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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



having it in connection with the State Fair 

 — too much outside attraction to make tlie 

 meetings a success. Later in the season, 

 when the bee-keepers could command more 

 leisure, was deemed preferable. The con- 

 vention finally adjourned to meet in Kala- 

 mazoo, on the third Wednesday of Decem- 

 ber next. 



H. A. BuRCH, Sec. pro. tern. 



We give below statistics, as far as ascer- 

 tained, of what our bee-keepers did last 

 season. We think the showing not alto- 

 gether unfavorable, even when compared 

 with that of the National Society. It will 

 doubtless be observed that the " bee-dis- 

 ease " has not subsided altogether "out 

 West." 



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A. C. Balch.... 

 T. F. Biugham.. 



H.A. Burch 



C. I. Balch 



B. Bennett 



James Heddon. , 



Mr. Ward 



A. J. Daniels . .. 



C. J. Daniels . . . 

 A. S. Haskins... 

 W. B. Kroiuer.. 



F. E. Fowler 



Mr. Bvarts 



Mr. Dicer 



Mr. Wilcox 



Mr. Lominsou . . 

 H. A. Knapp. . .. 



A. Canitf 



Dr. Southard . . . 



H. King 



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Mr. Hudson . . 

 J. P. Everard . 

 J. Toralinson . 

 H. E. Bidwell. 



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154 



For the American Bee Journal. 



Novice. 



Dear Bee Journal : Were we to set 

 about picking all the flaws in friend Adair's 

 writings and works that we could, as 

 though we had a case to work up, and 

 bound to show all his weak points, etc., 

 we presume we might keep up an animated 

 controversy all summer. Some would ap- 

 plaud and say, " now you've got him. Nov- 

 ice, he can't get around that," and perhaps 

 an equal number would say, " Adair is too 

 much for him, he had better twist out of it 

 as he has a way of doing, etc., etc. ; " and 

 perhaps a few might profess a particular 

 sympathy Avith each ones side when writing 

 them, and this latter class are productive 

 of the most mischief perhaps of all. One 

 I'lass would becoiiic more and more settled 



in their convictions that Novice was the 

 aggressor, and the other vice versa; and no 

 real good would come of it all, any more 

 than will perhaps from further arguments 

 at present in regard to " Queen's wings." 



Perhaps Mr. Adair is 'right, and that we 

 have not done him justice. If so, we beg his 

 pardon and will endeavor to submit with 

 better grace when we see reason to con- 

 clude he is right all through Progressive 

 Bee Culture. In place of arguing as to 

 what is on the inside page of the cover, wt- 

 would ask those who have the curiosity, to 

 read it and form their own opinion. If 

 we misrepresented, we beg pardon, for we 

 did not intend to, and cannot see now that 

 we did, in substance. 



Although Mr. A. has taken extracts here 

 and there from our w^ritings, and held them 

 up in a way that makes one look ridiculous, 

 and in a few places does us gross injustice, 

 we cannot really think it best to censure 

 him so much, for this is a common method 

 of attack in controversies. Again, several 

 things appear badly against us because all 

 the facts are not known ; one of them is in 

 regard to the Peabody Extractor. 



Were we to tell just how we came to 

 recommend it publicly w^e should di'ag 

 another person forward into a controversy 

 perhaps, so we prefer to let the blame rest 

 on us. With the rapid strides bee-culture 

 has made, it has many times been hard to 

 decide what is best, and we really must 

 confess on looking back that Mr. Adair has 

 some reasons for his charge respecting 

 what we have advised. 



Will he and some others remember that 

 our opinion was continually asked and is 

 yet, on many difficult points, and we could 

 do no better than to answer them to the 

 best of our honest convictions. If he ever 

 had any such foolish belief that we are 

 "capable of the job of regulating the whole 

 bee world," we certainly are cured of it 

 now. Reports of losses of whole apiaries 

 come to us from all quarters, and under 

 seemingly almost all circumstances, and 

 we honestly haven't a word of advice to 

 ofl'er. If friends Adair and Gallup, would 

 tell us how many colonies they had in the 

 fall, and how manj' they have now, — May 

 29th, — we might form an opinion as to how 

 much aid we might hope to expect from 

 adopting their long hives and mammoth 

 colonies. So far as we can learn, stocks 

 made purposely of double strength in the 

 fall, have fared but little better. Although 

 as we have said, failures are reported when 

 everytiiing seemed most favorable. On the 

 other hand. Apiaries located but a short 

 distance away, have wintered as usual 

 under even unfavorable conditions. Dys- 

 entery seems to have had little or nothing 

 to do witli it this spring, but the trouble 

 seems to have been simply a dwindling 



