1898. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



729 



is made of wax, on which the bees will construct cells and 

 complete the comb. This is called " foundation " by the trade, 

 and is made so thin that it can scarcelv be detected from the 

 natural septum made by the bees. Paraffine, however, is 

 never used for this purpose, because this wax melts at a lower 

 temperature than beeswax, and cannot be utilized for that 

 purpose. The heat of the colony will melt it, and therefore 

 ruin not only the " foundation " but the product as well. 



Paraffine was, therefore, is of no value to bee-keepers for 

 this purpose. 



If your correspondent knows of any factory where comb 

 honey is produced without the aid of bees I should be glad to 

 be informed as to the exact place. There has been publisht, 

 in an influential and responsible journal, for years, an offer of 

 $1,000 for one pound of comb honey made by machinery that 

 cannot readily be detected from the genuine article. No one 

 has attempted to claim that prize. It is safe to say the thing 

 cannot be done. 



But, some one says, glucose syrup may be fed to bees and 

 by them stored in the comb. That is also impractical, because 

 bees will not touch glucose syrup unless starving, and then, 

 of course, they are not in proper condition to store honey. 



So please tell your readers that when they buy honey in 

 the comb they may reasonably expect to get something gath- 

 ered from flowers by bees. Also tell them that such honey 

 has nutritive and medicinal qualities not found in cane-sugar 

 or glucose. 



If children were brought up on honey Instead of cane- 

 sugar and candy, the intestinal and kidney diseases common 

 to our civilization would be greatly lessened, if not entirely 

 avoided. Yours truly, Eugene Secoe. 



We await with much interest the next action of the Post. 

 Will they do the only honorable thing, and publish Mr. Secor's 

 plain and truthful letter, or will they Ignore it, and continue 

 to slander bee-keepers and misinform their readers concerning 

 the best sweet known — pure honey ? 



Why wouldn't it be a good thing for bee-keepers every- 

 where to try to have publisht in their localpapers, Mr. Secor's 

 most excellent letter to the Post ? It would do untold good, 

 we believe. 



Tlie ^ext Ontario ConTetion will be held at 

 Guelph, Dec. 6, 7 and 8, 1898. As reduced railroad rates 

 will be In force at that time, there should be a large attend-, 

 ance, and a good meeting. On the program we find these sub- 

 jects and those who are to write and speak on them, after 

 which general discussion will follow : 



The President's Address, by M. B. Holmes; J. B. Hall to 

 open discussion on the address. 



" Spring Management," by H. G. Slbbald ; D. W. Heise to 

 open discussion. 



"Summer Management," by W. J. Brown; Jas. Arm- 

 strong to open the discussion. 



"Some Experiments on Wintering Bees," by Jas. Fixture, 

 of the Experimental Farm at Ottawa ; W. J. Brown to open 

 the discussion. 



" Rational Methods of Extracting Wax," by F. A. Gem- 

 mill ; W. A. Chrysler to open the discussion. 



" Management in the Swarming Season," by W. Z. Hutch- 

 inson ; A. E. Hoshal to open the discussion. 



"Honey for Market," by R. F. Holtermann ; Mr. GemmiU 

 to open the discussion. 



"Making Our Association More Useful," by J. K. Dar- 

 ling ; Jas. E. Frith to open the discussion. 



"The Rascally Supply Man," by J. D. Evans ; John New- 

 ton to open the discussion. 



" Thoughts by a Novice," by Dr. A. B. Mason ; C. W. Post 

 to open the discussion. 



" Management of Comb Honey," by R. H. Smith ; J. Spar- 

 ling to open the discussion. 



For any further information, address, the Secretary, Wm. 

 Couse, Streetsville, Out. 



Xlie McEvoy Foul Brood Treatment Is 



given in Dr. Howard's pamphlet on " Foul Brood ; Its Natural 

 History and Rational Treatment." It is the latest publication 

 on the subject, and should be in the hands of every bee-keeper. 

 Price, 25 cents ; or clubbed with the Bee Journal for one year 

 —both for $1.10. 



Joseph E. Morgan, of Fremont Co., Idaho, writing us 

 Oct. 27, said: 



" I have been taking the American Bee Journal for 18 

 months, and have been very well pleased with it. I have 

 found that it has not lost any of Its merits." 



Mr. G. W. Passett, of Addison Co., Vt., wrote us Nov. 7 : 



" I often find a single item in the American Bee Journal 

 that is worth all it costs for a year ; and I think there were 

 new ideas enough In Mr. Moore's series of articles on market- 

 ing honey to pay any one the price of a year's subscription." 



Mr. Fred S. Thorington, of Missouri, offers this good 

 advice In the Progressive Bee-Keeper, on selling the honey 

 crop : 



"There should be as much care used in disposing of a 

 crop of honey as there Is used iu producing it ; and we should 

 not give it away after it is produced, for the want of a little 

 energy being used in its sale on the part of the bee-keeper." 



Mr. a. 0. SoTTON, of Shiawassee Co., Mich., wrote us Oct. 

 26, as follows : 



" We had the misfortune to lose our store and stock of 

 groceries and hardware by fire, Saturday morning, Oct. 22. 

 It is a total loss to me. I am getting my cellar ready to-day 

 to put my bees in." 



While it seemingly may never pay to " lock the barn after 

 the horse is stolen," still it's a good habit to get into — to 

 " lock the barn." It pays to keep things insured. 



The Southland Queen, of Texas, had these editorial 

 paragraphs in the October issue: 



" We need a good rain in this ' neck of the woods,' and we 

 must have it this fall or early winter, or our cakes will be 

 dough for 1899, sure. ci^ 



"We are still having it hot and dry, and we have been 

 robbing the other way lately. We have just fed one of our 

 out-apiaries of 100 colonies 1,000 pounds of sugar syrup 

 and honey mixt; this Is robbing from the pocket to help the 

 bees, instead of robbing from the bees to help the pocket." 



John H. Martin (Gleanings' Rambler), writing us Oct. 

 26, reported thus : 



"I have finisht up a fair honey season, and for a sort of 

 holiday outing I have just started for a tour through Oregon 

 and Washington. I don't know but the Alaska fever will 

 strike me when I reach Seattle ! 



" p. s.— Please don't allow that man to get off any 



more of his jokes about my discovering gold-mines." 



Why, Rambler, we don't see what wrong there is in " dis- 

 covering gold-mines." We hope you will "strike it rich" 

 somewhere, and then — well, send us some of it. If you feel 

 like it. 



Mr. W. Broughton Carr, co-editor of the British Bee 

 Journal, wrote us as follows, Oct. 29 : 



George W. York, Esq , Chicago, 111.— 



Dear Sir .-—You will, on perusing the British Bee Journal 

 of Oct. 27, gather all that can be said of the sad bereavement 

 which has befallen our Mr. Cowan and his family in the wreck 

 of the "Mohegan," so I need say no more here on the;sorrow- 

 ful topic. 



I was, however, requested by Mr. Cowan, just before he 

 left England for California, to say that you would no doubt 

 understand why he was under the circumstances unable to 

 call on you on his way South, but would go direct through 

 from New Y'ork to California. 



If you are able to convey this intelligence to some of Mr. 

 Cowan's friends, who might wonder why he did not call on 

 them according to promise, you will much oblige. 



Yours faithfully, W. Boughton Carr. 



