THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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THOMAS Q. NEWMAN, 



Vol. nil. N07. 10, 1886. No,45, 





Nev«riniii<l I ho cnjwd, liifl, 

 Nor I'aiKjy y(jur lif'o won't toll ; 



Tlio work In (lone for all that, 

 To hlin who (lootli It well. 



Fancy tho world a hill, lad, 

 Look whore tho iiillllonn filop ; 



You'll llnd the crowd at tho liaHo, lad, 

 Hut Ihoro's always room at tho top. 



Keep your oyo on tho ifoal, lad, 



Novcr despair or drop ; 

 Bo Biiro that your path leads upward— 



There's always room at the lop. 



The Hcv. Robert Wo«t, editor of tho 

 ..Advance, whoso name ocouiTod several 

 ■times In the early nurnliors ol' this volume 

 -of the ItBK .ToiJiiNAi, In eonnoction with tho 

 Stories afloat concerning? tho alleged manii- 

 factured comb honey, died quite suddenly, a 

 few days ai^o, of apoplexy. 



'" \ Prize of #10 was awarded to Mr. E. O. 

 Jordan, at tho Winchester, Va., Fair for an 

 oxcollont exhibit of honey wino. Also one 

 of $.'1 for a watfon-box Ink-stand. Wo also 

 notice by tho Winchester Tlmm, that his 

 SOD, E. C. Jordan, Jr., took live prizes on 

 farm stock. Ho Is no doubt a worthy son of 

 a noble eiro. 



Honey for Ciitiirrli.— A noted physician 

 makes tho followlnif remarks: "When a 

 toa-spoonful of warm honey Is taken every 

 15, 20 or :iO minutes. It has a surprlsln;^ 

 effect on catarrh. Every family should 

 have pure liquid honey In the house, In 

 order, at once after oatchlni; cold, to bo 

 able to use Bomo." ~ 



Panclfiil ne«lgn.— At tho Maino State 

 Fair, Mr. Norton's namoovor htsexhibit was 

 Bomethlnffof a curiosity. Tho letters were 

 first cut out of a strip of wood pn^parod for 

 the purpose, the places belri)^ llllod with 

 foundation. This the boos drew out, filled 

 with honey and capped over. Then It was 

 framed, a ploco of ({lass havlni; first been 

 put over tho letters, and made an appro- 

 iprlate sign for bis exhibit. 



In II True f— We llnd many Items like the 

 t'ollowliiK taken from an oxchanKO, tcolni^ 

 the rounds of..tho press, referrlntc to tho late 

 convendon at Indlaruipolls : 



There was a dcluifd of ossavR and jiapors, 

 most of whii'h hail liueil writlen and for- 

 warded by aliHrMltocH. All (!nu Id not ho rend, 

 and lo provide ayaliiHt another Hueli freHliet 

 or luonlirnthniH, It was resolved that liet-e- 

 nl'lc^r. the ell'MHlons of alisent members 

 Hlicinlil only lie rend in rare oases of special 

 Inter'oHt and merit. 



Well, that Is sublime I Tho facts are that 

 there were I'l essays read, exclusive of the 

 opeidnK speeches ; and of these only 4 were 

 from absentees. These were from Messrs. 

 Asplnwall, Klrnr, Mc^Nolll and I'ond ; and 

 we feel quile sure that each one of the 

 writers w(M*e solicited to send an essay— they 

 did not want to do so for the /an of the 

 thinif. Instead of saylntf that "most of the 

 essays were from absentees," please say 

 that about one-fourth of them wore from 

 abs.mlees. Justice to those writers demands 

 this public refutation 1 The editor of the 

 liKK .loiiiiNAi, has often be(m sidlclted to 

 send an essay to a convention (ho (fenerally 

 declines the honor, however) ; but hovv he 

 would feel to be one of tho inu.di-atmsed 

 absiMitees I Such assertions arc unjust, 

 absiiril and insnltlntr, after sendlnf? an essay 

 upon urgent Bolleltntlon. 



Tlie niity of llie Hour.— Tn the Ameri- 

 can Aiirlculhirlut wo llnd tho following very 

 sensible remarkH concernlnif the present 

 and future of oui- (railing : 



Every obsei'vlntf bee-keeper has noticed 

 the effect- iiyxm our ealllntf of unprofltahb! 

 seasons like that Just closed. Many will 

 fnujome dtscoui-aj^ed. others will be inrljtt'er- 

 ent and careless, iitid the result will boa 

 (front loss In bees, eoinhs and tlvtnres. It Is 

 a noticeable fact that such a poor season Is 

 almost surt! to b(» followed by a (rood one. 

 This l>eln»f th(t ease, ever.v prudent and far- 

 slifhted beekeeper will see the desirability 

 of keeplntf Ids stock In th(! best possible 

 shajK\ and of holrlln(f himself In readiness 

 to make the most of a better season when It 

 comes. We should rein(Miihor that this Is 

 f>ut a teint)f)rni-y emtiarrassment. We slu)uld 

 avail ourselv(^s of i^vi^ry ndvnrdaj^fi t^> winter 

 our bees HiieeeHsfnIlv. Tresorve a,llsur|>lus 

 combs and sections. keepln(f th.wn In thelK'st 

 possible (!oiiilitif)n for use next year. Hea- 

 soiiH like this Just (inHt, are full of exi)erl- 

 ences that cannot be acquired In any other 

 way. 



liecN for n llody-K"ard.— Tn Lnnaman'e 

 Ma(iazliic w(? llnd a very peculiar Item about 

 bees, which Is credited to Mr. Troudo, In his 

 liook entitled " Oceana." It reads thus : 



We found, far one thln(f, the New Zealand 

 honey especially ex<;ellent, fakrin from tho 

 nests of wild bees, which are ru)w In inllllons 

 all over the colony. 'rho.v are the offsprlnj; 

 of '1 or 'i colonies which werfi kept, when 

 I was at fixford. In thfj rooms of (lofton of 

 Christ Cbiiroh, i»otwe<'n whom and his t)ees 

 there was such a strt>n(f attachment that a 

 f)ody-({uard of them us.mI to attend hitn to 

 lecture and ehatiel. <)f)tton went to Now 

 Zeidandwitli Itishop Selwyn, and took his 

 bees with him. and they were multiplied In 

 this marv^dlouR manner. -.^. 



Now-a-days they are not much adtnlred In 

 the capacity of body-(f uards. I n fact, people 

 (?fm<;rally prefer to (fuard their bodies from 

 the bees— especially If thoy know but little 

 about their culture. 



To ull Notv SiibNcrlbcrN for 1887 wo 

 will present the rest of the nuintiers ffir 

 18H(> ; so the sooner they subsc rltjo tho more 

 thoy win (fot for their money, i 



Allierlciili llee-l»n|>cr»i.— One II(mii III 

 an essay read at the Indianapolis (Joriven- 

 tloii, which oHcaped notice, was the follow- 

 In(?: 



America stands nliead of nil the world In 

 b(^e-keeriln(f. I.o.di at the array of boc- 

 paiKMs I It isirrenler Ihnnall the rest of 

 till' w<irlcl eiinililned two wi'ekiles, one 

 senil-inonlhiy, nnil three niordldles, to say 

 nothlliK- of iininerrjus other |ii'rloiil(Mils Ihat 

 combine bee-kce|iln(f with BOMielhln(f else. 

 To say that wi^ Inive a Kreater number of 

 apiculturni nnpers, and to say we are in 

 advance of all ilie world in our art, moans 

 one and the same tiling. 



Tho asserllon that our American beo- 

 papers out-numlier those of "all tho rest 

 of the worlil combined," will 1)0 <|ulto arnua- 

 Inn-, to say the least, to the tjcekecpera of 

 (continental Europe. Oernumy alaiir, bus 

 more bee■pap<^rH than America, and hail the 

 essayist said Ihat (Jermany Inid more of 

 them than " all tlie rest of the world com- 

 blneil" (IncludlMif America), It would have 

 been far nearer the trulh I We mention 

 this, not because we like to criflclao, but to 

 (?lve the facts ; because Europ.MUi apiarists 

 are fully aware that tho editor of tho 

 AMUiiifjAN ItHH .IDUKNAI, kuows liellor, and 

 we do not wish to be held n^sponslblo for 

 tho statement, even thoiKch we have printed 

 It. 



In the noNtriictlon of nearly two-thirds 

 of our primeval forests, by the march of 

 clvlll/atlon on this continent, we have not 

 only lost the forest bloom from which bees 

 (fathered honey In the summer, but also tho 

 pTotcctlon all'oiiled by such In the winter, 

 as well as Increased the danifor of aprln(f 

 floods imd summerdrouths. This Is asorlous 

 matter to apiarists, and a very stronif ar(fii- 

 mont for plantln(f boe-l'ora(fe, and sur- 

 roundIri(f the apiaries with basswood and 

 other trees for protection as well as honoy- 

 productlon. 



Piiper Fuel (or Siiiokern.— Tho Tn- 

 dlarni Farmer of last week contains tho 

 followlnif concornlii(r usinif paper rolls for 

 smoker fuel : 



Home llnd paper so useful in makln(r 

 smoke for qulc^tlnif bees, that they Ijuy It in 

 iariff! rolls. To (fet It In shai)o to use In 

 smokers, lake a Htiek otui halt' In.di square 

 and thi-*!0 f.M^t lofuf, and roll (he paper 

 around tlieslick until It Is of sufllclellt hIzo 

 to nil the bai-r-el of the smoker. Let an 

 assistant tie a strln(f ai-ouml the rf>ll ev(*ry 

 five Indies, 'f'lien withdraw the stick, ana 

 saw up the lon(r roll Into six short ones, and 

 they are ready for use. 



The Report of tho Indianapolis Conven- 

 tion Is now published In pamphlet form, 

 uniform with that of last year. It will bo 

 sent postpaid for "5 cents to any address. 



We have also bound It up with last year's, 

 to(fether with the History of the Hoclety ; 

 tills we will mail for 'ID cents. Or If you 

 send us one nc«) subsorltiorfwlth one dollar) 

 besides your own renewal, wo will present 

 you with a copy by mall. 



Friink I.e«lf«'« Popular ITTonthly for 



November coidains a very timely nrticio 

 on "The (ii-eat l''ishin(f (Irouiid, and Its 

 International (,)uc8tions." As (fooil as a 

 .launt to .lean Is " Duelln(f at a Oernian 

 University:" and the "Trip to the Pyre- 

 nees," fakes the reader to the mountains 

 which cut oir tho Peninsula from ordinary 

 travelers, etc. 



