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DEVOTED EXCLUSIVELY TO PROGRESSIVE BEE CULTURE. 



VoL XVIII. 



Chicago, 111., May 10, 1882. 



No. 19. 



Published every Wt^inesday by 



THOMAS C. NEWMAN, 



KlflTdU ANJi PltOFHIKTOK. 



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TOPICS PRESENTED THIS WEEK. 



Editorial- 



Editorial Items :>cy, 290 



Only a Sliu'ht Perversion... ' "stj 



Things by their Kiu'lU NHines '.'." -jno 



The Prospect tor Fruit -"nj 



More Malevnitnee '',\] ••'.10 



Getting l_'p;i VVeelily Bee Paper *."..!. aiio 



Amou^ Our Exciiaiiyes — 



Mictiitian Slate t'onveiition ■")] 



Hints til Beginners ~k)| 



The JJetruit t'onvention '.'.'..'.". ' •'Ol 



Aujericnn Express Co. 's Money Orders "';ii 



Bee-Keepin;: in Europe 2!'l 



Conreiitioii Xotes— 



Union Bee-Ke-'per^' A'SOCialion ■»i> 



Bee-KeepinK for Profit '//_ ^iij 



Correspondence — 



Characteristics of the Coming Bee -^^i 



Mrs. Cotton's Tiansacli. ins ... ''"'5 



Results ot Some E.xperunents 2'ir 



Care of Honey Locust llertges...!.'! -iiri 



Denver. Colorado, as a Honey Market . "lil 



Is Bee-Keepint.' Profltaljle ? :;07 



Selections from Oiii- Letter Box— 



A Month Later than Usual. . -i^t 



Bees in Canada r,;,i 



Bees in l,<iuisiana ,", "I.i 



Thin vs. Thick Sections ";.- 



Candied H'lney r,;. 



Not Flattering S , 



Col ' in VirRinia ";,L> 



Hon.y for Bee Stings '.'.'.')'.'.'.'.'.'. 2:w 



Bee-KeepYn'ii'in'b'akota "!!;.'.'. :i'13 



Unprecedented "„„ 



SwnrmiMK oiLmenced ."liU 



VeryCoid :;;,; 



I-arge Hives r,:{ 



Prospect Unusually Good ■..'.■.'.■. ".'.|',, 



When to Divide :;,; 



Shaken I.o.ivp -J 



Takiii-(iir Sections .";,;; 



Fioatjiii; .\pi.iriesUnprofltBble. ..!.'.'.'.'.'.'.'!' !iob 



ABeBlnncr -j,,,, 



Feedins! 11 ■!„ 



Cold Weather : J 



Grubs t?. 



Only a Slight Peryersion. 



From the May number of Gleanings 

 we clip the following paragraph : 



Several of tlie friends have re- 

 monstrated because we liave not re- 

 plied to ttie unkind things that have 

 been said in regard to dollar (jueens, 

 and tliose wlio make a business of 

 raising them. It is because I liave a 

 sort of feeling that the best reply we 

 can make -is to keep on raising and 

 sending out extra nice queens, and 

 they will do the talking, just as they 

 have done all along. 



Perhaps we should not have noticed 

 the matter were it not for tlie in- 

 nuendo so skillfully interwoven into 

 it, and which cannot well be criticised 

 without presuming it was aimed at 

 the Bee Journal. It is true we have 

 felt impelled to warn apiarists against 

 the apparent drift of sentiment to- 

 ward cheaper stock, which we believe 

 to be pernicious in its tendency, and a 

 great mistake in an economic point of 

 view ; so, too, have vi^e warned apiar- 

 ists against the use ancf tendency of 

 glucose; against pretenders with 

 worthless hives; against "cheap 

 John " schemes— in fact, against pre- 

 judices and errors of every descrip- 

 tion. The glucose traffic we have in 

 general terms denominated fraudulent 

 and dishonest, because its principal 

 consumption lias been under the 

 name and guise of reputable articles, 

 but regarding " dollar dueens," we 

 emphatically deny having said " un- 

 kind things " about " those who make 

 a business of raising them." Believ- 

 ing most of them to be honest and 

 conscientious, we have endeavored to 

 accord tliem tlie same consideration 

 we desire for ourselves, and have 



studiously avoided personalities, to 

 prevent involving others in the con- 

 troversy against their wish. The 

 hardest words we have published re- 

 garding c/ieap queens, have come from 

 those who have been prominent breed- 

 ers of them. 



Things by their Right Names. 



The following paragraph we clip 

 from a Western local paper, of recent 

 date : 



I have just witnessed a most beauti- 

 ful operation— the manufacture of 

 foundation comb for the convenience 

 of honey bees. By the use of this pre- 

 pared comb the bee is ready almost 

 instantly to commence the honey de- 

 posit. 



The whole article is evidently writ- 

 ten witli an intention of calling atten- 

 tion to the bee-keeping interest, and 

 exhibits a commendable spirit; but 

 we most earnestly protest against in- 

 culcating false impressions in the 

 minds of those unacquainted with the 

 details of apiculture, eight out of tea 

 of whom will imagine, after reading 

 the above paragraph, that " founda- 

 tion combs"' and "prepared combs" 

 are given to tlie bees to be filled with 

 honey, and will foster the foolish be- 

 lief which many entertain, that artifi- 

 cial comb honey is now on the market, 

 and sold to a great extent to innocent 

 consumers. Had the writer properly 

 called it comb foundation, no false 

 impression would be encouraged. 

 Merely a slight transposition of words 

 will make all the difference in the 

 world in public opinion, and save 

 much trouble in contradicting. Call 

 things by their right names, and save 

 misunder.standings. 



^° We have received Price Lists of 

 queens and bees from Henry Alley, 

 W'enham, Mass., and of bees, queens 

 and apiarian supplies from J. L. 

 Bowers, Berryville, Va. 



