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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



put into a cool hive, in a shaded place, 

 will desert. It is not necessary to 

 wash a hive with apple leaves or mint, 

 as our grandmothers did, but a bucket- 

 ful of fresh cold water may be dashed 

 into a hive, washing out the dust, and 

 making it fresh and cool. Bees al- 

 ways desert a hive for good cause ; it 

 may have a disagreeable odor. 

 Peoria, 111. 



For the American Bee Journal. 



Michigan Hybrids. 



W. H. SHIRLEY. 



My experience so far with the 

 Michigan hybrids is, that they have 

 no control over the weather, so far as 

 I can see, and in consequence have to 

 gather thin honey sometimes, or none 

 at all. Such vvas the case here in 1882 

 (part of the season), and to put a 

 frame filled with honey in any posi- 

 tion except the one in the hive, would 

 cause the honey to run out. I can 

 well see why Illinois doubts our word, 

 with her strain of bees, for a descrip- 

 tion of the same see pages 391 and 392. 



In regard to reversible frames I 

 stand reversed, because by their use 

 I now can see that a larger majority 

 of our frames are more perfectly 

 filled with comb. The brown German 

 bee and the Michigan hybrids with us 

 never needed their combs turned up- 

 side down to force them up into the 

 surplus arrangements. 



I have read tlie back numbers of 

 the Bee Journal ; also, such part of 

 the ■' elsewhere " as I could find, and 

 yet fail to see any great bonanza in 

 reversible frames, except the one 

 point mentioned — viz : perfect combs, 

 and that is a valuable point. 



Glenwood, Mich., June 23, 1884. 



For the American Bee JoumaL 



Priority of Location. 



J. E. FOND, JR. 



When I wrote my last article on 

 this subject, I intended to stop right 

 there, and not allow myself to be 

 drawn further into the "discussion ; 

 not that I had notning more to say, 

 but that I thought enough space had 

 been devoted to a matter that was 

 more of a personal than apieultural 

 nature. When, however, I am at- 

 tacked as a lawyer, I feel it a duty to 

 make a defence. 



Mr. R. J. Kendall, on page 392, ad- 

 mits that legally I am riglit. and then 

 says : " As a lawyer I am not a little 

 surprised at Mr. Pond's taking up the 

 position he does, for the law in its 



Erinciple goes dead against him." 

 iCt us try and analyze this somewhat 

 strange idiosyiicracy of Mr. K. He 

 states two propositions; first, I am 

 legally right ; second, he is surprised 

 that I take the position I do, for not- 

 withstanding tlie fact that I am 

 legally right", legal principles do not 

 sustain me. AVell. I am willing to 

 leave this branch of the subject right 

 there ; but Mr. K. goes a step further, 

 and opens up the question of tenures 

 and titles ; what point he expects to 



make by this I fail most decidedly to 

 see ; neither do I know of any legal 

 principle whatever, whether relating 

 to tenures and titles, estates in fee or 

 entail, that will give Jones' bees ten- 

 ure of my estate in fee, even if Jones 

 has stocked an apiary before I get 

 ready so to do. The principles of 

 law, as I understand them, require 20 

 years of adverse, uninterrupted and 

 exclusive use, to get tenure of my 

 estate in fee. Jones, by squatting on 

 my land for 20 years, may get a legal 

 title to it, but he certainly cannot get 

 such a title through such agents as 

 his bees. When Mr. K. comes to think 

 the matter over a little, he will see 

 that he has made a slight mistake in 

 his application of legal principles ; he 

 forgets that bees are partly in fera 

 natinv, and that while they are con- 

 sidered property while in sight of 

 their owner, or when occupying his 

 hives, the instant a swarm leaves 

 Jones' apiary and settles on my land 

 without Jones' knowledge, the bees 

 become mine by right of possession, 

 if I choose to liive ihem. What then 

 becomes of tenures and titles ? 

 Foxboro, Mass., June 20, 1884. 



For the American Bee Journal. 



Manufactured Comb Honey. 



J. W. MARGRAVE. 



A few days ago I chanced to meet a 

 member of a large grocery firm of St. 

 Joseph, Mo., who very positively af- 

 firmed that they had often bought 

 manufactured comb honey of Jerome 

 Twitchell, of Kansas City, tliat it was 

 sold to them for manufactured honey; 

 that he had met persons who had 

 been to the factory and had seen the 

 machinery, and l-neiv all about it. 



It was in vain that I told him that 

 was all a mistake, that glucose had 

 often been mixed with extracted 

 honey and sold for pure honey ; but 

 that comb honey could not be made 

 by machinery, that that abominable 

 lie was the result of a silly canard 

 written a few years ago. and had to 

 be revamped "and peddled around 

 every year or so, and tliat he was the 

 last man to so peddle it. 



I think it due to Mr. Twitchell to 

 say that I think him incapaijle of any 

 co"mpIicity with fraud in such a deal, 

 if it were at all possible. 



I told my informant that Mr. 

 Twitchell had more sense than to 

 ruin his business in any such way. 

 If Mr. T. wishes the name of the firm, 

 I can give it, as also the name of wit- 

 nesses to the conversation who were 

 present ; it being in a grocery store 

 where I had gone to try to sell some 

 nice basswood comb honey. Sucii 

 things are very embarrassing. 



At a meeting of our County Agii- 

 cultural Society last fall, I was asked 

 to speak on bee-culture ; at the close 

 of my remarks I was catechised by 

 one old man in regard to feeding bees 

 on glucose and letting them fill up 

 their combs in that way. He said a 

 M^. II. of Linn County, Iowa, fed his 

 bees on it, two days in the week, and 

 let them work the rest of the time on 

 the flowers, etc., and said he had 



spoiled the honey made in that coun- 

 ty, etc., etc. 



Now, Mr. Editor, what can be done 

 to stop all this despicable foolishness,, 

 that is corrupting the public mind in 

 regard to the adulteration of honey ? 

 It is very damaging to our legitimate 

 business, and we as bee-keepers must 

 do something to vindicate ourselves. 

 What shall it be ':* 



Hiawatha, Kansas. 



[The practice of feeding bees with 

 glucose, even though it were of harm- 

 less intent, was one of the greatest of 

 curses to the bee-keepers of America. 

 It opened the way for all these foolish 

 stories about manufactured comb 

 honey, etc. 



We are glad that these peddlers of 

 Wiley's lies have located it some- 

 where at last. Xow Mr. Twitchell 

 will be able to clear it up, we think. 



Mr. H., of Linn County, Iowa, we 

 hope will be able to show that these 

 are but foolish stories of gossippers, 

 without the shadow of proof except, 

 perhaps, the foolish practice of feed- 

 ing bees glucose to keep them from 

 starving in the spring. Both gentle- 

 men are invited to "speak out" in 

 the Bee .Journal.— Ed.] 



Marshall County, Iowa. Convention. 



The Marshall County, Iowa, Bee- 

 Keepers' Association met at Marshall- 

 town on April 5. 



The meeting was one of much in- 

 terest all through, and was well at- 

 tended. The following officers were 

 elected for the coining year, viz : 

 Joseph Swift. President, State Cen- 

 tre ; G. W. Keeler. Vice-President, 

 Marshalltown ; J. W. Sanders, Secre- 

 tary, Le Grand ; and G. W. Calhoun, 

 Treasurer, Marshalltown. 



The Secretary made the following 

 report on the subject of a better dis- 

 play of the apiary at our county fair : 



I had a conference with the officers 

 of the fair, and was promised a de- 

 partment for the apiary, and a dona- 

 tion of .?2.5 in premiums and fixtures 

 for this important industry. By re- 

 quest of said ofiicers, I prepared a 

 premium list for the fair, including 

 almost all the arts and novelties of 

 apiculture, the object being to pro- 

 mote and encourage this industry in 

 a practical and scientific way ; and 

 not for the money we may obtain on 

 premiums. In this way we can learn 

 much from each other, and at the 

 same time encourage the sale of our 

 honey. 



On motion of Mr. Xichols, it was 

 decided that the society increase the 

 premiums of said list by donations, 

 and ."rS were subscribed and paid in 

 for that purpose. The executive com- 

 mittee were appointed to have charge 

 of tliis donation, and still solicit aid 

 by subscription for this purpose, it 

 being the desire of the society that 

 S50 more be raised for this purpose, 

 which would aid the fair appropria- 

 tion verv much. 



