lEceWtf l«c Journal, 



DEVOTED TO- THE INTERESTS OF THE PRODUCERS OF HONEY. 



VOL. XX. 



CHICAGO, ILL., FEBRUARY 13, 1884. 



No. 7. 



Published every Wednesday, by 



THOMAS G. NEWMAN, 



Editor and Propbibtob, 



^" We can supply all new subscrib- 

 ers and renewals with the numbers 

 from the beginning of the year, and 

 shall do so unless otherwise ordered — 

 presuming that it is so desired. 



^' " How to Become a Good Me- 

 chanic," is the title of a pamphlet of 

 4G pages, by an "Old Apprentice," and 

 published by the Industrial Publica- 

 tion Company of New York, at 1.5 

 cents. It is intended as a practical 

 guide to self-taught men ; telling what 

 to study, what books to use, how to 

 begin, what difficulties will be met, 

 how to overcome them. In a word, 

 how to carry on such a course of self- 

 instruction as will enable the young 

 mechanic to rise from the bench to 

 something higher. 



^" " Dzierzon's Rational Bee-Keep- 

 ing,'' bound in cloth, are now all gone. 

 We have a large lot bound in paper 

 covers, which we are sending to any 

 one clubbed with the Weekly Bee 

 Journal for a year, for S2.7.5. Any 

 one who has paid for the Bee Jour- 

 nal for 1884, may send 7.5 cents more 

 for the book, and we will send it by 

 return mail, postage paid. It is an 

 imported book, printed in the English 

 language, and the price of the book 

 is $1..50. 



^S" Several complaints have been 

 received about the American sub- 

 scribers not getting the British Bee 

 Journal for .lanuary. Evidently there 

 has been some accident — perhaps to 

 the steamship bringing them across 

 the Atlantic — for our number for Jan. 

 1 only came to hand on Feb. 8, after 

 the one for Jan. 1.5 was received. This 

 may explain matters some. 



Another Severe Attack. 



The many friends of the Rev. L. L. 



Langstroth will be pained to learn 

 that he is again suffering from a re- 

 turn of his old malady, and unable to 

 do any mental work. The following 

 from his daughter, dated Feb. 6, 1SS4, 

 is just received : 



As my father is suffering from a re- 

 turn of his old malady, and is unable 

 to attend to his correspondence, I 

 write to let you know why you do not 

 hear from him. The present attack 

 seems to be unusually severe, but I 

 trust it may be of short duration. 

 Yours respectfully, 



Anna L. Cowan. 



Oxford, O., Feb. 6, 1884. 



Glucose. 



Mr. Pringle, of Selby, Ont., writes 

 as follows : 



The following appeared editorially 

 on Jan. 22, in the Toronto World. I 

 send it to you for the columns of the 

 Bee Journal, and will be pleased to 

 see it followed by your own comments: 



" The National Academy of Scien- 

 tists at Washington made a report on 

 glucose to the commissioner of inter- 

 nal revenue. It shows the manner of 

 manufacture of grape sugar and glu- 

 cose, and finds that the artificial is in 

 no way inferior to cane sugar in 

 healthfulness, and that maize starch- 

 sugar, either in its normal condition 

 or fermented, has no deleterious effect 

 upon the system even when taken in 

 large quantities. The illustrious sci- 

 entists aforesaid might have sooner 

 reached this conclusion, which is a 

 perfectly sound one, had they reflected 

 that honey is sugar in the state of 

 glucose. Honey has been considered 

 a healthy and desirable article of food 

 since the days of Moses, and earlier. 

 Further, the doctors say that every 

 grain of crystalized sugar taken into 

 the human stomach becomes glucose 

 in the process of digestion. If glucose 

 or grape sugar were simply kept by 

 itself and sold on its own merits, it 

 might soon come into very general 

 use." 



We have already commented on this 

 matter, on pages 19, .52 and 68. The 

 whole thing was intended to give a 

 "boost "to the manufactures of the 

 fraudulent stuff ; but the gauze was 

 too thin. 



Time to Think and Review. 



The Indiana Farmer gives the fol- 

 lowing " good and tihiely " advice : 



As the spring advances it will be 

 well to review tlie past season's work, 

 and see wherein we have failed ; to try 

 and avoid like mistakes in the future. 

 The winter and early spring is a good 

 time to read upon the subject in hand, 

 then there will be less danger of fail- 

 ures in the time to come. Hives and 

 fixtures necessary for the season's 

 work should all be secured in time. 

 Do not wait until you are in urgent 

 need of all these things before order- 

 ing, but order early and thus avoid 

 not only the loss of time, but bees and 

 honey, for time with us is money, for 

 which we work. The writer knows 

 from experience of what he writes. 



On the amount of surplus secured 

 depends the profit of the fipiary, and 

 for this end, it should be our aim. The 

 honey crop should consist of both 

 comb and extracted honey. For the 

 former, large sections are best for 

 home consumption or for a home 

 market, but for the general market 

 the one-pound sections are the fa- 

 vorite. But let the object sought be 

 what it may, t)ie first and most im- 

 portant part of it all is to be ready in 

 time, for in tliis may depend the en- 

 tire success of a season's work. 



1^" The following named catalogues 

 for 1884 are received : 



Smith & Smith,Kenton,0.— Supplies 



W. S. Cauthen, Pleasant Hill, S. C. 

 — Bees and Queens — 4 pages. 



D. B. Brown, Des Moines, Iowa- 

 Italian Bees— 6 pages. 



Apiarian Supply Co., Wilton .lunc- 

 tion, Iowa— Bees and Apiarian Sup- 

 plies — 32 pages. 



Miller Bros., Nappanee, Ind.— Hives 

 and Supplies— 8 pages. 



J. W. Eckman, Richmond, Texas- 

 Bees — 1 page. 



Smith & Morgan, Columbus, Wis.— 

 Apiarian Supplies, Bees and Queens. 



Hiram Sibley & Co.'s Seed Cata- 

 logue, Rochester, N. Y.— 130 pages. 



Cox's Seed Annual, San Francisco, 

 Gal.- 64 pages. 



^" We have so many articles for 

 the Bee Journal in waiting, that we 

 give the preference, this week, to 

 short articles and letters, so as to ac- 

 commodate as many as possible. The 

 others will appear as soon as we can 

 get to them. Our correspondents will 

 please have a little patience and " all 

 will be well." 



