1892 



(ILKAMNIJS IN HEE CUI/rURI.:. 



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a l\usty rutrt'Ut likt' the it>st, leaving me witli 

 mv instninKMit for tho ^)asst>llg('l•s tn lauRli at. 



'riifir houses arc ot the rudest and most, 

 primitive deseriptlon. Many of them can not 

 lie entered in a standing: posture. Most of tiiem 

 are eovered with weetls and tlien witli ehiy. 1 

 iiittMideti to tret a view of some of tliese Indian 

 dweiliniis. The buildinsis you S(>e above tiie 

 heads of tiie i>iH)ph' are some iielongiuff to the 

 raih'oad company. All tiie rest are rude iiuts 

 witiiout even a window, and nmny times notii- 

 insr in the shape of a door tint a piece of burhv|) 

 or some old sacl< hung over the o|)ening. At 

 Maricopa Station, where we changcHl cars for 

 Tempe. th'^ coudilion of things is sominvhal 

 improved: but all the towns along here are 

 mostly nothing but railway stations in the 

 midstof the desert. So little attemjit has 1)een 

 luade at agriculture, that nothing like a d(>cenl 

 home is to be seen. asid(^ from the hotel and the 

 station. Some atti'uipts have been made in the 

 way of agriculture and farming between Mafi- 

 ct)pa and Tempe; yet. so fur as I could see, the 

 most of such ventures have been abandoned 

 until we arrive at Tempe. Here we begin to 

 see iuil(>s of irrigated and fertile fields covered 

 with alfalfa and ditlerent kinds of grain. Of 

 this I will tell you more in my next. 





Funds received for India famine sufferers now 

 amount to ?;21.00. 



We are pleased to learn that Bro. Newman's 

 health is better. We hope that, with his les- 

 sened responsibilities, his health will continue 

 to improve. 



Thk Progressive Bee-keeper says that four 

 horizontal wiies on medium brood foundation 

 for L. frames is a grand success in their apiary, 

 .lust our experience exactly. Bro. Quigley. 



Referring to the article in another column 

 on honey analysis, Prof. Cook writes, after 

 having seen a proof of our footnote, as follows; 



Tlic txpciise is borne l)y our Agricultural Collefac, 

 Kentucky Experiment Station, and Departiiicnl of 

 Agriculture. Please add, that we are not throug-li 

 yet. We shall go clear to the bottom, so we sliall 

 ))ositively know all the truth. We mu.st analyze 

 many more samples. A. J. Cook. 



Agricultural College, Mich., Sept. 12. 



" SuPER-CLEAKEKs" in England is the name 

 used to designate what we call in this country 

 •'bee-escapes." Perhaps the former is the 

 more accurate term; but then, bee-e.scapes are 

 used not only for ridding bees from the supers, 

 but also from buildings, when attached to win- 

 dows or doors. Reports are now coming in to 

 the Britl'<h Bee JoiiriKti. showing that super- 

 clearers are giving excellent results. 



Reports regarding Punic for, rather, Tunisi- 

 an) bees are now coming in quite freely through 

 the bee-journals. Outside of the statements of 

 those who breed them, with perhaps one and 

 possibly two exceptions, the reports show that 

 the new race is decidedly undesirable. While 

 they are, in some cases, admitted to be good 

 workers, there seems to be a general agreement 

 that they are cross, and bad propolizers. In- 

 deed, a correspondent in the American Bee 

 Journnl says, "They are the worst bees I ever 

 saw." 



We have just been informed that a certain 

 commission house in the east refu.sed to give 

 full price for tirst-class white comb honey, sim- 

 ply because the shi|)ping-cases which contain- 

 ed it were made of crcdini'ohircil basswood in- 

 stead of lolntc. This is decidr-dly preposterous 

 and unjust. It looks as if the house were try- 

 ing to beat th(! bee-keeper out of his just dues. 



Thk American Bee Journal has just incor- 

 porated in its columns a new department, called 

 "In the Suni;y South." It is to be conducted 

 by Mrs. .Jennie Atchley. of Floyd. Tex., a well- 

 known writer ami (|ueen-l)reeder. The lirst in- 

 stallment, beginning with the Sept. 1st number, 

 is good, and nodoul)twill maintain its initial 

 standard of excel lenct;. It's a good scheme, 

 Bro. York, especially for the far-south readers. 



We call special attention to the leading arti- 

 cle, by Prof. Cook, in this issue, on honi'y adul- 

 teration and its analyses. It givers us "strong 

 hope that wc may be able to ferret out and lo- 

 cate honey adult(!rations, punish the guilty 

 parties, and thus at last put an end to a prac- 

 tice that, we fear, is getting to be too common. 

 The fact is. the mixers have been hiding behind 

 tiie impression that glucose could not be detected 

 by analysis or taste; but it looks now as if they 

 could do so no more. 



Here is another of the many evidences of the 

 good work of the Bee-keeper.-' Union. We ex- 

 tract the following from the latest issue of the 

 American Bee Jonrnal: 



Jolm Foulkes, near Dubuque, Iowa, sued liis two 

 neighbors wlio kept bees, demanding temporary in- 

 .iunctioiis. compelling the owners to remove the 

 bees. As they were members of the Union, the Gen- 

 ei'al Manager took charge of the case. Tlie result is, 

 that Judge Leuehan refused to grant the injunc- 

 tion, because it would "interfere with a business 

 which the courts recognize as legal." 



A NEW or old bee-keepers' UNION. 



A new bee-keepers' union, or the old one with 

 a modified constitution, is a proper topic for dis- 

 cussion. It is opened by General Manager 

 Newman, in another coluinn. We talked with 

 a number of bee-keepers at Detroit, and the 

 impression seemed to be that the old union 

 should not be meddled with. On the other 

 hand, it is urged that the old union is in splen- 

 did working order, and can, with a very slight 

 modification of the constitution, be niade to 

 prosecute adulterators. It seems to us it would 

 be more economical to have one union, the 

 ofifice of which should be to defend bee-keepers 

 from unjust persecution on the part of ignorant 

 neighbors, and at the same time help them 

 prosecute; and put down adulteration. Oeneral 

 Manager Newman should be retained, but 

 he should have competent as.sistance. 



GOLDEN-YELI.cnV OH GENTLE BEES. 



Our golden-yellow bees are not proving to be 

 as gentle as our leather-colored stock from im- 

 ported mothers. As there seemed to be a rage 

 this season for yellow bees we began producing 

 them. We are now getting complaints that the 

 temper of the bees is not of the good quality of 

 the queens we s(!nl out a year or so ago; and 

 yet if we send out those same queens again, we 

 shall be. as we hav(! been in the past, roundly 

 abused because the iiueens themselves are not 

 golden yellow. Which horn of the dilemma 

 shall we take? If our advice is asked we rec- 

 ommend bees that an; gentle and good workers, 

 without reference to the golden yellow. We 

 can produce one kind of bees just as well as 

 any other, and are willing to supply to the 

 trade what it calls for; and that is iust what 

 every queen-breeder is willing and able to do. 



