THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



67 



^ICAS^v*' 



THOMAS G. NEWMAN, 



Vol. nil. FeD. 3, 1886. No. 5. 





Tfae Heddoii Hive has been placed in 

 our Museum, and we have made a pretty 

 tborouirh examination of it. It suggests the 

 handling of hives instead of frames, thus 

 lessening the labor of bee-keeping, curtail- 

 ing the expense of honey-production, and 

 adding to the profits of the apiarist. It and 

 the system of management for which it was 

 constructed, presents a "new departure" 

 in many essential joints, and will doubtless 

 receive a thorough discussion by the cor- 

 respondents of the Amebii'an Bee JotmsAL. 



As it is claimed by some that the hive and 

 system of management will cause a " revo- 

 lution in bee-keeping," it becomes the 

 prerogative of tlie apiarists of America to 

 give the system a critical examination. This 

 should be discussed in a friendly manner, 

 with the sole object of arriving at the truth, 

 and neither prejudice nor interest should be 

 allowed to influence any opinion. Only a 

 calm and deliberate discussion, after a 

 thorough investigation of the merits or 

 demerits of both the hive and system, can 

 be of any value to apiarists generally. 



The " claims " which Mr. Heddon makes on 

 his system, are to be found on page 73, and 

 to these the readers are referred in order to 

 obtain a right understanding at the start. 



Tlie Convention Pamphlet is well 

 received. The following is a sample of 

 scores of letters received concerning it : 



lino. New.man :— The History of the North 

 American Bee-Keepers' Society has come to 

 hand. I am glad .vou liave the enterprise to 

 put in compact form what may be v.M-y 

 \'ii]uable for reference in the future ; and 

 while on the subject of enterprise, allow me 

 to congratulate you, first, on being the 

 pioneer to publish a weekly bee-paper, and 

 secondly, on reducing the price so that no 

 bee-keeper can afford to do without it.— €. 

 C. Miller, Marengo, Ills. 



Vou have done a great amf.unt of work to 

 produce such an important and interesting 

 work. It should lie in the library of every 

 bee-keeper. It contains much valuable 

 matter.— H. D. Cutting, Clinton, Mich. 



You certainly deserve much credit for 

 crowding so much of the early history of 

 the Society into so few pages, and those who 

 wanted the proceedings of the Detroit Con- 

 vention published in pamphlet form, can 

 now receive it in excellent shape, and there 

 will be no more trouble in bunting over 

 several papers to find the whole proceed- 

 ings.— W. Z. Hutchinson, Rogersville, Mich. 



We commend your enterprise in getting 

 up so valuable and interesting a work.— 

 Clemens Cloon & Co., Kansas City, Mo. 



It is a valuable publication.— W. T. Fal- 

 coner, Jamestown, N. Y. 



The " History of the North American Bee- 

 Keepers' Society," etc., is received. I am 

 delighted to have so great amount ol matter 

 of interest, relating to apiculture, con- 

 densed into so small a space for reference. 

 Notwithstanding 1 have very nearly a com- 

 plete tile of the AMERif'AN Bee Jocunal, 

 extending back to its first issue, I am none 

 the less delighted with the " Brief History." 

 — G. W. Demaree. Christiansburg, Ky. 



You have my thanks for preparing the 

 '* Brief History of the North American Bee- 

 Keepers' Society." It will save valuable 

 time in hunting up references : is well 

 edited, and the typographical execution is 

 excellent.— Mrs. L. Harrison, Peoria, Ills. 



The Convention History is at hand. It is a 

 very nice book, indeed, in ever.v way, and 

 cannot fail of being appreciated b.v all those 

 interested in Conventions.— G. M. Doolittle, 

 Borodino, N. Y. 



Mr. EliasTliomaKson, a bee-keeper of 

 l,ouisville, Ky., and one of our subscribers, 

 died of apoplex}' at 9:.30 a.m., on Jan. 11, 

 1SS6, in the Tiith ■ year of his age. After 

 eatinga hearty breakfast, he started out to 

 give his little grandchild a ride on her sled. 

 They went into Dobbin's drug-store to get 

 warm. Suddenly he began to stagger, and 

 before help could be given him, tell upon 

 the floor. Everything possible was done 

 for him at once, but in a few moments he 

 was dead . 



Tiro ne«- Bee-Papers are received :— 

 The Bee-keepers' ImHr, an 8-paged monthly 

 published at 2o cents a year, by W. P. Beach, 

 Ovid, Mich. : and Bayit nf Light, a 1'2-paged 

 monthly, published at ."jO cents a year, by J. 

 J. Martin, North Manchester, Ind. 



Nenr Price-Liists have been received 

 from the following persons : 



Deere & Co., .Moline, Ills— 1'20 pages- 

 Plows and Cultivators. It is an e'egant 

 production, artistically and typographically 

 considered. 



A. C. Nellis & Co., Canajoharie, N. Y.— 90 

 pages— Floral and Garden Seeds. 



Joseph Harris. Rochester, N. Y. — 7*3 pages 

 —Vegetable and Flower Seeds. 



J. B. Mason & Sons. Mechanic Falls, Maine. 

 — .")0 pages— Italian Bees, Queens, and Api- 

 arian Supplies. 



E. T. Lewis & Co., Toledo, 0.-32 pages- 

 Honey Extractors, Smokers, Foundation, 

 Hives, Sections, Crates, etc. 



C. F. Muth & Son, Cincinnati, 0.-32 pages 

 — Bee-Keepers' Supplies. 



J.T. Fletcher, Clarion, Pa.— 8 pages— Bees 

 and Poultry. 



\Vm. Henry Maule, Philadelphia, Pa.— .56 

 pages— Seeds of all kinds. 



Any one desiring a copy of either of them, 

 can do so by sending a postal card to the 

 address as given above. 



The Convention Histor)' orAmerica 



and the American Bee Jours-\l for one 

 year, will be clubbed for $1.1.5. 



"We respectfully call the attention of 

 every subscriber to the seed advertisement 

 of J.«iES J. H. Gregory, Marblehead, Mass. 

 His large and complete catalogue is sent free. 



Xhc Rev. Robert Went, editor of the 

 Advance, of this city, to whom reference 

 was made on page li), in that paper of Jan. 

 'U, acknowledges the receipt of our demand 

 for a " full retraction and apology," but 

 instead of doing that, makes another charge 

 from a correspondent who says he has 

 " reason to believe that there was an estab- 

 lishment on street in Chicago that 



manufactured bogus honey." and gives this 

 as the modus operandi : 



" It ujos aaid to be done by extracting the 

 genuine honey from the comb with the 

 machines in common use for that purpose, 

 then placing in a sunny room the comb, a 

 number of shallow dishes of cheap sugar, 

 glucose, molasses and water and a swarm of 

 bees ! It was said that the industrious bees, 

 rather than remain idle, would goto work . 

 and place the above mixture in the empty 

 comb, but it was of course not honey, 

 although apparently put up in genuine 

 packages." 



The iJei'erend gentleman also alleges that 

 he is "familiar" with the "room" where 

 this is done, but adds that " the room is not 

 now so sunny as it might be, and there is 

 reason to surmise that cheaper carriers have 

 been substituted for the bees which the 

 writer mentions." 



The first witness brought forward only 

 says he has reason to believe that there Is 

 such an establishment, and that it was said 

 tit he done in the manner mentioned. He 

 knows nothing about it, except hear-say, 

 and frankly says so ; but the Kev. Robert 

 West says he is /amilfar with the establish- 

 ment, and surmises that they have found a 

 substitute for the bees ! ! 



Now, Mr. West should be honest enough to 

 mention the street and number, and give 

 the name of the proprietor. This he can 

 do, for he is familiar with the establish- 

 ment ! We demn lid the facts!! A clergy- 

 man should be honest; and should be ever 

 ready to " tell the truth ! !" Surmistny will 

 not do for proof. 



In the first article on Dec. 31, 1885, Mr. 

 West asserted positively that "men have 

 learned not only to manufacture the comb, 



but now fill it, capping the so-called 



honey-cells by machinery," etc. ; but when 

 asked to " retract " or " prove " the asser- 

 tion, he drops the "machinery" part, and 

 claims that the bees do the work, and are 

 the adulterators ! ! He dodges the issue 1 



We affirm most positively that the Reverend 

 gentleman's assertion about comb being 

 made, filled and capped by machinery, is a 

 base fabrication ; and we thus publicly 

 demand the proof, or a full retraction and 

 apology ! Dodging the issue ; surmising ; 

 or bringing witnesses who " have reason to 

 believe" this, that or the other thing ; or 

 averring that "it was said to be done " by 

 some unknown person, will not answer 1 

 Give us the plain, naked, absolute facts— (he 

 proof. Now it is Mr. West's turn— let him 

 speak out ! Either prove the assertion, or 

 prepare to defend a suit for damages done 

 to the pursuit of bee-keeping, by his bold 

 and base assertions ! 



We deprecate adulterations of all kinds, 

 and would favor a law to put adulterators 

 in the pillory, or flog them at the whipping- 

 post ; and we also detest those who show 

 their ignorance at every turn, by denounc- 

 ing honest pr^)ducts, and injuring an 

 industry by their stupid or malicious 

 blunders ! 



