THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



79 



read and appreciated than maga- 

 zines laid away. Friend Newman 

 once wrote me he could bind my 

 files of the A. B. J., in same style 

 as Vol. 1, for thirty cents per vol- 

 ume. What could we get our 

 various bee journals bound for, per 

 volume, in similar style to Vols. 1 

 and 2 of the " Apiculturist?" It 

 might be that the manj^ beekeep- 

 ers of the land, who have kept their 

 journals in good order, could give 

 a binder so much work as to get 

 very low rates. I must not forget 

 to add that the contents of this 

 new book, do not, in any way, fall 

 short of its fine covering. 

 Oneida, III. 



PATENTS ON BEE 

 FIXTURES. 



By J. M. Shuck. 



I regret that Bro. Demaree 

 chose to append to his otherwise 

 useful article in your last issue, tlie 

 threadbare general charge against 

 patents in apiculture. I hope he 

 worded his expression on the mat- 

 ter unfortunately. If he is correct 

 some of us are offering to sell what 

 we don't own. If he is incorrect, he 

 is encouraging beekeepers to use 

 what they don't own. 



Kentucky has a reputation as a 

 square trotter. I hope Mr. D. 

 will either modify his statement, 

 or prove his assertion, and tell us 

 what patents he means. 



Des Moines, Feb. 17, 1886. 



CANADIAN DEPARTMENT. 



Bl- R. F. HOLTERMAN. 



The most important topic for 

 Canadian beekeepers appears to 

 be the displa}- of honey at the com- 

 ing Colonial and Indian Exhibition. 



Last fall at the annual meeting: 



of the Ont. Beekeepers' Associa- 

 tion, it was generally understood 

 that the crop of 1886 would be se- 

 cured in time for the exhibition. 

 Many who might otherwise have 

 retained honey sold theirs, and in 

 consequence, when the news came 

 that the honey must leave for Ken- 

 sington by the last week in Febru- 

 ary, those best able in many respects 

 to make a display otherwise, and 

 most willing to make it, found they 

 had an insufficient quantity to 

 make it with. The matter was rep- 

 resented to the government, and 

 after some time we found to our 

 joy the crop of 1886 would do to 

 make a display. 



A meeting has been held at To- 

 ronto, and the five commissioners 

 were appointed by the Ontario 

 Beekeepers' Association, consist- 

 ing of Messrs. Rettit, Hall, Mc- 

 Hughs, Jones and Cornell, to visit 

 England and see to the display 

 there, as well as finding an outlet 

 for our honey there. 



It is anticipated that the mon- 

 ster Canadian display made will 

 attract the notice of all classes ; 

 that attention will be drawn to 

 honey for an economic food and 

 a luxury, and the article will be in 

 largely increased demand, benefit- 

 ing the English beekeeper as well 

 as the Canadian. I may well go 

 so far as to say we shall have a 

 grant from the Ontario government 

 to help the display. We (the On- 

 tario Beekeepers' Association) ex- 

 pect to be incorporated and also 

 get an annual grant of this latter. 

 A comment was made by the "Brit- 

 ish Bee Journal" upon the proposed 

 shipment of honey, which, unless 

 carefully read, might mislead. We 

 consider the editor above a spirit 

 which would injure, in however in- 

 direct a manner, any one, and in 

 writing the article he could liave 

 had no intention to injure. Con- 

 sumers and beekeepers may rest 

 assured, however, that we Cana- 



