"ffieeMn Mn Journal 



DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF THE PRODUCERS OF HONEY. 



VOL. XX. 



CHICAGO, ILL., FEBETJAEY 27, 1884. 



No. 9. 



Published every Wednesday, by 



THOMAS G. NEWMAN, 



Editor and Puoprietor, 



^" '• Queen Intioduciiig " is the 

 title of a small pamphlet of 24 pages, 

 by the Rev. George Ray nor, M. A., 

 Rector of Ila/eleigh Jlaklon, Kent, 

 England. It is a paper read at a quar- 

 terly meeting of the British Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association, on "the Ligurian 

 Queen Bee ; her introduction to Alien 

 colonies, and the best means of pure 

 propagation." We acknowledge the 

 receipt of a copy of this pamphlet 

 "with the author's compliments." 



More of Cotton's Humbug. 



^"Speaking of "Honey Dew,'' 

 which is being extensively advertised 

 " for chapped hands, lips and face," 

 Mr. H. R. Boardman, of East Town- 

 send, O., writes thus: "How many 

 persons reading this fraud, think you, 

 Bro. Newman, have the most distant 

 idea as to what Honey Dew is V Oh ! 

 if we could all learn to call things by 

 their right names. Pure honey is 

 good for chapped hands or for the 

 face, healing and softening the skin." 

 And yet how many there are who are 

 wholly ignorant of the many uses of 

 pure honey. 



(^ We have received from Home 

 and Farm a neat pamphlet containing 

 the letters of its Florida correspond- 

 ent, Mrs. L. B. Robinson. These let- 

 ters are valuable because they truth- 

 fully describe all the difficulties new 

 settlers in that State must expect to 

 encounter, and they give just the in- 

 formation about everyday life which 

 cannot be obtained from official re- 

 ports of pamphlets published by land 

 agents. Every one interested in 

 Florida, should send 2-^ cents for this 

 pamphlet. Address, Home and Farm, 

 Louisville, Ky. 



We have received the following, 

 which explains itself : 



I send Mrs. L. E. Cotton's circular 

 for 1884. It is a little ahead of any I 

 have received, up to date. We would 

 like to have a controllable hive, for 

 then we would never fear dysentery 

 or any of the troubles which bees are 

 heir ta in wintering. If Lizzie had 

 known that I had read the Bee Jour- 

 nal for the last 12 years, she would 

 not have sent that circular to me. 

 Read it, Mr. Editor, it will do you 

 good ; give your readers a few ex- 

 tracts. T. B. QUINLAN. 



Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Feb. 4, 1884. 



Oh ! it is the same old story. If the 

 orders are not filled, and the bees and 

 hives are not sent to customers, is it 

 not easy to prove that bees do not be- 

 come diseased in winter '? and also 

 that there is no danger of any one 

 being stung V That is science for you ! 

 The Kansas Bee-Keeper gives the fol- 

 lowing in its last issue : 



" We notice that Lizzie Cotton, of 

 Gorham, Me., is still trying to gull the 

 public by her preposterous claims in 

 regard to her controllable, reversible, 

 double-back-action, self-hiving, and 

 automatic drone - destroying hive. 

 This hive, from her description, will 

 do everything but talk, and we expect 

 next year to learn that she has educa- 

 ted it even up to that point. We ad- 

 vise our readers to let Lizzie and her 

 wares severely alone." 



We have received several of these 

 circulars, but her bombastic falsehoods 

 about the bee-papers and associations 

 are not worth noticing. 



delicacy, the bee continually brushes 

 its velvet robe, to remove the pollen 

 dust, with which it becomes loaded 

 while rifling the flowers and sucking 

 up their nectar. Another article, 

 which is hollowed like a spoon, re- 

 ceives all the gleanings wiiich the in- 

 sect carries to the hive. It is a panier 

 for provisions. Finally, by opening 

 them one upon another, by means of 

 a hinge, those two pieces become a 

 pair of pincers, which render impor- 

 tant service in the construction of the 

 combs, and it is with them that the 

 bee lays hold of semi-circles of wax 

 below its abdomen, and carries them 

 to its mouth. 



Paraphernalia of the Bee. 



Some one has sent us a newspaper 

 which gives the following description 

 of the wonderful working tools of the 

 honey bee, with which it does its 

 marvelous work in the hive : 



The feet of the common working 

 bee exhibit at one and the same time 

 a basket, a brush and a pair of pincers. 

 One of these articles, indeed, is a 

 bi'ush of extreme fineness, the hairs 

 of which, arranged in symmetrical 

 rows, are only to "be seen with the 

 microscope. With this brush of fairy 



Catalogues for 1884.— The following 

 new Catalogues and Price Lists are 

 received : 



James B. Mason, Mechanic Falls, 

 Me., 60 pages— bees, queens and apiar- 

 ian supplies. ■:^. 



AVm. Ballantine & Son, Sago, O., 1 

 page — bees, queens and apiarian sup- 

 plies. 



A. I. Root, Medina, O., 40 pages- 

 bees, queens, and everything needed 

 in an apiary, as well as usefid articles 

 for counter stores, of all kinds and 

 prices. 



E. C. Hubbard & Sons, Hamburg, 

 N. Y., 8 pages— small fruit plants. i 



A. J. Noiris, Cedar Falls, Iowa, 6 

 pages— bees, seeds, roots, etc. 



J. D. Goodrich, East Hard wick,Vt., 

 6 pages— hives and bee-keepers' sup- 

 plies. 



Henry Drum, Adelphi, O., 12 pages 

 — hives and apiarian supplies. 



Samuel D. Riegel, Adelphi, O., 4 

 pages — bees and queens. 



E.Kretchmer,Coburg, Iowa, 24 pages 

 —bees, hives and apiarian supplies. 



W. II. Proctor, Fairhaven, Vt., 4 

 pages— bees, queens and apiarian sup- 

 plies. 



S. Valentine & Son, Hagerstown, 

 Md., 12 pages — Italian and Albino 

 queens and supplies for the apiary. 



F. A. Snell, Milledgeville, 111", 20 

 pages— bees, hives and apiarian sup- 

 plies. 



Chas. F. Muth, Cincinnati, O., 24 

 pages, bee-keepers' supplies. 



Howe & Son, Council Bluffs, Iowa, 

 8 pages— bee-keepers' supplies. 



Joseph D. Enas. Napa, Cat., 6 pages 

 — queens and bee-keepers' supplies. 



J. W. K. and A. G. Shaw, Loreau- 

 ville, La., 1 page— bees, queens, etc. 



Rev. E. L. Briggs, Wilton Junction, 

 Iowa, 6 pages— bees and queens. 



A. E. Foster, Covington, Ky., 1 page 

 — bees and queens. 



