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DKYOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF THE PRODUCERS OF HONEY. 



VOL. XX. 



CHICAGO, ILL., SEPTEMBER 17, 1884. 



ITo. 38. 



TubUshed every Wednesday, by 



THOMAS G. NEWMAN, 



Editob. and Proprietor, 



Call Things by their Right Names. 



A correspondent seems to be "mud- 

 dled ■' in consequence of his having 

 produced " hybrids" by crossing bees 

 from Palestine and Italy. He wrote 

 to US to correct a former article and 

 call his bees " holy Italians." We re- 

 marked, on page 571, that there were 

 no such things as hxAy or ^lllholy bees, 

 and advised our correspondent to 

 " call things by their proper names." 

 Now he propounds to us the follow- 

 ing questions : 



Kane, 111., Sept. 8, 1884. 

 I have been a pupil of the Bee 

 Journal for several years, and I 

 thought that I was learning the bee- 

 business right along, from its pages, 

 but every pupil has his faults. I did 

 not have the least idea of the using of 

 any improper laiio;uage in my letter on 

 page 571. I am always ready to con- 

 fess my errors, when I am convinced 

 of committing any. I learned the 

 words " Holy-Land queens " from the 



?ages of the Bee Journal. Now, 

 ask you to answer the following 

 (juestions : I got a pure Italinn queen 

 from II. Alley, and a Holy-Land 

 queen from I. E. Good ; 1 reared 

 Queens from the Italian queen and 

 bred those queens to drones reared 

 from the Holy-Land queen. Now, 

 what is the right name of those 

 queens' offspring ? I reared queens 

 from the IIoly-Land queen and I bred 

 them to drones reared from the Ital- 

 ian queen. Now, what is the right 

 name of those queens' offspring V If 

 there is no such a bee as the Holy- 

 Land bee, will you please make it 

 plain, for I wish to " call things by 

 their right names ;" and I will likely, 

 hereafter, be prepared to give the 

 right names of my improved bees in 

 future correspondence. We were 

 blessed with a big rain fall on July 

 30. To-day the thoroughwort, Span- 

 ish-needle, goldenrod, smart-weed or 

 heart's-ease, and ironwort are in a 

 sea of bloom. Tlie weather is very 

 hot— 94° in the shade to-day. My 



bees are making good use of each 

 day, by gathering the honey which 

 seems to be in abundance. 



R. M. OSBOBN. 



In the above our correspondent calls 

 the queen a IIoly-Land queen. That 

 is another thing from a holy queen. 

 The land of Palestine has been called 

 the "Holy Land " for ages, because 

 of the fact that it was the land where 

 the " holy one of Israel," the Messiah 

 lived, taught, died, and rose again, 

 and from which he ascended. 



Things set apart for sacred uses 

 were called " holy ;'' such as holy oil, 

 holy vessels, holy temple, holy day, 

 etc., but the bees never came under 

 that classification— they were never 

 called " holy bees." 



It is true that honey was used in 

 the vessels of the temple, that the 

 Mosaic law regulated the ownership 

 of bees, that " John the Baptist " ate 

 " locusts and wild honey," but neither 

 bees nor honey were ever mentioned 

 among the sacred or holy things. 



The proper names of the offspring 

 of tlie queens mentioned by Mr. Os- 

 born a,re hybrids ; it it is wished to 

 designate more particularly, it may 

 be said that they are the " Osboru 

 strain of bees," or that they are Syrio- 

 Italians, or Italio-Syrians, whichever 

 may preponderate in the "mixing" or 

 hybridization. Instead of Holy-Land 

 bees, call them Palestine bees. 



The use of the word holy in such a 

 connection savors of cant (though we 

 do not think Mr. Osborn uses it in 

 that way), and of trying to enhance 

 business by the use of sacred terms, 

 or a parading of religious sentiments 

 in order to catch custoiaers. 



While we adore the "' religion that 

 is pure and undeflled," we detest the 

 prostitution of it to the base use of 

 helping to obtain " tilthy lucre." 



^" In Texas Mr. Carroll neglected 

 his corn crop to give the necessary 

 attention to his bees, as they were of 

 the most importance to him. During 

 horse-mint bloom he offered $2.00 a 

 day for help to run his extractors. 



Sociability among Bee-Keepers. 



One of our Exchanges makes the 

 following suggestions on the above 

 subject : 



There is no question but that great 

 benefits can be derived by any bee- 

 keeper, and more particularly by the 

 beginner, from attending the meetings 

 of some or all of the various apicul- 

 tural societies, that we are pleased to 

 see are so rapidly forming through 

 the various sections of our great 

 country ; but all cannot attend these 

 meetings, and consequently are de- 

 barred from the benefits to be thus 

 obtained. There is a way, however, 

 by which great good can be accom- 

 plished in matters connected with 

 bee-keeping, and the fraternity caused 

 to become more firmly cemented by 

 the bonds of friendship. This way is 

 to make frequent exchange of visits, 

 each with tlie other ; consult person- 

 ally (those who are neighbors) with 

 each other in regard to any and all 

 matters of interest. A few, living in 

 one locality, can easily make a short 

 visit to those some little distance 

 from them, and pass a few pleasant 

 hours from time to time, both in a 

 business and social way. Try it. and 

 see if you do not get some good, both 

 as bee-keepers, and as social beings. 



i®° Tanners are now using glucose 

 instead of " oak " for oak-tanning 

 leather. Speaking of this, the Shoe 

 and Leather Beporter says : " Glucose 

 is a fraud, however used. It is even 

 a greater fraud when used on leather 

 than used in adulterating syrup and 

 sugar." It is a hard matter to think 

 of any reasonable excuse for its ex- 

 istence or use ! It seems to be good 

 for nothing but adulterating. 



I®" The " xVutumn Leaves " which 

 will bring the most returns are, no 

 doubt, the Leaflets—" Why Eat 

 Honey ?" Scatter them and see the 

 effect in selling honey in every neigh- 

 borhood, at good prices. Two hun- 

 dred will be sent postpaid for $1.00; 

 500 for $2.2,5 ; 1,000 for $4.00. 



I®" The Chicago Re-union of Bee- 

 Keepers promises to be well-attended 

 this year, as usual. See the Notice on 

 the front cover page. 



