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VoL XVIII. Chicago, 111., February 8, 1882. 



No. 6. 



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TOPICS PRESENTED THIS WEEK. 



Editorial— 



The Northeastern Convention 81 



Artificial Comb Honey S2 



Honey as Food and Medicine 82 



Iiems .82. 93 



Correspondence — 



ProducinKComb Honey— No. 1 H3 



Yellow or Lea her-Colored Bees 83 



Honest and KindCriticisin 84 



Convention Notes— 



Northeastern New York Convention 84 



SuKKestions about Conventions 84 



Improvement of the American Italians 85 



Bees do not Puncture Fruit 85 



The American Bee Journal 86 



The Best Mothod of Rearing Queens... 86 



Are Bees a Nuisance? 87 



\Viat.*ring Bees 87 



The National Convention 88 



Co-Operation 89 



The National Convention Denounced . . 89 



Uniform Section Adopted 90 



A Seat Adopted 90 



Miscellaneous 91 



Local t^onvention Directory 91 



Selections from Onr Letter Box— 



Building straight Combs 91 



Fail and Spring Record 91 



Cotton I rauds 91 



Advice -Without Reasons 0! 



KeiM.rl for ISKl 93 



Isirif (lldComhs 92 



Ili.f« l;('rjuire Care 92 



A Ciirri'ftion 92 



From .Northern Pennsylvania 92 



TheMeloe 92 



Recipe for Sticking Labels on Tin Palls. ... 92 



Under-Sized Frames 92 



Bllzziirds! Whew! 92 



Bingham's Bees 92 



Report for iksi 92 



Special Notices — 



To Advertisers 93 



The Apiary Register 93 



New Publications 93 



Binders for Bee Journal 93 



Clubbing Rates 93 



The ITortheastern Convention. 



Much of the space of this week's 

 Bee Journal is devoted to tlie pro- 

 ceedings of the Northeastern Conven- 

 tion, of Xew York, to tlie exclusion 

 of considerable matter in other de- 

 partments. We give the report of the 

 Convention in its entirety, as pub- 

 lished in tlie Utica daily papers, sep.t 

 us by tiie Secretary, and have inserted 

 all of the essays upon which discus- 

 sions were reported. Others will be 

 published as we can give them space. 



It is hardly necessary for us to say 

 that we deplore the action of the Con- 

 vention in allowing itself to be drawn 

 into a belligerent attitude toward, and 

 unkind criticism of, the National So- 

 ciety (see page 8.S). Being a "life 

 member" (not an ofBcer) of the latter, 

 and an " honorary member " of the 

 former, we /ec^ somewhat compromised 

 by the action taken at Utica. We 

 were not present when the " essay " 

 referred to was read and the vote ta- 

 ken, at Lexington, and knew nothing 

 of either till we saw the report of the 

 proceedings — tliough it might easily 

 be construed that we were, by reading 

 the publistied report. We were unwell 

 after arriving at the Convention, on 

 the evening of tlie second day, and 

 several times had to leave the Ilall 

 for a short time to get fresh air, and 

 such might have occurred on one of 

 these occasions. In justice, we slioiild 

 not be held the least responsible for 

 anything done in our absence — which 

 we neither indorsed , opposed , nor even 

 heard read — as was our case with all 

 the matters complained of. 



The criticisms of Mr. House on the 

 National Convention are : 



1. Its manner of electing its officers 

 by instructing the Secretary to cast 



the ballot of the Convention for those 

 reported by the nominating commit- 

 tee. Of this we disapprove, but we 

 do not believe any injustice was ever 

 done — it being an expedient to save 

 time, there being no other nomi- 

 nations. 



2. That its sessions should be held 

 at the East, West, North and South, 

 but that •' during the past few years 

 there is seemingly little or no regard 

 paid to custom and privileges." Well, 

 let us see. In 1877 and 1878, it was 

 held in New York — that was the only 

 time in its history when sessions were 

 held in the same place two successive 

 years ! The year previous it was held 

 in Philadelphia ; all in the East. In 

 1879 it was held in Chicago (call 

 that West); in 1880 in Cincinnati, and 

 in 1881 in Lexington— both towards 

 the South. It is certainly in vain to 

 try to find any cause for complaint in 

 this. 



We suggested that the session of 

 1881 should be held in New York, but 

 a New Yorker present responded that 

 New York had not asked for it; we 

 suggested Atlanta, Ga., but was met 

 by the same objection. If New York 

 wants it, let her send an invitation to 

 the next meeting. 



3. Its indorsement of Mr. Langs- 

 troth is called by Mr. House a ''farce" 

 —an " injustice "— " unjust discrimi- 

 nation "—a " stain upon its record, 

 never to be blotted out" — "and enough 

 to make the very blood chill." 



To say that such epithets are fool- 

 ish, ridiculous and unjustifiable, is 

 putting it exceedingly mild. 



The gentlemen who so unanimously 

 voted to indorse the sentiments, as 

 the views of the Convention, evidently 

 intended only to show their apprecia- 

 tion of the labors of Mr. Langstroth, 

 without the least disparagement to 

 the late lamented Quinby, Wagner, 

 Weiss, etc. It is, we feel certain, ex- 

 ceedingly unjust to attribute any 

 other motive to them. 



