AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



laughter. I can neither write nor speak 

 German, and it is only by slow plodding 

 with a Dictionary in hand that I can make 

 out some of the good things in the German 

 bee-journals. 



Now you see what you've done with your 

 careless editorial, for if you had kept still I 

 might have gotten up a reputation as a 

 German scholar, but you have put things 

 in such shape that I didn't dare to keep 

 still, hence this expose. C. C. Miller. 



The Doctor can't imagine how sorry we 

 are that we were so " careless " as to lead 

 him into almost a compulsory explanation. 

 But if '• confession is good for the soul," he 

 ought to be a happier soul now than before 

 he wrote the above letter. Of course our 

 previous editorial was intended as a partial 

 pleasantry — not a "scientific" one, how- 

 ever. We also wished to show how hard 

 the worthy President of the North Ameri- 

 can Bee-Keepers' Association was working 

 to get our foreign German bee-brethren to 

 attend the convention here in Chicago on 

 Oct. 11th, 12th and 13th. 



Yah, dot ish goot! 



You didn't know we could talk German 

 like that, did you ? But we don't think we 

 had better try it any further, for fear that 

 we, too, would feel that an explanation was 

 necessary. 



LiEGSTROTH FUMD, 



[For years, bee-keepers have felt that they 

 owed the Rev. L. L. Langstroth— the Father 

 of American bee-culture — a debt that they 

 can never very well pay, for his invention of 

 the Movable-Frame Hive which so completely 

 revolutionized bee-keeping- throughout all the 

 world. In order that his few remaining years 

 may be made as happy and as comfortable as 

 possible, we feel that we should undertake a 

 plan by which those bee-keepers who consider 

 it a privilege as well as a duty, might have an 

 opportunity to contribute something toward 

 a fund that should be gathered and foi-warded 

 to Father Langstroth as a slight token of their 

 appreciation, and regard felt for him by bee- 

 keepers everywhere. No amount above $1.00 

 i^ expected from any person at one time — but 

 a)ny sum, however large or small, we will of 

 course receive and turn over to Father L. 

 All receipts will be acknowledged here.— Ed.] 



Ivist of Contributors. 



George W. York, Chicago, 111 $1.00 



Dr. C. C. Miller, Marengo, HI 1.00 



M. C. Godfrey, Dorsey, Nebr 25 



John P. Weibler, Lombard, 111 25 



L. E. Foimtain, Garrett, Ind 25 



A Friend, Juneau. Wis 25 



Total $3.00 



In this department will be answered those 

 questions needing immediate attention, and 

 such as are not of sufficient special interest to 

 require replies from the 25 or more apiarists 

 who help to make " Queries and Replies " so 

 interesting on another page. In the main, it 

 will contain questions and answers upon mat- 

 ters that particularly interest beginners.— Ed. 



Brood-Frames from Diseased Colonies. 



Will brood-frames that are half full or 

 more of honey of last year's crop, spot- 

 ted some by bees that had diarrhea, do 

 to put In for a new swarm ? 



Kingsley, Pa. T. J. Tiffany. 



Answer. — Yes, such combs can be 

 given at any time to old colonies that 

 need them, or to swarms. 



Commission Paid for Handling Honey. 



What is the usual percentage of com- 

 mission paid for selliag comb honey if 

 all freight charges are paid by the api- 

 arist himself ? Also the commission on 

 extracted honey ? O. A. Custer. 



Lebam, Wash. 



This question we referred to Messrs. 

 R. A. Burnett & Co., who are "commis- 

 sion merchants," and they reply as fol- 

 lows : 



The following are our rates of commis- 

 sion that went into effect January 1st, 

 1893. (Previous to this date our rate 

 was 5 per cent, on consignments of all 

 sizes.): 



Comb Honey, where gross proceeds of 

 consignment fall short of $100, com- 

 mission is charged at the rate of 10 per 

 cent. Where the gross proceeds of a 

 consignment exceed $100, commission 

 is charged at the rate of 5 per cent. 



Extracted Honey is governed by the 

 same rule. 



Our reason for changing to a 10 per 

 cent, rate on the small lots, shipments, 

 or consignments, was that the small in- 

 voices cost us much more to handle and 

 dispose of than the large, in proportion 

 to the cost of the whole. 



1st. The consignment, small or large, 

 takes same number of entries through 

 the various books. 



2nd. Small lots have to be peddled 

 out in the single package way, as they 

 seldom grade or class with other small 

 lots, and as many packages of each have 



