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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



May 



Mr. C. P. Dadant and one of the 

 State Bee Inspectors. 



A resolution asking for added ap- 

 propriation for bee inspection worK 

 was sent to the Senator and Represen- 

 tatives of the 37th Illinois district. Fa- 

 vorable responses have been received 

 from these representatives, stating 

 that they will support any such meas- 

 ure placed before the State Legisla- 

 ture. 



O. W. Holmes, Secretary. 



Alabama in Line 



Alabama now has a live beekeepers' 

 association, with J. M. Cutts, of Mont- 

 gomery, as President and M. C. Ber- 

 ry, of Haynesville, as Secretary. 



TWO SORTS OF HONEY 



By H. L. McMurray 



The Honey Man says, says he, 

 "Thar be 2 sorts of honey, such as 

 Honey No. 1, which the bees gather 

 from the flowers. It is very sweet— it 

 is good to eat. According to the doc- 

 tors, it is very healthful and good for 

 the complexion." 



Eat honey and keep well. 



Then he says, says he, '"Thar be 

 Honey No. 2, which is different. It is 

 extremely sweet— can't eat (only 

 taste!) Usually begins to develop in 

 the high school (if not sooner!) 

 Grows sweeter and sweeter (some- 

 times!) Always plural (two or 

 more!)". 



He says, says he, "Thar be often 



one of them thar gol darn 'triangles.'" 

 Honey is sweet. 



Honey Its Own Antidote 



At first Honey "No. 2" makes folks 

 sick. But all you have to do is to 

 follow the directions of the doctor(?) 

 selling patent medicine on the street 

 corner. 



"Gentlemen," says he, "this is the 

 most stupendous discovery! The most 

 wonderful reviver! The most extra- 

 ordinary of all remedies! If you're 

 sick, take a bottle and it will make 

 you well!" (No response). 



"Gentlemen !" he shouted, with a 

 look of intense pain spread on his 

 face, "I am most profoundly inter- 

 ested in your physical health. I tell 

 you this is the most colossal exagger- 

 ation ever offered to a suffering 

 world. If you'ire not sick, take a bot- 

 tle; it will make you sick and then 

 cure you!!! (The buying was furi- 

 ous). 



Honey makes you sweet. 

 The Honey Germ 



About the first indication of the 

 presence of the "germ" ( Bacillus 

 luna) is a tendency on -he part of the 

 "afflicted" to "pair off" and wander in 

 the "moonlight," especially along the 

 river or the lake, or any old place. 



The "symptoms" grow more pro- 

 nounced and "aggravating" until 

 "they" reach the last stage, when 

 they appear to get "loony" and "go 

 off" on a "honeymoon." (There's al- 

 ways a pair). The last stage is hope- 

 less ! The older people stand about 



and look on with profound pity! — 

 disgust!! (and envy!!!) 

 The Process 



When "Honey No. 2' sours it pro- 

 duces a "scum" called "divorce," after 

 which it sweetens up and goes 

 through another "honeymoon" stage. 

 Sometimes there are four or five 

 such "stages!" This inclination to 

 turn "sweet" and "'sour" is one of the 

 unbelievable, inexplicable and 



"damnable" characteristics of the 

 "germ." 



Feed wifey honey — not "taffy." 



Feed hubby honey — not "sass." 

 Incurable and Universal 



The doctors claim that there are no 

 drugs to be given nor vaccine to be 

 injected that will in any way check 

 the ravages of this "deadly germ." 



It thrives equally among the rich 

 and the poor, the black and the white, 

 the red and the yellow, the Eskimo 

 and Hottentot. Among the very rich 

 there seems to be an increased ten- 

 dency to develop many "'points" to 

 the "triangle." 



"If you're not sick, take a bottle — 

 it will make you sick and then cure 

 you! ! !" 



'"Oh, it's a grand and glorious feel- 

 ing." 



You've had it!!! The dog-gone 

 thing's "oatchin'." 



You couldn't help it, if you would, 

 and you wouldn't if you could! 



You know that's the truth!!! 



Don't blame me!!! 



Eat more honey. 



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