ee Journal 



DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF THE PRODUCERS OF HONEY. 



VOL. XX. 



CHICAGO, ILL., SEPTEMBER 3, 1884. 



No. 36. 



Tublished every Wednesday, by 



THOMAS G. NEWMAN, 



EDITOP. iND PBOPRIETOK. 



The Bee Journal for 1885. 



To increase the number of readers 

 of the Bee Journal, we believe, will 

 aid progressive bee-culture and help 

 to elevate the pursuit. We, therefore, 

 offer the following 



CASH PKEJIIUMS FOR CLUBS. 



$10.00 for the largest club received 

 at this oftice before Feb. 1. lS8o (either 

 of the Weekly, ]SIonthly,or both) ; one 

 Weekly counts same as 4 Monthlies. 



$.5.00 for the second largest ; $4.00 

 for the third ; $3.(J0 for the fourth ; 

 $2.00 for the fifth ; and $1.00 for the 

 sixth largest club. 



All former offers of Premiums are 

 now withdrawn. 



The price of the Weekly Bee .Jour- 

 nal for 188-5 is S2 00 for one copy; 

 $3.80 for two copies (to the same or 

 •different post-ofBces) ; $.5..50 for three 

 ■copies ; $7.20 for four copies ; and for 

 five or more copies, $1.7-5 each. 



We have decided to publish the 

 Monthly Bee Journal for next year 

 of the same size and shape as the 

 Weekly, (which contains about the 

 same amount of reading matter as 

 the present Monthly,) at -50 cents a 

 year; two copies (to the same or dif- 

 ferent post-offlces) for 90 cents ; three 

 copies for 81. HO ; four copies for SI. 70 ; 

 five copies for $2.00 ; more than five 

 copies for 40 cents each. The time has 

 been extended on all portions of next 

 year, which have been paid for at the 

 rate of $1.00. 



Subscriptions for two or more years 

 for one person, will count the same 

 as each year for a different person. 



New Subscribers for the Monthly for 

 188-5 will have all the numbers for 18.S4 

 free that are published after the sub- 

 scriptions are received at this office. 



li^ Sir John Lubbock is attending 

 the great gathering of the British 

 Scientists at Montreal. Sir John has 

 devoted much attention to bees, and 

 is justly regarded as one of the great- 

 est men of this age. 



1^ A new and revised edition of 

 "Quiuby"s New Bee-Keeping"" has 

 just been publislied. It has been re- 

 written by Mr. Quinby's son-in-law, 

 Mr. L. C. Boot, and is " fully up with 

 the times." We keep a stock for sale 

 at the publisher's price, $1..50. 



^° The Toronto Exposition will be 

 held from Sept. 10 to 20, 1884, and as 

 usual will be very attractive. The 

 15ee and Honey Show has the honor of 

 being the largest, not only in Canada, 

 but in America. 



^^ The California Grocer of Aug. 

 22 remarks as follows upon the honey 

 market : " Many tons of new honey 

 have already been shipped East from 

 the southern counties, and our local 

 market is very fully supplied. Sales 

 of new crop are only affected through 

 the most liberal concessions. It is 

 surprising that experienced bee-keep- 

 ers will persist in sending their honey 

 forward st) early in the season as to 

 ruin a prospect for a good market." 



i^" Relative to Mr. F. II. Hunt, of 

 Centre Point, Iowa, having placed 

 glucosed honey on the markets of 

 Iowa and Nebraska, some remarks 

 were made on pages 424, 47.5 and 492. 

 Mr. Hunt has sent a reply for publi- 

 cation, which, on account of its offen- 

 sive personalities, we deem it advis- 

 able to sum up thus : He denies hav- 

 ing sold any impiire honey, and avers 

 that the honey, spoken of on page 47.5, 

 was.by analysis proven to be unadul- 

 terated. This much should be given 

 in his defense, but we cannot burden 

 the Bee .Journal with unpleasant 

 matters growing out of personal ani- 

 mosities, which, by Mr. H.'s reply, 

 would seem to be largely mixed up 

 with the matter. 



®" In reference to the holding "f 

 the next meeting of the National Con- 

 vention at New Orleans, as suggested 

 by Mr. Viallon, Dr. C. C. Miller writes 

 as follows : 



De.vr Editor:— C)n page 54.S you 

 suggest the iiostponement of the 

 National Convention for 2 months, 

 and its removal to New Orleans. 

 According to the constitution, the 

 place of meeting is to be fixed by vote 

 of the Society, and having been thus 

 fixed, it seems that the officers have 

 no discretion in the matter, but the 

 Society, at its Rochester meeting in 

 October, can decide upon the time 

 and place of holding the succeeding 

 meeting. C. C. Miller, Sec. 



^° A strange complaint has just 

 been received. It says that the writer 

 had sent S2 to a subscription agency 

 in New York for the Bee .Iournal 

 for one year, and has not received it. 

 We have never heard of the agency 

 before, and we wonder why it is that 

 persons persist in sending subscrip- 

 tions to parties they do not know, in- 

 stead of sending them direct to this 

 office. It is often a source of annoy- 

 ance and loss to do so. Let us im- 

 press it upon all who desire to take 

 the F>EE .Journal to send subscrip- 

 tions direct to this office, unless they 

 know the parlies well enough to trust 

 them with their money. 



1^ The Indiana State Fair will 

 commence on Monday, September 29. 

 The entry books, except in the speed 

 ring, will close on the Saturday previ- 

 ous. All stock and articles must be 

 in place on Monday forenoon of the 

 first day. Experience has demonstra- 

 ted the importance of promptness and 

 early preparation. Special attractions 

 will be provided to make each day 

 equally interesting. It will bestrictlv 

 an Agricultural Fair and Farmers' 

 Annual Festival. 



tm" Mrs. Sarah, relict of the late 

 Lockwood Pringle, died at the resi- 

 dence of her son, Allen Pringle Esq., 

 of Richmond. Ont., on Julv 22, at the 

 advanced age of 73 years." Deceased 

 was strong and unusually active up 

 to within a very short period of the 

 close of her lite. She was widely 

 known in the community and univer- 

 sally esteemed. 



