THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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THOMAS G. NEWMAN, 



Vol, nil, July 7, 18 



1,27, 



Sonietliiii££ Beautil'iil has vauisbed, 



And we sigh for it in vain ; 

 We behold it everywhere, 

 On the earth, and in the air, 

 But it never comes again. 



Honey and flour made into a salve is an 

 excellent remedy for boils. 



Latest Freneli Statistics on bees and 

 honey are for 1881. Then there were 1,6G9,- 

 759 colonies of bees in France, and the 

 honey product was about 18,000,000 pounds. 

 Wa.x .5,500,000 pounds. Value 16,500,000 

 francs, or $3,000,000. 



Couceriiiiis; our pamphlet entitled 

 " Honey as Food and Medicine," Mr. Samuel 

 Simmins, of Brighton, England, writes : " I 

 do not tliink you can claim too much in 

 regard to the vast amount of good that 

 pamphlet is doing, and likely to do, for the 

 honey trade." Employ it to build up your 

 home market. 



mrs. L. Harrison, of Peoria, 111., writes 

 us that she has been an invalid for a month 

 past, suffering severely with a diseased 

 condition of her ears and head. It must be 

 very annoying for such a "busy" worker 

 to be unfit for duty in this the busiest sea- 

 son of the year— in the apiary. The Bee 

 Journal hopes for her full restoration to 

 health in a short time. 



Honey is an excellent palliatioD In coughs, 

 colds, sore throat, baby sore mouth, and 

 early stages of diphtheria. 



Use of Honey in CUolera Times.— 



In the Bulletin de la Soeiete d' Apiculture 

 de la Somme, J. B. Voirnot says the constant 

 use of honey Is without the slightest danger, 

 even during an epidemic of cholera. He 

 says : 



Honey prevents or cures constipation. 

 The formic acid which honey contains makes 

 it useful In atfectiona of the month, throat, 

 organs of respiration and chest. Professors, 

 and all who have to speak In public, should 

 consequently make frequent use of honey. 

 It is also good for colds, coughs, hoarseness, 

 quinsy, pulmonary affections, catarrh and 

 asthma. A little goose-grease mixed with 

 It adds to its curative properties. 



AnoHierTriunipIi.— Our readers will be 

 pleased to learn that through the united 

 efforts of Prof. A. J. Cook, Hon. Edwin 

 Willlts, and the Manager of the National 

 Bee-Keepers' Union, the sei'ious dilBculty 

 mentioned last week has been overcome, in 

 reference to transmitting attending bees 

 with queens through the United States mails. 



On the first of ,luly we received the fol- 

 lowing letter from the General Superin- 

 tendent of the Railway Mail Service : 



To Thmnas O. Newman, General Manager of 

 the National Bee-Keepers' Untori : 

 Sir— Yours of June 25th regarding the 

 admission of queen-bees to the mails is at 

 hand. I am happy to inform you that the 

 regulation will. In the ne.xt monthly Postal 

 Guide, be modified so as to read "queen- 

 bees with necessary attendants." This, I 

 think, will obviate the difiSculty, The 

 matter has been brought to the attention of 

 this olflce by the postmaster at Griffln. Ga., 

 and he has been advised of this modification. 

 JNO. Jameson, Gen. Supt. 



A similar letter was sent to the Hon. 

 Edwin Willlts, and in reference to forward- 

 ing queens to Canada, Mr.^Jameson replies 

 as follows : 



Hon. Edwin Willits : 



Sir — In regard to forwarding queen-bees 

 to Canada, this office, of course, has nothing 

 to do. I see no objection to the postmaster 

 at the mailing ofiico receiving them for such 

 dispatch, and if the Canadian authorities 

 see fit to receive them, this office certainly 

 has no objection. This question has been 

 referred'to the Superintendent ot Foreign 

 Mails. Jno. Jameson, Gen. Supt, 



Prof. Cook sent us the above letter on 

 July 1, 1886, and then added : 



Dear Mr. Editor— We are triumphant 

 again, you see I I think this very satisfac- 

 tory. Yours truly, A. J. COOK. 



Again we score a victory for the National 

 Bee-Keepers' Union ! and exhibit another 

 benefit secured to bee-keepers generally by 

 its effort 1 No individual beekeeper could 

 have accomplished what has just been done 

 by the Vice-President, and the Gen. Manager 

 of the Union, assisted by Pres. Willits, the 

 personal friend ot Vice-President Cook. 



And yet there" are some who Inquire— 

 " What good will the Union do me ?" Others 

 aver that the Union is of no benefit to them, 

 and selfishly refuse to become members. In 

 the face of the showing for last year's work, 

 which we gave— and the accomplishments 

 of the present, we are ashamed to state that 

 only 4 new members have joined the Union 

 during the past month. 



Those who supinely fold their arms and 

 selfishly refuse to aid a Society created 

 solely for their benefit— are— are— (we were 

 about to use some strong adjectives— but 

 upon second thought we will add that they 

 are), to say the least, standing in their own 

 light, and unworthy of the name of progres- 

 sive and patriotic apiarists. There ought to 

 be a thousand new members where there 

 has been one. Now what shall be the result 

 during July? Let us see. 



We have not yet received a reply to our 

 letter to the Superintendent of Foreign 

 Mails. We will publish it as soon as it is 

 received. From the foregoing note to Presi- 

 dent Willits, we see no reason why queen- 

 bees cannot be forwarded to the Canadian 

 lines.and if they are received by the Canadian 

 postal authorities, there will be no trouble- 

 but we await results. 



Xo Preveni Robbln;;?.- Mr. J. Halter, 

 in the Bicnen Zeitmw, gives his method. By 

 the use of glass over the entrance he 

 deceives the robl)ers. Ho says : 



After trying the usual methods to stop it, 

 when, owing to extracting, robbing had been 

 going on rather e.x-tonsively, and these 

 remedies failed, he succeeded In putting an 

 end to it in a very simple manner. He placed 

 a piece of window-glass, about 8x5 inches, 

 in front of the fiight hole, the top resting 

 against the hive, and the lower end about 

 1!4 inches from the entrance, so as to enable 

 the bees of the hive to go in and out at the 

 sides. The next morning the robbers made 

 an attack on the hive in great numbers, but 

 going straight at the entrance were stopped 

 by the glass. They swarmed in front of the 

 glass, but could not find the entrance at the 

 sides, and very soon returned in disgust. To 

 effectually put a stop to further robbing the 

 glass should be allowed to remain for several 

 days, until the robbers forget the spot. 



The Caledonian Apiarian Society 



will have a Bee and Honey Show at Dum- 

 fries, Scotland, on July ■27-.30, 1886. Prizes 

 are offered on bees, hives, comb foundation, 

 honey, honey drinks, honey cake, honey 

 plants, etc., under the able management of 

 Mr. Kobert J. Bennett, 50 Gordon Street, 

 Glasgow, Scotland, who has for years been 

 the honorary secretary. It will doubtless 

 be, as usual, a grand success. We remem- 

 ber with pleasure the exhibition of this 

 Society in 1879, when we were there, and 

 made many friends. 



Mr. J. N. Arnold, of Richmond, Iowa, 

 has written to Hon. A. J. Baker, Attorney 

 General of Iowa, for his opinion as to 

 whether bees are taxable in that State, and 

 here Is his reply ; 



I am not permitted to give you an official 

 opinion any more than a judge of a court 

 would be to give an individual an opinion 

 on a matter that might come officially before 

 him for adjudication. 



Look in Sec. 1, Acts, of 15 General Assem- 

 bly ; see MeClains Code, 1st Vol., page 189 

 and 190, and at subdivision 4, and you will 

 see what private property is exempt from 

 taxation. Bees are lutt included in it. The 

 question is, are they property 'j* I guess if 

 some man were to steal yours, you would 

 insist they were. Yours truly, 



A. J. Baker. 



Congress and Adulteration. —The 



Anti-Adulteration Jottrnat makes the follow- 

 ing very sensible remarks on this subject, 

 and we fully endorse them : 



There is no use of so much difference of 

 opinion in Congress, as to the kind ot legis- 

 lation needed. Tnere is but one just demand 

 and that is the passing ot an act that will fix 

 a standard for all pure productions, and the 

 enfoi'cement of all producers stamping such 

 articles with a stamp supplied by the gov- 

 ernment. 



The impure articles should only be allowed 

 sale, if wholesome ; injurious preparations 

 should not be allowed sale under any cir- 

 cumstances for food. All stamps should be 

 supplied at merely cost of printing. 



The way to suppress an injurious food is 

 not by high ta.x stamp, but by actual prohi- 

 bition of sale. To prevent fraud, simply 

 provide inspectors to supervise production 

 and sale, and arrest and punish all false 

 stamping of foods. 



There is certainly nothing in the Consti- 

 tution denying the general government the 

 right to pass such law. The States can pass 

 whatever local law is necessary, and Con- 

 gress can pass such general law as is neces- 

 sary. On so vital a ijuestlon there can be no 

 conflict. 



