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unwritten law giving the finder the bees 

 found, though I presume it would do no 

 harm to ask permission of the owner, if 

 it necessitated cutting down the tree. 

 If a " no trespass " sign was put up, no 

 party or parties would have such privi- 

 lege. But this is not usual. — W. M. 

 Barnum. 



I think that the laws of our State 

 (Texas) give the party finding a bee- 

 tree on another's land, the right to take 

 the bees and honey as his property, re- 

 gardless of the landholder's rights. But, 

 should the landholder object to cutting 

 the tree, you must get your bees and 

 honey without felling it. But I am a 

 poor lawyer. — Mrs. Jennie Atchley. 



1. When you purchase land the trees 

 pass as part of the appurtenances ap- 

 pertaining to the land. This covers the 

 whole case. For any person to go on to 

 the premises of another, and " fell his 

 timber," without the owner's consent, 

 cannot be justified by any law in exis- 

 tence. 2. The mere finding of bees and 

 honey in a tree standing on another 

 man's land, gives no right in law, or 

 otherwise, to the finder, because he can- 

 not come into possession of the bees and 

 honey lawfully, without the consent of 

 the owner of the tree. — G. W. Demaree. 



He would have a right to the bees, 

 and, I presume, to their products. He 

 would be liable to you for any damage 

 he might do to you in removing them. 

 If he went on your premises without 

 your permission, it would be trespass; 

 but I doubt if any jury would allow you 

 very heavy damages, unless he cut down 

 a valuable tree, or otherwise injured 

 you materially. This is a matter to be 

 regulated by statute. The Illinois stat- 

 utes provide that whoever wilfully cuts 

 down a tree growing on the land of 

 another, without the consent of the 

 owner, may be fined and imprisoned. — 

 James A. Green. 



Every Boy and Girl will be 

 interested in reading page 519 of this 

 issue of the Bee Journal. And we 

 shouldn't wonder if the older folks, also, 

 would be much pleased. We offer the 

 Bee Journal from now to Jan. 1, 

 1894, for $1.00, to a new subscriber, 

 and give the "World's Fair Combined 

 Games and Puzzles " as premium for 

 getting such new subscriber. Or, we 

 club it with the Bee Journal for one 

 year for $1.20. 



New Races of Bees — Are Tliey 

 an Improvement? 



Written for the American Bee Journal 

 BY HON. EUGENE SECOR. 



The' bee-keepers of this country want 

 every new thing in their line that is de- 

 sirable. This is evidenced by the alacrity 

 with which they take hold of every new 

 invention, contrivance or aid which prom- 

 ises a greater yield of honey with less 

 labor. 



The success which followed the intro- 

 duction of the Italian bee into the 

 United States, excited the hope that 

 somewhere on the globe there were other 

 races which would excel them in all the 

 desirable qualities that made them gen- 

 eral favorites. 



The earth has been ransacked to find 

 the "coming bee." The arrival of every 

 new foreigner bearing the title Apis 

 Mellifica, is hailed with interest, and the 

 claim is usually made by some enthusiast 

 that she is to supplant all her rivals. 

 The claim has never yet bee/n realized. 

 In this case we seem to have " adopted" 

 the proper child in the first instance. I 

 believe it has come to be generally ac- 

 cepted by the "old guard" (by which I 

 mean the bee-keepers of experience, who 

 get substantial results from their labor), 

 that the only desirable bee that has yet 

 been introduced in America is the Italian. 

 So general is this feeling that few of the 

 experienced honey-producers can be in- 

 duced to invest in any new race, except 

 it may be in a very limited and cautious 

 way. 



So far as I am able to judge, the Syri- 

 ans, the Cyprians, the Carniolans, and 

 the so-called Punics are each and all 

 considered of little or no value in the 

 way of improving our stock. As curi- 

 osities to be exhibited at Fairs, some of 

 these are of some interest, but to the bee- 

 keeper who is interested only in the pro- 

 duction of honey, they have not com- 

 mended themselves by their perform- 

 ances. 



