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their baneful effects upon the pursuit of 

 bee-keeping, than another even more 

 dangerous and diabolical creature of 

 some addle-brained scrawler for the 

 press comes forward to fill the gap 

 caused by the execution of its hydra- 

 headed predecessor. 



How indefinite is the wording of all 

 such deceptive paragraphs as is this. 

 Notice how it begins — " A substitute for 

 honey has been introduced in Germany," 

 etc. It does not say where it originated 

 — that is left for the imagination of the 

 reader, and of course every observing 

 person would at once know that it could 

 only have been born in the place where 

 brains ought to be, but where unfortu- 

 nately is material little more valuable 

 than first-class sawdust. 



We venture to say that the writer of 

 that paragraph wouldn't know the 

 "characteristic taste and odor of bee- 

 honey " from the perfume of a decom- 

 posed skunk, or a good article of asa- 

 fetida. "A perfect substitute for bee- 

 honey !" Who examined it and pro- 

 nounced it "both chemically and physi- 

 cally a perfect substitute," when, if the 

 contemptible prevaricator is to be be- 

 lieved, it never saw a bee. 



And then to think that the bees must 

 forever and ever spend their time in 

 making wax ! What a grand and in- 

 spiring business — making combs to be 

 melted into beeswax ! Why, it wouldn't 

 be a "honey-bee" any more, but a 

 "wax-bee." Oh, what stuff! What 

 foolishness ! 



It is a great pity that such exact lineal 

 descendants of the original Ananias and 

 Sapphira could not be treated with the 

 same prompt and effective judgment as 

 was visited upon their progenitors, as 

 was recorded in the Sunday School les- 

 son of Aug. 14. If only such immediate 

 and impressive retribution could be in- 

 voked to-day upon our modern Ana- 

 niases, we should soon be relieved of 

 the necessity of so frequently being 

 compelled to notice the non-sensical 

 effusions of the many who attempt to 



write upon subjects of which they know 

 nothing. 



No doubt that paragraph will be read 

 by hundreds of thousands, while its con- 

 tradiction will never be seen by one- 

 tenth part of that number. You know 

 " a lie never stops to put its hat on," 

 but rushes right on, hatless, and almost 

 headless, while truth follows at a snail- 

 like pace. 



All that bee-keepers can do is to give 

 such vile creatures a " black eye " 

 whenever they can do so, at the same 

 time never ceasing to produce the very 

 best article of honey that can be put up 

 by the honest, hard-working little but 

 "blessed — bees." 



Reminds One of the Flood. 



— Mr. Henry Stewart, one of our regu- 

 lar advertisers writes thus about the 

 Amercian Bee Journal as an adver- 

 tising medium : "Judging from the way 

 each mail is bringing in the inquiries, 

 your readers must read the advertise- 

 ments in your Journal,. The showers 

 of cards and letters that are coming 

 down upon this office, reminds one of 

 the floods of a few weeks since — but I 

 assure you they are far more appre- 

 ciated." If you have anything you want 

 to sell, the advice is — put an advertise- 

 ment in the Bee Journal. 



John M. Rev, of East Saginaw, 

 Mich., " is always up with the sun, and 

 is a busy man, jovial, social, the boss 

 bee-keeper of the valley, and conducts 

 the 'Sweet Home Apiary.'" That is 

 what the Saginaw Trade Review said of 

 him in its issue for July, which contained 

 a general " write up " of the principal 

 business men of the town, and of course 

 gave a good "send off" to our friend 

 Rey. May his " Keys" increase ! 



"Why Not send us one new name, 

 with $1.00, and get Doolittle's book on 

 "Scientific Queen-Rearing" as a premi- 

 um ? Read the offer on page 261. 



