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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



October, 



THE IRISH-ENGLISH CONTRO- 

 VERSY. 



THE LAW ON THE BEES. 



Dowthwaite, Keswick, Eng., 

 Sept. 5, 1905. 

 Editors American Bee-Keeper: 



My attention has been drawn to 

 page 118 of your June issue. A letter 

 appears from Mr. Thos. I. Weston, 

 (vice chairman of the British Bee- 

 Keepers' Association). I have not 

 seen the March issue referred to, but 

 must protest against Mr Weston's 

 groundless attempt to belittle the Irish 

 Bee-Keepers' Association. I have been 

 in close touch with this latter asso- 

 ciation since 1903, as enclosed report 

 shows, and am in a position to say 

 positively that there are no internal 

 quarrels, nor anything but entire unan- 

 imity in its working. Also all its af- 

 filiated associations are moving in ac- 

 cord. Two of the Irish associations, 

 the County Cork and County Dublin, 

 which are not affiliated, are also mov- 

 ing for the same bill. Sixteen county 

 councils in Ireland have now approved 

 the bill and progress will continue to 

 be made. The "Irish Bee Journal" is 

 the official organ of its association, 

 and speaks for it (not being in the 

 anomalous position held by the Brit- 

 ish Bee Journal.) Back numbers of 

 the Irish journal dating from Decem- 

 ber 9, 1903, giving account of this 

 move for legislation, are the best an- 

 swer also to Mr. Weston's charge that 

 the Irish association is not working in 

 accord with its government depart- 

 ment; and the result of its deputation, 

 referred to by Mr. Weston, was that 

 the department expressed an opinion 

 that bee-keeping should be put under 

 the working of the "Diseases of An- 

 imals Act," which is practically the ob- 

 ject of the proposed bill. 



There has been friction v;ith the 

 British Bee-Keepers' Association un- 

 fortunately, but that is no reason for 

 an uncalled for attack on the Irish 

 Bee-Keepers' Association. 



Few will deny that a united move 

 with Ireland will have more chance of 

 success with the government than in- 

 dependent moves. It is this fact of 

 the independent existence of the Irish 

 B. K. A. as apart from the British 

 B. K. A. which is doubtless the cause 

 of Mr. Weston's letter. 



Yours faithfully, 



GEORGE M. SAUNDERS. 

 Honorable Sec. and Treas. 



Board of Health Orders Them Re- 



moved from Vesey Street 



Building. 



Springfield, O., Aug. 31. — Papers 

 were served today on the A. I. R00I 

 Company, of Medina, Ohio, the largesi 

 bee dealers in the world, ordering thetr 

 to remove at once from the roo: 

 of a building at No. 44 Vesey street 

 New York, more than ten million bees 

 which are kept at an agency of th< 

 Root company at that place. The or 

 der is issued by the Board of Healtl 

 of New York city. 



The complaint was made to th« 

 board by a candy dealer about a bloct 

 from the agency that the bees ate his 

 store of candy and at the same tim< 

 stung his employes. The companj 

 has already decided to ignore the or 

 der of the board of health and to figh' 

 the case in the courts if necessary. 



The candy man telephoned to W 

 A. Clark, Health Commissioner Dar- 

 lington's private secretary, last Sat 

 urday and requested that inspector! 

 be sent immediately to disperse ai 

 army of bees that occupied twenty 

 eight hives on the roof of No. 4. 

 Vesey street. He said that the bee.' 

 were causing him a considerable finan 

 cial loss. — New York Tribune. 



"The Honey-Money Stories' is th( 

 title of a 64-page booklet just issuec 

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 It presents thirty-three illustrations, is 

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 those who send to the publishers foi 

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The world is a looking glass. 



Wherein ourselves are shown. 

 Kindness for kindness, cheer for cheer, 

 Coldness for gloom, repulse for fear — 



To every soul its own. 

 We can not change the world a whit, 

 Only ourselves which look in it. 



— Susan Coolidge. 



"I have found you an argument; I 

 am not obliged to find you an under- 

 standing." — Johnson. 



