THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



G81 



Statistical Table 



OF 



BEES AND HONEY FOR 1884, 



Represented at the Northwestern Convention. 



Names and Addresses. 



L. Adams, Mayfair. Ill 



Geo. Asher, Naperville, 111 



■\Vm. BiuTus, Buchanan, Mich 



T. 8. Bull & Son. Valparaiso, Ind. 



Wm, Blake, Buchanan, Mich 



H. D. Baker, Prairie Centre, 111 



S. N. Black, Clayton, 111 



Geo. Bischoff, Burlington, Iowa. .. 

 Prof. A. J. Cook, Asr'l Coll., Mich. . . 



T. W. Dougherty, Wyanet, 111 



P. J. England, Fancy Prairie, 111 



J. Forucrook, Watertown, Wis 



H. "W. Funk, Bloomingtoii, 111 



D. Furness, Furnessville, Ind 



A. Fahnestock, La Porte, Ind 



J. E. Gere, Riceville, Wis 



S. E. Genion, Waukesha, Wis 



Chas. H. Green, Berlin, Wis 



Frank Guuderson, Alderly, Wis 



J. A. Cxreen, Dayton, 111 



F. H. Hannah, Hinsdale, 111 



J. L. Harris, Wheeler, Ind 



G. Harseim, Secor, 111 



L. Highbarger, Adeline, 111 



Dr. J. B. Hawks, Arlington H'ts, 111. 

 W. Z. Hutchinson, Rogersville, Mich. 



Frank B. Hesse, Bartlett, 111 



James Heddon, Dowagiac, Mich 



J. M. Hume, Macomb, 111 



Richard Hyde. Alderly, Wis 



J. Hendricks, Spring Grove, 111 



K. Johnson, Valparaiso, Ind 



Aug. Jensen, Channahon, 111 



Geo. W. Jones, West Bend, Wis 



H. W. Lee, Pecatonica, 111 



J. G. Lucas, Kingston, 111 



J. R. Lindley, Georgetown, 111 



E. Lucas, Kirkland, 111 



W. C. Lyman, Downers' Grove, 111. .. 



James M. Marvin, St. Charles, 111 



S. J. McKinney, Burlington, Iowa. . . 

 Dr. C. C. Miller, Marengo, 111 



B. F. Newcomb, Rogers' Park, 111 



Oatman Bros., Dundee, 111 



W. T. F. Petty, Pittsfleld, 111 



Abraham Pontious, Akron, Ind 



C. Schrier, Peotone, 111 



Jacob Schumm, La Porte, Ind 



W. T. Smith. La Porte, Ind 



J. Stewart, Rock City, 111 



D. C. Spencer, M. D., Augusta, Wis. . 

 J. O. Shearman, Xew Richmond, Mich. 



E. F. Schaper, Chesterton, Ind 



N. L. Stow, Soutli Evanston, III 



Mrs. S. L. Thomas, Plattsmouth,Neb. 



(Jeo. Thompson, Geneva, 111 



I. A. Travis, Lyons, Wis 



G. R. Tyrrell, La Porte, Ind 



T. L. Von Dorn, Omaha, Xebr 



L. C. Wemple & Son, >r. Evanston, 111. 

 Dr. J. A. Walker, Mason City, 111. . . . 



E. Whittlesey, Pecatonica, 111 



Rev. I). Whitmer, South Bend, Ind.. 

 Rosa Whitmer, South Bend, Ind 



COLONIES. 



May. 



..47 

 ..70 

 .110 

 .116 

 .118 

 ..27 

 ,.50 

 ..30 

 ..12 



Oct. 



Totals I 4,462 6,.'304 



. . . ..54 

 ....14 

 ...16.5 

 . . . .3.5 



5 



9 



... .78 

 ...160 

 ... .30 

 ...118 

 ....16 

 ....21 

 ... .70 

 . . . ..50 

 ... .45 

 . . . .68 



7 



...400 



5 



...115 

 ....18 

 . . . .60 

 ....12 

 ...110 

 ...183 

 . . . .25 

 . . . .30 

 . . . .70 



3 



...100 

 . . . .20 

 ...200 



3 



...544 

 . . . .86 

 ....60 

 . . . .32 

 ....11 



8 



. . . .86 

 . . . .40 

 . . . .94 

 . . . .55 



2 



. . . .40 

 . . . .35 

 . . . .66 

 ....21 

 ....75 

 ....15 

 . . . .40 

 . . . .63 



....64 

 . . . .90 

 ...145 

 . . . 190, 

 ...178 

 ....50 

 . . . .52 

 . . . .,35 

 . . . .20 

 ...130 

 ....44 

 ....17 

 ...240 

 . . . .6-5 

 ....10, 

 . . . .34 

 ...12.5 

 ...271 

 . . . .39 

 ...118 

 . . . .26 

 . . . ..55 

 ...165 

 . . . .80 

 ....68 

 ...108 

 ...16 

 ...460 



.1.55 

 . . . .40 

 ..84 

 ..13 

 .1.50 

 .212 

 ..37 

 ..61 

 .120 



Honey Crop— lbs. 



Comb. Extract'd 



...12 

 ...300 

 2,.500 

 1,000 

 5,000 

 1,.560 



....500 

 , . . .80 

 ...400 

 , . . .2.5 

 ...600 

 1,8.5.5 

 1,700 

 ,..100 



. . 4,.500 

 . . 5,695 



50 



. . 2,400 

 303 



1,.500 

 ' 4,766 



6,000 



.130! 



..18 



.300 



...6 



.682 



.110 



..75 



..46 



..231 



. .15! 



.1.30! 



. . . ..53: 



...130 



. . . .75 



8 



....70 



...40 



...103 



. . . .48: 



...1.50 

 ....23' 



. . . .52 



. . . .74 



1,800 

 ,..800 

 ,..800 



...300 

 3,000 



...110 



5,000 



....12.; 

 . 10,000 

 40 



. .30,000 

 . 1,.500 

 ...400 

 , 1,103 

 ,...•5.50 



...400 

 1,200 

 1 ,500 

 4,000 



...100... 1.57 



,..1 



...1.50 

 1,000 



...300 

 1,000 

 1,700 



,..1.50 



,..100 



2,2.50 

 2,000 

 ...12 



112,070 



. ...IS 

 4,000, 





10,000 



..500 

 .380 



...900 



5,3.50 



...500 



,..100 



...800 



. . .4.50 



2,.500 



6,400 



...667 



...216 



. . .500 



4,000 



...200 



1,000 



10,000 



2,000 

 1,.500 

 7,000 

 9,000 



1,000 

 ..600 



.85 



3,000 

 ...100 



..215 

 i',.566 

 !'.266 



1,700 



1,000! 



....500 



2,000 



1,000 

 ....500 



1,200 

 ...2.50 

 ...700 



1,000 



1,200 

 1,.500 



.87,231 11361 



,.10 

 .25 



..40 

 100 

 .15 



..15 

 .30 

 ..10 

 .100 

 ..10 



40 



20 



5 



40 

 15 

 10 



18 

 10 

 .50 

 75 



100 



25 



40 



100 



100 



20 

 25 



2.5 

 10 

 25 

 5 

 50 

 15 

 25 



For the American Hon Jtmrual. 



'Killed by a Bee-Sting." 



C. G. DEITEL.Of 



On page 636 is chronicled the death 

 of a Mrs. Sturdevant, of Fairlield, 

 Fayette County, Iowa, alleged to be 

 caused by the sting of a bee, to which 

 spirits of camphor had been applied. 

 This recalls to the mind of the writer 

 a case, which, although not fatal, was 

 pronounced a case of apoplexy. 



In last May or June, a lady of our 

 borough, aged about 40 years, and 

 who takes a great interest in bee- 

 culture, frequently attending to a 

 number of colonies kept by her son, 

 was stung by a bee on the forehead. 

 She at once applied camphor liniment 

 which kept down the swelling, but 

 she soon became very sick ; the symp- 

 toms were vomiting, purging, bulg- 

 ing of the eyes, failure of vision, 

 painful palpitation of the heart, and 

 momentary unconsciousness. A physi- 

 cian was called in, and pronounced it 

 a stroke of apoplexy. Nothing was 

 said or thought of the bee-sting at 

 the time, as she had frequently been 

 stung, always resulting in but simple 

 swelling, soft mud or clay usually 

 being applied. In the course of thfee 

 days the lady had completely re- 

 covered. 



In a week after the above occur- 

 rence, she was again stung on the 

 hand. She again applied the camphor 

 liniment, and the symptoms as above 

 stated again followed. This time she 

 thought of the liniment, and, of 

 course, attributed the result to that, 

 and in order to satisfy herself, after 

 she had entirely recovered, she volun- 

 tarily allowed a bee to sting her again, 

 and applied,not the camphor liniment, 

 but soft mud as at first, and the re- 

 sult was a simple swelling, since then 

 she has frequently been stung with no 

 serious results. 



The writer is not a physician, nor is 

 he a chemist, but he is a sincere 

 friend of the bee, and as such, would 

 fain protect its character, and allow 

 no unjust accusations to rest upon it, 

 and would be exceedingly pleased, 

 did Dr. Tinker, or some other able 

 scientist pass his opinion upon this 

 subject. 



It seems to the writer that these 

 two cases, so much alike, point in the 

 direction that camphor>is not an anti- 

 dote to bee-poison ; on the contrary, 

 that it is an assistant or co-operant— 

 or whatever else in medical parlance 

 it might be called— of the poison. 



I have simply stated facts, with- 

 holding, by request, the lady's name, 

 which, if necessary, will, however, be 

 freely given upon application to the 

 writer. 



Easton, Pa. 



[We believe that a diseased condi- 

 tion of the system is the cause of 

 death, accelerated, of course, by the 



