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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Local Convention Directory. 



1884. Time and place of Meeting. 



Nov. 13.— Southern Illinois, at Duquoin, Ills. 



K. U. Kennedy. Sec. 



Not. 14.— Mahoning Valley. O.. at Ravenna. O. 



E. W. Turner, Sec. 



Nov. 19,- Massachusetts, at Worcester, Mass. 



J.G. Jefferds, Sec. 



Not. 25.— Western Michigan, at Fremont, Mich. 

 Geo. E. Hilton, Sec. 



Dec. 3.— Southeastern Mich., at Adrian, Mich. 



A. M. Gander, Sec. 



Dec. 10, 11.— Michipan State, at Lansing. 



H. D. Cutting. Sec, Clinton. Mich. 



Dec. 12.— Northeastern Kansas, at Hiawatha. Kan. 



1885. 



Jan. 6.— Southern Wiscoosin, at Janesvitle, Wis. 

 J. T, Pomeroy, Sec. 



Jan. 14,— Central Illinois, at Bloominpton, Ills. 



W. B. Lawrence, Sec. 



t3^ In order to have this table complete. Secre- 

 taries are requested to forward full particulars of 

 time and place of future meetings.— Ed. 



Hunting Adulteration, 



In reference to the honey of Mr. F. 

 H. Hunt (claimed to be adulterated), 

 mentioned oii pages 424, 47.5, 492 and 

 563, we have received the following, 

 which will explain itself : 



Editor Bee Journal.— i'lV : I am 

 in receipt of a communication which 

 reads as follows : 



" Chicago Sugar Refining Co., Chi- 

 cago, 111., Oct. 2.5, 1884. T. L. Von 

 Dorn, Esq., Omaha, Neb.— Dear Sir : 

 The sample of honey left by you has 

 been tested in our laboratory, and was 

 found to be strongly adulterated with 

 glucose syrup, containing over .50 per 

 cent, of its weight of the latter sub- 

 stance. Yours respectfully, 



Dr. Arno Behr." 



The sample tested was the contents 

 of one of the bottles which I exhibited 

 at the Cliicago Convention, and was 

 obtained of ;Mr. Tamblin, of Lincoln, 

 Neb., by Mr. S. L. Thomas, Vice- 

 President of the Nebraska State Bee- 

 Keepers' Association. This so-called 

 honey was obtained by Mr. Tamblin 

 of F. II. Hunt, of Centre Point, Iowa. 

 Mr. Tamblin had nearly one ton of it 

 on hand a short time ago. 



I hope that this will settle the ques- 

 tion of who is right in this con- 

 troversy, and it ought to cause a blush 

 of shame on those who have upheld 

 the fraud. I think that bee-keepers, 

 generally, will not think my efforts to 

 uphold their good name and expose 

 the frauds, have been guided by any 

 but the best of motives. 



T. L. Von Dorn, 

 Pres. Neb. S. B. K. Ass'n. 



Mr. Von Dorn claimed, on page 47.5, 

 to have submitted some of Mr. Hunt's 

 honey to a chemist for analysis. 



Mr. Hunt claimed, on page 503, that 

 the result of that analysis was a vin- 

 dication of his honey. 



Mr. Von Dorn brought some of the 

 honey to Chicago, last month, and 

 left it with Dr. Behr to be analyzed, 

 and the above report is the result, as 



stated by Dr. Behr, showing that it 

 contained 50 per cent, of glucose. 



Without desiring to prolong this 

 controversy, the Bee Journal would 

 say that this looks conclusive, pro- 

 viding there is no mistake as to the 

 identity of the honey. 



We have long maintained that the 

 producer's name should be a synonym 

 of purity, and that fraud and adulter- 

 ation should be condemned and 

 severely punished. Therefore, if Mr. 

 Hunt cannot clear himself of the 

 charge, he is by the above, proven to 

 be an adulterator, either by feeding 

 the bees glucose or " mixing " honey 

 and glucose afterwards. 



This is a serious matter, and calls 

 for proof to the contrary, if it can be 

 given. We will say in advance that 

 Mr. Hunt's reply (if he offers it) must 

 give the facts, calmly recited, without 

 abuse of those who have caused the 

 investigation. If Mr. Hunt has any 

 facts, proofs, explanations, arguments, 

 confession or apology to offer, such 

 will duly appear, as we have no wish 

 to injure him or his business. But 

 we cannot admit personal quarrels or 

 vituperation (such as the last com- 

 munication he sent for publication). 

 The /ads are now demanded, alike by 

 friend and foe. 



A Lady's Success with Bees. 



Mr. J. J. H. Reedy, in the Nebraska 

 Farmer, gives the following descrip- 

 tion of Mrs. J. N. Heater's apiary and 

 its management, and of her excellent 

 exhibit of bees and honey at the Fair- 



The bees were of pure Italians, 

 three-banded brood in all stages was 

 in the exhibit. We will lirst mention 

 the appliances shown, viz : Noine 

 honey extractor, queen-cell, cages for 

 shipment, Langstroth single-walled 

 hive, frames, etc. 



Mrs. Heater has done remarkably 

 well, and the earnestness with which 

 she labors is a fit example for others 

 to imitate. The care of many bees is 

 a tax on one"s time and strength, but 

 with a wise use of proper implements, 

 much better work will be accom- 

 plished. Mechanical ingenuity is a 

 great promoter of home comfort, and 

 the possessor of an ordinary talent for 

 the work may attain success in the 

 line of providing for the protection of 

 the bees under his care. 



Mrs. Heater has devoted several 

 years to the care of bees, and her in- 

 terest is quickened much by her great 

 success, 



The honey, both in comb and ex- 

 tracted, was of tine quality and nicely 

 arranged, evidencing good taste and 

 excellent judgment in the details of 

 the work. The profit to the keeper, 

 and the benefit to the community of 



having such home enterprises is our 

 joint plea in behalf of bee-culture. 

 The business is ennobling, and leads 

 to better perceptions of the useful and 

 beautiful. In it there is no element 

 of degeneracy ; nor does it lead to the 

 destruction of anything that is of any 

 special benefit to the community. It 

 enlarges our minds in the reception 

 of the truths of natural history, and 

 paves the way for a more liberal cul- 

 ture in the art of home adornment 

 and in the supplying of innocent em- 

 ployment for otherwise dull and un- 

 enij)loyed hours. 



To say that the occupation is a con- 

 stant incentive to industry, and 

 draws away the mind from intemper- 

 ate or dissolute habits, is but a feeble 

 expression of the influence of the 

 work upon those engaged in it. It 

 does much more : it moulds charac- 

 ter, whenever the enterprise has the 

 soul-sympathy of the one engaged in 

 it— lessons of industry, sobriety, earn- 

 estness, zeal ; all these are aids in 

 correct habits. The blessing of God 

 and man rests on the apiarist, in the 

 honorable pursuit of his calling ! 



A few words as to the wintering of 

 bees : Mrs. H. favors the double- 

 walled chaff hive, wliich she uses 

 with some small changes during the 

 summer, believing it as necessary as 

 in the winter. Her colonies number 

 •56, and her experience in wintering- 

 has been such that her words are en- 

 titled to some weight. 



The objects of the bee-keepers' as- 

 sociation of Nebraska, are commended 

 by this lady, and we hope that in the 

 near future the results of her past ex- 

 perience will be recorded for the bene- 

 fit of beginners in so laudable an 

 undertaking. 



^" To all new subscribers who 

 send us $2 for the Weekly Bee Jour- 

 nal next year, we will send the rest 

 of the numbers of this year /ree from 

 the time the subscription is received 

 at this office. 



^" Our rates for two or more 

 copies of the book," Bees and Honey," 

 may be found on tlie Book List on 

 the second page of this paper. Also 

 wholesale rates on all books where 

 they are purchased " to sell again." 

 The time for reading up will soon be 

 here, and in anticipation of this, we 

 now have a very large stock of books 

 on hand, and can fill orders for them 

 in any quantity, on receipt of orders. 



1^ To Canadian subscribers let us 

 say that we have made arrangements 

 so that we can supply the Farmer's 

 Advocate of London, Ont., and the 

 Monthly Bee Journal for one year 

 at $1.25 for the two. This is a rare 

 chance to obtain two good papers for 

 about the price of one. 



Ribbon Badges, for bee-keepers, on 

 which are printed a large bee in gold, 

 we send for 10 cts. each, or $8 per 100- 



