THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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THOMAS G. NEWMAN, 



Vol. nil. FeD.lU886. No.], 



TUe Bees are Glad I— The fine and 

 spring-like weather of the past weels has 

 been very general, and the bees have been 

 enjoying a nice flight. The miid weather 

 has extended from the Atlantic to the 

 Paciflc coasts. Bee-keepers generally are 

 rejoicing and are nearly as hilarious as the 

 bees. There is a good prospect now for a 

 bountiful crop of honey during the present 

 year, for the clover has been protected by 

 the snow, and it looks verj' healthy. 



I»r. C. E. Rulison, of Flushing, Mich., 

 drove 30 miles on Wednesday morning, Feb. 

 3, to attend the Bee-Convention at East 

 Saginaw, Mich., and returned in the same 

 manner in the evening of that day. A 

 journey of 60 miles to attend a "bee-talk" 

 shows that the Doctor is an enthusiast. 



Florida has suffered very much this 

 winter from "the cold wave." The man- 

 groves have been killed, and this source of 

 honey destroyed. The orange trees have 

 suffered, and the oranges are frozen. One 

 redeeming feature may be mentioned, which 

 we find in a Southern paper, viz : " that 

 Northern capitalists propose to utilize the 

 frozen Florida oranges by making wine of 

 them, for which purpose the frost has not 

 injured them.'* 



Fertilizers.— Where the materials come 

 from ; where to get them in the cheapest 

 form ; bow to compound formulas, etc., by 

 J. J. H. Gregory, A.M., is the title of a 

 pamphlet of 116 pages, just issued from the 

 press of Hand, Avery & Co., Boston, Mass. 

 It contains much practical information, 

 given in language that farmers can under- 

 stand. It has been heartily endorsed by 

 such men as Dr. Sturtevant, of the New 

 York E.\perimental Station. Price, 30 cents. 



The Indiana State Fair will be held 

 at Indianapolis, Ind., commencing Monday, 

 Sept. 27, 1886, and hold for a week. 



The Kcv. Robert West, editor of the 

 Advance, appears to be too busy with 

 "revival work " to even notice our demand 

 for a retraction of his falsehoods about comb 

 honey being manufactured, tilling and 

 "capping the so-called honey-cells by ma- 

 chinery," etc. Wo have always supposed 

 that religion should make men hotiest 

 (especially those "who minister at the 

 altar"), but Mr. West's example indicates 

 just the opposite I 1 He stands convicted, 

 by the facts, of having broken the Ninth 

 Commandment, which was thundered from 

 Sinai in these words : " Thou Shalt not bear 

 false witness against thy neighbor," and 

 when it is pointed out to him, instead of 

 making an honest confession that he was 

 deceived by that lie of Prof. Wiley, (which 

 the latter says ho wrote as " a scientific 

 pleasantry," and not as a sober fact,) Mr. 

 West dodges the issue, says that he " sur- 

 mises," has "reason to believe," etc., but 

 wilfully withholds the retraction, meanwhile 

 allowing the falsehoods to be copied by hun- 

 dreds of papers all over the country, which 

 naturally believe them to be true, because 

 they were positively stated as facts by a 

 "minister," and sanctioned by their appear- 

 ance in a "religious paper!" During all 

 this time an honest industry is suffering on 

 account of his unjust accusation, and sub- 

 sequent unhallowed silence I Is not a 

 profession of " religion" which permits such 

 base characteristics, a mockery ? Does not 

 the actions of such " priests " do mbre harm 

 to public morals than all the good their 

 preaching could do in a life-time? "True 

 religion " bleeds at every pore,being stabbed 

 by its professed friends and hired-laborers. 

 Solomon, the wisest of men, remai-ked : "He 

 that uttereth slander is a fool." — Prov. x, 

 18. This is as true to-day as it was 3,000 

 .years ago, when it was written. 



Neiv Price-lilsts have been received 

 from the following persons : 



E. Rretchmer, Coburg, Iowa.— 30 pages— 

 Bee-Keepers' Supplies, Apiarian Imple- 

 ments, Italian Bees, etc. 



B. Walker & Co., Capac, Mich. — t pages- 

 Apiarian Supplies. 



Monroe County Nurseries, Rochester, N. 

 Y.— 10 pages— Trees, Shrubs, Plants and 

 Vines. 



Elwangcr & Barry, Rochester, N. Y.— 18 

 pages— Fruits Cultivated at Mount Hope 

 Nurseries. 



F. N. Lang, Baraboo.Wis. — i8 pages — Tree, 

 Flower, Vegetable and Field Seeds. 



E. H. Ricker & Co., Elgin, Ills.— '20 pages- 

 Elgin Nurseries. 



.1. W. Bittenbender, Knoxville, Iowa.— 12 

 pages— Bee-Keepers' Supplies. 



F. J. Crowley. Batavia, N. Y.— 12 pages- 

 Apiarian Supplies, Bees, Queens, etc. 



R. H. Allen, 191 Water St., New York.— 02 

 pages— Seeds, Roots, Plants, and Garden 

 Requisites. . '" 



Edward Gillett, Southwick, Mass. — 16 

 pages— Plants. 



D. B. Ulery, New Carlisle. 0.-16 pages- 

 Bees, Queens and Apiarjan Supplies. — i 



.lohn Nebel & Son, High Hill, Mo.— 6 pages 

 — Bees, Queens and Bee-Keepers' Supplies. 



Emil J. Baxter, Nauvoo, Ills.— 2 pages- 

 Honey. 



Any one desiring a copy of either of them, 

 can obtain it by sending a postal card to the 

 address as given above. 



Food Adulteration.— The Cedar Rapids, 

 Iowa, Standard says : The following is a 

 copy of the bill introduced into the House 

 of Representati\es by Congressman Fred- 

 erick. It has been read twice, referred to 

 the committee on the judiciary and ordered 

 to be printed. It is an important measure, 

 and should be adopted : 



A Bill to prevent the adulteration or Imita- 

 tion of food : 



Be it enacted by the House of Representa- 

 tives of the United States of America in 

 Congress assembled,thatit shall be unlawful 

 for any individual, company, or corporation 

 to manufacture or sell, any adulterations or 

 imitations of food whatever, unless they be 

 branded or stamped, plainly giving the 

 ingredients contained therein, and the 

 relative proportion of each ingredient con- 

 tained therein. 



Sec. 2. Thatany person who manufactures, 

 sells, or offers for sale any adulterations or 

 imitations of food of whatsoever kind, 

 unless the same be plainly branded or 

 stamped as heretofore provided, shall be 

 deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon 

 conviction thereof, shall be punished by flue 

 or imprisonment, the flue to be not less than 

 §200, and the imprisonment not less than 

 six months, or both fine and imprisonment, 

 at the discretion of the court. 



Sec. 3. That any person or persons filing 

 information, under oath, that leads to 

 conviction of above, shall be, and is hereby, 

 entitled to one-halt of the fine imposed for 

 such violation. 



In the South the present winter has 

 been very severe, and nearly all the disas- 

 ters to bees so far recorded are from that 

 section. The Rev. L. Johnson's letter in 

 this week's Journal is a sample of the 

 wide-spread desolation among bees. Let us 

 hope that the frost may be of some value in 

 other ways. The Chicago Times says : 



The recent freeze at the South was not an 

 unmixed evil. The frosr penetrated the 

 earth to the depth of a foot, and soil that 

 had been impacted for several years was 

 loosened and made ready for unusual pro- 

 ductiveness, while numerous pests of the 

 worm and bug order were probably 

 destroyed by the cold. 



Opinions expressed concerning the 

 pamphlet on Convention History and Re- 

 ports of the National Society from its com- 

 mencement, are as follows : 



The "Convention Pamphlet" is a souvenir 

 of apicultural intelligence, and worth many 

 times its price to any bee-keeper.— James 

 Heddon, Dowagiac, Mich. 



It cannot fail to awaken renewed interest 

 in future Conventions, to publish the Re- 

 ports in pamphlet form. — J. H. Andre, 

 Lockwood, N. Y. 



The publication of the History of the 

 North American Bee-Keepers' Society in 

 pamphlet form is a grand thing, and you 

 deserve the thanks of the whole bee-keeping 

 fraternity. I appreciate it.— J. B. Mason, 

 Mechanic Falls, Maine. 



It contains a great deal of valuable infor- 

 mation for bee-keepers.- F. L. Dougherty, 

 Indianapolis. Ind. 



It is certainly very valuable to those who 

 have but a limited knowledge of conven- 

 tions, and none can afford to do without it. 

 —Frank A. Eaton, Bluffton, O. 



The Convention Report Pamphlet is re- 

 ceived. The whole work is a credit to your 

 ofliee, from the subject-matter to the cover. 

 — T. L. Von Dorn, Omaha, Nebr. 



It is standard authority on the doings of 

 the Society, and no library of bee-literature 

 will be complete without it. I think that 

 every member and all others particularly 

 interested in the fascinating pursuit of 

 apiculture, will extend a vote of thanks for 

 compiling a work so valuable and useful to 

 the bee-keepers of North America.— C. R. 

 Isham, Peoria, N. Y. 



