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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



cising " a man of straw " — a creature 

 of their own fancy V 



Both of these gentleman have our 

 thanks for the courteous manner in 

 which they have criticised ; it is just 

 what we lilie. Let the argument be as 

 hard as possible, and driven closely. 

 All we ask is politeness and courtesy, 

 and a desire to arrive at the truth. 

 This should be the object of all dis- 

 cussion. 



Changes among Bee Papers. 



The Bee-Keepers^ Instructor has been 

 moved from Adelphi, O., to Somer- 

 set, Ky., and Mr. Thomas is making 

 it one of the best of the monthlies. 

 We are glad to notice this. It is the 

 only bee-paper now published in the 

 South, and it should receive a very 

 liberal patronage, for it richly deserves 

 it. 



Mr. Nellis has sold the Bee-Iieeixrs'' 

 Exchange to Houck & Peet, of Cana- 

 joharie, N. Y., who liave improved it 

 in many ways, and we hope will not 

 only issue a good paper, but publish it 

 on time. 



The American JSee-ifeeper, published 

 in Missouri, has not put in an appear- 

 ance since October. Has it ceased to 

 exist y 



The New England Bee Journal has 

 not been received since November, 

 and we fear has also succumbed to the 

 inevitable. 



The Kansas Bee-Keeper is to be en- 

 larged to 20 pages, and the price 

 changed to 60 cents a year, but it has 

 not yet come to hand. 



1^ 27ie Patron's Guide, published 

 at Boyd, Ky., has been enlarged, and 

 the editor thus speaks of its pros- 

 perity: "Regardless of short crops, 

 rain or winter's icy blasts, every mail 

 is bringing renewals of subscriptions 

 to the Guide, and many new names to 

 be enrolled as members of our rapidily 

 growing family." 



Glucose-Grape Sugar. 



Novice, in Gleanings in Bee-Culture 

 for January, says : 



May I suggest to friend Newman, 

 that glucose contaiiis a little larger 

 per cent, of dextrine than does grape 

 sugar, to preserve it in a liquid state, 

 instead of "chemicals" being added 

 to the latter to make it solid ? We 

 shall get at the trutli after awhile, if 

 we are only patient. 



The truth was gotten at long ago— 

 and this is its sum and substance : 

 Novice has been driven nolens volens 

 from every position he lias taken ad- 

 vocating the use of the vile trash for 

 feeding bees, etc., and all that is left 

 for him now, is— Jen de mots— a, play 

 upon words. We have neither the 

 lime nor disposition to follow up a 

 mere quibble, and "for the present" 

 we leave him to extricate himself 

 from the "web" he has himself 

 woven, as quoted in the Bee Jouk- 

 HAL for Nov. 16. It would have 

 saved him much trouble, had he con- 

 fessed the truth at tirst, and not tried 

 to cover up his record, by asserting 

 that we had come over to his position. 



Competitive Apiaries. — The Britisli 

 Bee-Keepers' Society intend to offer a 

 $100 prize " for the best managed and 

 most profitable apiary, to be worked 

 with a limited number of hives, upon 

 any principle or combination of prin- 

 ciples." England is waking up to the 

 importance of the industry, and is 

 doing good work in the line of pro- 

 gress. 



i^ The Western Blind says : " Liz- 

 zie Cotton is again advertising his 

 bee knowledge in some of the agri- 

 cultural papers. Lizzie is a fraud of 

 the male gender, and a newspaper of- 

 fice that does not know it, holds a 

 great deal of stupidity." 



A Sample (!opy of the Weekly Bee 

 JouKNAL will be sent free to any per- 

 son. Any one intending to get up a 

 club can have sample copies sent to 

 the persons they desire to interview, 

 by sending the names to this office. 



1^ It would save us much trouble, 

 if all would be particular to give their 

 post office address and name, when 

 writing to this office. We have letters 

 (some inclosing money) that have no 

 nam«, post-office, County or State.— 

 Also,if you live near one postoffice and 

 get your mail at another, be sure to 

 give the address we have on our list. 



1^ We are sometimes asked who 

 our authorized agents are ? Every 

 subscriber is such an agent ; we have 

 no others, and greatly desire that each 

 one would at least send in one new 

 subscriber with his own renewal for 

 1882. The next few weeks are the 

 time to do this. We hope every sub- 

 scriber will do his or her best to double 

 our list for 1882. 



Sweet Clover in Colorado.— By refer- 

 ence to the minutes of the Colorado 

 Bee-Keepers' Coiiveiitioii, on page 27, 

 it will be observed that President D. 

 S. Grimes made the most satisfactory 

 report given in the Convention— one 

 which will bear comparison with the 

 most flattering reports anywhere. Mr. 

 G. commenced the season with 15 col- 

 onies, obtained 2,000 lbs. of surplus 

 honey, increased to 33 colonies all in 

 good condition, and has 1,000 lbs. of 

 honey in combs put away for spring 

 use. As an explanation of his good 

 success, Mr. Grimes said he had 75 

 acres of sweet clover pasture on 

 which his bees foraged, and which we 

 presume had been planted solely in 

 view of its value for cattle pasturage. 

 Sweet clover will undoubtedly become 

 as great a favorite with stockmen as 

 it is destined to become with apiarists, 

 not only on account of its adaptability 

 to all soils and latitudes, even where 

 other clovers will not thrive, but also 

 because of its supericn- nutritive qual- 

 ities and ability to withstand water 

 or drouth. 



1^ Single copies of the Journal 

 sent postage paid for 5 cents each. 



Mortality in Winter. — In reference 

 to this subject we have received the 

 following letter, just as the Bee 

 Journal is ready for the press : 



Friend Newman :— Since writing 

 my last, I am convinced that it will 

 pay any bee-keeper to go hundreds of 

 miles to hear Mr. Betsinger on what 

 he has to say about " tlie cause and 

 prevention of the great mortality with 

 our bees during winter." Mr. B. has 

 devoted a large sliare of the past sea- 

 son, besides spending much time and 

 money in his investigations and re- 

 searches, and I trust we shall have a 

 large attendance of our principal apia- 

 rists which would help to settle this 

 perplexing question. Our Associa- 

 tion will be pleased, and under obli- 

 gations to your Journal, if you will 

 call special attention to the above 

 fact. Geo. W. House. 



Payetteville, N. Y., Jan. 6, 1882. 



We have received the programme 

 of the above Convention. There will 

 be 7 sessions, covering 3 days. We 

 have a special invitation to be present, 

 but cannot then leave the office, or we 

 should be glad to again meet the 

 bee-keepers of New York. 



Notes from Siinland, on the Manatee 

 River, Gulf Coast of Southern Flor- 

 ida. — This is the title of a neat pam- 

 phlet of 84 pages by S. C. Upliam, 

 Braideiitown, Fla. Anyone desiring 

 to know anything of the climate, soil 

 and productions of that region should 

 send him 25 cents for this little book. 



