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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



May. 



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THE PARALYSIS PROBLEM. 



Our esteemed coutempornry the 

 Smithlaiul Queen usually quite affable, 

 niKl always interesting, appears to he 

 Itjiinfully s'oaded by our editorial com- 

 ment on ])age 84 of the last issue, 

 Avherein we called attention to the fact 

 that it had erroneously credited an ar- 

 ticle to Arthur C. Miller, which had 

 been written for The, Bee-lteeper by 

 Mr. Pofjpleton. 



By way of explanation, it is stated 

 that the editor of the Queen had noth- 

 ing to do with the matter. The article 

 was selected by the printer, not because 

 of its "eternal fitness," but just be- 

 cause it did fit the space required to 

 fill the pape.r 



Brother Atchley says :'Tt has ap- 

 peared for some time that Bro. Hill 

 has had a crow to pick with the Queen 

 or its editor. What about I am unable 

 to solve." The fact is. there is not a 

 bee journal published in this or any 

 other country towards which The 

 Bei'-Keeper has kindlier feelings than 

 the Southland Queen and Bro. Atch- 

 ley ought not to bristle up and show 

 fight simply because The Bee-Keeper 

 fails to absorb all its pet hobbies; and 

 sometimes calls attention to its errors 

 Miiich afPect us directly. 



As to paralysis, Bro. Aatchley says 

 fiuTher: "With all due respect and 

 love for Mr. Pojipleton and Bro. Hill, 

 I l)eg to say that neither Mr. Popple- 

 ton nor rile Ree-Keepei* has i)ut forth 

 any more light on bee paralysis than 

 all we old bee-keepers knew twenty 

 years ago, and I am too busy now to 

 take this mattei- u]!. and esjiecially 

 through a paper that uses its influ- 

 ence and partiality to make its points 

 unfairly. If Mr. Poppleton desires to 

 do so I will meet him before a body 

 of competent bee-keepers at St. Louis 

 next October and debate the question 

 of bee paralysis and allow the judges 

 to decide whicli is right. It may be 

 that drones and queen have paralysis 

 sometimes, but Mr. Poppleton ought 

 to know that bees often feed queens 

 and drones, and the vile .rotten pollen 

 mess can be fed as well as honey,. 

 I can read phiinly between the lines 

 that Bro. Hill convinced against his 

 will Avould b(» of the same opinion 

 still.'^ 



We do not know just who were "all 

 we old bee-keepers," of twenty years 

 ago. Mr. Poppleton and the writer 

 were upon the bee-keeping stage about 

 that time; and if any one then knew 

 that an outward application of sul- 

 phur was a certain cure for bee par- 

 al.vsis, we think the information was 

 held sacredly secret. Maybe Mr. Atch- 

 ley Avill tell us who had experimented 

 with bee paralysis at that time. 



The oidy "point" we have endeavor- 

 ed to make in this connection, is the 



