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VOL. XIX. 



CHICAGO, ILL., MAECH 28, 1883. 



No. 13. 



Published every Wednesday, by 



THOMAS G. NEWMAN, 



Editor axd Proprietor. 



" Rational Bee-Keeping." 



On account of the crowded state of 

 our columns during the past month, 

 we have not been able to find room to 

 notice or review the new book of the 

 great German bee-master — the Rev. 

 Dr. Dzierzon. We will now very 

 briefly do so. 



The work contains 3.50 pages, and is 

 handsomely printed on good paper, 

 with nice, clear type, and will be read 

 with a great deal of pleasure. The 

 author, in his preface, remarks as fol- 

 lows : " The theoretical part has been 

 treated but very briefly, and with 

 special regard to practical bee-culture 

 — the author's aim being to show how 

 to keep bees rationally and profitably, 

 and at the same time to enable bee- 

 keepers to satisfy themselves and 

 others as to the reason for the different 

 operations in their apiaries ; forheonly 

 is entitled to he called a rational bee-keeper 

 who clearly comprehends ivhy a thing 

 is (lone in a certain way, and not in 

 any other, and who is able and gives 

 the reason for everything he does." 



Concerning foul brood, the Doctor 

 remarks as follows : " It is well known 

 that, recently, salicylic acid has been 

 recommended as a remedy for foul 

 brood, the most dangerous of all the 

 diseases of bees, and the method of 

 treatment has been made known by 

 Mr. Hilbert. Formerly, he advised 

 spraying with diluted tincture of 

 salicylic acid, but more recently he 

 advises fumigating with refined pow- 

 dered salycilic acid, strewed on a 

 metal plate and heated over a flame. 

 Since this treatment is much simpler 

 than the repeated spraying of the 



separate combs, and is applicable even 

 to hives with immovable combs; the 

 author thought it ought not to be left 

 unmentioned." 



The Doctor devotes 8 or 10 pages to 

 a description of this dreadful disease, 

 its symptoms and cure. 



This great bee master strongly ad- 

 vises providing bees with pasturage 

 by planting for honey, and speaks of 

 the many uses to which honey can be 

 devoted— making pure wines, metheg- 

 lin, honey cakes and pure sweetmeats 

 — instead of depending on adulterated 

 and poisonous wines and sweets ; and 

 be adds most confidently : " There is 

 no need, therefore, to be anxious 

 about what is to be done with honey, 

 even if the pursuit of bee-culture be- 

 comes more general and good bee 

 seasons set in. At a moderate price, 

 there will, even then, be no want of a 

 market." 



The book is the master-piece of a 

 master mind, and should be in the 

 library of every bee-keeper. The 

 world has produced but few such in- 

 tellects as that with which the Doctor 

 is endowed. He is now the greatest 

 living authority on bee-culture. To 

 him, and the late Baron of Berlepsch, 

 we are indebted for much that is now 

 known in the realm "of scientific and 

 progressive apiculture. 



We made his personal acquaintance 

 in Germany in 1879, and though there 

 were, at that Congress, the master 

 spirits from nearly all the world, he 

 was infinitely above all; and, to him, 

 they all appeared to look for inspira- 

 tion. He was, and still is, the great 

 living Father of Bee-Culture. 



1^ The Courant, Berlin, Wis., re- 

 marks as follows : " Every bee-man 

 should take a wide-awake bee-periodi- 

 cal, and the American Bee Jour- 

 nal of Chicago, is essentially that." 



r^" Articles for publication must be 

 written on a separate piece of paper 

 from items of business. 



^New Catalogues and Price Lists. 



We have received the following new 

 Catalogues and Price Lists of Bees, 

 Queens or Apiarian Supplies : 



B. F. Carroll, Dresden, Texas. 

 S. D. McLean, Columbia, Tenn. 

 Geo. W. Baker, Lewisville, Ind. 

 T. S. Hall, Kerby's Creek, Ala. 

 W. S. Pouder, Groesbeck, O. 



SEED CATALOGUES. 



J. W. Manning, Reading, Mass. — 

 Fruit Trees and Shrubs. 



J. H. Walker, Worcester, Mass.— 

 Jersey Cattle. 



1^ Several bee-keepers of Eastern 

 New York have written to us express- 

 ing their disgust at the resolution of 

 the Albany Convention on the Bee 

 Journal. Among them, several of 

 those present, including ofiicers of the 

 convention, who say that the matter 

 was persistently forced on them, by 

 the chairman, who, because some op- 

 posed the matter, left the chair in 

 high dudgeon, and then was more 

 highly incensed against the Bee 

 Journal than ever. The conven- 

 tion could hardly have acted more 

 unwisely, or done itself more dis- 

 credit, than to have been so foolish as 

 to pass its insane resolutions. 



<^ The Lanark, 111., Gazette pays 

 this compliment to a well-known bee- 

 keeper ; "Mr. F. A. Snell, of Mil- 

 ledgeville. 111., has the reputation of 

 being one of the best bee-men in this 

 section of the State." 



t^ Mrs. Lizzie Cotton's circular is 

 again sent us, showing that she is still 

 looking for investors in her bank, this 

 time it is sent by Mr. Will, of Bloom- 

 ington, 111., who writes on the mar- 

 gin : " What do you think of this V" 

 It is the old story ; tliose who do not 

 wish to lose their money, should heed 

 the many warnings already published, 

 from those who can get no returns (or 

 some "worthless" hive) for their 

 wealth sent to her. i 



