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GEORGE W. 70BK, I DEVOTED EXCJ-USrVELY 

 Editor. i 



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 To Bee-Culture. I Sample Free. 



VOL. XXXII. CHICAGO, ILL, DEC. 21, 1893. 



NO. 25. 







DEICEiUBER. 



Dull skies above, dead leaves below ; 

 And hungry winds that whining go, 

 Like faithful hounds upon the track 

 Of one beloved that comes not back. 



— ISelected. 



A Merry Cliristiiias to All the 



readers of the Bee Journal, is our wish at 



this happiest season of the year. We hope 



that everybody may have an enjoyable 



time, and live to see many returns of the 



blessed Christmas time. Again we wish 



you— ' 



A MERRY CHRISTMAS. 



1^" Every scientiiic bee-keeper is an en- 

 thusiast. The wonderful economy of the 

 bee-hive, from its very nature, presents to 

 the thoughtful student, both admiration 

 and delight at every step. — JVewmaii. 



Mr. <M. B. I.icwis, of the well-known 

 bee-supply firm of G. B. Lewis Co., is 

 spending the winter in Florida. How nice 

 it would be if all of us in the cold North 

 could pass the winter in Sunny Southland. 

 We are glad that at least a few can enjoy 

 that luxury, which they doubtless fully 

 appreciate. 



Foul Brood iu a. Bee-Xree.— A 



bad case of foul brood was discovered in a 

 wild or runaway swarm in a hollow tree in 

 Canada, says the 2IichigaH Farmer. The 

 bees were dead, and other bees were rob- 

 bing the comb, and probably carrying the 

 contagion back to their hives. The dis- 

 coverer plastered up the entrance to the 

 honey so that no more bees could get in 

 there, and expected to cut up the tree for 

 fuel in the winter when no bees are about. 

 It has generally been supposed that such 

 colonies were not troubled with foul brood, 

 and this may explain how it starts in some 

 apiaries when the bees appear to be doing 

 very well. 



Ui^" So long as the bees are not diseased, 

 and can find no work to do abroad, their 

 winter nap had better be continued. — Dr. 



jnUer. 



Coriicol* Syrup— €rliicose Homey 



— At least one fellow has received a portion 

 of his just deserts for selling honey adul- 

 terated with glucose, we learn from the 

 Columbus, O., Dit:patc?i, a marked copy of 

 which was sent to us recently. Here is the 

 account as published : 



Information of the manner in which a 

 Pittsburgh drummer was taken in by one 

 of the Assistant Food and Dairy Commis- 

 sioners was given out at the department 

 to-day. George Ramsey, salesman for W. 

 A. Cruickshank & Co., sold in a number of 

 Ohio towns honey adulterated with glucose. 

 An affidavit was filed, and a warrant issued 

 for his arrest last August, but he kept out 

 of the way of the authorities until a few 

 days ago he showed up in Youngstown, 

 where he was arrested and plead guilty, 

 being fined $25 and costs. 



Commissioner McNeal has a sample of 

 " maple " syrup made out of boiled corn- 



