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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



but my collar being destroyed, I do not 

 think I will bo able to winter half of them. 

 I am In a dilema— nearly crazed. 



There was a case against the corporation 

 of Southampton. An old man of the name 

 Of Kelley sued for damawoa which ho re- 

 ceived from falling on a broken sidewalk, 

 and recovered damaRee to the amount of 

 $4r>n, and some spiteful individuals sot Are 

 to hia house, and the result Is that we are all 

 burned out. They burned a yrrcat numy 

 more than thoy expected to. 



Tlio full .statement of the case is 

 made on page 742. It seems that there 

 was bad feeling between the neigh- 

 bors about a " pig-peUj" and this re- 

 sulted in the present trial. 



The attorneys in this case say that 



it will cost $20 to get a copy of the 



complete record, and ask that the 



. amount be sent on at once, if it is 



desired. They then add as follows : 



This is a most important case to beo- 

 keepers thi-ou^hout Ontario, and as It is the 

 flret case of the kind that has been tried In 

 our (M)urts, we should say that it would be 

 particularly intorestluK to bee-keepers jjren- 

 erally to have the ease In detail published 

 in the bee-papers. The ease at present 

 Stands for ju^lK-ment by the Court on the 

 questions of law ; the Jury having: found the 

 questions of laetin favor of the plaintllf. 

 We c-vpoct that It will bo arg-ued again at 

 the settln).'s of the Chancery Divisional 

 Court In Toronto, sometime in Ueocniber. 



It is the opinion of the Manager of 

 the National i'.ee-Keeiiers' Union, 

 that except, perhaps, in a specially 

 important case {where a decision 

 would affect the pursuit), no one 

 should have the Union's help who 

 was not a member before a suit was 

 begun. 



Some editorial remarks on the 

 Union and its work may be found on 

 page 75.5, to which attention is now 

 called. 



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We supply the iliiicrirnii Bee Journal 



one year, and any of the following publica- 

 tions, at the prices quoted In the last column 

 of flifures. The tlrst column (fives the regu- 

 lar price of both. All post age prepaid. 



_ Price nf both. Club 

 The American Bee Journal 1 00.. 



and Glean'riKS in Heo-Cultuvo '2 00.. 1 7.5 



llioc-Kccpcry"M)m-a/.ine 1'2.">.. 1 •2.'> 



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The 7 above-named papers 32.5.. .f 50 



and Cook's Manual 2 25.. 2 00 



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18SH. Time and place of Meeting. 



Dec. 7. S.— Cedar Valley, at Vinton, Iowa. 



H. E. Hubbard, Sec, Luporto City, Iowa. 



Dec. 14.— Keystone, at Scranton. Pa. 



Arthur A. Davla, Sec, Clark's Green, Pa. 

 1887. 

 Jan. 12.— Nebraska State, at Lincoln, Nebr. 



H. N. I'atierson. Sec., Uumboldt, Nebr. 



Jan. 13.— Vermont, at BurtlnKton, Vt. 



U. II. Holmes, Sec,, Shoreham, Vt. 



Jan. 18.— N. W. Ills. & B. W. Wis., at Uockford, Ills. 

 J. Stewart, Sec., Uock City, Ills. 



K^ In order to have this table complete. Secre- 

 taries are requested to forward full particulars of 

 time and place of future meetluKs.— Ep. 



System and Success. 



t^~ All who Intend to be systematic in 

 their work in the ai)iary, should get a copy of 

 the Apiary Keglster and commence to use it. 

 the prices are reduceii, as follows : 



For .50 colonies (I'-'O pages) f 1 00 



** 100 colonies ('220 pages) 125 



" 200 colonies (420 pages) 1 50 



The larger ones can be used for n few col- 

 onies, give room for an increase of numbers, 

 and still keep the record all together in one 

 book, and are therefoiw the most desirable. 



Managing the Sale of Honey.— L. 



N. Tongue, Wonewoc,© Wis., on 

 Nov. 17, 1SS(), writes : 



In his editorial, " What fools these 

 mortals be !" on page 72;{, the editor 

 has expressed my views. I have been 

 on the ponit of saying a few words to 

 bee-men through the valuable Ameki- 

 (;an r.KK Jouunal. Something must 

 be done to protect the interests of 

 those engaged in the production of 

 honey as a specialty. I hope this 

 subject will be discussed freely, and 

 some wise measures brought to the 

 front by our solid bee-meu. I have 

 thought for a year past of asking 

 whether it would not be far better to 

 raise money for this object, rather 

 than light lawsuits. I just mention 

 the subject, hoping that others more 

 capable may take the matter in hand. 



we have on hand to pay running ex- 

 penses. One thing more, I think, 

 ought to belong to the Union. We 

 are producing honey to sell, anti 

 many of us have to deal with stran- 

 gers. We have to ship our honey and 

 take our chances, and the chances are 

 that we get cheated out of our honey 

 by some that make a business of or- 

 dering honey and never pay for it. 

 Have a list of all such printed and 

 send one to each member of the 

 Union. How can we get the names V 

 Why, when a member " gets caught," 

 let him send in the name of the party, 

 and have the name put on the list so 

 we can all lookout for him. In that 

 way members of the Union can help 

 each other in an important matter, 



[See editorial remarks on these sub- 

 jects on page 755.— Ed.] 



Comb Measurement.— G. W. Dem- 



aree, Christiansburg,i5 Ky., writes : 



I think that Mr. Northrup fails to 

 make out a case of disagreement be- 

 tween Jlr. I'ond and myself, in our 

 answers to Query, No. :i24. I was 

 speaking of square inches of comb, 

 which I called " comb surface," mean- 

 ing comb space. Seven Langstroth 

 combs contain about 1,(100 square 

 inches of comb, while it would re- 

 quire a brood-chamber of nearly 1,800 

 sciuare inches to accommodate the 

 1,000 square inches of combs. ^Mr. 

 I'ond speaks of cell surface, as indi- 

 cated by his words, " on each side." 



The Bee-Keepers' Union. — E. 

 France, Platteville, ? Wis., on Oct. 

 18, 1881), writes : 



I think it would be a better time to 

 (!ollect the dues to the Bee-Keepers' 

 Union about New Years. At that 

 time very many of us are renewing 

 our subscriptions, and making ar- 

 rangements for the coming year, and 

 we are more likely to have the cash 

 to spare at that time, having sold 

 some of our honey. As it is, the dues 

 for the Union fall due at the most 

 busy time of the year, when we are 

 all in a hurry and need all the money 



Satisfied -with the Results.— Henry 

 Krbiodt, La IIarpe,K5 Ills., on Nov. 

 19, 188(5, writes : 



I have been taking the A.aierican 

 Bke Jouunal for about 4 years, to 

 which I attribute most of my success. 

 Last winter out of 30 colonies I did 

 not lose one. I took 26 more on 

 shares last spring, which was a pres- 

 sent from Mr. Edward Pickup, of 

 Limerick, Ills. He also gave 2(5 

 empty hives to the La Harpe Semi- 

 nary. Thus I h,ad .56 colonies of bees, 

 spring count, from which I have 

 taken about 1,800 pounds of extracted 

 honey, and about 1,200 pounds of 

 comb honey, mostly iu two-pound 

 sections, f am very well satistied 

 with the honey crop, but I had to sell 

 it cheap— extracted honey for from 6 

 to 7 cents per pound, and comb honey 

 at from 10 to 123^ cents per pound- 

 on account of a neighbor bee-keeper 

 who sold his honey at from 5 to 10 

 cents per pound. I have been very 

 late in getting my bees into winter 

 quarters this fall, as I had so much 

 work to do, and I may lose some col- 

 onies on account of it the coming 

 winter, but I hope for the best. I 

 have now SO colonies. I sold 8. 



The Cappings over Honey.— W. Z. 



Hutchinson, IJogersville.d Mich., on 

 Nov. 22, 18S6, writes : 



I did not arrive at Indianapolis until 

 the morning of the second clay of the 

 convention, and about the lirst dis- 

 cussion I had was one with Messrs. 

 ('. 1". Dadant and O. O. Poppleton, in 

 regard to the imperviousness of the 

 cappings over honey. Mr. Poppleton 

 and myself took the ground that the 

 cappings over the honey are not im- 

 pervious to air and water, and are not 

 I)ure wax. We argued that it was 

 owing to this fact that honey, under 

 certain conditions, absorbs moisture 

 until its bulk is so increased that it 

 oozes through the cappings, and 

 stands in small drops upon the sur- 

 face of the comb ; a phenomenon 

 called "sweating." In proof of the 

 assertion that cappings are not pure 

 wax, and that they are not imper- 

 vious, I referred to the fact that 

 honey kept in a dry, warm place lost 



