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u Jottntal, 



DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF THE PRODUCERS OF HONEY. 



VOL. XX. 



CHICAGO, ILL., DECEMBER 10, 1884. 



No. 50. 



Published every Wednesday, by 



THOMAS G. NEWMAN, 



Editor and Proprietor. 



^g" This being No. .50, two numbers 

 more will close the Volume of the 

 "Weekly Bee Journal for 18S4. 

 ^Nearly all of the subscriptions will 

 run out in a few days and we would 

 Tespectfully request every reader and 

 patron to sit down as soon as this 

 .article is read and send us the renewal 

 of his or her subscription for 1885, 

 and thus prevent the loss of a num- 

 Tser and the consequent pleasure of 

 the weekly feast it presents. 



Phenol— Carbolic Acid. 



Mr. A. W. Osburn, of Cuba, West 

 Indies, asks us to reply in the Bee 

 Journal to the following queries : 



1. What relation has crystallized 

 •carbolic-acid to phenol V We cannot 

 :get phenol here. 



2. Is it your opinion that crystal- 

 lized carbolie-acid, cut with alcohol, 

 •will cure foul brood after Cheshire's 

 iplan V We are trying it, but fear it is 

 not going to do the business. 



1. Phenol is a hydrocarbon produced 

 in the distillation of coal-tar, or from 

 the vapor of benzoic acid. Carbolic- 

 acid is obtained from coal-tar, and 

 •when pure, is about the same thing 

 tis phenol— whether crystallized or in 

 the liquid state. 



2. We can see no reason why crys- 

 tallized carboUe-acid, cut with alco- 

 hol, will not be as effectual in the cure 

 ■of what is eiToneously called " foul 

 brood " as phenol. Our " opinion " 

 i(asked for by our correspondent) is, 

 however, not worth a straw, because 

 Tve have never tried it. We would 

 invite jNIr. Cheshire to give liis " opin- 

 ion " on the subject. As he has made 

 it a study and experimented largely 

 with the disease and the use of phe- 

 nol for its eradication, his "opinion " 



is of more value than many thousands 

 of those who have never experi- 

 mented with it. 



As there is much interest mani- 

 fested by Americans on the abovo 

 subject, we have published Mr. Che- 

 shire's experiuieuts and investiga- 

 tions in pamphlet form— 32 pages — 

 and will send it postpaid for 10 cents 

 to any address. 



The Charge of Adulteration. 



In reference to the article on page 

 724, concerning Mr. Hunt's honey, and 

 the result of the analysis as there 

 published, Mr. Hunt sends us the fol- 

 lowing reply : 



Centre Point,o+ Iowa. 



On page 724 is an article on " Hunt- 

 ing Aduleration." Now, as I so far 

 have been barred from replying to the 

 accusations against my integrity as a 

 bee-keeper, on iiccount of my former 

 reply being slightly tiavored with 

 '• vituperation," I will again attempt 

 a short answer, and will endeavor to 

 be " as meek as Moses," and obey the 

 injunction, " Love your enemies, and 

 pray for those who despitefully use 

 you," or words to that effect. I have 

 now lain malice aside, and will recite 

 the fads, and then leave it to the 

 reader to determine whether I am 

 guilty or not. 



A former article from Mr. Von 

 Dorn was lieaded, "On a Still Hunt." 

 Now, I trust that Mr. Von Dorn will 

 admit that their "still liuut" com- 

 menced about four years ago, with 

 the game located in Omaha, and I 

 being the " still hunter." 



As a result of this " hunt," an 

 antipathy sprang up which has since 

 cropped out occasionally. I will pass 

 many little incidents from that time 

 up to last winter, when I attended 

 tiie Nebraska State Bee Keepers' As- 

 sociation. Everything there went 

 smoothly until tlie question came up, 

 " Where shall we get queens V" when 

 a prominent queen-breeder was de- 

 nounced as a fraud by one present. I 

 remarked that I had transacted busi- 

 ness with the party referred to, and 

 had always found him a gentleman in 

 every sense of the word, and felt safe 

 in saying that he was not guilty of the 

 charge preferred against him. 



The next move was a " caution " by 

 Mr. Von Dorn in the Nebraska State 

 Journal. In tliat " caution " he stated 

 that a .sample of the honey would 



immediately be analyzed, and the re- 

 sult at once published. I would ask 

 why Mr. Von Dorn did not keep good 

 his word and have the result of that 

 analysis published V To the reader 

 it will be fully apparent why he did 

 not, when I say that the result of the 

 analysis was a statement from the 

 Nebraska State Chemist, saying that 

 he had analyzed the honey and found 

 the same to be pure and all right. I 

 would now ask, was not this as good 

 evidence as that of Dr. Arno Behr, 

 who analyzed the honey after it had 

 been brought by Mr. Von Dorn from 

 Omaha to Chicago. Saying nothing 

 for or against either chemist, I think 

 that the one statement of the quality 

 of the honey only balances the other 

 (providing that the last named honey 

 was not tampered with in getting it 

 from the can into the bottle, and then 

 to Chicago) ; and, I think, before it is 

 admitted that either " looks conclu- 

 sive," that, perhaps, it would be well 

 to have another reliable chemist ana- 

 lyze another sample from any one of 

 the cans taken promiscuously from 

 the lot which I sold to Mr. Tamblin, 

 and then both sides abide by the re- 

 sult of such analysis. If he says that 

 it is glucose, or any other thing but 

 pure honey, then, Mr. Editor, say 

 that that looks " conclusive," and 

 award a crown to Mr. Von Dorn. 



I liave no " confession or apology " 

 to offer, and a very small " argument." 

 I have been thinking that if I were 

 to engage in the glucose business, 

 wliether I would be foolish enough to 

 put my own name and address on 

 every can sold, when some other 

 name would look just as well around 

 a can of honey, and would go equally 

 as far at a bank. 



In conclusion I will say that I am 

 in the bee-business to stay, and have 

 no fears of being driven out by any 

 member of the Nebraska State Bee- 

 Keepers' Association. 



F. H. Hunt. 



Well, " when doctor's disagree who 

 is to decide ?" When two chemists 

 make opposite decisions about an 

 article, given to them for analysis, it 

 is, to say the least, very confusing. 



By the following letter from Mr. J. 

 W. Sanders, of Le Grand, Iowa, it 

 will be seen that a third sample is to 

 be analyzed : 



Le Grand, J Iowa, Dec. 4, 1884. 

 To-day, in Marshalltown, Iowa, I 

 met with Mr. Tamblin, of Lincoln, 

 Neb., who bought the honey in ques- 

 tion from Mr. F. H. Hunt, of Iowa, 



