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Hcclilg ^tt Journai 



DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF THE PRODUCERS OF HONEY. 



VOL. XX. 



CHICAGO, ILL., AUGUST 20, 1884. 



No. 34. 





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Published every Wednesday, by 



THOMAS 0. NEWMAN, 



Editof and Phoprietor, 



^" We have received the Premium 

 i.ist of the Marshall County, Iowa, 

 Fair, to be held at Maishalltown, 

 Iowa, Aug. 2B to 30, l.S,s4. Mr. .J. ^\ . 

 Sanders is the superintendent of the 

 Apiary Department, and there is a 

 number of premiums— amounting to 

 S'JO in cash, besides 1.3 diplomas. 



^' The Maine State Agricultural 

 Society, which meets on Sept. 9 to 13, 

 at Lewiston, offers S60 in premiums 

 in its Bee and Honey Department. 

 Also the Eastern Maine State Fair 

 Association, which meets on .Sept. 23 

 to 2P, at Bangor, offers $33 in pre- 

 miums for Ijees. honey and apiarian 

 supplies. 



Philadelphia ISee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion. The i-t)Munittee consists of Dr. 

 Henry Townsend, President ; .Vrthur 

 Todd, Vice-President; F. Hahman, 

 Secretary ; Mrs. Thomas, T. 0. David- 

 son, and Enon Harris. The premiums 

 amount to S30 in cash ; 8 silver and 7 

 bronze medals, and .5 diplomas. 



A Swarm of Bees Loose on a Train. 



Vg- In the bill of fare at the .Jordan 

 Hotel in White Sulphur Springs, Va.. 

 we notice that honey is daily on the 

 tables. This is to be commended ; for 

 we believe that in only one country 

 in the world is honey found daily 

 upon the tables of its hotels, and that 

 is in the little Alpine Republic of 

 Switzerland. In tlie descriptive 

 pamphlet of White Sidphur Springs, 

 we read : " Xot the least attractive 

 feature of this delightful resort, to 

 many visitors, is the extensive apiary 

 of ^Ir. E. C. .Jordan, the owner and 

 proprietor of the .Jordan Hotel, who is 

 an enthusiastic bee-culturist, and the 

 abundant supply of beautiful honey 

 upon his tables, bears delightful evi- 

 dence of his success." 



The Chicago Daily papers record 

 the fact that a railroad train on the 

 Chicago Northwestern Railway was 

 •'boarded'" by a swarm of angry bees, 

 on August 1. Here is what a reporter 

 of the press says about it : 



Between Lake Bluff and Lake Forest 

 a train of cars ran over a swaim <if 

 wild bees, which had come out of the 

 trunk of an old tree standing in the 

 pasture by the roadside. The bees, 

 angered at the death of thousands of 

 their comrades, rose suddenly, flew 

 through the open windows into the 

 coaches, and proceeded to get even 

 with the Northwestern Road by 

 attacking its passengers. The people 

 were thrown into the wildest confu- 

 sion. The little insects were swift in 

 their work, and spared nobody. It 

 was useless to fight them, for every 

 effort to drive them off made them all 

 the more vicious and determined. 

 Before the train arrived at Lake For- 

 est the bees had fled, leaving their 

 victims with faces and hands swollen 

 and burning with pain. 



was ovenome, and tlie Society suc- 

 cessfully launched in 1874. Members 

 of the Society should bear this in 

 mind ; and while we congratulate Mr. 

 and Mrs. Bennett on its success, I 

 think both are entitled to more than 

 a mere passing word of praise. 



The bee keepers of England were 

 represented by Mr. Alfred Neighbour ; 

 those of Ireland by Dr. Knight, Hon. 

 Secretary to the Irish Beekeepers' 

 Association ; and Scotland, by Mr. 

 Cameron, from Inverness in the north ; 

 and almost every bee-keeper of note 

 in the south and west. 



In addition to the large tent for 

 manipulating, there was a large tent, 

 61 feet by 21, completely crowded to 

 overflowing, not holding much over 

 the half of the exhibits, the surplus 

 havnig to be put outside. 



tm" Mr. A. Todd, of Philadelphia. 

 Pa., has sent us the Premium List for 

 the Pennsylvania State Fair, and will 

 forward a copy to any one applying 

 for the same. The Collective Bee- 

 Keepers" Exhibit is in charge of the 



Bee and Honey Show in Scotland. 



The London Journal of Horticulture 

 gives the following report of the 

 Honey and Bee Show of the Caledo- 

 nian Apiarian Society : 



The eleventh Show of the above 

 Society was held at Edinburgh in 

 conjunction with the Highland Agri- 

 cultural Society on July 22, 23, 24. and 

 2-5, under the able management of 

 Mr. R..J. Bennett, to whom bee-keepers 

 are indebted for bringing together the 

 various exhibits that formed the fin- 

 est exhibition of apiarian appliances 

 and produce that lias ever been wit- 

 nessed in Britain. But, although Mr. 

 Bennefs efforts have been crowned 

 with success, it is not wholly due to 

 himself, nor is it known that it was 

 through his amiable lady, working 

 often till past midnight, that the work 



The Book, "Bees and Honey." 



In reference to this work, Mr. G. 

 W. Demaree writes as follows for 

 publication : 



I want to express my appreciation 

 of the work on bee-culture. " Bees 

 and Honey."' In my judgment tlie 

 book is exceedingly well arranged. A 

 most admirable feature of the work, 

 is that it teaches carefully the great 

 principles of bee culture without an 

 I attempt to dictate to bee-keepers what 

 kind of fixtures and implements tliey 

 should employ in the prosecution of 

 their business. It treats appro- 

 priately several subjects connected 

 with the science of bee-culture, which 

 is absent in most other works. 



G. W. Demakee. 

 Christiansburg, Ky. 



The main objection to some bee- 

 books is the fact that they attempt to 

 dictate to bee-keepers what hive or 

 implements should be used. This 

 was studiously avoided in the book 

 " Bees and Honey," and while de- 

 scribing all the better ones, it leaves 

 the selection to the wants of any 

 locality, or the "fancy" of the in- 

 dividual. 



^ At the District Fair to be held 

 I at Friend, Neb., Sept. .30 to Oct. 3. 1,S,S4, 

 I premiums for the Bee and Honey 

 j Department amount to S30. For 



further information apply to J. O. 



Frantz, Sec. Friend, Neb. 



