1898. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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continent a few years aso. I have also had it on exhibition 

 at the Nebraska State Fair, and at our county fair a time or 

 two. 



:ZD The small hive in the foreground with a handle is a ship- 

 ping nucleus hive, used to ship nuclei in. They go by express 

 just about like a traveling man's grip-sack. 



J. M. Young. 



It will be very appropriate to add right here that Mr. 

 Young just recently — Sunday, Dec. 19 — took unto himself an 

 apiarian helpmeet, in the person of Mrs. Martha E. Palmer. 

 Life now will likely be sweeter than ever to our "Young" 

 friend. The newspaper item announcing the "tie-up," closed 

 with this paragraph : 



"The happy pair are both well known and highly 

 esteemed in this community, where they have resided for 

 years, apd their many friends will wish them a joyous and 

 successful voyage on the matrimonial sea." 



Y'es, when things get too quiet they can let loose a few 

 healthy bees to liven up the " voyage," and help themselves 

 to the honey from their own hives to sweeten the sour places. 



No "Injustice" "Wliate-ver.— Dr. C. C. Miller 

 sends the following in reference to a statement contained in 

 the article by Thomas G. Newman, publisht recently: 



On page 807 (1897) Manager Newman says: "Dr. 

 Miller's retraction is all right. But had I not learned of the 

 statement having been made that the National Bee-Keepers' 

 Union had given no aid to Dr. Besse — what an Injaslice would 

 have been done!" If Mr. Newman had full knowledge of all 

 the circumstances he could hardly think so. It must be re- 

 membered that Dr. Besse was present when the matter was 

 mentioned, and that I referred to him to know what were the 

 facts in the case. Of course, all present heard his reply, so I 

 think Mr. Newman can see that no injustice could be done 

 to him in the mind of any one present, and that his hearing of 

 it could not change the least what any one present thought. 



C. C. Miller. 



Exactly so. The convention report will show, when it 

 appears, that Dr. Besse then and there corrected Dr. Miller's 

 erroneous impression regarding the Union's aiding Dr. B. in 

 his suit. Of course no " injustice " could have resulted under 

 the circumstances. It now looks very much to us that there 

 was some one present who wanted to stir up trouble, and so 

 made a donkey of himself by reporting a thing that has simply 

 resulted in "much ado about nothing." 



Xlie Grading- of Comb Honey is a subject 

 that must, sooner or later, be taken hc^d of in good earnest, 

 and something deflnite be done about it. We were looking at 

 some comb honey on South Water street recently, and were 

 told that it was " fancy." It did look so, judging by the front 

 row back of the glass. But we wisht to see the inside of the 

 case, and upon opening it we found unfinisht, dark-colored 

 combs that never should have been sent away from home 

 at all. 



We then thought, Why will any one who calls himself a 

 bee-keeper sort his honey in that way ? Is it possible that he 

 knows no better ? If we knew the producer's name we should 

 be tempted to publish it. He deserves to be held up in some 

 way so that he will never repeat his inexcusable blunder. 



But there are many other honey-producers just like that 

 one. He is by no means alone in his careless — shall we say 

 dishonest? — sorting or grading. Only the very finest and 

 whitest, best filled and cleanest sections of honey find ready 

 sal* these days. There is no need to expect any kind of satis- 

 factory price for inferior and dark grade of comb honey, at 

 least in this market. 



Our opinion is that only the very best of any farm produce 

 is good enough to ship to market. Only on such goods can the 

 highest prices be realized. 



" ' Bebdom Boiled Down ' is the heading of a most excel- 

 lent department in the American Bee Journal." So says Edi- 

 tor Hutchinson in the Review. He ought to be a good judge 

 of such things. 



Mb. John Bodenschatz, of Cook Co., III., recently sent 

 us a picture of his neat little apiary. Mr. B. is a very young 

 bee-keeper, but he is on the way toward making a good one. 

 He no doubt will be heard from later. _ 



Mr. C. H. Clayton, is now manager of the California 

 Bee-Keepers' Exchange, we learn from the Pacilic Bee Jour- 

 nal. Since his selection, it is said that " a number of cars of 

 honey have been moved at very good prices, white extracted 

 bringing 4K cents per pound." 



Messrs. Ch.\^s. Dadant it Son, writing us Dec. 21, and 

 referring to the new year, said : 



" This makes our comb foundation business ' of age,' and 

 our settlement here 3-4 years. We are getting to be 'old 

 settlers.' " 



Mr. a. Middlebrook, of Lenawee Co., Mich., wrote us 

 this when ordering a supply of the pamphlet, "Honey as 

 Food," after having examined a sample of it : 



" ' Honey as Food ' I believe to bo just the thing. With- 

 out any flattery to you, I must say it is well gotten up." 



Mr. Harvey Feathers, of Waupaca Co., Wis., writing 

 us Dec. 28, said : 



" I have taken the American Bee Journal ever since it 

 has been printed weekly, and like it very much." 



As the Bee Journal was changed from a monthly to a 

 weekly Jan. 1, 1881, Mr. Feathers has been reading it just 

 17 years. He should be competent to speak of its value to a 

 bee-keeper. 



Mrs. Mate L. Williams, of Wadena Co., Minn., has 

 kindly mailed us a generous >ample of the honey which we 

 referred to awhile ago, and which she calls " the finest in the 

 world." It is fine. We never tasted finer flavor, for a light 

 amber honey. And for body — well, we never saw any honey 

 so waxlike. Not beeswaxlike, but just waxy and stringy. 

 Mrs. Williams may well be satisfied with her honey, and her 

 local customers ought to be many and admiring. Thank you, 

 Mrs. Williams, for your kind remembrance. 



Mr. E. S. Lovesy, of Salt Lake Co., Utah, lately sent to 

 us two sections of comb honey and a pint Mason can of ex- 

 tracted. We believe that all was the whitest honey we ever 

 saw, and it v/as also exceedingly thick and rich. We iaiagine 

 it was sweet clover mixt with alfalfa, which made a delicious 

 honey, indeed. For such honey there ought to be large de- 

 mand and ready sale. We wish to thank Mr. Lovesy for his 

 thoughtfulness and generosity. But it's just like those Utah 

 people. It's a way they have. So our brother reports, who 

 had been spending a month in Utah, and brought the samples 

 of honey to us. 



Mr. J. W. SouTHWOOD, of Huntington Co., Ind., in an 

 article in Gleanings, had this very complimentary paragraph 

 in reference to our now department of " Beedom Boiled 

 Down :" 



" It occurs to me that the one who boils down ' beedom ' 

 for the American Bee Journal must stand by nearly all the 

 time and stir, as it seems to be boiled down pretty thick, and 

 yet not scorcht." 



You are quite right, Mr. Southwood, for — 



Tlie Boiler Ijoils and also stirs 



The stingmg, seething mass; 

 Then skims it t ft, and still avers 



'Tis yet but second-class. 



