to choke me 

 off by calling me "kind-hearted." May 

 be you'll not think me so kind-hearted 

 before I get through. Reading very 

 carefully all you say on page 136, it 

 seems to me you don't squarely meet the 

 issue. You say, " When we have com- 

 mitted a wrong we expect to suffer for 

 it, unless by showing sincere repentance 

 we may be forgiven." That's all right, 

 but are you going to repent just because 

 somebody calls you names, instead of 

 trying to show you anything you have 

 done wrong ? 



That's a nice figure about " switch- 

 ing," but figures sometimes don't prove 

 anything, and many a train has been 

 wrecked just because it "kept on the 

 main line" when it ought to have been 

 side-tracked. In fact, in the present 

 case, the trouble is that the sugar- 

 honey idea wasn't switched off onto a 

 side-track long before it was, and quietly 

 left there. 



Are you " so mad with rage " that you 

 can't look at the thing straight? The 

 whole gist of the matter lies in a ques- 

 tion that I asked you, and that you ut- 

 terly ignore. I said, practically, that 

 these brethren honestly believed that 

 bees make honey out of sugar, and then 

 asked, " Believing that, was there any- 

 thing criminal in their saying so ?" 

 Please give a categorical answer to that. 



I think the whole case in a nutshell is 

 just about this : They said, "Bees make 

 honey out of sugar." We said, "They 



