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deeliDed. But there Is no doubt that of late years It has been 

 more and more realized that pure honey does possess qualities 

 which it is impossible to replace. There has been a larger 

 and ever increasing demand for it, till there seems every pros- 

 pect of its coming again into general use in every household. 

 Thousands of tons of honey are now annually consumed In 

 this country : while in North America alone, it is estimated 

 that more than a hundred million pounds are produced every 

 year. 



But it is not only as a palatable and nourishing food that 

 honey has again come to be so highly appreciated. It is now 

 pretty generally acknowledged to be a really valuable medi- 

 cine. And when we bear in mind that the nectar gathered 

 by the bee is a secretion in which we may expect to find the 

 essential virtues of the plant from which it is obtained, that 

 there is more or less pollen always present, and that, when 

 converted into honey, it contains, in addition, a certain 

 amount of formic acid, we can easily account for its wonder- 

 ful medicinal properties. 



Honey is especially recommended as likely to be beneficial 

 in cases of dyspepsia, rheumatism, asthma, hoarseness, short- 

 ness of breath, and all affections of the chest. Consumptive 

 people are known to have derived great benefit from its con- 

 tinued use, and it is said to have been recently often used as a 

 substitute for cod-liver oil, with very satisfactory results. 



In bronchitis great relief may be obtained by taking a 

 small quantity at frequent intervals. The regular use of it is 

 said to aid digestion, and to strengthen the nerves. As a gen- 

 tle laxative, and purifier of the blood, no better medicine can 

 be taken ; while its peculiar acid property has caused it to be 

 generally recognized as a valuable medicine in case of sore 

 throat. Indeed, for coughs, colds, and all affections of the 

 throat, it is universally acknowledged to be the best of 

 remedies. 



T\)^ Weekly Budget. 



Mb. S. H. Clakk, of Clinton Co., Iowa, says: "I can't 

 get along without the American Bee .Tournal. It is the best 

 helper I have." 



Mr. a. F. Randall, of Fayette Co., Iowa, writing July 

 13, said : " This is the best honey-year for the last 15 years 

 on white clover." 



Hon. Eugene Secor — The General Managerof the Uniti^d 

 States Bee-Keepers" Union — expects to be present at the 

 Buffalo convention next month, Providence permitting. 



Mr. D. W. Heise, of Ontario, Canada, wrote us July 12 ; 



" I am making arrangements to be at the Buffalo conven- 

 tion. The bees have done well thus far, but the harvest is 

 fast drawing to a close." 



Mr. N. E. France, of Wisconsin, writing us July 13, 

 said that the honey harvest there was about over, with 4 1,000 

 pounds of honey taken up to that date. Who can beat that, 

 outside of California, or even inside of that State ? 



Mk. M. H. Hunt— a bee-supply dealer in Wayne Co., Mich., 

 and one of our advertisers — wrote us July 12 : 



" I am off for a vacation. Never had better business than 

 this season. Great honey crop here." 



Mk. W. C. R. Kemp, of Orange Co., Ind., was for years a 

 reaber of the Bee Journal, then, like some others, he stopt 

 reading it. But July 12, he wrote us as follows : 



" I have been longing to see a copy of the dear old Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal once more, and will ask you to send me one 

 for ' old acquaintance sake." Many things have happened 

 since we parted — some good, some bad, some indifferent. 

 Among the bad things is the loss by fire of all my stork of 

 merchandise (stoves and tinware), so that I am out of business, 

 and not able to resume. In consequence of the poor honey 

 seasons for the last five years, my bees were neglected, and 

 this spring found me with but two colonies. O that I had iiO ! 

 for then half my loss by flre would have been made back. 



Such a honey season I have never seen before ! The earth is 

 a carpet of white clover, and the bees are revelling in honey. 

 From my two colonies I have taken 150 pounds of fine comb 

 honey, and 50 pounds of extracted, with an increase of three 

 colonies. I will probably get "20 or 25 pounds more. The 

 season is now closing. 



" I am anxious to know what other bee-keepers are doing, 

 and to renew their acquaintance, and by next season I may 

 resume the manufacture of extractors and smokers." 



We hope Mr. Kemp may speedily recover from his loss, 

 and also be found in the ranks of bee-keepers again. 



Mr. N. Levering, in the California Cultivator, says the 

 output of honey in Orange county will be large this year. Mr. 

 J. A. Oderlin, with 250 colonies, had extracted 10 tons by 

 May 1. Two years ago the output for tbe season was 23 

 tons. It is very fine black sage honey. 



Mr. W. Bishop, of Otero Co., Colo., when sending in a 

 new subscriber to the Bee Journal July 14, and also his mem- 

 bership fee for the New Union, added this: 



" One number of the American Bee Journal is worth to 

 me what a whole year's subscription costs. Bees are doing 

 fine. We have good prospects for a fine honey-flow." 



Mr. Thos. G. New.man, of S.in Francisco, Calif. — the 

 General Manager of the National Bee-Keepers' Union — wrote 

 us July lO, that there was some prospect of his being in Chi- 

 cago on business in August, and that he might perhaps attend 

 the Buffalo convention. He reports the weather in San 

 Francisco as lovely — thermometer indicating 72-, and not 

 100^ as here in Chicago. 



By the way, we noticed in the June Bee-Keepers' Review 

 some correspondence from Dr. Mason and Dr. Miller, refer- 

 ring to Mr. Newman as Manager of the Old Union, which 

 called out this editorial paragraph by Mr. Hutchinson : 



"Thos. G. Newman I believe to be an honest man. I say 

 this because there is an item in Dr. Mason's-article that might 

 be construed into an insinuation to the contrary. '?hen there 

 was an item not long ago in the American Bee Journal that 

 might be lookt at in this same light. I do think that it would 

 have been better if Mr. Newman had given an itemized ac- 

 count of the expenses, and, better still, if there had been an 

 auditing committee, but, altho these are lacking, I see no 

 grounds for doubting the truthfulness of the amount reported 

 as expended. Mr. Newman has been very severely criticised, 

 and I think some of it is deserved, but let us not resort to such 

 criticism that it may be regarded as an insinuatioa against 

 his honor, when there is no greater foundation than that his 

 report does not give an itcnxized account of the expenses of 

 the last year." 



We were quite surprised when we read the above para- 

 graph, for we were not aware that there had been anything 

 in the American Bee Journal that reflected upon Mr. New- 

 man's honesty. Certainly we have not questioned it at all. If 

 some have 7nisconstrucd our suggestion that an itemized ac- 

 count of the annual expenditures of the Old Union be pub- 

 lisht, we can't help that. It is every member's right to know 

 how the funds of a society to which he may belong are ex- 

 pended ; and we insist that such request dncs not carry with it 

 any insinuation that the treasurer is dishonest. We surely 

 would not thus accuse Mr. Newman, for we have known him 

 long enough to know that he Is an honest man. The only in- 

 stance, we believe, wherein we claimed Mr. Newman did 

 wrong, was in publishing his criticism of the New Constitution 

 in his Annual Report; and, to our mind, there is no question 

 about that at all. It was not legitimately a part of the Re- 

 port, and so should have been omitted therefrom. 



We must insist that the American Bee Journal has not 

 even insinuated that Mr. Newman is not honest, tho in his 

 article on page 290, Mr. Newman does a good deal more than 

 to simply make "insinuations" against otir honor. But we 

 can stand that if he can. 



