1881. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



245 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Death of the X. Y. Adulteration Bill. 

 — The following we lind in the Bec- 

 Ki i p rs' Exchange for July, and it has 

 awakened a curiosity to know the 

 persuasions brought to bear upon the 

 Governor by the swindlers. If a per- 

 centage of their ill-gotten gains, then, 

 how much ? 



We saw an item in a newspaper re- 

 cently, which stated that the Governor 

 of New York State had vetoed the bill 

 regulating and punishing the adulte- 

 ration of sugars, syrups, honey, etc. 



Melilot as a Honey Producer.— Mr. 



F. L. Dougherty, in the Indiana Far- 

 mer, says : 



The excessive hot weather during 

 the fore part of this month burned up 

 the white clover, shortening the sea- 

 son about 2 weeks. White clover did 

 not yield honey so well as we were led 

 to hope, by its condition early in the 

 season, however our melilot is still 

 holding its own, being covered with 

 bees from early morn till late at night. 

 Although not making surplus honey, 

 the bees are getting enough for pres- 

 ent use, enabling us to continue queen- 

 rearing, and the building up of nu- 

 clei, without feeding. Almost every- 

 thing, except white clover, has yielded 

 copiously this season, and we hopefor 

 a good fall crop of honey. 



An Editor's First Experience with 



Bees.— The Fayetteville (N. Y) .Record 

 has an amusing account of the editor's 

 first experience with a colony of Ital- 

 ians. At first he was rilled with /en?- 

 and dread of his " little ne/s;" butnow, 

 seeing such a good result of their 

 summer's work, so far. he is begin- 

 ning to love them just a little. They 

 were a present from Mr. George W. 

 House, of that city, and Mr. II . has 

 given the editor instructions and prac- 

 tical lessons in the management of 

 the colony. His outburst of admira- 

 tion is given in these words in the 

 Eecord of last week : 



The 28 boxes placed there a few 

 weeks previous were all filled. Mr. 

 House informed us that this was an 

 unusual product for this season of the 

 year. Forty-six pounds of new honey, 

 and a new colony is, we think, a pretty 



food opening before the first of July, 

 f any person can beat it we want to 

 hear from them. Mr. II. says that 10 

 or 12 pounds more would undoubtedly 

 have been obtained had the boxes 

 been removed several days previous. 

 He also informs us that we may safely 

 count on from 160 to 200 pounds of 

 honey this season from our Italians. 

 It may be that the colonies are extra- 

 ordinary workers, but undoubtedly 

 the arrangement of the hive facili- 

 tates their labor. To whatever cir- 

 cumstance the product may be owing, 

 we are satisfied with the House bee 

 hive. 



Poisonous Honey.— The Bicnen-Va- 

 ter, published in Vienna, Austria, 

 gives the following bit of history, 

 from an English work, on poisonous 

 honey : 



The English Blue-Book of the De- 

 partment of Commerce, which has 

 lately appeared, contains a report of 

 Vice-Consul Bilicki, in regard to the 

 trade at Trapezunt and the surround- 

 ing districts, in which, in a singular 

 manner, an ancient classical writer 

 receives due credit. Xenophon namely 

 relates, in his Anabasis, that many of 



his soldiers were taken sick alter eat- 

 ing wild honey from the valleys near 



Trapezunt. The Vice-consul states 

 that, although a great many bees 

 were kept in those regions, not one 

 would eat of the delicious honey 

 which they produce. Whoever did so, 

 ignorantly, soon after experienced 

 dizziness, began to vomit, and fell into 

 a stupor, and, sometimes, even death 

 would follow. Bee-keeping is carried 

 on solely on account of the wax. 



The cause of the injuriousness of 

 this honey is to be found in the fact, 

 that in these valleys, there grows in 

 great abundance a poisonous plant, 

 the deathly nightshade, from whose 

 beautiful (lowers, rich with honey, the 

 bees gather the delicious, but poison- 

 ous honey. Upon the heights where 

 these plants are not found, the honey 

 that is gathered there is lit for eating 

 and not injurious. By this statement, 

 Xenophon receives confirmation. 



Besides, this poisonous honey is also 

 to be found in other regions, where 

 poisonous plants luxuriate. 



Feels Proud of the Weekly.— The 



Kansas Bee-Keeper makes the follow- 

 ing remarks about the Weekly Bee 

 Journal, and has our thanks for the 

 '• kind words " which are there ex- 

 pressed : 



The American Bee Journal was 

 established in 1861, and is the oldest 

 bee-paper in America. It was pub- 

 lished as a monthly until January, 

 1881, since which time it has been is- 

 sued weekly, it being the only weekly 

 bee-paper in the world. Its advent as 

 a weekly marks a step in the progress 

 of apiculture, of which the bee-keep- 

 ers of America can justly be proud. 

 Mr. T. G. Newman, its editor and 

 proprietor, is an able and earnest de- 

 fender of the right, and outspoken in 

 his denunciation of that which is 

 wrong or has a tendency to cast a 

 shadow of reproach upon the fair 

 name of our chosen pursuit. 



For his energy and perseverance in 

 giving us a weekly bee-paper, and the 

 efforts put forth to impart useful and 

 reliable information on all subjects 

 pertaining to bee-culture, his paper 

 should receive the patronage of every 

 bee-keeper. 



Ginger Honey Cakes. — A German 



paper gives the following receipt for 

 making a superior quality of tine 

 honey cakes : 



Let a pound of honey boil up in a 

 brass kettle, then add to it one pound 

 of sifted sugar, 1 _ i lb. of coarsely 

 ground almonds, 2 whole eggs, the 

 yellow peel of a lemon, grated, a little 

 candied orange peel and citronate 

 ground fine ; then gradually add card- 

 amins, cloves, cinnam'on, and about 

 % lb. of fine flour, and stirring dili- 

 gently. After having mixed the 

 whole well, add M ounce of potash, 

 dissolved in a little water, and a glass 

 of rum ; then convey the whole mass 

 upon a vermicelli board, covered with 

 flour, knead with it as much flour as 

 will be necessary to form a dough, 

 roll this dough out to the thickness of 

 a leadpencil, cut it into sizes to suit 

 yoib, and bake it upon a baking-tin at 

 a moderate heat, until light brown. 

 By covering the pieces while hot. with 

 a boiled solution of sugar, using a 

 brush in doing it, the cakes will gain 

 a pretty color and greater sweetness. 



Scientific Bee-Keeping.— The Edi- 

 tor of theLinneus(Mo.) Bulletin gives 

 the following notice of his visit to the 

 apiary of Mr. J. S. Duncan, Brown- 

 ing, Mo., one of the best and most 

 progressive bee-keepers of that State : 



Mr. Duncan is an enthusiastic and 

 practical bee-keeper. By invitation, 

 we reluctantly visited his bee-yard — 

 for we know the pain a little bee can 

 give — but we were fully assured there 

 was no danger, and without veil, 

 gloves, or any other protection except 

 a little smoke, he opened a hive and 



lifted out frame after frame and 

 showed queens, drones and bees; the 

 different sizes of honey comb, worker, 

 drone anil queen cells, the distinction 

 between the Italian and Cyprian bees, 

 as these are the only kind he keeps. 

 His bees are worked for comb and 

 extracted honey. The honey extractor 

 is a marvel of simplicity ; the frames 

 of comb filled with honey are lifted 

 from the hive and set in the extractor, 

 and before you know what has been 

 done the comb is emptied of its pre- 

 cious load, ready to be set back in the 

 hive to be refilled with honey again. 

 In this way a large amount of honey 

 can be taken from each colony in a 

 short time, as the bees have no comb 

 to make, which is the most expensive 

 article in the beehive. This, our first 

 visit to an apiary managed on scien- 

 tific principles, was amusing as well 

 as instructive, and to all any way in- 

 terested in the honey bee we would 

 advise to call and see Mr. Duncan and 

 his bees. 



Honey and Beeswax Market. 



Hl'YKKs' QUOTATIONS. 



The Krainer Bees.— The Bienen Zci- 

 tung contains an article from Hern 

 Miclnel Ambrozic, of Moistrana, 

 Krain, Austria, on the Krainer bees. 

 The writer is a very enthusiastic ad- 

 mirer of that variety, and gives some 

 information concerning it in its native 

 home. From his article we give the 

 following extract : 



The profits of the apiary in Ger- 

 many and Austria, are estimated to 

 be 45 per cent, on the capital invested. 

 But bee-culture depends largely upon 

 the hardiness of the race of bees, and 

 their propensity to gather honey. 

 Krainer bees, in these respects, must 

 be preferred. The rough climate of 

 our mountainous country has made 

 our bees a hardy race, for they have 

 been hemmed in by mountains for 

 centuries. Our bees fly in dark and 

 cool weather, and suffer very little 

 from dysentery and other spring mal- 

 adies. The rich mountain meadows 

 and forests of Krain, with their pro- 

 fusion of bloom, animates our bees in 

 the spring, and we often find them 

 flourishing in March and April, breed- 

 ing early and beginning early to 

 swarm . 



My apiary is situated but \ l i miles 

 from the Mountain Triglav, which is 

 9,000 feet above the level of the sea, 

 and its north side is covered with 

 eternal fields of ice, but for all that 

 my hardy Krainer bees visit the herbs 

 on the rocks in March and April, 

 showing that they will succeed in any 

 country, for they are used to rapid 

 changes of temperature, and I can 

 recommend them for importation to 

 any country. Our bees are proverb- 

 ially kind and gentle. 



How to Prevent Robbing, etc.— At 



this time, in the absence of sweet clo- 

 ver, robbing is liable to prevail. The 

 Indiana Farmer makes the following 

 suggest!, ns : 



Weeds or small brush set up before 

 the entrance to hives will prove con- 

 siderable of a barrier against robbers, 

 as they dislike very much to approach 

 the entrance by 'winding passages. 

 For very bad cases of robbing, a wet 

 cloth hung over the entrance and kept 

 dripping is generally very effective. 



Bees use large quantities of water 

 during the hot dry days of July and 

 August. If they have not an ample 

 supply handy, it should be provided 

 them in some kind of an open vessel, 

 in which floats must be placed to keep 

 them from drowning. 



During the drouth, which usually 

 lasts until about the middle of Au- 

 gust, the bees are much inclined to 

 rob, therefore the entrance to all weak 

 colonies or nuclei should be made 

 small to enable them to better protect 

 themselves from robbers. In this 

 case, the rule that an ounce of preven- 

 tion is worth a pound of cure, is well 

 exemplified. With a little care rob- 

 bing is easily prevented. If they once 

 get a start at robbing, it is, at times, 

 very hard to stop them. 



CHICAGO. 

 iionky- But little comb honey 1b yet upon the 

 market, and the quotations ate rather i>n> ture. 



New extracted honey Isquite plentiful, uutl In good 



and 



\\v .iiii.l,. light comb honev, tn single coinh 

 boxes, ]8<.'.2nc ; in larger boxes2c leas. Extractod 

 7<" '>!■. 



BEESWAX Prime quality, 1*" k) 



NEW YOKE. 

 " HONEY -New white honey In the comb, in 1 OP 2 

 pound boxen, will bring 18i,u22 cents, though but 

 Mn le ih offered vet. 

 White extracted. 7@10c.; dark,7€ lo 

 BEESWAX.-Prime quality, 18®22o. 



CINCINNATI. 



MONEY.— A few small lOtH of comb honev have 



made their appearance on our market, winch l 

 bought nt ej'" isc. per lb. I have very many offers, 

 but there helm; no demand yet. I have notoom- 



menceil to lay in my supply. Extracted I v 



ranges from 7<»!ie., on arrival. 

 BEESWAX— 18@22c C. F. MlTTH. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



HONE Y— Light arrivals of new comb are noted. 

 There are no recent sales of any description re- 

 ported. Prices are at present nominal, Inside fig- 

 ures representing about the extreme views of 

 wholesale buyers. 



We quote white comb, 13@15c.l dark toco id,10® 

 12c. Extracted, choice to extra white, 86910c.; dark 

 and candied, d(gj8c BEESWAX— 2:ir«25c 



Stearns & Smith. 12:1 Front Street. 



San Francisco, Cat. July 23, 1881. 



Local Convention Directory. 



1881. 



Time and Place of Meeting. 



Oct, 6— Union Kentucky, at Shelbyville, Ky. 

 5-7— National, at Lexington, Ky. 

 —Kentucky State, at Louisville, Ky. 



G. W. Demaree. Sec, Christiansburg. Ky. 

 11, 12— Northern Michigan, at Maple Rapids. 

 O. R. (ioodno. Sec., Carson City. Mich. 

 11, 12— Northeastern Wis., at Berlin, Wis. 

 12 -Central Ky., in Kxp. B'd'g, Louisville, Ky. 



W. Williamson. Sec., Lexington, Kv. 

 25, 2G- Northwestern District, at Chicago. 111. 



C. C Coffinberry. Sec., Chicago, III. 

 27— Central Michigan, at Lansing. Mich. 



George L. Perry, Sec. 

 27— Western Mich., at Berlin, Mich. 

 Wm. M. S. Dodge, Sec, Coopersville, Mich. 

 Nov. 30-S. W. Wisconsin, at Platteville, Wis. 



N. E. France, Sec, Platteville, Wis. 

 1882. 

 Jan. '_'">— Northeastern, at 1'tica, N. Y. 



Geo. W. House, Sec, Fayetteville, N, Y. 

 April 11— Eastern Michigan, at Detroit. Mich. 

 A B. Weed, Sec, Detroit, Micb. 

 27— Texas State, at MeKinney, Texas. 



Wm. R. Howard, Sec. 



May Champlain Valley, at Bristol, Vt. 



T. Brookins, Sec 



JST" In order to have this table complete, Secre- 

 taries are requested to forward full particulars of 

 time and place of future meetings.— ED. 



igT The time selected by the Execu- 

 tive Committee for holding the Na- 

 tional Convention, at Lexington, Ky., 

 is October 5, 6, and 7, 1881. All bee- 

 keepers are invited to attend and take 

 part in the deliberations of the Con- 

 vention. As Lexington is a central 

 point, the Executive Committee hope 

 to have a large attendance from the 

 the North, South, East and West, and 

 from Canada, and that the 12th annual 

 meeting of the North American Bee- 

 Keepers' Society will be the most in- 

 teresting meeting that the bee-keepers 

 of the United States have ever held. 



The National Convention will be 

 held during the time of holding the 

 St. Louis Fair and the Expositions at 

 Cincinnati and Louisville, and that all 

 passing through those cities can get 

 the benefit of excursion rates. 



N. P. Allen, Pres. 



(gfThe Northwestern Bee-Keepers' 

 Association will meet in Chicago, on 

 Tuesday and Wednesday, October 25 

 and 26. All bee-keepers are cordially 

 invited to attend. It is desired to 

 make this one of the most interesting 

 conventions ever held in the United 

 States. C. C. Miller, M. D., Pres. 



C. C. COFFINBERllY, Sec. 



<jsg* The Northern Michigan Bee- 

 Keepers' Association will hoid its 

 fourth Annual Convention at Maple 

 Rapids, Clinton Co., Mich., Oct. 11 

 and 12, 1881. O. R. Goodno. Sec. 



&jt The National Bee-Keepers' Con- 

 vention meets on Wednesday, Thurs- 

 day and Friday, Oct. 5, 6 and 7. Del- 

 egates to the Convention can get 

 excursion rates to the Louisville Ex- 

 position. Cincinnati Exposition, St. 

 Louis Fair, and to the great Cotton 

 Exposition, at Atlanta, Ga. 



N. P. Allen, Pres. 



